Dr. Bali has worked as a Consultant to the Principal Economic Adviser of India, Ministry of Finance. 

In 2018, he worked as a part of the “Research and Regulation Wing” of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and served as a Capacity-Building Officer for Insolvency professionals. He was also part of the core faculty pool for the Graduate Insolvency Professional and the 9-month Valuation certificate program at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. 

Dr. Naveen possesses over eight years of experience in the field of policymaking and academics and has been involved in various policies/ reforms including India’s response to COVID.

He has worked on three Economic Surveys and has co-authored a total of four chapters in the Economic Surveys of 2018-19, 2020-21 and Economic Survey 2021-22. During 2019, he was heading the “Centre of Sustainable Excellence” and was the Co-Director – Forum for Indian Regulator at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

Additionally, Dr. Naveen has been involved in various projects and reports for the Parliament and various government ministries and bodies.

He completed his Ph.D. in economics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) in June 2015. He is the recipient of a short-term fellowship from Utrecht University, the Netherlands in 2008.