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Academic Background:

• Ph.D. in Economics,  Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA, May 2020
• Master of Science in Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, 2014
• Bachelor of Science, Economics (Hons.), Presidency College, University of Calcutta, 2012
  
   

Experience

Work Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Economics Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (since July 1, 2025)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (July 2020- June 2025) [on leave since July 1, 2025]

Research

Journal Publications:

1. Fertility Outcomes and Parental Well-being in Later Life: Evidence from India (with Bilal Ahmad Bhat and Esha Chatterjee) Journal of Development  Economics, Volume 177, October 2025, 103535, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103535 

    

2. The Intergenerational Effects of Marital Transfers: Evidence from India (with Bilal Ahmad Bhat), forthcoming, Journal of Human Resources, Link to journal pre-print: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1022-12589R1 

    

3. Intergenerational effects of affirmative action in higher education: Evidence from India (with Pragati), Economics Letters, Volume 244, Article 112010, November 2024, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112010 

4. The Great Indian Demonetization and Gender Gap in Health Outcomes: Evidence from Two Indian States (with Md. Nazmul Ahsan), Economics and Human Biology, Vol. 53, Article 101369, April 2024 , Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101369 

    

5. Mother's Widowhood and Children's Education: Evidence from India (with Pragati), Economics Letters, Vol. 232, Article 111316, November 2023, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111316

 

Conferences:

1. 2025 Society for the Economics of the Household (SEHO) Conference at the University of Zaragoza (Spain)
2.  Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) Conference, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2024)
3. Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Delhi, India (2024)
4. Fourth International Conference on Issues in Economic Theory and Policy, Presidency University, Kolkata (2023)
5. 14th, 15th, and 17th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
6. North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Seattle, WA, USA (2019)
7. China Meeting of the Econometric Society, Guangzhou, China (2019)
8. Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Xiamen, China (2019)
9. Third Annual Meeting of the Society for the Economics of the Household, Lisbon, Portugal (2019)
10. First Annual Meeting of the Society for the Economics of the Household, San Diego, CA USA (2017)