130A Cambridge Road
Waterbeach
Cambridge CB25 9NJ

kumar.aniket@gmail.com
www.aniket.co.uk
linkedin.com/in/kaniket

Positions

2017-2025

Research Fellow in Economics,
Faculty of Built Environment, University College London.

2007-2017

College Lecturer
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge

2012-2017 College Lecturer,
Newnham College, University of Cambridge

2007-2012 College Lecturer,
Trinity College, University of Cambridge

2007-2012 Visiting Lecturer for Development Economics,
Economics Department, LSE Summer School

2004-2007 Temporary Lecturer in Economics, Economics Department, University of Edinburgh

Education

2007 Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics,

1996 M.A. in Economics, Delhi School of Economics,

1994 B.A. (Honours) in Economics, Hindu College, University of Delhi,

Research Papers

pdf

Other writings
  • pdf A Lost War and A Lost Peace.
    Prism, Vol 3. Issue 7, July- August 2021.

  • pdf The devil in the Covid-19 detail.
    Prism. Vol. 2, Issue 4, April - May, 2020.

Teaching Experience

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

Professional Services

Interests and Skills

Research Interests

Teaching Expertise

Programming Skills

Administrative Roles at Cambridge

Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge

  • 2007–2017 Director of Studies in Economics

  • 2013–2017 Member of College Governing Council

  • 2007–2011 Investment Committee

  • 2007–2014 Finance Committee

  • 2007–2009 Fellowship Committee

  • 2012–2017 Catering and Events Committee

  • 2015–2016 Acting Wine & Fellow’s Steward

  • 2011–2017 Wine Committee

Newnham College, University of Cambridge

  • 2012–2017 Director of Studies in Economics

  • 2015–2017 Graduate Tutor

  • 2012–2017 Academic Policy Committee

Trinity College, University of Cambridge

  • 2007–2012 Director of Studies in Economics

Invited Lectures
  • Apr 2023 The role of infrastructure in making markets work. Organised by Amity Institute of Public Policy. 

  • Jan 2019 Rural and Urban Poverty: A Spatial Perspective. Public Lecture organised by Policy Perspective Foundation, New Delhi. 

  • Nov 2012 The Role in Institutions and the Crisis in Europe Nov 2012 Instituto Tecnolgico de Monterrey. 

  • Mar 2012 Excellence in Education through Rigorous Competition Mar 2012 World Summit on Accreditation, New Delhi. 

Conference Presentations
  • Jun 2025 20th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Feb 2025 Amity International Public Policy Conference (AIPPC) 2025, Amity University Noida, .
  • Aug 2024 The Eighth Conference on the Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC VIII), University of Cambridge,
  • Mar 2024 Amity International Public Policy Conference (AIPPC) 2024, Amity University Noida.
  • Mar 2023 Amity International Public Policy Conference (AIPPC) 2023, Amity University Noida.
  • Apr 2020 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Queen’s University Belfast (cancelled due to the pandemic),
  • Dec 2018 India Finance Conference, Calcutta,
  • Aug 2018 33rd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Cologne.
  • Dec 2014 10th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, ISI, Delhi.
  • Jun 2013 3rd European Research Conference on Microfinance, University of Agder.
  • Oct 2012 Workshop on Microfinance Management and Governance, Oslo and Akershus University College.
  • Mar 2012 World Summit on Accreditation, Government of India, New Delhi.
  • Jan 2012 American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.
  • Aug 2011 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Korea University, Seoul.
  • Jun 2011 North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Washington University in St.~Louis.
  • Apr 2011 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London.
  • Dec 2010 International Growth Centre Conference in Bihar.
  • Aug 2010 Econometric Society World Congress, Shanghai.
  • Jun 2007 North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Duke University ,
  • Sep 2006 Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), Cornell University.
  • May 2007 Centre for Economic Development and Institutions (CEDI), Brunel University.
  • Dec 2006 Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  • May 2006 Economic Analysis of Heterogeneity in Social Organizations, CORE, Universite catholiqu'e de Louvain.
  • May 2006 11th Spring Meeting of Young Economists, University of Seville.
  • May 2004 75 Years of Development Research Conference, Cornell University.

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).

Journal Referee

Other experiences

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