Amlan Das Gupta Updated: January, 2019

B3 206 Tulip Grand Apartments, Phone: +91 8527874708

Sonipat, Haryana 131001 Email: adgupta@jgu.edu.in
India https://sites.google.com/site/amlandasgu

Education: Vancouver School of Economics

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 2008 – 2014
PhD in Economics,
Thesis Title: "Essays on some determinants of consumption of nutrients
and food-security in India"

Committee:
Mukesh Eswaran (Thesis Supervisor)
Patrick Francois
Kevin Milligan

Indian Statistical Institute Delhi, India

Masters of Science in Quantitative Economics, 2006-2008

Presidency College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India

Bachelor of Science (Hons. with first class) in Economics, 2003-2006

Research Fields: Nutrition and Food-security, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics.

Secondary field: Environment, Health.

Papers: Impact of Cash Transfers Compared to Subsidy in Food: Evidence from the
Indian Public Distribution System.

Implications of Conspicuous Consumption on Food Demand in a Dual-

Economy Model. (Under review for publication)

Estimating the Impact of Milk Consumption in India on Methane Emissions .-

with Ridhima Gupta (IISER Bhopal)

Working Papers:

Veblen Preferences and the Falling Calorie Consumption in India: Theory and
Evidence.

Climate Change and Food Consumption Patterns in India – with Ashokankur

Datta (SNU) and Ridhima Gupta (IISER Bhopal)

Production Methods of Indian Dairy Farmers and their Implications for

Methane Emissions. - With Ridhima Gupta (IISER Bhopal).

Professional Experience: Assistant Professor at Jindal School of Banking and Finance, O.P Jindal Global
University, Sonipat. June 2018 to present

Assistant Professor at Institute of Financial Management and Research,

Sricity. June 2017 to May 2018

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 Visiting Faculty at Shiv Nader University, Greater Noida. January 2017 to
May 2017

Visiting Scientist at Indian Statistical Institute Delhi. July 2016 to December

2016

Lecturer cum Post Doctoral Scholar with the Economics and Planning Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi. July 2015 - July 2016.

Adjunct Instructor, Drake University, College of Business and Public

Administration. January - April 2015.

Department of Economics, UBC Teaching Assistantships.

Micro, Macro, Incentives and Development Economics.

Project Involvement: Title: “The Environmental Fallout of the White Revolution in India”.
With Ridhima Gupta (IISER Bhopal).
For the South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economists.

Title: "Impact of expanding choices on household calorie consumption in

India" With Prof. Tridip Ray (ISID)
For the Planning and Policy Research Unit (PPRU) at Indian Statistical
Institute Delhi

Teaching Fields: Microeconomics, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics and

Industrial Organization.

Software Proficiency: Stata, Matlab, Mathematica.

Referee: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy.

Awards: Graduate Entrance Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of

British Columbia. 2008-09

Distinction in Macroeconomics Comprehensive Exam. 2009

Faculty of Arts Graduate Award. 2009-10

Four Year Full Fellowship from the University of British Columbia. 2009-10

Scholar Travel Subsidy Grant Award, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. 2012-

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Languages: I can speak and write English, Bengali and Hindi.

Conference Participation: Canadian Economic Association Meet in Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.
2012, 2013 and 2016.

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 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, New Delhi, 2012.

11th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, ISI Delhi,

2015.

5th Annual Conference Global Conference of the Initiative on Climate

Adaptation Research and Understanding through the Social Sciences
(ICARUS), Hyderabad 2016.

Bihar Growth Conference, Patna 2016

4th Annual Workshop of the Centre for Research on Economics of Climate,

Food, Energy and Environment (CECFEE), Goa 2018.

Research and Training Workshop of the South Asian Network of Development

and Environmental Economists (SANDEE), Colombo June 2018 and
Kathmandu December 2018.

References:
Prof. Mukesh Eswaran
Vancouver School of Economics,
University of British Columbia
604-822-4921
mukesh.eswaran@ubc.ca
Prof. Bharat Ramaswami
Economics and Planning Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg
New Delhi 110 016, India
+91-11-4149 3947 (Phone)
bharat@isid.ac.in

Prof. Abhiroop Mukhopadhay

Economics and Planning Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg
New Delhi 110 016, India
+91-11-4149 3925 (Phone)
abhiroop@isid.ac.in