Ravi Vatsa

🔹 Forex Markets – Regulating India's Fx, Rates, Bonds and Derivative markets covering products, trading, settlement, governance, market conduct, prevention of market abuse, and customer protection. 🔹 Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) – Regulate and supervise Central Counterparties (CCPs), Trade Repositories (TRs), and Electronic Trading Platforms (ETPs), ensuring resilient, transparent, and efficient market infrastructure. 🔹 Non-Resident Investments – Institute regulatory framework under FEMA for non-resident investment in debt instruments, FPI flow management and policy reforms balancing capital flow facilitation with macro-financial stability. 🔹 Supervision of FX Operations – Oversee foreign exchange operations of banks under RBI’s SPARC framework, identifying material risks, assessing governance and control systems, and engaging with banks to strengthen risk management practices. 🔹 Policy & Development – Contribute to the evolution of India’s financial markets and regulatory frameworks, promoting innovation and accessibility while safeguarding stability through a principle-based approach. 🔹 Member, Policy Screening Committee – Involved in high-level policy deliberations as a core member of the Policy Screening Committee, responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and recommending regulatory proposals under FEMA for strategic alignment with macroeconomic priorities.

🔹 Member, Policy Screening Committee Contributed to high-level policy deliberations as a core member of the Policy Screening Committee, responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and recommending regulatory proposals under FEMA for strategic alignment with macroeconomic priorities. 🔹 Drafting of FEMA Regulations Led the drafting and revision of key FEMA regulations and guidelines, ensuring alignment with evolving market practices, legal clarity, and facilitation of external trade and payments while maintaining regulatory safeguards. 🔹 Regulatory Sandbox on Cross-Border Payments Evaluated applications under regulatory sandbox initiatives focused on innovative cross-border payment solutions; collaborated with fintechs, banks, and internal stakeholders to assess regulatory impact and enable safe experimentation in a controlled environment. 🔹 Authorisation of Standalone Primary Dealers for Forex Market-Making Spearheaded policy formulation and implementation enabling standalone primary dealers to access and offer full-spectrum forex market-making services under FEMA, enhancing market depth and competition. 🔹 Development of APConnect Software Platform Conceptualized and steered the development of APConnect, a digital platform for seamless processing of FEMA authorisation applications, enhancing transparency, turnaround time, and stakeholder convenience.

Advisory | Government and Public Sector Consulting

-Social sector projects in education, health and sanitation for World Bank and UNICEF -Executed multiple research projects in rural India for UN bodies, central govt. ministries, state govts and international research organizations.

- National Champion of 'C-Suite Challenge', the flagship leadership competition at ISB Advaita 2015, Indian School of Business - Winner (East zone) of 'Parivartan', the policy making case competition at Confluence 2014, IIM Ahmedabad - National Winner of 'Strategist', the consulting case competition at Khlur-Thma 2015, IIM Shillong - National Finalist of 'Clash of the Imperialists', the Economics & Strategy competition at Confluence 2015, IIM Ahmedabad - National Finalist of 'Lakshwiz Bazaar 2015', the marketing case competition at NITIE, Mumbai - National Finalist of 'Tek-Quest 15', the technology case competition at Backwaters, IIM Kozhikode - Campus Finalist of 'Transcend 2015', Colgate Palmolive's Sales&Marketing Case Competition - Campus Finalist of 'KICC 2014', the KPMG International Case Competition - Published a paper "Is this all Greece's fault?" in September 2015 edition of FINALOGUE, the journal of Finance Association at XLRI