NLSIU hosted a guest lecture by Sharwari Pandit (NLS BA LLB 2017), Associate at McKinsey & Company on December 12, 2025.  This classroom session revolved around her new co-authored book: ‘The Digital Currency Revolution: Central Bank Digital Currencies, Crypto, and the Future of Global Finance,’ Mark Mobius, Lourdes Casanova, Sharwari Pandit, and John Ninia, Springer Nature, 2025.

Abstract

As emerging markets rapidly adopt digital financial systems, Sharwari’s work offers a sharp, timely look at how these innovations impact economic regulation, privacy, central bank autonomy, and the global financial order. From country case studies to debates on the potential decline of cash and the rise of digital currencies, her book opens crucial questions for public policy today.

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