Abhay Gupta

PhD (UBC)

Adjunct Professor, Department of SPASE

Specialization



Research Interest

 

Education

  • Executive Program (Columbia Business School, 2016)
  • Executive Program (Harvard University, 2016)
  • PhD (University of British Columbia, 2009)
  • B. Tech.(IIT Kanpur, 1999)

Website(s)

CV

  • Estimating Direct Gains in Consumer Welfare in Telecommunications Sector, Journal of Consumer Policy, Vol. 36, p. 119-138, 2013.

  • Indian Manufacturing Productivity: What caused the growth stagnation before the 1990s? International Productivity Monitor, Fall 2010.

  • Recent Productivity Developments in the World Economy, International Productivity Monitor, Spring 2010; with Bart van Ark et al.

  • Comparing bank lending channel, Finance India, Vol. 25, p. 785-815, 2011.

  • Doing It Wisely: Using Financial Instruments to Increase Foreign Aid Effectiveness, Global

  • Development Network, Mar 2015.

  • The Mystery Behind India's Revised GDP Numbers In Two Charts, Seeking Alpha, Feb 2015.

  • Objective Driven Geo-Politics: Leveraging for India’s Economic Gains, Diplomatist, Nov 2014.

  • India: Growth vs. Development Agenda, Business Today, April, 2014.

  • R&D Capitalisation: Synthesis report about industry level implementation, OECD, July 2012.

  • Intangible assets in OECD countries: An Industry Perspective, OECD, November 2011.

  • Measuring the Contribution of ICT to Economic Growth. Chapter in The Linked World: How ICT is transforming societies, cultures and economies. Fundación Telefónica, 2011.

  • The 2010 Productivity Brief: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies. The Conference Board Report, 2010.

  • An Analysis of Economic Growth in India: What explains the economic growth surge? VDM Publisher, October 2010.

  • 2021 - Now, Director, Efficient World, Vancouver.

  • 2022 - 2023, Director, Centre of Economic Data Analysis, Ashoka University, India.

  • 2017 - 2021, Lead Consultant, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg.

  • 2016 - 2017, Advisor, House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada.

  • 2016 - 2017, Instructor, Yorkville University (Online Program).

  • 2013 - 2016 Chief Economist, Empirical Foresights Inc, Vancouver.

  • 2013 - 2016 Adjunct Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver.

  • 2011 - 2013 Senior Administrator, OECD, Paris, France.

  • 2009 - 2011 Economist, The Conference Board, New York, NY, USA.

  • 2006 - 2009 Program Officer, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

  • 2008 - 2009 Sessional Instructor, University of British Columbia, Canada.

  • 2002 - 2003 Manager, Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India.

  • 1999 - 2002 Analyst, MindTree, San Jose, CA, USA.

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Challenge – Future of Foreign Aid, 2014

  • DARPA Forecasting competition – Global events, prediction accuracy and confidence, 2013

  • European Union Grant for EU KLEMS Project, 2009 – 2011

  • Various Canadian Academic Awards and Scholarships (2003 – 2009)

  • ISO - International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC 225 "Market, opinion and social research" ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 "Artificial intelligence" ISO/TC 347 "Data driven Agrifood system")

  • IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission (SEG16 : Standardization of Sustainability Technologies, IEC/ISO JSyC BDC: Bio-Digital Convergence)

  • Digital Governance Council

  • Mentor, Beedie Luminaries

Office

E.S.B - 2 Building , 6th floor ,
Department of SPASE
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone:

Email:abhaygupta[AT]iitk.ac.in

   
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