Geeta Garg Ph: +91 9930118369

Email: geetag@igidr.ac.in

Education
Jul 13 Jul 15 M.Phil. Development Economics at IGIDR, Mumbai, CGPA 3.57/4.00
Sep 09 Dec 10 MSc. Finance and Economics from Queen Mary, University of London with 73% marks
Jul 05 July 08 B.A.(Honours) Economics from Hansraj College, Delhi University with 62% marks
Mar 04 Mar 05 Class XII (CBSE) from S.D.V.M, Panipat with 88.6% marks
Mar 02 Mar 03 Class X (CBSE) from S.D.V.M, Panipat with 81% marks

Work Experience

Aug 14 Jul 15 Research Assistant at IGIDR

Jun 13 Jul 13 Consultant at National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC), an under-
taking of Planning Commission of India, chaired by Dr. Rakesh Mohan
Drafting of the final chapters of the report, Reviewing final recommendations and the data
Feb 11 Jun 13 Research Officer at National Transport Development Policy Commitee
Providing research and technical assistance to the Committee in different areas of Transport
infrastructure by way of analysis of report, data baseline documents, action plan strategy and
policy documents and other required documentation, Maintaining and updating database of
all the relevant data.Projects undertaken were forecast of freight and passenger traffic
for all transport modes, Identification of the location of mega ports in India, Analysis of
fiscal issues and the regulatory framework of the transport sector
Internships and Academic Projects

Jun 14 Jul 15 M.Phil thesis on Central Bank Independence - Is it Overrated?.

Jan 14 May 14 Term paper on Panel Study of Non-Performing Assets of Public Sector Banks in
India which involved extensive use of Time Series Analysis.
Jan 14 May 14 Term paper on Impact of individual specific uncertainty on Economic Policy De-
cisions.
Aug 13 Nov 13 Term paper on Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in India.
Jun 10 Sep 10 MSc. dissertation titled Interest Rates and Commodity Prices, which analysed the
impact of changes in the U.S. interest rates on the commodity prices using the unrestricted
Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Model.
Awards and Achievements
2010 Received an award of GBP 2000 for being the outstanding Student at MSc. Finance and
Economics, Queen Mary, University of London, an award of GBP 1000 for scoring highest
marks in Time Series Analysis and Asset Pricing and Modelling.

Positions of Responsibility

2014 - 15 Member of the Anti Ragging Cell, IGIDR.

2013 - 15 Member of the Sports Committee, IGIDR.
2009 - 10 Course Representative, MSc. Finance and Economics, Queen Mary, University of London.
2004 - 05 Held the position of School Captain.

Technical Skills
statistical tools: EVIEWS, STATA Office suites: MS Office (03, 07 and 10)
Operating system: MS Windows (up to Windows 7) Other tools: LATEX