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• Academic Appointments
University of Chicago, Energy & Environment Lab
• Postdoctoral Researcher
[Jun 2023 - Present]
• Education
University of Southern California (USC)
• Ph.D. in Economics
Thesis: Essays in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
[2017 - 2023]
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• Master of Science, Economics
[2013 - 2015]
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata (SXC)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Honors)
[2008 - 2011]
• Awards and Fellowships
Dornsife Graduate School Fellowship
• University of Southern California
[2017, 2021]
Summer Research Award
• University of Southern California
[2021, 2022]
Best Second Year Paper Award
(Democracy for Sale: Vote-Buying in India)
• University of Southern California
[2018 - 2019]
Certificate of Merit
• St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
[2010 - 2011]
• Research Experience
Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles
• Research Assistant to Prof. Jinkook Lee
[May - Aug 2020]
Department of Economics at USC, Los Angeles
• Research Assistant to Prof. Paulina Oliva
[May - Dec 2019]
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi
• Research Assistant to Dr. Ajay Shah and Dr. Ila Patnaik
[2016 - 2017]
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi
• Research Assistant to Dr. Ashok Gulati
[2015 - 2016]
Department of Economics at LSE, London
• Research Assistant to Prof. Swati Dhingra and Prof. Gianluca Benigno
[Jul - Sep 2015]
• Seminar and Conference Presentations
2023
Tufts University, University of Warwick (virtual), Georgia Institute of Technology, AERE@OSWEET, LSE Environment Day, Harvard Climate Economics Pipeline Workshop, Camp Resources XXIX - NC State University, NBER Conference on Distributional Impacts of Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector, UChicago Experimental Economics Brown Bag, 79th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance - Utah State University
2022
USC Environmental Reading Group, USC Applied Microeconomics Seminar
2021
USC Environmental and Energy Economics Brownbag (virtual)
• Professional / Non-Academic Experience
London School of Economics and Political Science, London
• Sub-warden, Rosebery Hall of Residence
[Aug 2014 - Jun 2015]
HPCL Mittal Energy Limited, Noida
• Intern, Treasury Department
[Jan - Mar 2013]
Verity Knowledge Solutions (UBS affiliate), Hyderabad
• Analyst, Investment Banking Department
[Apr 2011 - Apr 2012]
• Skills
Software
• R, Stata, Python, LATEX, Microsoft Excel
Languages
• Hindi (native), English (fluent), Punjabi (fluent)
• Personal
Date of Birth
• October 26th, 1990
Citizenship
• Indian