Ankit Kumar
Ankit Kumar
Designation
Assistant Professor
Academic Group: Economics
Contact
Phone No.: +91-33-24678300 Ext. 2058
Email ID.: ankitk@iimcal.ac.in
Biography
Personal Details:
You can find relevant information on my personal webpage..
Contact Details:
Office Address: M-209, First Floor, New Academic Block, IIM Calcutta, Joka, Kolkata-700104
Website:
sites.google.com/view/ankit-k/home?authuser=1
Academics
Academic Background:
Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Management
B.Tech - UPES, Dehradun
Visiting:
- University of Oxford ( Summer of '23)
Methods & Tools for Macroeconomists - University of Surrey ( Summer of '21) [Virtual]
The art & science of DSGE modeling - Paris School of Economics (Summer of '20)
Macroeconomic Analysis & Policy - Indian Institute of Management, Banglore ( 2017- 2018 & 2019-2020)
Courses Taught:
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta:
- Managerial Economics (PGP-VLMP) [Co-Teaching]
- Macroeconomics (MBA-Core)
- Advanced Macroeconomics (Ph.D.)
Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam :
- Macroeconomics (MBA-Core)
- Econometrics (FDP)
Awards:
Awarded scholarship under "Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions – 2022" by the Reserve Bank of India.
Consulting Interests:
- Policy Analysis & Impact Assessment
- Bank Stress Testing & Macro-Finance
Current Projects:
- Impact assessment of Fiscal Incentive Scheme, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
- Study on Financial Market, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Experience
Work Experience:
Assistant Professor, Economics Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (March 2022 to Present)
Assistant Professor, Economics & Social Science Area, Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam ( March 2021-March 2022)
Research
Journal Publications:
- ‘Changing Transmission of Monetary Policy on Disaggregate Inflation in India,’ (with P. Dash), Economic Modelling, vol-92, pp 109-125, 2020. (ABDC-A & ABS-2)
- ‘Impairment of Monetary Autonomy: Case of Duo vs. Trilemma,’ (with A. K. Rohit and P. Dash), Economics Letters, vol-182, pp 71-77, 2019. (ABDC-A & ABS-3)
Conferences:
- 'Monetary Policy Uncertainty and Spillovers of U.S. Monetary Shocks to Global Bond Yields'( with A. Rohit), 27th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete Greece, 2023.
- ‘The Effect of U.S. Monetary Policy Spillover on Income Inequality,’ (with P. Dash), 94th Annual Conference Western Economic Association, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2019.
- 'The Changing Effect of Global Commodity Prices: Evidence from a Time-Varying FAVAR Model (with P. Dash), 94th Annual Conference Western Economic Association, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2019.
- 'Changing Transmission of Monetary Policy on Disaggregate Inflation in India,’ (with P. Dash), 95th Annual Conference Western Economic Association, (Virtual), 2020.
Research Interests:
My research interest is in the area of Macroeconomics and Macro-Finance. On the empirical side, I am proficient in Bayesian-based time series analysis and panel data analysis. I work on Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models incorporating financial frictions from a theoretical perspective.
My recent interest includes using probabilistic machine-learning algorithms to answer pressing questions of Macro-Finance, including the impact of climate change and its potential mitigation.