Economics group at the School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University. Training economists for a better India.
Joined February 2023
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6 Mar 2025
Apply!
We offer HET as a compulsory course in BA Economics & as an elective course in MA Economics. You can also do a thesis in HET.
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4 Mar 2025
Less than a month for this summer school on the Sraffa-Keynes approach @EconInContext @azimpremjiuniv w/ @ysi_commons.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/…
@Srishting @DasguptaZico @MariaCbgoes
ALT The images shown are of Sraffa, Keynes, Garegnani and Krishna Bharadwaj. The word cloud consists of Theory of Output, Sraffa-Keynes-Hayek debates, public debt, money, nature, wages, competition, inflation, Kalecki.
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Economics @ Azim Premji University retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Finally, many thanks to Rema, Prashanth & Tamoghna for being part of the core organising team at APU. Thanks to the travel desk, the Food team, the AV team, the security & housekeeping staff, and a host of student volunteers from @azimpremjiuniv for making this happen.
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3 Mar 2025
The penultimate session was a highly interactive session on minimum wages & employment by @econanand
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3 Mar 2025
On the last day, Shravan from @working_india explained the complicated sampling method of PLFS, went through the PLFS dashboard & did a hands-on session on using PLFS data. @avani_chokshi of @AilajHq then explained the pernicious implications of the 4 Labour Codes
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3 Mar 2025
Abhishek Waghmare from @dataforin demonstrated their new and wonderful dashboard. Please do check it out! This was followed by an enthralling public lecture titled ‘Data & Democracy: Using numbers to speak truth to power’ by @Rukmini
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3 Mar 2025
After a group activity, there were engaging sessions on labour & employment in transitioning economies including songs by the passionate Prashanth & the thoughtful @Srishting
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3 Mar 2025
The energetic Dawa Sherpa then took over with the macroeconomics of inequality, inflation, interest rate & unemployment.
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3 Mar 2025
Then starting with the cult song 'haal chaal theek thaak hai' @amitbasole walked us through the trajectory on the growth story from 1950s to 2020s assessing the relationship between GDP & employment.
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3 Mar 2025
This was followed by a hands-on session on data concepts along with introduction to representative surveys. Subsequently, @rosaabraham6 patiently & creatively engaged us with the complexities of labour force, ways to measure employment & employment status across identities.
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3 Mar 2025
Theme this year: Labour & Employment. After Arjun Jayadev introduced the rationale for this workshop, we had a session on economics as if the constitution matters. Then @jayp_econ & @brohseph_ did an imp & difficult session on statistical measures & data visualisation.
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3 Mar 2025
There were 27 participants with rich experience, piercing questions & critical insights challenging many economics assumptions. They included labour organisers, activists for Adivasi rights, land, caste, environment, social policies, welfare & journalists reporting on these.
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3 Mar 2025
Thread: We wrapped up the hugely gratifying Demystifying Economics Workshop held in @azimpremjiuniv . This was the 3rd edition and was co-organised with @BahujanEcon & School for Democracy. The hope with this annual workshop is to build bridges between academia & practitioners.
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3 Mar 2025
This is fantastic work by @dataforin @pramit_b!! May not grab headlines, but for those of us who work with data, this is great public service.
How one village swung India's workforce numbers in 2022-23 dataforindia.com/plfs-assam/…
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Economics @ Azim Premji University retweeted
2 Mar 2025
Building on this generous release by @MoharirAdvait and @Vijayshreeeee, here is a slightly more granular and readable release of the HCES microdata.
The tables are now searchable by descriptions and names of goods, to help avoid external lookups.
github.com/jaidevd/hces-2023…
31 Jan 2025
🚨Fresh data release alert 🚨
2023-24 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey microdata is out today. We are celebrating by sharing the cleaned files!
Bulk of the work was done by @Vijayshreeeee, so make sure to thank her for the speedy availability!
github.com/advaitmoharir/hce…
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Economics @ Azim Premji University retweeted
12 Feb 2025
Openings for Research Fellow positions at the Centre.
Recently completed PhDs or those nearing the submission of their thesis, please consider applying.
Details here:
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/…
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Economics @ Azim Premji University retweeted
10 Feb 2025
After an excellent iteration in 2024, we are back with another one. In the last cohort, there were BA & MA students, PhD students & econ teachers--from India and abroad. The discussions during & after the classes were lively. Looking forward to teaching another set of students!
10 Feb 2025
Exciting news! Economiga & @_ISHET are back with their beginner-to-intermediate mini course on the History of Economic Thought!
Explore Classical, Marginalist, Keynesian schools & more!
Register here (limited seats) economiga.graphy.com/courses…
#econtwitter #HET #economics
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11 Feb 2025
We are hiring RAs at the Centre for Sustainable Employment @working_india @azimpremjiuniv. RAs work closely with professors and post-docs on State of Working India and related projects. Past RAs have also been co-authors on published papers. Please apply and spread the word.
6 Feb 2025
We have openings for Research Associate positions. Students in the final year of their Master's can also consider applying. Details here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/…
Last date for applications is 28th February.
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Economics @ Azim Premji University retweeted
10 Feb 2025
RAs have an opportunity to work on some exciting projects. Many of our RAs have also co-authored with post-doctoral fellows and faculty on various articles and research papers.
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10 Feb 2025
We have openings for RA positions at CSE, deadline is 28th February.
6 Feb 2025
We have openings for Research Associate positions. Students in the final year of their Master's can also consider applying. Details here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/…
Last date for applications is 28th February.
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