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Prakarsh Singh
Prakarsh Singh is the Chair Professor of Economics at Plaksha University. He was a science leader and senior economist at Amazon with work spanning subscription modelling, global talent management and streaming businesses to develop strategic insights in competition, pricing and marketing. He has hands-on experience building models employing econometrics, machine learning and data science.
Prior to Amazon, he was a professor at Amherst College in Massachusetts, the leading liberal arts college in the US, with visiting positions at Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania and University of Navarra. He completed his PhD, Master of Research and Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics.
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पंजाब का आर्थिक विकास : सम्भावनाएँ और नीतियाँ
वर्ष 2000 तक उत्तर भारतीय राज्य पंजाब देश में प्रति-व्यक्ति आय रैंकिंग में शीर्ष पर था, उसके बाद से इसकी स्थिति लगातार गिरती गई है। इस लेख में लखविंदर सिंह, निर्विकार सिंह और प्रकाश सिंह ने पंजाब की अर्थव्यवस्था- कृषि, विनिर्माण व सेवाओं, नौकरियों व शिक्षा और सार्वजनिक वित्त व शासन की वर्तमान स्थिति के सन्दर्भ में तथा राज्य के सामने आने वाली चुनौतियों के कारणों पर चर्चा की है। इसके अलावा विकास और सक्षम नीतियों की सम्भावनाओं पर भी विचार किया गया है। यह आइडियाज़@आईपीएफ2024 श्रृंखला का चौथा और अंतिम लेख है।
Economic development of Punjab: Prospects and policies
While the north Indian state of Punjab topped per-capita income rankings within the country until year 2000, its position fell consistently thereafter. This article discusses the current state of Punjab’s economy – in terms of agriculture, manufacturing and services; jobs and education; and public finance and governance – and the reasons for the challenges faced by the state. Further, they consider prospects for growth and enabling policies.
On tackling child malnutrition
Is it the lack of information on nutrition given to mothers, or the lack of child care worker motivation that makes child malnutrition persist? This column cites results from a study undertaken in the slums of Chandigarh in North India to investigate this question. The findings suggest that that offering performance pay to child care workers is likely to be ineffective unless mothers have nutritional information available to them.