In his role as Chief Economist at Ripple, Bob Chakravorti participated on a high-level virtual panel to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and financial inclusion sponsored by CAREC and Astana International...

Bob presented preliminary findings from a forthcoming World Bank working paper to the DFS & Tax Working Group at the International Centre for Tax and Development.

Bob is appointed first Chief Economist (consulting) at Ripple to provide economic analysis.

Bob served as Payments Expert for an USAID mission as part of the Pragma team.

Bob participated on the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute study team that produced its first major study titled, Small Business in the Digital Age: Recommendations for Recovery and Resilience.

Chakra Advisors LLC hired to advise Visa on payments developments and thought leadership globally.

Professors Santiago Carbo Valverde and Francisco Rodriguez Fernandez, members of Chakra Advisors’ Advisory Board, and Bob are advising the World Bank Group. They are part of a team of consultants...

Bob presented a paper on crypto tokens and discussed a finance paper at the World Finance and Banking Symposium in New Delhi, India in December 2019. The conference was attended...

Bob gave three lectures at the National Institute of Bank Management in Pune, India in December 2019. He taught students on cryptocurrency, the current state of FinTech, and micro, small...