Gaurav Dwivedi works with the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and is based in Bhopal. He graduated as an engineer and completed his post-graduation in management studies from Pune University. He has been researching and documenting privatisation, reforms and public private partnership projects in public services with a focus on water supply, sanitation and sewerage for more than a decade. His work includes several publications on these themes. He is currently researching and monitoring mega infrastructure development projects like smart cities and industrial corridors with a focus on their financial aspects in India.