RAJAT KATHURIA
EDUCATION:
University of Maryland, College Park Ph.D. Economics, 1994
Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, M.A. Economics, 1986
St. Stephen's College, Delhi, B.A (Honours) Economics, 1984
Ph.D. THESIS:
`Investment and Cash Flow: Asymmetric Information or Managerial
Discretion?'
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Professor, ICRIER since April 2008
Professor and Registrar, International Management Institute (IMI) 19952008, currently on leave
Course Taught: Managerial Economics, International Economics,
Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
Consultant, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) 2001-2006.
Advisor (Economics), TRAI, November 2000 to June 2001 and Director
(Economics), TRAI June 98 to October 2000
Associate Professor, IMI February 1995 to June 1998 Courses Taught:
International Trade and Finance, Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics
and Quantitative Techniques
Consultant, World Bank, 1991-1993
Lecturer, University of Maryland and University College, 1988 1990.
Taught courses in International Trade, Intermediate Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics and also a refresher course in Math and
Statistics for the incoming Graduate Class, 1992-93.
Professor Kathuria has over 20 years teaching experience and over 10
years experience in policy and regulation. He was economic advisor
with the telecom regulatory authority for 8 years. In addition, he has
worked as a Consultant for international organisations such as World
Bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, International
Labour Organisation and LirneAsia.
His areas of research interest
are climate change, regulation and institutions and the way in which
political and economic institutions affect sectoral performance, and
industrial organisation.
Prof Kathuria India has published in international and national
journals on failure of markets and the attendant need for regulation.
Besides, he has hands on experience with telecom regulation in India in
an environment changing rapidly towards competition. Political economy
played a crucial role in India in the march toward competition in the
telecom sector. This aspect formed the basis of a number of research
projects and research articles. The need for regulation is a given,
but equally if not more important is regulatory design and ‘buy’ in
from stakeholders. His research on telecommunications formed the basis
of the sector negotiations for the Indo EU Trade and Investment Area.
Most recently, Professor Kathuria has estimated the elasticity of
mobile penetration with respect to State Domestic Product across
different Indian States. The research points towards substantial
impacts and highlights the need to increase penetration in laggard
states by inter alia improving the quality of regulation and also
physical infrastructure.
Besides teaching core economics courses to management students,
Professor Kathuria has lectured on the subject of regulation
extensively in India and abroad. He has also taught a summer course in
Manchester Business School. His research has been presented at various
conferences in South Korea, Indonesia, UK, USA and Poland. The results
of the impact of mobile phones in India were recently presented to
members of the European Parliament in Brussels.