Vikas Sett is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Sett has over 12 years of experience in various fields of finance controls & accounts function - including contracts validation, compliance, tax planning, international trade, foreign trade policy, etc.  While at Shorenstein APARC, he will study the U.S. taxation system, tax breaks available to the pharmaceutical industry and how the pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. have leveraged the tax breaks to their advantage.  Sett graduated with a degree in commerce and is a Chartered Account by profession (member of ICAI, India).