Dr Sk Md Azharuddin is an Economist at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in New Delhi, India. His research covers taxation, public sector borrowing, off budget borrowing, macroeconomics and international trade. His recent work in the Economic and Political Weekly includes an alternative approach to projecting the own tax revenue of Indian states and an analysis of the public sector borrowing challenges facing select states. Before joining NIPFP, he was Assistant Professor of Economics at GITAM School of Business, Bengaluru. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Phil. in Economics from the Centre for International Trade and Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and an M.A. from the University of Hyderabad.