ABHAY GUPTA
Box 205, 6335 Thunderbird
Crescent
Web: http://www.abhayg.com
Vancouver, B.C. V6T2G9 CANADA
Phone: 1 (604) 418 - 1916 E-mail: abhayg@abhayg.com
Research Specialization & Fields
of Interest
– Technology Change & Productivity Analysis.
–
IT Services Innovation & Measurement.
– Indian Economy and Macroeconomic
Growth. – Cost Benefit Analysis of Infrastructure/ R&D.
– International Finance & Monetary
Transmission. – National Accounts and Index Numbers.
Education
Ph.D. (Economics). University of
British Columbia, Canada. July 2009 (expected).
Masters of Arts (Economics).
Lakehead University, Canada. 2004.
B.Tech.(Chemical Engineering).
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. 1999.
Thesis Title
Analysis of Economic Growth in a
Developing Country: Identifying and Estimating Sources.
( Committee – Amartya
Lahiri. Erwin Diewert. Shinichi Sakata. )
Job Market Papers
1.
“Pre-reform
conditions, Intermediate inputs and Distortions: Solving the Indian Growth
Puzzle”.
2.
“Looking
beyond the methods: Productivity Estimates and Growth Trends in Indian
Manufacturing”.
Submitted
& Presented Papers
·
“Indian
Economy - TFP or Factor Accumulation: A Comprehensive Growth Accounting
Exercise”.
·
“Comparing
Bank Lending Channel in India and Pakistan”.
·
“Measuring
Quality Change due to Technological Externality in Multi-Feature Service
Bundles”.
·
“Technological
Progress on Consumption side: Consolidation and Prevalence of Complements”.
Research
& Academic Work Experience
2006
– Current Program Officer. Human Security Research
Group, Simon Fraser University.
2004
– Current Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. University
of British Columbia.
2003
– 2004 Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Lakehead
University.
Professional
Experience: IT Consulting
05/2004 –
08/2004 Information Technologist. Northern Ontario School of Medicine
(www.nosm.ca)
05/2003
– 08/2003 System Analyst. Intersoft KK (www.intersoftkk.com)
10/2002
– 05/2003 Module Leader. Wipro Technologies (www.wipro.com)
05/2000
– 09/2002 Senior Developer. Aztec Software (www.aztecsoft.com)
12/1999
– 04/2000 Software Engineer. Enterprise Soft Inc. (www.actuate.com)
Job
responsibilities:
Requirement gathering, designing, developing, testing and implementing
solutions and products. Managing team of people with different roles. Interacting
with clients. On-site support.
Working
Papers
·
“Comparing
and contrasting growth of India with China”. (forthcoming in “Indo-China Relationship”, ICFAI University Press,
Hyderabad)
·
“Skills
Distribution, Migration and Wage Differences in Pure Service-Exchange Economy”.
·
“Optimal
Allocation of Physical and Skills Capital in Services Production”.
·
“Inequality:
An explanation using State-Utility and Information Asymmetry”.
Courses
Taught
–
Econometrics. – International
Trade. – Understanding Globalization. – Cost Benefit Analysis.
–
Economics
of Government Regulation of Business. – Topics in Canadian Industrial
Organization.
–
Money and Banking. – Intermediate Macroeconomics. – Making Sense of
Economic Data.
–
Introduction to Macroeconomics. – Introduction to Microeconomics.
Scholastic
Achievements
§ Got Albert Whiteley Memorial
Fellowship at UBC, 2005.
§ Ranked 1st in the MA
class at Lakehead University.
§ Received Chancelor Paterson Award
at Lakehead University.
§ Got 533rd rank in JEE
(IIT Entrance Exam) out of 200,000 applicants.
§ Was awarded National Talent
Search Scholarship.
§ Reached up-to All India level in
Mathematics Olympiad.
§ Recipient of Government Merit
Scholarship awards in Std. X and XII.
