Résumé
Prakarsh Singh
Chair Professor of Economics, Plaksha University
1215 Bharti Academic Block, Plaksha University. (+91)798-668-8774. prakarsh.singh@plaksha.edu.in
Brief Bio:
• Hands-on experience building models and writing research papers employing econometrics, machine learning and data science with 21 publications in peer-reviewed economics journals.
• Over 12 years of work experience in academia and industry with invited presentations at 80+ leading global academic and policy institutions. A track record of collaborating with the world’s leading economists and scientists, 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.
Prior work experience:
Senior Economist, Manager, Amazon, Seattle, WA. 6 years.
• Helped in creating short and long-term financial goals for Prime’s Video, Music and Gaming teams.
• Produced marketing optimization models for Prime Video to help allocate $1B in spend across titles and media.
• Measured and published the downstream financial impact of creating awareness through brand marketing to inform marketing of tentpole titles.
• Evaluated the impact of remote work on Amazon employees’ attrition, promotion and satisfaction. Measured innovation and collaboration across teams and job families at Amazon (3 joint papers with Nobel Laureate, David Card).
• Led the science of nudging managers through a talent management tool improving experiences of 500K corporate employees.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. 7 years.
Research:
• 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.
• Invited research presentations at 80+ global academic institutions and conferences.
• Main Organizer of the Inaugural Liberal Arts Colleges Development Economics Conference (LAC-DEV) in 2013 and Co-organizer, 2014-2017. The annual conference showcases the best research in Development Economics at leading Liberal Arts Colleges.
Teaching:
• Designed new courses in 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.
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.