Ph.D. in Economics (2015), Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Supervisor: Prof. Pami Dua
M.A. Economics (2008), Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (First Division)
B.A. (H) Economics (2006) , Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi (First Division)
Cleared UGC NET in November, 2011
Macroeconomics, Financial Markets, Monetary Theory, Econometrics and Forecasting, Development Economics
May, 2018- till date: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
Previously worked as Assistant Professor at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi from 2013 to 2018, as University Teaching Assistant at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi from 2009 to 2013, and as Management Trainee at Business Intelligence Unit, ICICI Bank Ltd., Mumbai from 2008 to 2009
Awards and Recognition
2021: RBI Scholarship for Faculty of Academic Institutions, Reserve Bank of India.
2018: M.J. Manohar Rao Award for Young Economists, The Indian Econometric Society
I. Refereed Journal Publications
1. Impact of Crises on Indian Financial Markets (with P. Dua), Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, Accepted May 2024. [ABDC-C]
2. Contagion and Linkages across International Currencies (with S. Bhatia), International Review of Financial Analysis, Accepted April 2024. [ABDC-A]
3. Synchronization in Cycles of China and India during Recent Crises: A Markov Switching Analysis (with P. Dua), Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol. 21, April 2023, 317-337, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40953-023-00343-0. [ABDC-B]
4. Regime Shifts in the Behaviour of International Currency and Equity Markets: A Markov-Switching Analysis (with P. Dua), Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol. 19, 309-336, December 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40953-021-00273-9 [ABDC-B].
5. Development Programs, Security, and Violence Reduction: Evidence from an Insurgency in India (with H. Kaila and S. Singhal), World Development, Vol. 130, June 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104911 [ABDC-A].
6. Impact of Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis on China and India (with P. Dua), Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 62, No. 5, 1137-1164, December 2017, DOI: 10.1142/S021759081550099X [ABDC-B].
7. Financial Crises and Dynamic Linkages across International Stock and Currency Markets (with P. Dua), Economic Modelling, Vol. 59, December 2016, 249-261, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2016.07.013 [ABDC-A].
8. Linkages between Indian and US Financial Markets: Impact of Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone Debt Crisis (with P. Dua), Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Vol. 9, No. 3, 217-240, 2016, DOI:10.1080/17520843.2016.1166144 [ABDC-C].
II. Book Chapters
1. Global Recession and Eurozone Debt Crisis: Impact on Exports of China and India (with P. Dua), in P. Agrawal (ed.), Sustaining High Growth Rates in India, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-107-18195-3, Cambridge University Press, 177-214.
2. Monetary Policy Transmission: Cointegration and Vector Error Correction Analysis (with B.L. Pandit), in B.L. Pandit, Global Financial Crisis and the Indian Economy, 2015, ISBN: 978-81-322-2394-8, Springer India, 51-73.
3. Inter-linkages between Asian and U.S. Stock Markets: A Multivariate GARCH Analysis (with P. Dua), In Progress, in P. Dua, Macroeconometric Methods: Applications to the Indian Economy, 2023, ISBN: 978-981-19-7591-2, Springer Singapore, 339-376.
III. Co-edited Book (Corresponding Editor)
1. Trade, Investment and Economic Growth: Empirical and Policy Issues for India and Emerging Economies (with P. Lakhanpal, J. Mukherjee and B. Nag), Springer Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-33-6973-3, May 2021, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-33-6973-3.
IV. Other Peer-reviewed Publications
1. Building Resilience to External Shocks in G20 Economies (with P. Dua), T20 Policy Brief, September 2023, DOI: Building Resilience to External Shocks in G20 Economies | ThinkTwenty (T20) India 2023 - Official Engagement Group of G20 (t20ind.org). [Peer-reviewed].
V. Research Project (Completed)
2021:Part of the IIFT Team for Evaluation of the Scheme for Investment Promotion, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Referee Service- Applied Economics Letters; Economic Modelling; Indian Economic Review; Indian Growth and Development Review, International Journal of Emerging Markets; International Journal of Finance and Economics; International Review of Economics and Finance; Journal of Demographic Economics, Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Margin: The Journal of Applied Economics Research; North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; Progress in Development Studies, Singapore Economic Review
Member- American Economic Association; Econometric Society