I am PhD candidate at Dept. of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

I completed my Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Enginnering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

I have also worked as Consultant/ Analyst in US, Canada and India designing and developing software applications & services for enterprises, government departments and universities.

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Recent Works

My thesis is on "Analysis of Economic Growth in a Developing Country: Identifying and Estimating Sources".

My papers include:

• Pre-reform conditions, Intermediate inputs and Distortions: Solving the Indian Growth Puzzle
• Looking beyond the methods: Productivity Estimates and Growth Trends in Indian Manufacturing
• Indian Economy - TFP or Factor Accumulation: A Comprehensive Growth Accounting Exercise
• Comparing and Contrasting Growth of India with China
• Measuring Quality Change due to Technological Externalities in Multi-feature Service Bundles
• Technological Progress on Consumption side: Consolidation and Prevalence of Complements

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Research

I am interested in pursuing goal-oriented research objectives in following fields:

• Productivity Analysis and Technological Change
• Indian Economy
• Services Innovation & Measurement
• Science & Technology Policy
• Customized Development Strategies
• Cost-Benefit Analysis of Infrastructure and R&D Investments

I also plan to contribute to the growing inter-disciplinary field of Computational Economics by combining my thorough training in Growth Accounting, Production Function Estimation, Index Numbers techniques with the hands-on programming experience I have with Algorithms, Data Structure and Decision Support Systems.

My Research Interests

Employers

I am in the Job market this year(2008-2009).

My education as an Engineer and then as an Economist is well complimented with my work experience in Corporate, Educational and Research settings.

I have skills and preparation necessary to excel in the profession.

If you are an employer or represent someone who is planning to hire an Economics PhD, please have a look at my detailed CV.
You can also download the whole package including Cover Letter, CV, Job Market Paper and other materials.

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Some Initiatives

I have gathered data for India from various datasources and am creating a repository to share it in accessible form.

I am developing a Meta-Schema for Autmating the Price Data Collection for Statistical Agencies which should deal with many of the limitations and biases of current process.

I have created a Google Custom Engine with Economics related websites.

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Students

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Econ 226 - Making Sense of Economic Data