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Rajat Kathuria
Rajat Kathuria is Dean of, the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Professor of Economics at Shiv Nadar University.
He carries over 20 years of experience in teaching and more than 15 years of experience in economic policy, besides pursuing extensive research on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition policy. Dr Kathuria served as Director and Chief Executive at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) before joining the University.
He has taught undergraduate Economics at the University of Maryland, USA, and spent over 12 years with the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi teaching post-graduate students Managerial Economics and International Trade. He has also previously worked with the World Bank in Washington D.C. as a Consultant and worked on research assignments for a number of international organizations, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), LirneAsia, The World Bank and The Asian Development Bank (ADB). Dr. Kathuria’s work has been published in several journals of repute as well as in top magazines and newspapers across the world. He serves on multiple industry and government Committees such as the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Committee on International Trade Policy and Exports, the Implementation for Intended Determined Contribution (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), and on the Research Advisory Council of the State Bank of India (SBI).
Dr Kathuria has an undergraduate degree in Economics from St. Stephens College (University of Delhi), a Masters’ from the Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi) and a PhD from the University of Maryland (College Park).
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Pre-election Budget 2023-24: Short on extravagance, long on substance
The Union Budget presented earlier this month was the last full-year budget before next year's general elections. Rajat Kathuria looks back to India's economic performance in 2014 and suggests that this year’s budget comes against a similar backdrop, with India once again seeing healthy growth projections. He touches upon the budget's focus on macroeconomic fundamentals, including rationalizing untargeted subsidies and replacing them with capex, and lauds as a step towards ensuring effective fiscal consolidation and increased investment in public infrastructure.
प्रौद्योगिकी में प्रगति तथा रोज़गार में बदलाव : भारत में हालिया रुझान
भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था में तेज़ी से हो रही प्रौद्योगिकी प्रगति का क्या असर रोज़गार पर हो रहा है? इस सवाल का पता लगाने के लिए, कथूरिया और देव ने इस लेख में ‘उपभोक्ता पिरामिड पारिवारिक सर्वेक्षण’ के डेटा का विश्लेषण किया है। उन्होंने विशेष रूप से कोविड-19 के बाद के दौर में विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में कम कुशल श्रमिकों की हिस्सेदारी में लगातार गिरावट और रोज़गार की संभावनाओं में कमी को रेखांकित किया है। वे इन श्रमिकों, ख़ासकर महिलाओं को प्रशिक्षित करने पर बल देते हैं ताकि वे उच्च-कौशल, उच्च-भुगतान वाली नौकरियों तक पहुँच सकें।
Technological advancement and employment changes: Recent trends in India
What is the impact of rapid technological advancements on employment in the Indian economy? In this post, Kathuria and Dev analyse ‘Consumer Pyramids Household Survey’ data to explore this question. They note a consistent decline in the share of low-skilled workers across sectors, along with reduced employment prospects, particularly in the post-Covid-19 era. They advocate for training these workers – especially women – so that they can transition into higher-skill, higher-paying jobs.