Ph.D. in Economics Expected - 2012
George Mason University

European Masters in Law and Economics (Distinction) 2007-08
University of Hamburg (Term I)
University of Ghent (Term II)
University of Bologna (Term III)

L.L.B (Bachelor of Law) 2004-07
University of Delhi, Faculty of Law, Campus Law Centre

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics (First Division) 2001-04
University of Delhi, Hans Raj College

Journal Articles

“Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant”, Delhi Law Review Vol II 2005

“Environmental Protection for Developing Countries: The Polluter-Does-Not-Pay Principle” (with Francesco Parisi and Barbara Luppi) - Under Review

“Indian Property Wrongs”
“The Real Cost of Takings for Development”
“Implications of an Activist Judiciary in Indian Environment Law”
“The Economics of Sex Trafficking: A Review of Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery”

“Judicial Activism: Courting Controversy”, Combat Law, November-December 2006
“Right to Information Act 2004”, PILSARC Working Papers, Right to Information Dossier 2006
“Land and Forest Department”, Jharkhand Citizens Handbook 2006
“Jharkhand Housing Board”, Jharkhand Citizens Handbook 2005
“Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill”, Centre for Civil Society Working Papers 2003
“Directorate of Prohibition”, Centre for Civil Society Working Papers 2003

“Judging Equality”, Wall Street Journal Asia, April 16, 2008
“India’s Socialist Constitution”, Wall Street Journal Asia, January 22, 2008
“Are we Free to be Foolish?”, Mint, December 10, 2007
“Big Brother”, Wall Street Journal Asia, September 27, 2007
“Property Rights and Wrongs”, Mint, May 24, 2007
“Indian Property Wrongs”, Wall Street Journal Asia, May 21, 2007
“Reverse Robinhood Land Reforms”, Mint, February 7, 2007
“The Reality of Reality Television”, Okonomos 2006
“The Economics of Colour”, Okonomos 2005
“Arrows Judicial Activism Theorem”, Okonomos 2004
“Dabbawallahs- A Micro Market Study”, Okonomos 2003
“Famine and Society”, Oikos 2002
“G?- Globalisation”, Okonomos 2002

Mercatus Center Ph.D. Fellow 2008-09
Erasmus Mundus Scholar 2007-08
Charles G Koch Summer Fellow 2006
Centre for Cultural Resources and Training Scholarship, Government of India 1998-2002

“Taking(s) from Development” Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, NV. March 2009.

“Famine and Entitlement” International Sociological Association World Congress, Brisbane, Australia. July 2002.

Mercatus Center 2008-09
 Research Assistant to Prof Daniel Klein, Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre, New Delhi, India 2005- 07
Part Time Research Associate to Dr. Rajeev Dhavan (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India)
Researcher-Free Speech Cell and Supreme Court Litigation Team for pro bono cases and amicus briefs.

Comparative Economic Systems- Prime Education Centre for Economics, New Delhi.
Spring and Fall (2004-07)
Taught the course prescribed by University of Delhi, Department of Economics.

Alliance for School Choice, Phoenix, USA August-September 2006
Center for Competitive Politics, Washington DC, USA June- August 2006
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi, India July-October 2004
Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi, India May-July 2003

Aid India Tsunami Relief Operations Volunteer Team December 2004- January 2005
Village Team Leader – Kuttiyandiyur Tamil Nadu

Delhi Bar Council (2007 onwards)
Public Choice Society 2009
Law Students Association of India (LSAI) (2004-07)
Students for Promotion of International Law (SPIL) (2004-07)
International Jurist Organisation (IJO) (2004-07)
Economics Society, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi (2001-04)

Student Editor, Delhi Law Review, 2005 (Resigned due to prior commitment to the Koch Fellowship)
Founder and Editor, Okonomos, Hans Raj College Economics Department Magazine (2002-03)
Editorial Board Member, The Sentinel, Newsletter of the Law Students Association of India (2004; 2005; 2006)