Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, PhD

Welcome to the web page of Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, PhD!

I'm an economist, currently working with Government of India (NITI Aayog) as Fellow, where I was formerly Lead Advisor and Head, Trade and Commerce and Strategic Economic Dialogue, International Co-operation and Vision India@2047, at the rank of Joint Secretary (Equivalent to Assistant Secretary in the US).

I have also been wearing a few different hats, while being based in Seattle, USA:

1. Founder and Director, Infinite Sum Modelling LLC. Seattle WA USA

2. Courtesy Faculty Member, Oregon State University , Corvallis, OR USA

3. Affiliate Faculty Member in Applied Economics, Boston College Boston MA USA

4. Affiliate Faculty Member at the School of Environment and Forestry Sciences, University of Washington Seattle USA

5. Senior Fellow, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE, Brussels)

6. Distinguished Fellow, Pahle India Foundation New Delhi

7. Visiting Senior Fellow, Center for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP, New Delhi)

8. Consultant with UN, World Bank, ILO, WHO, FAO, etc.

9. Member, Advisory Board, United Nations ESCAP ARTNET

10. Senior Consultant, General Authority of Foreign Trade, Saudi Arabia

11. Advisory Board Member: MentorCloud, Athena Infonomics, Datanetiix, Diatoz, Quantibly, NECF Global, Neurolonic , Dotzaa and other companies

12. Co-founder and Director, Policy Modeling Association for Inclusive Development, a Section 8 non-profit organization in New Delhi, India

13. Advisory Board Member, Global Trade Analysis Project, Purdue University Glo-India, Global India Trade and Cultural Council, MSME Business Forum India, Global MSME Devnet Pvt Ltd and other organizations.

14. Member, Board of Trustees, Dharma Civilization Foundation , Dhrishti Foundation Trust, Fundamental Action and Research Foundation and other non profits.

Formerly:

Lead Consultant - Economic Modelling at McKinsey and Company

Research Economist and Affiliate Faculty Member, Purdue University

In 2017, I was also awarded with the title 'GTAP Research Fellow'

I have visited 30 countries in all continents!

Here is my CV (a much shorter version is here) and Google Scholar profile , for more details on my work.

Books (12 published, 3 forthcoming)

Krishna M, Rahul Arora, Byomakesh Debata, Debi Prasad Bal, NVM Rao, Saumya Ranjan Dash and Badri Narayanan Eds. (2025, forthcoming). Emerging Issues and Advances in Applied Economics and Finance. Springer Nature, USA.
Badri Narayanan and Anand Pandey Eds. (2025). Issues in Rural Development of UP: Nexus between Finance, Technology and Mental Health. ISM Press, USA. ISBN: 978-93-342-8322-8
Badri Narayanan Ed. (2025, Forthcoming). Promoting Indo-U.S. Trade and Investment Cooperation: Insights from Analytical Studies. ISM Press, USA. ISBN: 978-93-342-8692-2
Anand Pandey and Badri Narayanan Eds. (2024). Assuring Housing, Jobs and Social Assistance to the Masses: Evidence from Rural India. Center for Development Economic Studies, India.
Swati Gupta, Smita Gupta and Badri Narayanan Eds. (2024). Integrating RegTech Solutions for Industry 4.0. IGI Global Publishers, USA. (Scopus indexed)
Badri Narayanan (2023). Trade Policy Analysis for CARICOM Countries. Center for Development Economic Studies, India.
Badri Narayanan, Ashutosh Yadav, Ishaan Hazarika, Vinita Godinho and Deepshika Yadav (2023). Financial Wellness in the Asia Pacific. Generis Publishing, UK.
Badri Narayanan and Anand Pandey Eds. (2023). Development Research in Rural India: Case Studies from Uttar Pradesh. Center for Development Economic Studies, India.
Badri Narayanan, Ashish Gupta and Tavishi Tewary (2022). Sustainability in the Gig Economy: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities in Industry 4.0. Springer Publishers, USA.
Badri Narayanan, Taranjeet Duggal and Tavishi Tewary (2021). Examining the Intersection of Circular Economy, Forestry and International Trade. IGI Global Publishers, USA.
Narayanan, G. Badri (2017) Economic and Environmental Issues in Indian Textile Industry, Springer Publishers, USA.
Narayanan, G.Badri, Angel Aguiar and Robert McDougall, Editors. (2015). Global Trade, Assistance, and Production: The GTAP 9 Data Base, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University.
Narayanan, G.Badri, Angel Aguiar and Robert McDougall, Editors. (2012). Global Trade, Assistance, and Production: The GTAP 8 Data Base, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University.
Narayanan, G.Badri and Pankaj Vashisht (2011). Determinants of Competitiveness of Indian Auto Industry, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
Narayanan, G.Badri and Terrie L. Walmsley, Editors (2008). Global Trade, Assistance, and Production: The GTAP 7 Data Base, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University.

