Rahul graduated from the London School of Economics in 2019 with an MSc in Economics. He is currently a PhD Finance student at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He previously worked at CAFRAL, RBI and as a predoctoral research professional at the Fama Miller Center for Research in Finance, Booth School of Business. He actively collaborates with Prof. Viral Acharya (former Deputy Governor, RBI), Prof. Raghuram Rajan (former Governor, RBI) and other finance faculty at Booth on projects covering banking, monetary policy and corporate finance. He seeks to pursue a career in academia.