Indrajit Thakurata

indrajitt@iimidr.ac.in |ithakurata@gmail.com
EDUCATION

• Fellow (equivalent to PhD), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2009-2014)

• Exchange Semester, University of Cologne on DAAD scholarship (2011)
• Dual Degree in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1999-2004)

WORK EXPERIENCE
• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Indore (August, 2014 to present)
• Senior Software Engineer, Globallogic India Pvt Ltd (May, 2005 to June, 2008)
• Software Engineer, Patni Computer Systems Ltd. (August, 2004 to May, 2005)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (FEEDBACK on Request)

PGM-MX (Executive Education Level)
• Macroeconomics (Core course taught at Dubai & Mumbai for working professionals)
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy (Elective course taught at IIMI Mumbai campus for working
professionals)
PGP (MBA level)
• Macroeconomics (PGP core course)
• Financial Markets & Central Banking (PGP elective)
IPM (Undergrad level)
• Macroeconomics (Core course)
FPM (PhD level)
• Advanced Macroeconomics (FPM core course)
• Monetary Theory and Policy (FPM elective)
• Guest lectures on Dynamic Optimization (Bellman Equations) at Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
• Recursive Macroeconomics, Monetary Theory & Policy, Life-cycle Optimization Models, Human
Capital acquisition in developing countries

CURRENT RESEARCH
 Child labour and human capital in developing countries - A multi-period stochastic model with Errol
D’Souza (Economic Modelling 69, 67-81)
 Optimal portfolio choice with stock market entry costs & human capital investments : a developing
country model (single author; forthcoming in International Review of Economics & Finance)
 Factors encouraging complete adoption of agricultural technologies: The case of hybrid rice
cultivation in India with Varsha Khandker (Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging
Economies 8 (2), 270-287)
 Mobility traps with fertility choice: a multi-period stochastic model with financial and human capital
constraints (single author; under review)
MEDIA ARTICLES
 NEP 2020 can propel India's emergence as a global education hub: Hindu Business Line (BLoC)
dated 3rd August, 2020
 Budget 2019 to drive growth & employment: FreePress Journal dated 6th July, 2019
 Webinar at IIM Indore on “Indian Economy post Covid and the role of education” (25th Nov, 2020)

BOOK CHAPTER & WORKING PAPERS

 Book chapter in the book: Child labour in the developing world: Theory, Practice & Policy published
by Palgrave MacMillan
 Life-Cycle Portfolio Choice in an Intergenerational set-up – Working paper (IIM Indore)
 Cost- benefit analysis of education policies – Working paper (IIM Indore)
 Is Human-Capital Acquisition Optimizing Behaviour? A Life-cycle Analysis – Working paper (IIM
Indore)

WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
 “Summer School on DSGE Modelling” organized by University of Surrey, UK : Sep, 2016
 “Summer School on Advanced DSGE Modelling” organized by University of Surrey, UK : Sep, 2019
 Paper presentation at “Understanding Child labour Workshop” in RMIT, Australia: April, 2019

ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
• Member Admissions Committee
• Member Assurance Of Learning committee
• Member IPM Review committee
• Member PGP-MX Review committee
• Member FPM Executive committee
• TAC member of FPM students

CONTACT
Indrajit Thakurata
C-211, IIM
Rau-Pithampur Road,
Indore-453331
indrajitt@iimidr.ac.in | ithakurata@gmail.com