Join Us for an Intellectual Experience.

Date: 31th May 2026
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: British Brewing Company - Mathuradas Mill Compound, Plot no - 126, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400018

The cost includes food & drinks.

About the lecture

How do people choose? A simple question with complex answers depending on the perspective. In this talk, we will introduce behavioural economics (the intersection of economics and psychology) to understand how humans make decisions. Narrow approaches in economics typically make a host of assumptions about how people choose, but psychology has several insights on what matters. The talk will cover how we often take mental shortcuts (heuristics), are prone to various influences while choosing, and how we choose when we lack the time, information, or ability to make the "right" choice. Finally, we will talk about how behavioural economics has influenced government policy, algorithms, and using these insights for ourselves. 

About the speaker

Anirudh Tagat is a Research Author at the Department of Economics, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai. Anirudh holds a joint PhD in economics from the IIT Bombay and Monash University Research Academy and an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK. Anirudh has consulted as an economist with the Internet Society, Internews, and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, among others. Anirudh is also a visiting faculty member in economics at NMIMS’ Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts, the School of Business Management, and the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics. Anirudh’s work has been published in the Review of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Behavioural Public Policy. He is currently Deputy Editor at South Asia Research and Co-director at the Unjournal. His research interests include economics of the Internet, intra-household bargaining, and experimental economics.