| 2007-2012 | London School of Economics | PhD | Supervisor: Diana Weinhold |
| 2005-2006 | University of Cambridge | MPhil | Supervisor: Ajit Singh |
| 2002-2003 | School of Oriental and African Studies | MA | Supervisor: Stephanie Blankenburg |
| 1999-2002 | Delhi University | BA |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2012- | Columbia University (SIPA), New York, USA (Adjunct Assistant Professor) |
| 2011- | US International Trade Commission, Washington DC, USA (Research Fellow) |
| 2011- | Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), Washington DC, USA (Adjunct Assistant Professor) |
| 2010-2011 | Columbia University, New York, USA (Visiting Scholar/ Research Associate) |
| 2006-2007 | Yale University, New Haven, USA (International Fox Fellow) |Advisor: TN Srinivasan| |
| 2004-2005 | World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland (Research Officer) |
| 2004 | World Trade Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland (Consultant) |
| 2003-2004 | International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland (Trainee) |
RESEARCH AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
| 2011 | World Bank, Washington DC, USA (Consultant) |
| 2010 | Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany (Visiting Researcher) |
| 2009 | LSE Cities, London, UK (Research Officer) |
| German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany (Visiting Researcher) | |
| 2008 | Nestle, Vevey, Switzerland (Economist) |
| Mirabilis Advisory and World Wildlife Fund, Delhi, India (Consultant) | |
| 2007 | Sonecon, Washington DC, USA (Consultant) |
| 2006 | Ministry of Commerce (India) and Confederation of Indian Industry, Delhi, India (Consultant) |
PUBLICATIONS
Author (2012) 'Geography and Exporting Behaviour: Evidence from India', World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5979. (PDF)
Co-Author (2011) 'The Clustering of FDI in India: The Importance of Peer Effects', Applied Economics Letters 19(8): 749-753. (PDF)
Lead-Author (2011) 'The Location Choices of Foreign Investors: A District-Level Analysis in India', The World Economy (Forthcoming). Also available as: Kiel Working Paper No. 1628. (PDF)
Author (2011) 'Does Agglomeration Boost Innovation? An Econometric Evaluation', Spatial Economic Analysis (Revise & Resubmit).
Lead-Author (2011) 'Growth, Openness and the Socially Disadvantaged', Working Paper No. 6, Program on Indian Economic Policies, Columbia University, New York. (PDF) (Forthcoming in 'Trade, Poverty, Inequality and Democracy', Edited by Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya)
Author (2011) 'Industry and the Urge to Cluster - A Study of the Informal Sector in India', Discussion Paper No. 72, Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, London. (PDF)
Lead-Author (2009) 'Market Integration, Transaction Costs and the Indian Wheat Market: A Systematic Study', Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLIV, No.22: 149-155. (PDF)
Co-Author (2009) '21st Century Urbanisation in India, World Wildlife Fund, Delhi.
Author (2009) 'Industry and the Urge to Cluster', Special Article for NewGeography.com. (Link)
Co-Author (2008) 'The Potential American Market for Generic Biological Treatments and the Associated Cost Savings', Washington DC. (PDF)
Author (2005) 'ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment Trends: Implications for EU-ASEAN Relations". Issue Paper 31, European Policy Centre. Brussels. (Link)
PRESENTATIONS
2011
World Bank DECRG Trade Seminar, Washington DC, USA (March); Urban Lunch Series, Brown University, Providence RI, USA (April); FREIT Rocky Mountain Trade Conference, Alberta, Canada (May); Tinbergen Institute, Spatial Econometrics Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May); International Development Seminar, LSE, London, UK (May); Trade Seminar, US International Trade Commission, Washington DC, USA (June); Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto, Canada (June); Urban Economics Association, Barcelona, Spain (August); International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, USA (September)
2010
Trade Economics Colloquium, Columbia University, New York NY, USA (December); Urban Economics Association, Denver CO, USA (November); European Regional Science Association, Jonkoping, Sweden (August); Brown Bag Seminar, Center for Global Development, Washington DC, USA (July); Advanced Graduate Workshop, University of Manchester, UK (June); PhD Fellows Seminar, Asia Research Centre, LSE, London, UK (June); Tinbergen Institute, Spatial Econometrics Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May)
2009
North American Regional Science Association, San Francisco, CA, USA (November); Advanced Research Institute, Brown University, Providence RI, USA (June); Econometrics Workshop, Development Studies Institute, LSE, London, UK (May)
2008 and earlier
Irish Society of New Economists, Galway, Ireland (October); German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany (August); 2007: International Agricultural Trade Policy Council Meeting, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK (October); German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany (August); South Asia Seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (February); 2006: Fox International Fellows Seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (November); 2004: Inter-Agency Workshop (WTO/UNCTAD/ITC), Geneva, Switzerland (April)