Prakarsh Singh
Chair Professor of Economics, Plaksha University
A1-217 Bharti Academic Block, Plaksha University. (+91)798-668-8774. prakarsh.singh@plaksha.edu.in
Brief Bio:
• Program Chair, Data Science, Economics and Business, a BTech major at Plaksha University (2023 onwards). From innovating on curriculum design to hiring stellar faculty and staff, to inviting eminent guest speakers, my role encompasses scaling-up the major by reinventing tech education in Data Science and Economics.
• Director, Lab for Economic Behaviour in Organizations (2023 onwards). The Lab works with organizations on talent management and the future of work and hosts an annual Economics conference in April.
• Over 14 years of work experience in academia and industry with invited presentations at 100+ leading global academic and policy institutions. A track record of collaborating with the world’s leading economists and scientists, publishing in top-tier journals, obtaining research grants, and making policy impact.
• Former science leader at Amazon with work spanning subscription modeling, global talent management and streaming businesses to develop strategic insights for monetization, pricing, marketing and human resources. Bar Raiser at Amazon with an experience of leading 150+ tech hiring loops.
• Taught courses on Personnel Economics, Development Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Fundamentals of Economics, Economics of Health & Conflict, Applied Econometrics, Microeconomics of Development at Plaksha University, Amherst College, Swarthmore College and University of Navarra.
• Recipient of the Spirit of Plaksha award for 2025 for embodying the Plaksha values of Curiosity, Rigor, Enterprising, Authentic, Thankful and Exemplary.
• Invited as a Keynote speaker at various institutions in India and abroad.
• Produced marketing optimization models for video streaming company to help allocate $1B in spend across titles and media.
• Evaluated the impact of remote work on employees’ attrition, promotion and satisfaction.
• Measured innovation, collaboration and workforce productivity in industry (3 joint papers with Nobel Laureate, David Card).
• Led the science of nudging managers through a talent management tool.
• Publications in top-ranked field journals including Journal of Development Economics (2x), Journal of Health Economics, European Economic Review, Economics of Education Review and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization with a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and funding by World Bank and United Nations University.
• Recipient of AAEA’s Quality of Research Discovery and Best Paper Awards.
• Main Organizer of the LEO Economics Conference (2024, 2025, 2026). The annual conference showcases the best research in Economics in India.
• Main Organizer of LAC-DEV Economics conference in 2013 and Co-organizer, 2014-2017. The annual conference showcases the best research in Development Economics at leading Liberal Arts Colleges.
• Designed innovative courses in Personnel Economics, Development Economics, Microeconomics, Health & Conflict, and Econometrics with excellent teaching evaluations.
• Visiting positions at University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, University of Navarra (Spain) and Liberal Arts Initiative in China.
Prior work experience:
Consultant - BCG | World Bank | NERA Economic Consulting
Senior Economist, Manager, Amazon, Seattle, WA. 6 years.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. 7 years.
Education:
• PhD in Economics, London School of Economics (2008 – 2011). Bagri Fellowship.
• Master of Research in Economics, London School of Economics (2006 – 2008). Alison and Tim Frost Scholarship.
• Bachelor of Science in Economics, London School of Economics (2003 – 2006). Cargill Fellowship.
Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
Technical skills: STATA, Python, Cloud computing (AWS), Scala, SQL, Arc GIS, Tableau.
References available upon request.