Kumar Aniket, Phd

Contact Details

• 130A Cambridge Road,
  Waterbeach,
  Cambridge CB25 9NJ
  kumar.aniket@gmail.com
  www.aniket.co.uk
  www.linkedin.com/in/kaniket/

Academic Positions

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

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
  Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 2012–2017
  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  

• Member of committee that was tasked with reforming Economics Tripos Curriculum at University of Cambridge, 2012

Research Interests

• Infrastructure, Economic Growth, Microeconomics, Economic Development

Teaching Expertise

• Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Economic Development, Economic Growth, International Trade

Programming Skills

R, Python, Latex, PHP Scripts, HTML

Peer-review book chapters

• Markets, space and infrastructure. In B. Banerji & S. Sharma (Eds.), Public Policies and Business Strategies in India and Europe: Ideas for a sustainable, inclusive and resilient society. Springer, 2024.
• Spatial Infrastructure in the Modern Economy. Under review (revise & resubmit). 2025

Research Papers

• The Tale of Two Crises in the Time of Covid-19 (with Rashedur Chowdhury). MPRA Working Paper No. 106716. June 2020. 
• Have I got a job for you? Automation, Market Structure and Skills. 2019. SSRN Working Paper No. 3213532. +
• Solow-Swan growth model and the fortunes of the commons. 2018. MPRA Paper No. 87921. 2018.  
• Beyond Microcredit: Giving the Poor a Way to Save Their Way out of Poverty. 2018.  
• The decline of chartered markets in 19th century Britain. Working paper. (with Lanxi Tu and Leigh Shaw-Taylor). 2017. 
• Sequential Group Lending with Moral Hazard. Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series No. 136. 2014. 
• Does Subsidising the Cost of Capital Really Help the Poorest? An Analysis of Saving Opportunities in Group Lending. Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series No. 140. 2007. 
• 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

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

• 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

• 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, University of Massachusetts Amherst (June 2025), Inter- national Conference on Public Policy, Amity Univeristy (February 2025), The Eighth Conference on the Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC VIII) (August 2024), Amity International Public Policy Con- ference (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

• 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

References

• Prof Abhinay Muthoo
  National Institute of Economic & Social Research (NIESR)
  2 Dean Trench Street
  London SW1P 3HE, UK
  abhinay.muthoo@outlook.com

• Prof Jenny Mander
  Director, The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement
  Professor of French Intellectual History
  University of Cambrige
  Cambridge CB3 9DF, UK
  jsm15@cam.ac.uk

• Dr Bidisha Banerji
  Associate Professor
  Deputy Director of the Amity Institute of Public Policy
  Amity Institute of Public Policy
  Amity University Campus, Noida
  Uttar Pradesh 201301, India
  bbanerji@amity.edu