Aryan joins CSBC as a high school research intern with a strong interest in behavioural economics, finance, and decision-making. At CSBC, he is working on a qualitative research project exploring privacy, household decision-making, mobility, and financial independence, and has conducted 18 in-depth interviews with participants in Mumbai. His research examines how gender, trust, safety, culture, and access to financial knowledge shape individual choices, and how lived experiences can challenge initial assumptions about autonomy and independence. Aryan is particularly interested in understanding human behaviour and financial literacy, and in finding simple, engaging ways to make complex ideas more accessible to a wider audience. He is also exploring how technology, including chatbots, could extend this work and make financial knowledge more accessible.

Rishan joins CSBC as a high school research intern with interests spanning behavioural science, public policy and psychology. At the center of these interests is a curiosity about people - why they think, feel and behave the way they do, what shapes the choices they make, and how understanding human behaviour can help address real-world problems.

At CSBC, Rishan conducted qualitative thematic analysis of interviews with TB patients, caregivers and community members across rural and urban populations in Lucknow, Jaipur and Bhopal. His research focused on identifying key behavioural and systemic barriers to timely TB diagnosis and treatment, and translating these findings into a barrier–lever framework. Based on his analysis, he proposed behavioural and policy interventions across government systems, healthcare providers, community outreach and patient communication to improve diagnosis, treatment adherence and recovery outcomes. Rishan is also a story teller and writer at heart, exploring human behaviour, morality and the complexities of people’s choices through his writings.