Aditya has been involved in research work since his post-graduation days in the field of Development Economics. Before joining IFMR GSB, he worked at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India as an Academic Associate, from 2018 to 2019.

During his post-graduation, he undertook a dissertation and worked in the area of Sustainable Development and Sustainable Livelihood. He has also worked on a research project in the field of Health Economics during his tenure at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India.

His current area of research includes the economics of education, the impact of different policies on educational outcomes, and he is also working in the areas of Industrial Economics and Health Economics.

Professional Background:

1. Academic Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (July 2018 to May 2019)

Undertook the preparation of course materials in Economics (Indian Economy and Macroeconomics). Conducted examinations in the above-mentioned areas along with their evaluations. Simultaneously, he was involved in research work with Prof Ashok Thomas in the area of Health Economics

2. Intern, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, WTO New Delhi

Data Analysis on the fiscal implications of the custom moratorium on electronic transmission: the case of Digitisable Goods. The work was to analyse the list of digitisable goods of the five developed nations based on the nomenclature of the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision III. The data was collected from the World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)

Paper Presentations: 

1. 17th Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data (CAED) Conference, 2021, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2. Management Education and Research Colloquium (2023), IIM Kashipur, India
3. 21st Nordic Development Economics Conference (2023), Gothenburg, Sweden
4. Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (2023), IFMR GSB, Krea University, India
5. 21st European Economics and Finance Society Annual Conference (2023), Berlin, Germany
6. 24th Biennial Conference of Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies (2023), IIT Madras, Chennai, India

Paper Accepted in Conference:

1. 71st Congress of the French Economic Association (2023), Sciences Po Paris
2. 13th International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (2023), Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India
3. International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance (2023), BITS Pilani, India

Conference Attended:

1. Indian Women and Paid Works: Choices, Opportunities, and Constraints, 2022, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Workshops:

1. BREAD-IGC Virtual PhD Course, Spring 2022 (Modules on Education; Credit, insurance, and risk; and Migration)

Working Papers:

1. The Determinants of Export Intensity in the Indian Processed Food Sector: A Firm-Level Analysis co-authored with Prof. Madhuri Saripalle (Link)
2. A cross-sectional examination of the impact of health shocks on wealth: Evidence from English Panel data co-authored with Prof. Ashok Thomas (Link)

Publications:

1. Kumar, A., & Irfan, Z. B. (2019). Assessment of the Sustainable Livelihood Security of the Ecologically Vulnerable Indian State – Uttarakhand. Asian Journal of Geological Research, 1(3), 1-8.
2. Kumar, A., & Irfan, Z. (2019). Are the New Indian States Ecologically Secured, Economically Efficient and Socially Equitable? (Assessment Using the Sustainable Livelihood Security Index Framework). Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, 2(3), 1-9.

Aditya has a special interest in event management, which he has been involved in since his school days. He enjoys listening to Hindi and Urdu poetries. He tries not to leave any opportunity to go on long road trips. Aditya is a morning person and enjoys the calmness of morning. He involves in playing volleyball whenever the time permits.

Academic Background:

1. MA in Economics, Madras School of Economics, Chennai
2. BA(Hons) in Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi
3. UGC NET (2022)