Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

PhD , Economics with Minor in Public Policy, Exp. 2023

UC Berkeley / Sloan Summer School

Summer, 2020

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA), 2012 

Mumbai University

Bachelor of Technology, 2008

Research Interests

Environmental and Resource Economics | Development Economics | Policy Evaluation

Research

Working Papers:

Job Market Paper: "Benefits to Agriculture from an Afforestation Program: Evidence from India" with Dylan Brewer and Matthew Oliver, Under review

"Effect of repealing agricultural marketing law on field labor wages in India"  with Ashok Mishra (draft available upon request)  Under review

"Spillover effects from a mining ban on the agriculture labor market in India"  with Dylan Brewer (draft available upon request)

"Effect of air pollution on labor supply decisions of the married individuals" (draft available upon request)

"Effect of choice of marketing channel on economic surplus for farmers in India" with Ashok Mishra (draft available upon request)


Work in Progress: 

Effect of Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (Irrigation project) on groundwater quality in Rajasthan

Alcohol prohibition and labor supply decisions by individuals"

Effect of Women in Parliament on Poverty and Inequality with Prof. Chandan K. Jha

Banking Reforms and field labor wages in India

Household food security, crop damage, and climate shocks

Research Assistant

Assistant to Prof. Tibor Besedes for Summer-2022

Teaching Experience

Certified Teaching Associate by Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech

Instructor of Record

ECON 2106: Principles of Microeconomics (Summer 2023, Fall 2022)

ECON 2250: Statistics for Economists  (Spring 2021, Fall 2021)

Teaching Assistant

ECON 2105: Principles of Macroeconomics (Summer-2021)

ECON 2106: Principles of Microeconomics (Spring-2022, Summer-2021)

ECON-3110, Adv Microeconomics Analysis (Spring-2022)

ECON 3161: Econometric Analysis (Fall-2020)

ECON 4311: Strategic Economics of Multinational Enterprises (Summer-2020)

ECON-4370: Law and Economics (Spring-2022)

ECON 6105: Macroeconomics (Spring-2019)

ECON 6140: Probability and Statistics (Fall-2019, Fall-2020)

ECON 6380: Economics of Environment (Summer-2020, Summer-2021, Summer-2022) 

Work Experience

I worked in industry in Marketing and Strategy roles from 2012 to 2018