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Nilesh Jain, Associate Professor

Nilesh Jain

Associate Professor

PhD (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)

+91.79.61911345

nilesh.jain@ahduni.edu.in

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Research Interests: Industrial Organisation, Information Economics, Applied Microeconomic Theory, Economics of Organisation


Profile

Professor Jain's research uses microeconomic theory to study firm behavior, both in markets and within organizations. His research interests include industrial organization, information economics, and organizational economics. He is particularly interested in how incentives and information shape firms' competitive strategies, internal decision-making, and organizational structures.

Professor Jain earned his PhD in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, in 2025. He holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, an MS in Computers and Systems Engineering from San Jose State University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Before his doctoral studies, Professor Jain worked in corporate strategy at Cairn Energy, consulting at The Boston Consulting Group, and software development at a start-up in California.

Publications

Working Papers

  • Jain, N., and Roy Chowdhury, P. (2024). Corruptible principal: Owner corruption makes firms bureaucratic. [Working Paper] Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5024320
  • Jain, N. (2025). When advertising makes vertically differentiated platform markets contestable. [Working Paper] Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5183011
  • Jain, N. (2026). Hiring an Accomplice: Managerial Selection by a Corrupt Principal. [Working Paper] Earlier version Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5033447

Work-in-Progress

Increasing Informalization of Entry-level Jobs in India: Role of Uncontrolled Growth in Private Technical Education Institutions

Teachings

Graduate-level

  • Digital Thinking
  • History of Economic Thought
  • Modelling Randomness in Financial Markets (Stochastic Calculus)
  • Managerial Economics
  • Advanced Microeconomics

Undergraduate-level

  • History of Economic Thought

Executive Program

  • Managerial Economics

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Room 421, School of Arts and Sciences
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Ahmedabad University
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad- 380009
Gujarat, India

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+91.79.61911000

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