Prakarsh Singh

Prof. Prakarsh Singh is Chair Professor of Economics, Director of the Lab for Economic Behaviour in Organisations (LEO) and Program Chair for the Data Science, Economics and Business (DSEB) major at Plaksha University. He is also a visiting faculty member at the Indian School of Business (ISB).

With over 15 years of research in academia and industry with invited presentations at 100+ leading global academic and policy institutions, he has a track record of collaborating with the world’s leading economists and scientists, obtaining research grants, and making policy impact. 

His papers have been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economics of Education Review, European Economic Review and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. His research projects have been funded by the Gates Foundation (Grand Challenges), The World Bank, United Nations and various State governments in India. Work has led to policy impact and 500+ citations. His areas of research and teaching include personnel economics, health economics, behavioural economics, microeconomics, and economics of conflict.

He has taught at the world's top-ranked liberal arts colleges (Amherst and Swarthmore College), with visiting positions at University of Pennsylvania, University of Navarra (Spain) and Liberal Arts Initiative (China). His courses have been featured in the world's leading economic education journal, Journal of Economic Education.

Before Plaksha, Prof. Singh was a Science leader at Amazon where he led an innovative team of economists, scientists and business intelligence engineers that curated Strategic Insights for Amazon's leaders across Prime Video, Human Resources and Prime Pricing. Prof. Singh is a Fellow at the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and a Research Fellow at LIZER.