Andaleeb Rahman

375, Warren Hall,

Cornell University,
Ithaca - 14853 ,
New York, usa
Website: http://andaleebrahman.weebly.com/

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+1 607 280 5881

ar687@cornell.edu
andaleeb2312@gmail.com

Bio
I am an applied economist interested in the issues of development, food policy and agricultural economics.
I use econometric methods to understand changes in dietary patterns and functioning of food assitance
programs in rural India. Some of my recent work focusses on the political economy of rural development
pertaining to India.

Work Experience
2016-Present
2014-2016
2013-14

Postdoctoral Associate
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca
Postdoctoral Fellow
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (iihs), Bangalore
Consultant
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (igidr), Mumbai

Professional Affiliations
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (iihs)
Project: Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA)
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (igidr), Mumbai
Project: System of Promoting Appropriate National Dynamism for Agriculture and Nutrition (spandan)

Education
2016
2008-10
2004-08

Ph.D., Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (igidr), Mumbai

Thesis Title: Essays on Public Distribution System in Rural India
M.Sc. in Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (igidr), Mumbai
B.A. in Economics, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya

Publications
"Universal food security program and nutritional intake: Evidence from the hunger prone KBK districts
in Odisha", Food Policy. 2016. Vol. 63, 73-86.
"Is Price Transmission in the Indian Pulses Market Asymmetric?" Journal of Quantitative Economics. 2015.
13(1), 1-18.
"Revival of rural PDS: Expansion and Outreach". Economic and Political Weekly. 2014. 49(20), 62-68.
"Booming Bihar: Fact or Fiction" (with R. Nagaraj). Economic and Political Weekly. 2010. 45(8), 10-11.

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Book Chapters
"Food Inflation in India: Implications for Food Security and Policy Options" (with Vijay Laxmi Pandey
and S. Mahendra Dev). India Development Report, 2013-14. OUP, India.

Working Papers
"Do publicly provided subsidised foodgrains crowd-out" the open market demand?"
Characterizing food prices in India. IGIDR WP-2012-022.

Work In Progress
"Time to move from food to nutritional security in India" (with Prahbu Pingali and Bhaskar Mittra)
"Does off-farm income affect food security? Evidence from India" (with Sumit Mishra)
"Diversification as adaptation: Insights from livelihood and crop diversification in India" (with Chandni
Singh)
"The effect of PDS on open market participation: Evidence from urban Tamil Nadu" (with S. Chandrasekhar)
"Recent trends in food consumption and nutrient intake in rural India"
"Nutrient Elasticity Estimates for rural India: Preference for food variety and between group substitutions"
"Revival of Indias public distribution system: Did it enhance nutrition and diet quality? "

Conference Presentations
2016
2016
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2012
2010

International Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2016, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

British Association for South Asian Studies Annual Conference 2016, University of Cambridge, UK.
DSE Annual Conference Winter School, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi.
Our Common Future Under Climate Change, International Scientific Conference, UNESCO HQ, Paris.
South Asian Economic Development: The Way Forward, South Asia University, New Delhi.
4th Annual LCIRAH Research Conference Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health,
Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), London, UK.
Doctoral Workshop jointly organised by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.
International Conference on Applied Economics, Istanbul, Turkey.
Annual International Conference, Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), University of Jammu.
International Conference on Quantitative Methods in Money, Banking, Finance and Insurance,
icfai Business School, Hyderabad

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Summer Schools
2012
2012

Advanced Graduate Workshop in Indian Development, Organized by the Institute for New Economic
Thinking (inet) at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore.
Bureau for Economic Analysis of Development (bread)-International Growth Centre (igc) Summer
School in Development Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute (isi), New Delhi.

Teaching Assistant
2013
2012
2011

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Officers Training Programme on "Econometrics: Theory and Application"
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Officers Training Programme on "Econometrics: Theory and Application"
In-Service Training Programme on "Econometrics-Theory and Applications" for Indian Economic
Service officers conducted by igidr on behalf of The Indian Econometric Society

Computation
Statistical Packages
Office Suites

stata; r; eviews
ms Office; LATEX

Personal Information
Languages Known
Citizenship

Hindi (native), English (fluent), Urdu (native)

Indian

References
Available upon request.