Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Centro de Investigación (CIE)

PERSONAL

Born: 15th April 1980
Citizenship: Indian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación (CIE), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico, Aug 2008 - Present.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Economics, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA, August 2008.
M.A. Economics, USC, Los Angeles, USA, 2005.
M.A. Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 2002.
B.A. with Honors - Economics, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 2000.

FIELDS OF INTEREST

International Economics and Macroeconomics.

DISSERTATION

Title: Explaining the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Law of One Price Deviations.
Committee: Caroline Betts, Vincenzo Quadrini, Doug Joines, Yong Kim.

PAPERS

Local Costs of Distribution, International Trade Costs and Micro Evidence on the Law of One Price.
Trade Reform and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Six Great Liberalizations (Joint with Caroline Betts, Rubina Verma and Ergin Bayrak).
Wage Inequality and Structural Change: Evidence from the U.S..

TEACHING

International Trade Theory (undergraduate), ITAM, Mexico, Fall 2008.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, USC, Fall 2003 - Spring 2005, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007.

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Midwest Macro Meetings, Philadelphia, USA, May 2008.
Dynamics Seminar, USC, Los Angeles, USA, September 2007.
XII Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, Vigo, Spain, June 2007.

LANGUAGES

Hindi - native
English - fluent

HONORS

Fellowship, Department of Economics, USC, 2005 - 2006 and 2007 - 2008.
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, USC, 2003 - 2005 and 2006 - 2007.
Merit Scholarship, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 2000 - 2002.

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

For a pdf version of the C.V. click here.