Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Director (Academic Office)
Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, where I also serve as Associate Director of the Academic Office. I am also associated with the Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy (CSIE). My doctoral research was on the economics of conflict. Since then I have worked on labour economics, economics of networks, and on interactions between economics and issues of religion, politics and history. My current research interests include the economics of higher education and the use of artificial intelligence in education.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge, an MPhil in Economic Research and a Graduate Diploma in Economics, also from Cambridge. Before turning to economics I trained as a mechanical engineer at IIT Madras and worked at factories producing instant coffee!
State of Working India 2026: Youth in the Labour Market
Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy, Azim Premji University · 2026
Social Networks and Experienced Inequality
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 229 · 2025
Religion, Covid-19 and Mental Health
European Economic Review, 160 · 2023
Culture and Colonial Legacy: Evidence from Public Goods Games
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 173, 107–129 · 2020
Religious Riots and Electoral Politics in India
Journal of Development Economics, 131, 104–122 · 2018
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