Meenaz Munshi was Project Manager, Data Governance Network at IDFC Institute. Her research areas also include urban housing policy, rural development and ease of doing business in India. Meenaz has over ten years of experience working in public policy and investment banking. Before joining the Institute, she worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) based out of New Delhi where she initially worked with the Senior Advisor, UNDP India Country Office and later with the International Centre for Human Development (IC4HD)–a joint initiative of UNDP and Government of India. She has previously also worked with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, the Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER) Centre, New Delhi and ABN Amro Central Enterprise Services, Mumbai. 

Meenaz has a Master of Arts degree in Economics from University of Mumbai, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Statistics from St Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai.