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Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.
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Nisha Vernekar on Night-shift Reforms and Women's Work in India (opens the original)
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This is the 2026 job market series, where I speak with young scholars entering the academic job market about their latest research on India. On this episode, I spoke with Nisha Vernekar who is a PhD Candidate in Economics at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Her research focus is at the intersection of gender, education, labour economics and development economics. We discussed her job market paper, (coauthored with Karan Singhal) titled, " Breaking the Night Barrier: Night-shift Reforms and
Aishwarya Kekre on Land Fragmentation and Its Impact on Structural Transformation (opens the original)
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This is the 2026 job market series, where I speak with young scholars entering the academic job market about their latest research on India. We are launching our series with Aishwarya Kekre , who is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Virginia. Her research focus is at the intersection development, trade and spatial Economics. We discussed her job market paper, "Barriers to Structural Transformation: The Role of Agricultural Land Fragmentation." We talked about the reasons for land
Rana Hasan on Harnessing the Economic Potential of Indian Cities (opens the original)
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Today my guest is Rana Hasan who is the Director, Centre for Economic Growth at NCAER and Senior Affiliate Scholar at the Mercatus Center. Prior to this he was the Regional Lead Economist at the Asian Development Bank. We talked about how to classify and define a city, coordination problems in urban governance, their potential as engines of growth and employment, land use regulation, and how cities are the mother of all general equilibrium problems, and much more. Recorded July 23rd, 2026. Read
Gaurav Chiplunkar on the Frictions in India's Labor Market (opens the original)
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Today my guest is Gaurav Chiplunkar , who is an Assistant Professor in the Global Economies and Markets group at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia . We talked about labor market frictions in India, understanding the reasons for low female labor force participation in India, the importance of information flows and networks, the role of middlemen, and much more. Recorded July 8th, 2026. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Prefer to watch this episode, see the fu
Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on the 'The 1991 Project' (opens the original)
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Today my guests are my colleagues Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah . Shreyas is a research scholar and Kadambari is a research associate at the Mercatus Center with the India program. We talked about completing five years of the 1991 Project , how it started, it's scope, the oral histories of the reformers in 1991, papers, essays, fellowships and much more. Recorded July 10th, 2026. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links. Prefer to watch this episode, see the full length video here .
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