Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Ph.D. Economics

McGill University, Canada

2023 – Current
M.A. Economics

Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi

2017 – 2019
Bachelor of Science [Physics, Mathematics and Statistics]

JECRC University, Rajasthan

2013 – 2016

Work Experience

Research Assistant for Prof. Markus Porshke

McGill University – Firm Heterogeneity and TFP Project

Aug 2024 – Current
Research Assistant for Prof. Leonie Baumann

McGill University – Network Theory

Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Senior Research Associate

Payment and Governance Research Program, J-PAL South Asia

Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Research Fellow

Verghese Kurien Policy Lab, IRMA

Oct 2021 – Jun 2022
Research Associate

Verghese Kurien Policy Lab, IRMA

Aug 2020 – Sep 2021
Research Assistant

Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

Aug 2019 – Dec 2019

Research Articles In Progress

Factor Misallocation under Political Frictions: Evidence from Canal Irrigation

with Prof. Vivek Pandey

Caste and Credit: The Long Shadow of Borrowing Constraints

sole author

Microfinance and the Next Generation: Credit Access and Parental Investment in Children

sole author

Credit and the Composition of Work: How Microfinance Shapes Occupational Choice

sole author

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Advanced Economic Theory

McGill University

Fall 2024

Evaluation (3.9/5)

Teaching Assistant, Microeconomic Theory (Graduate)

McGill University

Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant, Current Economic Problems

McGill University

Fall 2024 & Fall 2025

Evaluation (4/5)

Instructor, Mathematics Camp for Economics PhD Students

McGill University

Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant, Microeconomic Theory (Econ 230D2)

McGill University

Winter 2024

Evaluation (4.2/5)

Teaching Assistant, Microeconomic Theory (Econ 230D1)

McGill University

Fall 2023

Evaluation (4.3/5)

Instructor, Field Experiments Summer School

IRMA

2023

Evaluation (4.5/5)

Instructor, Stata Workshops for Econometric Methods for Impact Evaluation

IRMA

2021
Instructor, Stata Workshops for Field Experiments for Social Policy

IRMA

2020

Academic Achievements

FRQSC Doctoral Training Scholarship (CAD 100,000)

Quebec Government

2024
Certified Course on Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis
2024
Graduate Travel Award
2024
Graduate Excellence Award, PhD Economics
2023 & 2025
University Gold Medal, B.Sc.
2016
Scholarship for Training Program in Mathematics
2015

Grants and Project Reports

REWARD Project

Rejuvenating Watershed for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (Karnataka, India) – USD 605,000

Enterprise Survey Report

With Prof. Vivek Pandey – 3,780 enterprises across 727 rural villages, India

NRLM Evaluation Follow-up

Funded by World Bank & DFID

JASHN Field Experiment

Jharkhand Department of Rural Development, 2021–2024 (INR 7.9 million)

Professional Membership

The Econometric Society

Winter Schools and Internships

Econometric Society Winter School at DSE
2017, 2018, 2019
Internship with Shanta Laishram

Indian Statistical Institute

2015
Training Program in Mathematics

NISER Bhubaneswar

2015

Computer Skills

Stata (advanced) SurveyCTO (advanced) R (intermediate) Matlab (intermediate) ArcGIS (intermediate) Python (beginner) LaTeX Microsoft Office