Curriculum Vitae
Current Employment
Economist, Bank for International Settlements, September 2022- present
Affiliate, CESifo, December 2022 - present
Affiliate, TSE FIT IN initiative, September 2022 - present
Education
PhD in Economics, 2022
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Thesis: Essays on technology adoption in emerging markets
External jury: Tommasso Valletti (President), Daniel Bjorkegren, Helena Perrone
Advisors: Renato Gomes, Stephane Straub, Daniel Ershov, Isis Durrmeyer
MRes in Economics, 2018
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
MSc in Economics, 2014
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
BA (with honors) in Economics, 2013
Miranda House, University of Delhi
Work Experience
Teaching Instructor, TSE, 2017-2019
Consultant, OECD, July 2020-March 2021
Consultant, ICRIER, New Delhi, July 2017- September 2017
Research Assistant, ICRIER, New Delhi, September 2014-July 2016
Consultant, World Bank, New Delhi, November 2014-June 2016
Awards and Honors
Research Fellowship, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 2022
Research Scholarship, UT1 Capitole-TSE, October 2021 - April 2022
Award for Job Market Paper, TSE, 2021, € 4000
Research Fellowship, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 2020
Doctoral Scholarship, UT1 Capitole-TSE, 2017-2020
Jean Jacques Laffont Graduate Scholarship, 2016-17
Charpak BCS Scholarship, Embassy of France in India, 2016-17
Malan Devi Bhalla Prize for best student in Economics, University of Delhi, 2013
Angeli Qwatra Prize for excellence in Social Sciences, University of Delhi, 2013
Principal's Golden Jubilee Certificate, University of Delhi, 2013
Seminars, Conferences, Talks and Panels
2023
Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Mumbai), Economics of Fintech (Edinburgh), ZEW ICT (Mannheim), IBEO Digital Economics (Alghero), EARIE (Rome)*, EEA WinE (Barcelona), USE (Utrecht), University of St. Gallen (St. Gallen), Econometric Society Winter School (New Delhi), 18th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development (New Delhi), Economics of Payments (Fed Board, Washington DC)*, Asia Pacific Industrial Organisation conference (Hong Kong)*
2022
Indian School of Business (Hyderabad), CESifo (Munich), Centre for Competition Policy (University of East Anglia), Bank for International Settlements, Institute-Mines Telecom (Paris), Uber, Ofcom, Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedebad), Analysis Group (Paris), Positive Competition (Brussels), Charles Rivers Associates (London), Ashoka University*, NBER Economics of Digitization workshop*, NBER Economics of Privacy workshop*
2021
NBER Economics of Digitisation workshop, EBE Summer Meeting Plenary Session (Munich), 4th Doctoral workshop of Economics of Digitisation (TSE, Toulouse), ICDE (Bordeaux), EARIE (Bergen), OECD brown bag seminar, ICRIER Half-Baked Seminar (New Delhi), EUDN PhD seminar (Wageningen)
2020
EUI (Florence, cancelled), University of Warwick (UK), EBE Summer Meeting (Munich, cancelled); Applied Micro workshop, (TSE), BID workshop, (TSE)
2019
EARIE (Barcelona), Applied Micro workshop (TSE)
2018
DLPP workshop (TSE) , Industrial Organisation workshop (TSE)
*Accepted but unable to attend
Skills and Mentoring
Technical: MATLAB, Stata, R, LaTeX
Languages: English, Hindi, Maithili (native); French (fluent), Spanish (basic)
Mentorship: Mentor for Women in Economics at TSE and for Women in Economics and Policy
Others: Electronic Keyboard, Painting