Assignment Task
SUMMARY
A hardworking, resourceful and ambitious economist with an extensive understanding of economic theory and its practical implications. Having an active commitment to continuously improve quality standards when performing statistical analysis of industry and economic data.
Key Skills
Ability to identify emerging economic trends and issues.
Conducting macroeconomic research on various geographies.
Comprehensive understanding of the Indian and International economy, with special emphasis on the emerging markets.
Examining past and current economic data and using them for modelling as well as forecasting.
Ability to write comprehensive Reports and Policy Briefs.
Capable of working in different sectors, especially on Infrastructure, Financial Inclusion, and Industry.
Periodic macroeconomic reviews, indicator trackers and monetary policy notes.
Capable of handling and managing projects with varied organizations including the Ministries (Government sector), Corporates, and the Development sector (NGOs)
Proficiency in carrying out both Primary and Secondary Research.
Capable of handling Large Databases and interpreting the results using STATA, SPSS,EVIEWS and Advance Excel.
Ability to work independently and manage a team.
Completed a course on ‘Introduction to Safety Nets’ from the WORLD BANK.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Bank of Baroda: (2017 – Present)
Working as an Economist.
Analyzing large amount of data set using Bloomberg towards interpreting and writing commentaries on global and national economic releases and events.
Forecasting economic indicators such as GDP, CPI, Industrial production, Public Finance and Trade.
Conducting in depth analysis on sectors from a strategic point of view holding relevance for the top management of the institution and enabling them in making sound investment decisions.
Working on thematic reports across sectors such as Interest Rate Outlook, Currency Watch, GST, Pre and Post Budget, Annual Outlook for Indian Economy, State Budgets and Demonetization.
Morgan Stanley (Evalueserve): (2016 – 2017)
Worked as an Economist (Senior Researcher).
Conducted and managed research in the area of international economics and macroeconomics, survey analysis, sector and industry analysis.
National Council of Applied Economic Research: (2013 – 2016)
Worked as a Research Analyst across multiple domains ranging from Infrastructure, International Trade and Financial Inclusion.
Projects Undertaken:
State Level Direct Benefit Transfer Readiness Ranking, sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Developing an all India-State readiness index and ranking States on their readiness to implement Direct Benefit Transfer schemes.
Researching on the effectiveness of the government funded schemes such as MGNREGS, PDS and other such schemes.
Designing questionnaires and gathering data through secondary resources with the objective of cutting down on leakages and capturing those who are excluded from this segment (financial inclusion) through Aadhar and other means.
Contributed to a paper titled ‘India: Escaping Low-income Traps and Averting Middle-income Ones’ presented at the 37th PAFTAD Conference, held in Singapore.
Researched how India can innovate and gain higher productivity and learn from other countries in doing the same and shape the future of the Asian Century.
Compared growth trajectories of India and other East Asian countries.
Study on Affordable Housing Sector in India, sponsored by L&T Finance Limited.
Researched on the affordable housing segment in India including the housing finance market.
Developed a concept paper on how to target the affordable housing sector and its future valuation.
The Indian Steel Industry: Key Reforms for a Brighter Future, sponsored by TATA Steel Industries.
Identified Eleven Roadblocks that hampered the growth of Steel Industry in India and suggested the way forward for each of them.
Researched on what factors were responsible for low steel growth, which was not only limited to supply side issues such as availability of minerals and land, but also focused on inadequate demand and macroeconomic factors.
Suggested a new policy framework to clear those roadblocks and way forward to rejuvenate the Indian steel industry.
Analysis of Value of Land Based on Trends and Patterns in the prices of land, sponsored by Delhi Development Authority.
Estimated the land values by using both primary (Field surveys, questionnaire designing) and Secondary Research (Data on plot values).
Identified factors influencing land values and estimated the relative impact of these factors. The estimation was carried out based on Hedonic model, through regression analysis.
NCAER Business Expectation Survey, Business Confidence Index: Survey of Business Expectations in India.
Economic Impact Study of Mumbai Airport: To study the economic impact of Mumbai Airport on India’s economy as well as on the state’s economy.
Assessed the overall economic impact of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), one of the largest airports in the country, on the regional and national economy in terms of output, value addition and employment.
Carried out input-output analysis and did primary research through surveys to capture the multiplier effects of investment and operation of the airport.
Handled the database and interpreted the results using SPSS.
Institute For Studies In Industrial Development: (2013)
Worked as a Research Associate for projects funded by M/o Commerce & Industry.
Projects Undertaken:
To identify the linkages between manufacturing sector’s growth and export growth rate.
Prepared concordance tables between ASI and ITC classification of commodities of exports at two-digit level.
Macro analysis for estimating elasticity of demand for top ten commodity groups of India’s exports (1998-2008) and 2009-2011.
Identified factors typically relevant in the context of exports and build simulations, as well as draw policy implications for export promotion.
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT): (2012 – 2013)
Worked as a Junior Project Fellow on an educational research project.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Organized a national level workshop at IIC (India International Centre) with different stakeholders from across the sector, including NITI Aayog, M/o Agriculture, Skill development.
Written articles as a Columnist for several e-publications including Indian Economist.
Regularly write for my blog ‘ECONOCRATS’ widely shared across varied new media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, etc
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