Rahul is an applied micro-economist and his research interests lie in International Trade, Industrial Organization and Development Economics. His research examines the firm level adjustments to Non-Tariff Measures and Chinese import competition in the post-liberalisation period in India. His current project attempts to understand how rural road connectivity affects aggregate productivity. He holds a PhD in Economics from IIM Bangalore and B-Tech in Mining Engineering from IIT-BHU. 

Working Papers

1. Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor, (joint with Pavel Chakraborty and Vidhya Soundararajan)
2. Chinese Import Competition and Prices: Evidence from India, (joint with Pavel Chakraborty and Michael Henry)
3. Blessing of Geography:  Impact of Geographical Indications on Agricultural Exports in India, (joint with Manu Bansal)

"Technical Regulations, Intermediate Inputs, and Performance of Firms: Evidence from India", (joint with Rupa Chanda), Journal of International Economics: Volume 128 (January 2021) [Published Version]

EPP500: Microeconomics (MBA)

EPP510: Macroeconomics (MBA)

EPP100: Microeconomics (Undergraduate)

EPP330: International Economics (Undergraduate)

Epp530: International Economics (Graduate)