Public policy · Research · Writing

Hi, I’m Aanya Monga.

A student passionate about public policy, governance, research, and social impact — and about writing it all down clearly enough to be useful.

Abstract illustration of books, policy documents and charts

24 essays

and counting

6 papers

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The Chrono-Iris

A guilloche eye that redraws itself with every essay.

Every essay sits on the dial in the order it was written. Turn it to read, click the centre to open.

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Essays from the notebook

Long-form pieces on how policy actually behaves once it leaves the page.

A little about me

I read primary documents, then try to explain them plainly.

The 3rd Eye Economist started as a reading log. It is now where I keep my essays, research notes, and the projects that grew out of them — mostly on welfare delivery, urban governance, and how the state uses data.

More about my journey
Public policy designWelfare deliveryUrban and municipal governanceEducation policyClimate adaptationTechnology and the state
Selected work

Projects

Small tools and research artefacts built alongside the writing.

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PastProof

A mobile app that verifies conservation claims on Delhi's heritage sites. Photograph an ASI-protected monument and PastProof identifies it with AI, pulls the official conservation record, and compares it against the structure's real condition — cracks, vegetation, litter, graffiti, structural damage — to generate an explainable Reality Match Score from 0–100.

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