Kumar Aniket

Academic Positions

Research Fellow in Economics with Tenure,
Faculty of Built Environment, University College London, 2017-2025
Lecturer, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 2007-2017
Lecturer, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 2012-2017
Lecturer, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2007-2012
Visiting Lecturer for Development Economics, Economics Department, LSE Summer School, 2007-2012
Temporary Lecturer in Economics, Economics Department, University of Edinburgh, 2004-2007

Other Positions

Fellow of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 2007–2017
Trustee and Member Governing Council, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 2013–2017
Director of Studies in Economics, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, 2007–2017
Director of Studies in Economics, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 2012–2017
Director of Studies in Economics, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, 2007–2012

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics, 2007
M.A. in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 1996
B.A. (Honours) in Economics, Hindu College, University of Delhi, 1994

Professional Services

Member of Civil Infrastructure Systems grant proposal review panel, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2021

Research Interests

Microeconomics, Economic Growth, Economic Development

Teaching Expertise

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economic Development, Trade

Research

Markets, Space and Infrastructure.
Chapter 1 in Public Policies and Business Strategies in India and Europe: Ideas for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Society edited by Bidisha Banerji, Sheetal Sharma. Springer Nature, 2025.
Spatial Infrastructure in the Modern Economy.
Chapter 10 in Perspectives in Contemporary Public Policy: Emerging Ideas on Environment, Technology and Urbanization. edited by Bidisha Banerji. Routledge, 2026.
Where is Public Infrastructure in the Solow Growth Model?
Untangling the relationship between the Fiscal and Savings Channel, Mimeo, 2024
Estimating the Emission Intensity Elasticity for 10 major pollutants Working paper. Mimeo, 2024.
Have I got a job for you? Automation, Market Structure and Skills.
SSRN Working Paper No. 3213532, 2019.
Solow-swan Growth Model and the Fortunes of the Commons. 2018. MPRA Paper No. 87921.
Beyond Microcredit: Giving the Poor a way to Save Their way out of Poverty. Mimeo, 2018.
The Decline of Chartered Markets in 19th Century Britain. 2017. Working paper. (with Lanxi Tu and Leigh Shaw-Taylor)
Sequential Group Lending with Moral Hazard. 2014. Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series, No. 136.
Does Subsidising the Cost of Capital Really Help the Poorest? An Analysis of Saving Opportunities in Group Lending. 2007. Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series, No. 140.
Self Help Groups: Use of modified ROSCAs in Microfinance. 2005. Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series, No. 137.

Other writings

A Lost War and A Lost Peace. Prism, Vol 3. Issue 7, July- August 2021.
The devil in the Covid-19 detail. Prism. Vol. 2, Issue 4, April - May, 2020.

Invited Lectures

The role of infrastructure in making markets work. Organised by Amity Institute of Public Policy. Apr 2023.
Rural and Urban Poverty: A Spatial Perspective. Public Lecture organised by Policy Perspective Foundation, New Delhi. Jan 2019.
The Role in Institutions and the Crisis in Europe Nov 2012 Instituto Tecnolgico de Monterrey, November 2012.
Excellence in Education through Rigorous Competition Mar 2012 World Summit on Accreditation, New Delhi, March 2012.

Teaching

Courses Created
Economic Growth and Infrastructure, 2019 onwards
UCL Economics BCPM0058, UCL, 2018–2022
Economic Development, LSE Summer School, 2007–2012
Credit & Microfinance, University of Cambridge, 2007–2012
Economic Growth, University of Edinburgh, 2005–2007
Courses Supervised at Cambridge:
Part I: Micro, Macro, Mathematics, Statistics
Part IIA: Micro, Macro, Economic Development
Part IIB: Micro, Macro, Economic Development, Political Economy

PhD Supervision

Secondary Advisor: Lois Yixi Liao, Economic and Socio-Psychological Analyses of Social Housing Policies in the UK. PhD thesis, UCL, University College London, 2021.
Secondary Advisor: Kim Wagenaar. Profit and purpose: organisational type, social performance and outreach in microfinance. PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015.

Journal Referee

Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of European Economic Association, Economic, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economic Survey, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Economic Development and Cultural Change

Seminar Presentations

FLAME University, Pune (October 2023) Ahmedabad University (February 2023) , National Institute of Economic and Social Research (28 June 2022) , London Business School (17 June 2022) , Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (October 2014), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India (September 2012), Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (August 2010), Network and Theory Meeting, University of Cambridge (June 2010), Centre for the Studies of African Economies, Oxford University, (June 2007), Heriot-Watt University (May 2007), University of Sheffield (May 2006), Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh (Dec 2005).

Conference Presentations

Centre of South Asian Studies and Wolfson College’s 60th Anniversary Conference, “Nations, Narratives, and Networks: Rethinking South and Southeast Asia” (September 2025) , 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, University of Massachusetts Amherst (June 2025) , International Conference on Public Policy, Amity University (February 2025), The Eighth Conference on the Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC VIII) (August 2024), Amity International Public Policy Conference (AIPPC) 2024 (March 2024), Amity International Public Policy Conference (AIPPC) 2023 (March 2023), Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Queen’s University Belfast (April 2020, cancelled due to the pandemic), India Finance Conference, Calcutta (December 2018), 33^rd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Cologne (August 2018), 10^th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, ISI, Delhi (December 2014), 3rd European Research Conference on Microfinance, University of Agder (June 2013), Workshop on Microfinance Management and Governance, Oslo and Akershus University College (October 2012),World Summit on Accreditation, Government of India, New Delhi (March 2012), American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago (January 2012), Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Korea University, Seoul (August 2011), North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Washington University in St. Louis (June 2011), Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London (April 2011), International Growth Centre Conference in Bihar (December 2010), Econometric Society World Congress, Shanghai (August 2010), North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Duke University (June 2007), Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), Cornell University (September 2006), Centre for Economic Development and Institutions (CEDI), Brunel University (May 2007), Economic Growth and Development Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (December 2006), Economic Analysis of Heterogeneity in Social Organizations, CORE, Universite catholiqu'e de Louvain (May 2006), XI^th Spring Meeting of Young Economists, University of Seville (May 2006), 75 Years of Development Research Conference, Cornell University (May 2004).

Other Experiences

Founded Project Gujarat, A microfinance initiative in Gujarat, 2001
Internship, DECPG & MENA, World Bank, 1999

Administrative Roles at Cambridge

Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
Director of Studies in Economics, 2025– ,
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
Director of Studies in Economics, 2007–2017,
Member of College Governing Council, 2013–2017,
Investment Committee, 2007–2011 ,
Finance Committee, 2007–2014,
Fellowship Committee, 2007–2009 ,
Catering and Events Committee, 2012–2017,
Acting Wine & Fellow’s Steward, 2015–2016,
Wine Committee, 2011–2017
Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Director of Studies in Economics , 2012–2017
Graduate Tutor, 2015–2017
Academic Policy Committee, 2012–2017
Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Director of Studies in Economics, 2007–2012

Programming Skills

R, Python, Latex, PHP Scripts, HTML