Here is a citation of my and my former Center's work by The Economist

Our ADB report on Covid economic impact and on Covid impact on remittances and migration (Blog from link is here) were covered extensively by global media . Also an e-book has been published covering some of these studies

Our UNCTAD Report on Covid impact on tourism has also been covered by global media

Our recent work has been published in Nature Communications - this is on carbon pricing

Our recent work with the Commonwealth Secretariat has been on Medical Supply Chain and India-Commonwealth trade slowdown

Here are some (but not complete list of) works. My SSRN, IDEAS and GTAP pages have more papers.

Here's the syllabus of latest course that I developed and taught in Autumn 2019 for the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Seattle; this is about Global Trade and Disruptive Technologies.

My heartfelt thanks to all my coauthors for their exciting and fruitful collaboration.

Please feel free to e-mail me (badrig at uw dot edu) if you are interested in one or more of my published/working papers listed on my CV.

Public Health and Sustainability

Global Economic Burden of Select Diseases

Economic and health impact of global trade regulations to restrict BPA and to restrict Nano-Textiles

Trade agreements and public health issues

Tobacco control and employment

International Trade

Using CGE (Computable General Equilibrium Modelling)

Special Safeguard Mechanism and Specific Tariffs

UN Report on trade and sustainable development

US Chamber of Commerce report on US-China trade wars

McKinsey report on GVCs

Note on TPP and Forestry

Public Procurement and Free trade agreements

On BREXIT's trade impact

EU-India FTA (Published in Margin)

On TPP, TTIP and their impact on India (Published in a book)

On Tariff Concessions in East Asia

Price Volatility, Tariff Structure and Special Safeguard Mechanism (2015 AAEA Conference Proceedings, R&R in Economic Modelling)

on Trade and labor productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (Submitted for review in Journal of African Economies)

on TPP and its impacts on India (Published in Margin)

on Export Subsidies in Textile Sector (Published in Margin)

on Tariff Escalation and Export Shares in Agricultural and Processing Sectors (Published, after revisions, in Economic Modelling)

on Trade with China and US Labor Market (Published, after revisions, in Economic Modelling)

on a Global Economic Dataset for CGE Modelling (Published, after revisions, in Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan)

on Disaggregated CGE Modelling (Published, after revisions, in Economic Modelling)

on EU's FTA with Latin America (Published as a EU Policy Document)

Using Econometric (Time-Series) Methods

Globalization and Economic Growth

on Exchange rate, productivity and Exports: Indian textile Sector (Published in JISPE)

on Phasing out of MFA Quotas in Indian Textiles (Published in Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies)

Using Applied Industrial Organisation

on Trade Reforms, Technology and Profits (Published, after revisions, in Applied Economics Letters)

on Mergers, Trade Reforms and Profits (one part revised and published in JQE, another part revised and published in Applied Economics Letters)

Books:

Global Trade, Assistance and Production: Version 8

Global Trade, Assistance and Production: Version 7

Competitiveness of Indian Auto Sector

Agricultural and Food Policy

A chapter in a Compendium on Water resources (Jal Jeevan) released by Water Resources minister of India, focusing on disruptive technologies , Segment 3

Impact of India's Food Security Policy Across Household Types (2015 AAEA Conference Proceedings)

Agricultural Production, Climate Change and Water Scarcity in India (2015 AAEA Conference Proceedings)

Economic Growth Dynamics and Water Scarcity in India (2015 AAEA Conference Proceedings)

Energy-Water Nexus in South Asia (2014 AGU Meeting Proceedings)

World Bank study on agricultural productivity and investment gaps in India

Consumer Preferences for Food Transparency: An Interview Study

Field Study on Undernourishment in Rural UP India

Industrial Economics

Using Econometric (Time-Series) Methods and Descriptive Data Analysis

on Time Series Analysis of Production in Indian Textiles Sector (Published in Applied Economics single-authored)

on the economic structure of Indian Textile Sector (a chapter in a book published by UNESCAP and another version in India development Report by Oxford University Press), single-authored

on Indian Auto Sector (A small part thoroughly updated and revised, forthcoming in Review of Development and Change)

on Economic History of Indian Textiles (single-authored)

Textile industry's structure in India

My PhD Dissertation on economic issues in Indian Textile Sector (single-authored, under the supervision of the PhD committee).

Energy and Environment

Using Econometric and Simulation Methods

Nature Communications paper on carbon pricing

World Bank paper on Economics of Paris Accord

World Bank Paper on Trade, Green Economy and Gender Equity

World Bank Paper on Climate Change Policies and Employment

World Bank report on Climate Change and water scarcity in Bulgaria

on EU bio-fuels policy

on Energy (about Global Inter-fuel Substitution, Revised and Re-submitted to Energy Economics)

on Pollution Control using Indigenous Technologies (Book chapter published by the Academic Foundation and Indian Economic Association, SIngle-authored)

Contributed to McKinsey Report on the future of Minerals (Supercycle)

Labor Economics

Using Econometric (Panel) Methods

on Employment in Indian Textile Sector

Contributed to Mckinsey report on AI/Automation, Skill Development and future of work

Contributed to McKinsey report on future of work in NewZealand

Education

Covid-19 impact on students: perspective from India

Covid-19 impact on instructors: perspective from Maharashtra, India

Inter-disciplinary Works

Data Science and Disruptive Technologies

Visualization of Economic Datasets (Published in Engineering Design and Graphics Journal)