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Vatsal currently works as Chief of Staff at Ridgewood Investments where he helps the Managing Partner with stock research, portfolio management, marketing & sales, and client management. Prior to this, he worked as a Research Analyst at the International Monetary Fund where he was part of the Thailand, Hong Kong SAR and Myanmar country teams. At the IMF, Vatsal conducted extensive policy work and advised central banks and finance ministries on their monetary policy and fiscal stance. He has also worked as Consultant-Economist at the World Bank's Education GP in Washington D.C. He has a Master's degree in Development Economics from Yale University (Class of 2020) and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi (Class of 2018). He also enjoys coding in Python and R and their applications in Statistical/Machine Learning. On a lighter note, Vatsal enjoys playing Cricket (formerly played at the National Level for the state of West Bengal), actively investing in the stock markets (equity and options) and reading. Please feel free to reach out on vatsal.nahata@aya.yale.edu to share anything of interest. He is currently based out of Washington DC, but frequently huddles between Calcutta and Munich.