Anirudh Burman is an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He studies public institutions, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity issues in domains such as land, technology and finance. He has worked extensively on data governance, land markets, financial regulation and regulatory governance.

Burman's current research interests focus on urbanization, property rights and land markets, particularly the regulatory framework affecting land-use in cities, land titles, and land-use efficiency amidst urban transitions. He is interested in the political economy of India’s urban transition with a focus on land markets.