Research Interests  

Current Primary & Secondary Affiliation

• 2024- ongoing: Professor of Development Economics, Innovation & Global Health, Dept. of Economics, U-Sussex Business School, University of Sussex

• 2025 (August-December): Visiting Professor (MBZUAI, Abu Dhabi) - Economics and AI Governance

• 2024-ongoing: Visiting Professor, MIPLC, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich.

• 2025-ongoing: Founding Fellow, Royal Economic Society, UK.

• 2025-ongoing: Visiting Professor, Ahmedabad University, India.  

Past Affiliations

• 2019-2024 |    Visiting Fellow & 2018-2019  Campbell &  Teller National Fellow (in-residence) | Hoover Institution, Stanford University

• 2021-2024 |    Professor & Reader in Economics of Innovation, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex

• 2018-2023 |   Economics & Strategy, ICICI Bank Chair, Associate Professor, Chairperson (CMHS) & Visiting Professor, IIM Ahmedabad.

• 2017–2018 |   Economics & Public Policy, Indian School of Business. 

  • • Assistant Professor; Bharti & Max Institute Research Fellow in Public Policy and Healthcare.

• 2011–2017 |   Corporate Strategy & Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

  • • Assistant Professor and Young Faculty Research Chair (2012-2015).

• Fall 2014  |   Indian School of Business (Visiting Faculty, Indian Healthcare Systems & Services).

• 2014–16   |   India Japan IJEP Collaborative Program, University of Tokyo

  • • Faculty Member, Technology Management & Innovation Economics

Recent Updates

• Policy Study for WHO & Oslo Medicines Initiative on Innovation Policy Instruments for Global Bio-Pharmaceutical R&D here.

• Policy Study for United Nations: See our report on UN Covid-19 MPTF response here.

• Scholarly: 2 edited book contracts with World Scientific Publishing on Covid-19 & Grand Challenges for Global Health, Innovation and Economy (co-edited with Anindya S. Chakrabarti & Anil Deolalikar); also on China and India as the Future of 21st Century Public Policy. Email if you want to learn more about these books.

• My profile at Hoover Institution, Stanford University is here. 

• Vox-EU profile here. 

• Check I-HOPE for our work on big data and Indian healthcare funded by the Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance CRC Grant.

• COVID-19 podcasts here. 

Recent Secondary Appointments

• 2020-2021 Team Member, Socioeconomic Research, UN Covid-19 MPTF Response, United Nations. 

Education

• 2005 – 2011  |  Ph.D. & M.Phil. in Public Policy & Management, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University. 

• 2001-2003  |  PGP-PGDCM (equivalent to a MBA), Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

• 1997-2001  |  B.Tech (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.