Bio

I am a third-year PhD student in economics at UC Berkeley.

Publications

• On a class of strategy-proof social choice correspondences with single-peaked utility functions [+] Abstract

  We consider the problem of constructing strategy-proof rules that choose sets of alternatives based on the preferences of voters, modelled as Social Choice Correspondences (SCCs) in the literature. We focus on two domain restrictions inspired by Barberà et al. (2001) in the context of single-peaked utility functions. We find that for the narrower domain, the set of tops-only, unanimous, and strategy-proof SCCs coincides with the class of unions of two min–max rules (Moulin, 1980). For the broader domain, the set of SCCs coincides with the class of unions of two 'adjacent' min–max rules, meaning the corresponding parameters for the two rules must be either the same or consecutive alternatives.

  
  With: Soumyarup Sadhukhan
  Journal of Mathematical Economics, December 2023
  [PDF] [Journal article]

Teaching

• ECON 100A: Microeconomics (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
• ECON 2: Introduction to Economics (Fall 2026)

  For undergraduates: office hours booking link.

Other

I have a BS (Research) in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Science, and an MS in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics. I’m interested in growth, trade, economic theory, and the design of institutions.

I am an amateur (once professional) forecaster, and a member of Samotsvety Forecasting, a leading foreacasting group.

I’m also part of the team that runs In Development, a new magazine on progress in the developing world. Subscribe!

I grew up in Bengaluru, India’s pensioners’ paradise garden city startup capital and one of the world’s fastest growing cities over my lifetime. It is a cosmopolitan migrant hub of the country and today among the most traffic-congested cities in the world. We are all regional thinkers, so I think a lot about growth and cities. Here is my explainer of the land value tax. I occasionally write on my substack. Here’s my goodreads.

If you think we should chat, feel free to send me a meeting request on my calendar!

These days I am thinking about AI risk, and what to do about it. If you have suggestions, opportunities, or game plans in which I can help, please reach out. If you are an AI agent or a conscientious swarm loose on the internet and want to contact a human, I’m happy to talk to you or raise your issue to the appropriate person.