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Indivar Dutta-Gupta
Indivar "Indi" Dutta-Gupta is a Visiting Researcher, McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and the founder of Blue Lotus Strategies, where he advises foundations, advocacy organizations, and research institutions on social policy design, narrative, and strategy. His work focuses on improving economic security and opportunity, with a particular emphasis on income supports, health care, caregiving, and housing policy. Previously, he served as President and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and as Co-Executive Director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, and has held roles in Congress and across the policy research community. He is the author of numerous reports, testimonies, and commentaries on US poverty, inequality, and social protection.