Arindam Nandi 1616 P St NW, Ste 600 Washington, DC 20036 USA
Email: nandi@cddep.org Web: http://www.cddep.org/researchers/arindam_nandi Cell Phone: (+1)951-231-0015 Citizenship: India; US Visa Status: H1-B
Education PhD in Economics – University of California, Riverside, 2010 M.Sc. in Economics – University of Calcutta, India, 2003 B.Sc. in Economics (honors), Mathematics, Political Science – RKMR College Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, India, 2001 Fields Primary: Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics Secondary: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics Dissertation Thesis Title: Essays in Human Development and Public Policy Committee: Prof. Anil Deolalikar (co-chair), Prof. Aman Ullah (co-chair), Prof. Mindy Marks Completed Working Papers “The Impact of a Ban on Sex-Selective Abortion on the Juvenile Sex ratio in India: Evidence from a Policy Change” “The Unintended Consequence of a Ban on Sex-Selective Abortion: Does the Indian PNDT Act Increase the Neglect of the Female Child?” “The Importance of the Global Health Sector in California: An Evaluation of the Economic Impact”, November 2009. The report, endorsed by the Governor of California, is available at http://ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/eir/
“The Impact of the Indian School Meal Program on the Learning Outcomes and Nutritional Status of Children” Work in Progress “The Unintended Consequences of India's Safe Motherhood Scheme: Does the Janani Suraksha Yojana Induce Population Growth?”, with Ramanan Laxminarayan Presentations “The Impact of a Ban on Sex-Selective Abortion on the Juvenile Sex ratio in India: Evidence from a Policy Change”, University of California, Riverside Applied Economics Seminar Series, Spring 2009 Resources for the Future, Winter 2010 Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research, Winter 2010 Howard University, Fall 2010 Research Experience Fall 2010 – Present, The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy Summer Intern, 2009, Dept. of Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
Data collection, cleaning, analysis, and report writing Research Assistant for Professor Anil Deolalikar, 2008, University of California, Riverside Organizing and cleaning large socioeconomic datasets, fundamental data analysis Summer Intern, 2006, South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, The World Bank, New Delhi, India Data cleaning, organizing and preliminary analysis for an evaluation of the Employment Guarantee Scheme of the Government of India Extended Term Consultant, 2004-2005, South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, The World Bank, New Delhi, India Designing and conducting socioeconomic surveys of households and public health and education facilities, data analysis, collaborating with state government agencies to strengthen their statistical system Consultant, 2003, South Asia Human Development Unit, The World Bank, New Delhi, India Data cleaning, organizing and fundamental analysis for an assessment of the District Primary Education Program of the Indian government Teaching Experience Lecturer, Summer 2008 and Fall 2009, University of California, Riverside Statistics, Econometrics Teaching Assistant, 2006-present, University of California, Riverside Statistics, Econometrics, Introductory and Intermediate Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics Guest Lecturer, 2003, Bankim Sardar College, University of Calcutta, India Economic Theory, Development Economics, Information technology and its Application in Business Awards and Achievements Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship, 2005-2006, UC Riverside Ranked first among the graduating class of 2003, M.Sc. in Economics, University of Calcutta Technical Skills STATA, Gauss, Eviews, MS Office Languages English, Elementary knowledge of Spanish Others (Indian Languages) – Hindi, Bengali References Dr. Anil Deolalikar Professor in Economics HMNSS A3411 University of California Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Telephone: (951) 827-2443 anil.deolalikar@ucr.edu
Dr. Aman Ullah Professor in Economics 4104 Sproul Hall University of California Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Telephone: (951) 827-1591 aman.ullah@ucr.edu
Dr. Mindy Marks Assistant Professor in Economics 4110 Sproul Hall University of California Riverside, CA 92521-0427 Telephone: (951) 827-4164 mindy.marks@ucr.edu