- IndianInstitute of Technology kanpur, Kanpur, India.
Work Areas: Political Economics, Growth Theory.
- Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Delhi, India.
Work Areas: Risk Decisions and Pension Economics.
Education
- University of California, Irvine, California USA.
Dissertation Title: On the Dynamics of Property Rights.
References:
Prof. M. Garfinkel mrgarfin@uci.edu +1 (949) 824-3190.
Prof. S. Skaperdas sskaperd@uci.edu +1(949) 824-4167.
Prof. P. Ranjan pranjan@uci.edu +1 (949) 824-1926.
Fields of Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy,
Economic Development, Technological
Change and Growth, Law and Economics.
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai India.
Papers
- Production, Appropriation and The Dynamic Emergence of Property rights. [Job Market Paper]
- Innovation, Standardization and Income Distribution in a Closed Economy.
- Practicing Presidential Leadership: A Model of Presidents' Positive Power in U.S. Lawmaking. [with Matthew Beckmann] in Journal of Theoretical Politics January 2011 23: 3-20, Sage Publication)
- Opportunism in Polarization: Presidential Success in U.S. Senate, 1953-2006. [with Matthew Beckmann](Forthcoming in Presidential Studies Quarterly)
- On The Economics of Organized Crime. [with Stergios Skaperdas], in Criminal Law and Economics. [Nuno Garoupa, ed.] , Edward Elgar Publishing.
Works in Progress
- Growth and The Endogenous Emergence of Governance in The Shadow of Conflict.
- Continuous Product Cycle and International Trade. (with Priya Ranjan)
Teaching Experience
- University of California, Irvine, California USA.
Conference and Workshops
- Conference.
- The Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference on Social Choice and Behavioral Sciences (May 26, 2006), Sponsored by the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California Irvine
- Democracy and its Development, The Fourth Annual CSD Graduate Student Conference (2007-08), Organized by The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at the University of California, Irvine.
- The Fourth Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development (December 17-18, 2008), Organized by Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi.
Workshop.
a. Invited participation at European Science Days 2005 in Steyr, Austria.
b. Invited Participation at the Workshop on “New Techniques in Applied Economic Research” on December 15-17, 2008, organized by The Institute of EconomicGrowth, University of Delhi Enclave.
Awards and Honors
- University of California, Irvine, California USA.
- Social Science Merit Fellowship 2003-08: \$40,000/Year
- Social Science Summer Fellowship: 2004(\$5000), 2006(\$3000), 2007(\$5000).
- Institute of Mathematical Behavioral Science: 2004(\$750), 2007(\$500).
- Center for the Study of Democracy Research Grant, 2005(\$2000).
- CGPACS-Graduate Student Grant 2007-08: \$1500.
- Others
- 3rd Place in All India School Quiz 93-94, organized by the Public School Association of India.
- Recipient of the National Talent SearchExamination (NTSE) Scholarship 1995, awarded each year to only 750 class10 students from all over India.
Mathematical And Economic Expertise
- Dynamic Programming, Optimal Control, and Calculus of Variation.
- Game Theory, Differential Games, and Strategy.
- Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes.
- Analytical and Numerical Techniques in Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations.
- Various Econometrics Estimation methods including ANOVA \& Parametric Analysis, Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation.
Leadership
- Mood Indigo, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai India.
- As one of 20 Core Group Members of Mood Indigo 2001, raised over $100,000 and led a team of 200 people in organizing India's largest student event.
- As Core Group Member (Finance) of Mood Indigo 2002 oversaw catering and hospitality groups. Led both groups to profitability for the first time in the event’s 25 year long history.