§ Secured 22nd rank in
UP Board exams out of around 1 million examinees.
Conferences,
Presentations and Summer School
§ Symposium on Advanced Analytical
Methods, Humanities/ Social Science Congress, Vancouver (2008).
§ Canadian Economics Association
Meeting, Vancouver (2008).
§ Pacific Northwest Regional
Economic Conference, Tacoma (2008).
§ Summer Course on “The New
Monetary Economics”. Randy Wright, University of Pennsylvania.
§ UN International Working Group on
Price Indices (The Ottawa Group), Ottawa (2007).
§ Conference on Industrial
Organization, Phelps Centre, Vancouver (2007).
§
Frontiers in
Mathematics and Economics, Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Vancouver (2006).
§
TARGET – Conference
on Education, Training and the Evolving Workplace, Vancouver (2006).
§
Course on “Numerical
Methods & CGE Modeling with Matlab”. Fabrice Collard, University of
Toulouse.
§ Canadian Econometrics Study Group
Conference, Vancouver (2005).
§ Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Macroeconomics Study Group, Vancouver (2005).
Affiliations
and Certification
§ Canadian Economic Association.
Southern Economic Association. American Economic Association.
§ British Columbia Inter-university Research Data Centre.
§ Centre for Indian and South Asian
Research, University of British Columbia.
§ Productivity Analysis Research
Network.
§ National Stock Exchange
Certification in Financial Markets, Mumbai, India.
Research
Projects
·
“Canadian
Tax and Credit Simulator”. (for Kevin Milligan, UBC)
·
“Changes in
Maternity Leave Mandates”. (for Kevin Milligan, UBC)
·
“Identification
and Estimation of Distributional Effects under a Regression Discontinuity
Design”. (for Sergio Firpo, UBC)
·
“Incorporating
Surprise in Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation”. (for John
Spraggon, Lakehead University)
Non-Economics
Research Work
·
Human
Security Gateway and Human Security Report.
·
3-D apparel
rendering. Automated car driving.
·
Expert System
for Separation Synthesis Sequencing.
·
Remote Management
of Oil and Gas Transportation Pipe-line Network.
Consulting
Projects
- Hawk-Eye
Trade Surveillance System for Fraud Detection and Compliance.
- Cadmus
Rapid Production Manager for Publishers.
- FlowbriX
Workflow Management framework.
- Centrata
Service Orchestration Suite for Data Centers.
- Asera
eBusiness Operating System for Supply Chain and Logistics.
- Viador
Business Intelligence tools and Analyzer.
- Apexon
Business and Customer Relationship Management System.
- Enterprise
Querying and Reporting System.
Technologies
worked with
·
Java, J2EE,
Application Servers (Weblogic, IBM), Databases (Oracle, MySQL), UML.
·
XML, CSS, SOAP,
PHP, JSP, Perl. Web-Services. Multi-tiered architecture and Design patterns.
·
System
administration in Linux (Suse, RedHat). Authentication & authorization
control (getAccess).
Summary
of Other Qualifications
§ Unique mix of
academic-research and industrial-consulting knowledge and experience.
§ Excellent
communication, inter-personal, managerial and teaching skills.
§ Very good at
Programming (including Matlab, Stata, Shazam) and hands-on
experience in Object Oriented Design, Data Structure, Algorithm, Parallel
Computing etc.
§ Commitment to
achieve institutional goals: able to establish priorities and adapt quickly to
changing environment.
§ Helped
implementing SEI CMM Level 5 and Six Sigma process standards.
§ Proven ability
to work under tight schedules without compromising on quality.
§ Education in economics
well-complemented by engineering degree and information technology training.
§ Motivation to
contribute in worthwhile research with important and useful implications.
References
§
Available on Request
Other Info
Citizenship: Indian. Canadian Permanent
Resident.
Relocation: Willing to relocate.
Languages: Hindi. English.
Administrative
Activities: Helped
in organizing seminars and events. Served on various committees.
