Academics

• Visiting professor at the economics department,  University of Sussex Business School, UK (2023 - 26) 

• Visiting professor at the Science Policy Research Unit,  University of Sussex Business School, UK (2022 - 23) for a period of six months.

• UTI chair of macroeconomics at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2022 - )

• Co-chairperson of the Brij Disa Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2021 - 24)

• Associate professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2021 - )

• External researcher affiliated with IHOPE India Alliance grant

• Co-chairperson of epgd in Advanced Business Analytics at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedbad (2020 - 22)

• Chairperson of the High Performance Computing Lab at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedbad (2018 - 20)

• Assistant professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2015 - 2020)

• Ph.D. in economics from Boston University (May 2015)

• Master of Science in quantitative economics (M.S.Q.E.) from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in 2010

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in economics from Presidency College, Calcutta (University of Calcutta) in 2007

• Higher Secondary Examination from Laban Hrad Vidyapith in 2004

• Secondary Examination from Laban Hrad Vidyapith in 2002

Projects and Grants

• Funding from IHOPE for research project on studying technology replacement

• Along with Sheri Markose  from University of Essex, I got UKIERI-DST partnership Development Workshop grant (2020; Funded by UKIERI and DST). Our collaborative activities can be found here: AI & Digital Economy

• Regional business cycle synchronization: Role of local and global shocks (2021-2022; funded by R&P, IIMA)

• Macroeconomic dynamics on multi-layered networks (2018-2020; funded by R&P, IIMA)

• Stochastic dynamics in a multi-agent economy: role of granular networks (2017-18; funded by R&P, IIMA)

• Role of gold accumulation in wealth dynamics across generations with a special focus on India (2017-18; funded by IGPC, IIMA)

Fellowships, Awards and Short/long-term Visits (scheduled*)

• Visiting professor, Economics Department, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton (2023 - )

• Visiting professor, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton (2022 - 23)

• Visiting fellowship, Stanford University, Shorenstein APARC, CA (2021)
  Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

• Academic visitor, Mathematics department, King's College, London (2019)

• Academic visitor, Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata (2018)

• Academic visitor, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (2018)

• Academic visitor, International Christian University, Tokyo (2016, 17)

• Academic visitor, Presidency University, Kolkata (2017)

• Academic visitor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2016, 17)

• Special Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Boston University (Spring, 2014)

• Dean's Fellow, Boston University (2010-2015)

• Summer Fellowship, Boston University (2011-14)

• Academic Visitor, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (2012, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)

• Scholarship from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (2008-10)

• National Merit Scholarship, Government of India (2004)

Conferences, seminars and talks (both formal and internal; scheduled*)

• (2024)  Indian Academy of Sciences, Coorg; IISER Pune (DDS'24); RES 2024, Belfast; CEA 2024, Toronto; IMSc*.

• (2023) Oxford University (CSAE 2023); University of Sussex Business School; Krea University; CMHS summit (IIMA);  14th APFT Forum, Seoul; AI Journey 2023 (online; Sberbank); SERI doctoral students' conference (as discussant - online); Gauhati University, Assam, Conference on DS and AI (keynote speaker - online).

• (2022)  IIMA-Univ. of Essex (DST-UKIERI funded conference on AI, Data Science and Digital Economy); University of Canterbury, Business School Te Kura Umanga (Australasian Trade Workshop 2022); Chennai Mathematical Institute (StatFin 2022) - all webinars.  In person: IIMA, Lancaster University.

• (2021) All webinars: CEASP-Jindal Global University (AI in complex socio-economic systems and public policy); IIMA R&P talk; Ahmedabad University (Annual Economics Conference); South Asian University, New Delhi; Econometric Society Summer Meeting (NASMES 2021); Sunbelt and NetSci Conference (Networks 2021); Bocconi University; Paris School of Economics. 

• (2020) Waseda University, Tokyo (NetSciX 2020); International Christian University, Tokyo; Cochin University, Kerala (webinar); Delhi School of Economics;  Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (webinar); HBHI Big Data Collaboration Virtual Seminar, Johns Hopkins University; Presidency University, Kolkata (webinar); Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (webinar); Society for Economic Research in India (webinar).

• (2019) CSSS, Kolkata (invited speaker for International Conference on Public Finance and Public Policy); Thoughtworks (Technology consultancy firm); Reserve Bank of India (Strategic Research Unit); IIT Delhi (invited speaker for First Annual Conference in Economics); IIT Kanpur; International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore; City, University of London, England (WEHIA, 2019); Dibrugarh University, Assam (International Conference on Game Theory and Networks, 2019); NTU Singapore (invited speaker for EC2019); ISB-Booth Quant Marketing Conference, 2019; IIM Calcutta (Frontiers of Economic Analysis, 2019).

• (2018) IIM Ahmedabad (IGPC); CSSS, Kolkata; IIM Udaipur; University of Kiel (Erich Schneider seminar and seminar in Chair of Monetary Economics and International Finance), Kiel, Germany; International Christian University (WEHIA, 2018; keynote speaker for networks module), Tokyo, Japan; DSGE workshop at IGIDR, Mumbai (as discussant); FLAME university, Pune. 

• (2017) IIM Bangalore doctoral conference (participated as discussant); Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai; University of Calcutta; Ashoka University, Delhi; International Christian University, Tokyo; Meiji University, Tokyo; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; University of Delhi.

• (2016) Tokyo University (JAFEE, '16), Japan; International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan; Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi (conference on economic growth and development).

• (2015) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi; Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi (+11th conference on economic growth and development); Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (informal); University of Delhi (Econophysics conference jointly organized with Jawaharlal Nehru University).

• (2014) School of Management, Boston University, Boston (brown bag). 

• (2013) Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (informal).

Students advised (current and past): 

• IIM Ahmedabad (MBA projects)

• Summer and winter interns

• Adviser (PhD): Shariq Hussain (SCIS, JNU); Harit Joshi, (P&QM area, IIMA; TAC); Mayank Aggarwal (Business Policy area, IIMA; TAC); Abinash Mishra (Economics area, IIMA; Chair of TAC; currently at OP Jindal University); Sawan Rathi (Economics area, IIMA; chair of TAC; post-doc at University of Sussex, UK).