Chairperson of ePGD in Advanced Business Analytics at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2025 - 27)
Associate editor at Economic Modelling (2025-)
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 - 24)
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 (2021-24)
Co-chairperson of ePGD in Advanced Business Analytics at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2020 - 22)
Chairperson of the High Performance Computing Lab at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (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*)
Academic visitor, Singapore Management University (2024)
Visiting professor, Economics Department, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton (2023 -26)
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, Chair of Monetary Economics and International Finance, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (2018)
Academic visitor, International Christian University, Tokyo (2016, 17)
Academic visitor, Economics Department, 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/planned*)
(2025) IIMB; SNU (online discussant); CAFRAL Reserve Bank of India; Queensland University of Technology (Australasian Trade Workshop 2025); IIMA- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) Workshop; Ahmedabad University; IIT Bombay - SJMSoM; IIMA RBI Chair Workshop; IIMB SEED Workshop; IIMB Networks workshop*, University of Sussex*.
(2024) Indian Academy of Sciences, Coorg; IISER Pune (DDS'24); RES 2024, Belfast; CEA 2024, Toronto; Shiv Nadar University; ISI Kolkata; Ahmedabad University; IIMA; Singapore Management University; IMRC IIMA; IMSc Chennai.
(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 (online discussant); 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; NSM IIMA.
(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 (International Conference on Public Finance and Public Policy); Thoughtworks (Technology consultancy firm); Reserve Bank of India (Strategic Research Unit); IIT Delhi (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 (EC2019); ISB-Booth Quant Marketing Conference, 2019; NSEF IIMA; 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), Tokyo, Japan; DSGE workshop at IGIDR, Mumbai (as discussant); FLAME university, Pune; NSEF IIMA.
(2017) IIM Bangalore doctoral conference (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 (external, SCIS, JNU); Harit Joshi, (P&QM area, IIMA, TAC); Mayank Aggarwal (Business Policy area, IIMA, TAC, Ahmedabad University); Abinash Mishra (Economics area, IIMA, Chair of TAC; OP Jindal University); Sawan Rathi (Economics area, IIMA, Chair of TAC; post-doc at University of Sussex, UK, IIT Bombay).