ECONOMY. POLICY. DATA.
Akhilesh Tilotia
Writing on the Indian economy, public policy, and data.
Building data and AI products as co-founder of Thurro.
Author of The Making of India (2015) and Through the Looking Glass (2021).
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Experiments with AI
What I tried, what worked, and what still needs work: experiments in research, a daily podcast, and my digital record.
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Writings
My writing on the Indian economy, public policy, and data.
ATILOTIA · OPINION
Working with Instinct to put out a daily news podcast
On the night of Oct 20, Instinct, the AI assistant I work with, and I designed a podcast. By the next morning the first edition was...
Nov 10, 2026
ATILOTIA · OPINION
Cleaning up my digital record with Instinct
Over three weeks in Oct and Nov, Instinct, the AI assistant I work with, and I cleaned up my digital record: this website, my YouTube channel,...
Nov 10, 2026
ATILOTIA · OPINION
Working with Instinct to turn a pile of public documents into a research tool
At the end of October, I asked Instinct, the AI assistant I work with, a question that had been sitting with me for a while: where...
Nov 10, 2026
ATILOTIA · OPINION
Fast work and deep work: what a month with an AI assistant taught me
At Thurro, the company I co-founded, converting unstructured data into usable, AI-ready material is our bread and butter. When AI assistants like Instinct started to arrive,...
Nov 10, 2026
ATILOTIA · OPINION
My AI bot and I fought today
This morning, my AI assistant refused to do something I asked it to, and no explaining, cajoling, or permission from me could move it. When the...
Nov 6, 2026
ATILOTIA · OPINION
The long road to scale in financial education
On Oct 27, 2026, CFA Society India hosted Tricia Rothschild, CFA, the interim president and chief executive of CFA Institute, in Mumbai. Preparing to hear her...
Oct 28, 2026
Books and contributions
Authored books, chapters, papers, and policy briefs.
2015. The story of the Indian economy told through facts, figures, and anecdotes, and the private cost of public failure that runs through it.
2021. A journey from the private sector to an inside view of public service, drawn from three years in the Government of India.
Contributions
Chapters, papers, and policy briefs on data science, energy transition, and climate finance.
Conversations
Panels, talks, and webinars.
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