Aravind Boddupalli is a senior research associate in the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, where he examines federal, state, and local tax and budget issues. His research focuses on racial income and wealth disparities, access to tax benefits, government outreach and engagement, and criminal legal fines and fees.

Boddupalli is a Rising Leaders for Results Fellow with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He also serves on the Fines, Fees, and Restitution working group of Baltimore City's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

Boddupalli graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with a BA in economics and political science.