Animesh Hardia is the Senior Vice President of Quantitative Research at 1 Finance and the architect of India Macro Indicators — a live macroeconomic research platform tracking 150+ high-frequency indicators across growth, inflation, interest rates, fiscal health, external sector dynamics, and global market valuations. He designed the 1 Finance Macroeconomic Index (1FMI) and its sub-indices, which synthesise real-time economic signals into a structured framework for interpreting India’s macroeconomic phase and its implications for asset allocation.
Animesh wants you to know
Animesh didn’t start in macroeconomics. He started in engineering at IIT Kharagpur, moved into supply chain consulting, and then spent seven years deep inside institutional fixed income and valuation — where he learned, firsthand, that every security price is a macro opinion in disguise. Agency MBS prepayment models are interest rate bets. Private equity valuations are growth-cycle bets. The asset just gives you a different window into the same macroeconomic forces.
That realisation is what drove him to build India Macro Indicators from the ground up — a platform where economic signals are tracked in real time, not interpreted after the fact. He wanted to create the macro research infrastructure he wished existed when he was making institutional valuation calls: timely, structured, and connected to what actually matters for capital allocation.
Today, the platform tracks 150+ indicators across sub-indices, and the research team he has built produces macro commentary, global risk analysis, and asset allocation frameworks used by SEBI-registered advisors, fund managers, and institutional investors across India.
"Every financial plan operates inside a macroeconomic regime. If you don’t know which regime you’re in, your plan is just a spreadsheet with assumptions."
— Animesh Hardia
Expertise
Macroeconomic Research & High-Frequency Indicator Frameworks
Macro-Phase-Based Asset Allocation Strategy
Global Market Valuation & Economic Cycle Analysis
Quantitative Modelling & Econometric Frameworks
Education
B.Tech (Manufacturing Science & Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
CFA Charterholder
Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
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Get to know our team of editors, behind India Macro Indicators bringing you the most relevant news, insights and analysis for your financial journey.
Ravi Aswani is Assistant Vice President at 1 Finance, specialising in macroeconomic analysis, econometric modelling, and delivering data-driven market insights.
Purvang builds macro indicator frameworks at 1 Finance, translating economic shifts into insights and helping investors position portfolios across changing cycles.
Sanya is a Quantitative Research Analyst tracking macro trends and commodity cycles, helping investors identify risks and navigate changing global markets.