University of Chicago, Energy & Environment Lab
    • Postdoctoral Scholar
       [Jun 2023 - Present]

University of Southern California (USC)
    • Ph.D. in Economics
      Thesis: Essays in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
       [2017 - 2023]

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
    • Master of Science, Economics
       [2013 - 2015]

St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata (SXC)
    • Bachelor of Commerce (Honors in Accounting & Finance)
       [2008 - 2011]

UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth Seed Fund
    • With: Michael Greenstone, Yixin Sun and Shaoda Wang
    • Amount: $149,993
    • Year Awarded: 2025

Arnold Ventures
    • With: Jesse Buchsbaum and Michael Greenstone
    • Amount: $197,304
    • Year Awarded: 2025

World Bank Air Pollution Initiative
    • With: A. Patrick Behrer, Michael Greenstone, Olga Rostapshova and Ruozi Song
    • Amount: $400,000
    • Year Awarded: 2025

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
    • With: Michael Greenstone and Olga Rostapshova
    • Amount: $500,000
    • Year Awarded: 2024

IGC Small Research Grant
    • With: Michael Greenstone, Yixin Sun and Shaoda Wang
    • Amount: £29,464
    • Year Awarded: 2024

Weiss Family Program Fund
    • With: Michael Greenstone, Yixin Sun and Shaoda Wang
    • Amount: $14,536
    • Year Awarded: 2024

Dornsife Graduate School Fellowship
    • University of Southern California
       [2017, 2021]

Summer Research Award
    • University of Southern California
       [2021, 2022]

Best Second Year Paper Award
(Democracy for Sale: Vote-Buying in India)
    • University of Southern California
       [2018 - 2019]

Certificate of Merit
    • St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
       [2010 - 2011]

Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles
    • Research Assistant to Prof. Jinkook Lee
       [May - Aug 2020]

Department of Economics at USC, Los Angeles
    • Research Assistant to Prof. Paulina Oliva
       [May - Dec 2019]

National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi
    • Research Assistant to Dr. Ajay Shah and Dr. Ila Patnaik
       [2016 - 2017]

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi
    • Research Assistant to Dr. Ashok Gulati
       [2015 - 2016]

Department of Economics at LSE, London
    • Research Assistant to Prof. Swati Dhingra and Prof. Gianluca Benigno
       [Jul - Sep 2015]

2025
AERE Summer Conference, Toronto Meeting on the Economics of Climate Change (virtual), India Policy Forum

2024
UC San Diego (21st Century India Center; virtual), University of Chicago (EPIC Seminar), Wellcome G7 Mitigation Call First Convening

2023
Tufts University, University of Warwick (virtual), Georgia Institute of Technology, AERE@OSWEET, LSE Environment Day, Harvard Climate Economics Pipeline Workshop, Camp Resources XXIX - NC State University, NBER Conference on Distributional Impacts of Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector, UChicago Experimental Economics Brown Bag, 79^th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance - Utah State University, NBER Conference on Distributional Impacts of Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector

2022
USC Environmental Reading Group, USC Applied Microeconomics Seminar

2021
USC Environmental and Energy Economics Brownbag (virtual)

London School of Economics and Political Science, London
    • Sub-warden, Rosebery Hall of Residence
       [Aug 2014 - Jun 2015]

HPCL Mittal Energy Limited, Noida
    • Intern, Treasury Department
       [Jan - Mar 2013]

Verity Knowledge Solutions (UBS affiliate), Hyderabad
    • Analyst, Investment Banking Department
       [Apr 2011 - Apr 2012]

Software
    • R, Stata, Python, LATEX, Microsoft Excel

Languages
    • Hindi (native), English (fluent), Punjabi (fluent)

Date of Birth
    • October 26^th, 1990

Citizenship
    • Indian