Ravikant Joshi

Ravikant Joshi

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Dr. Ravikant Joshi is an Urban Finance and Management specialist and has worked in India and abroad for multilateral agencies, consulting organisations, governments and non-governmental institutions. He is visiting faculty to various academic institutes. He is former chief accounts officer of Vadodara Municipal Corporation with more than 45 years of experience. He has been responsible for the conceptualisation, designing and implementation of Municipal Financial, Budgetary and Accounting System Reforms and their computerization in Vadodara Municipal Corporation.

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An uprooted tree and debris lies beside a road in the aftermath of cyclone Biparjoy in Kutch district, Gujarat in 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India started measuring climate readiness of cities, then stalled [Commentary]

Ravikant Joshi 21 Aug 2026
A construction crew works on a public ropeway project. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Urban Challenge Fund’s promise rests on implementation capacity [Commentary]

Ravikant Joshi 26 May 2026
A woman balances a water can on her head as people collect water from a mobile water tanker in drought-stressed New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Urban finance reforms gather pace, but key gaps persist [Commentary]

Ravikant Joshi 21 Apr 2026

Municipal bonds need more than incentives to fund India’s cities [Commentary]

Ravikant Joshi 11 Mar 2026

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