Nagesh Prabhu is a political analyst and currently Deputy Editor at The Hindu, Bengaluru, India. He is the author of the book Reflective Shadows: Political Economy of World Bank Lending to India (2017). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru. Dr Prabhu did his master's in political science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in 1990 and MPhil from Mangalore University in 1994. He has been an active journalist for 25 years and writes regularly on issues related to political economy. Before taking up journalism, he taught for a brief period in Mangalore University. His articles have been published in academic journals as well.
