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Education:
1997, PhD, Economics, University of Southern California, USA.
1992, MA. Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India.
1990, BSc., Economics (Honours), Presidency College, Calcutta, India.
Employment:
2006 (onwards), Professor, Dept. of Economics, Monash University, Australia.
2005, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Monash University, Australia.
2002 - 2004, Senior Lecturer (Continuing), Dept. of Economics, Monash University, Australia.
2000 - 2001, Lecturer (Continuing), Dept. of Economics, Monash University, Australia.
1997 - 1999, Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, University of Sydney, Australia.
Other Professional Experience:
2023 - : Member, College of Experts, Australian Research Council.
2021 - : Editor, Oxford Open Economics.
2023 - : Associate Editor, Economica.
2017 - 2021: Fellow, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne.
2016: Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
2016: Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute of Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
2012: Visiting Academic, Department of Economics, University of Oxford.
2009 (onwards): Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Australia.
2009: Member Research Selection Committee, Australian Development Research Awards, AusAID, Australia.
2004: Visiting Research Fellow, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, USA.
1992 - 1996: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Southern California, USA.
Major Fields of Interest:
Development Economics, Experimental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Political Economy
Academic Awards and Fellowships:
2007, Research Commendation, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia.
1996, Haynes Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1996-1997, University of Southern California, USA.
1995, U.C.S.C. Endowment for Research on Rural Credit Markets in Punjab, India, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.
1992 - 1996, Teaching Assistantship, University of Southern California, USA.
1991, Prof. Naqvee Memorial Merit Scholarship for Outstanding Performance, Delhi School of Economics, India.
1990, U. N. Ghoshal (Economics) Book Prize, First in Class, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.
1990, J. C. Sinha (Economics) Book Prize, First in Class, Presidency College, Calcutta, India.
1990, Govt. of India, National Merit Scholarship for Outstanding Performance in Bachelor's Program.