Curriculum Vitae

Short Bio

Alok Aditya is a PhD scholar at the Centre for Economic Studies and Policy, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. Alok is currently working on the socioeconomic sustainability of the natural gas sector in India. His core research interests include energy economics, input-output analysis, and energy demand modelling. Beyond the energy sector, Alok is also engaged with topics in health economics, political economy, and social issues in India. With a multidisciplinary approach, Alok Aditya aims to contribute valuable insights to support evidence-based policymaking and sustainable development.

Experience

July 2023
Visiting Faculty, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bangalore
Distinguished as a visiting faculty member in the Department of Public Policy at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bangalore. I delivered lectures and instructions on microeconomics and public policy to master’s students.

July 2022 – April 2023
Visiting Faculty, PES University, Bangalore
Distinguished as a visiting faculty member in the Department of MBA at PES University, Bangalore. I delivered lectures and instructions on diverse subjects, including econometrics, microeconomics, and mathematics to MBA students.

April 2023 – Present
Committee Member, Students’ Welfare Fund, ISEC, Bangalore
Member of the committee managing the ISEC Students’ Welfare Fund. The Fund is a part of the ISEC Administrative Funds, and the committee is responsible for formulating rules and decisions governing the Fund.

From August 2020
Founder Editor, Easily Economics
easilyeconomics.com is an open online platform to publish blogs, articles, and study materials in economics and other related areas. I am the founder of the platform, and I manage and edit the content of the platform.

Education

2021 – Present
Ph.D. In Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore
Affiliated with the University of Mysore (UoM) and currently doing research on the topic “The Economics of Natural Gas in India: An Empirical Analysis of its Socioeconomic Sustainability”.

2018 – 2020
M.A. In Economics, Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya
Completed Master of Arts in Economics degree with a CGPA of 8.38 out of 10. Learned Core Economics as well as advanced papers like Basic to Advanced Econometrics, Financial Economics, Environmental Economics, Basics of R software, etc.

2015 – 2018
B.A. In Economics, Patna University, Patna
Completed Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a score of 67.75%. Learned Core Economics as well as Statistics and Geography.

2013 – 2015
Intermediate In Commerce, R. M. College, Saharsa
Completed Intermediate in Commerce from Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) with a score of 76.2% and distinction in all major subjects. Learned Accountancy, Business Studies, and Introductory Economics.

2012 – 2013
Matriculation, Utkramit M. S. Barataini, Udakishunganj
Completed Matriculation Certificate from Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) with a score of 72.8%. I learned Mathematics, Science, and Social Science.

Skills

• Eviews
• STATA
• R-Intermediate
• Python-Basic
• Tableau
• LEAP Energy Demand Modelling
• Input-Output Analysis
• Web Management

Achievement & Awards

• Special Mention for Presenting Poster at The Energy Summit 2023 by IIT Madras – 2023
• UGC – Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Economics – June 2020
• UGC – National Eligibility Test (NET) in Economics – June 2019
• Silver Medal for discipline and community services by The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG) – 2013

Publication (Journal)

The Politics of Sustainable Development: Assessing the Intergroup Disparities Between Developed and Developing Nations
Authors: Prashant Kumar Choudhary & Alok Aditya
Suggested Citation: Choudhary, P. K. & Aditya, A. (Upcoming). The Politics of Sustainable Development: Assessing the Intergroup Disparities Between Developed and Developing Nations. Economic & Political Weekly.

Health Security Across the Spectrum: Exploring the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Health Insurance Uptake in India
Authors: Madhubrota Chatterjee, Alok Aditya & Prashant Kumar Choudhary
Suggested Citation: Chatterjee, M., Aditya, A., & Choudhary, P. K. (2025). Health Security Across the Spectrum: Exploring the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Health Insurance Uptake in India. Aging and Health Research, 5(3), 100244, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100244

Predicting The Risk of Depression by Migration Status: A Cross‑Sectional Study on Older Adults in India
Authors: Prem Shankar Mishra, Ruchi Singh, Shobhit Srivastava & Alok Aditya
Suggested Citation: Mishra, P. S., Singh, R., Srivastava, S., & Aditya, A. (2024). Predicting the risk of depression by migration status: A cross-sectional study on older adults in India. Journal of Population Ageing, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-024-09453-w

Publication (Book Chapters)

Transforming Agriculture in Bihar: An Analysis of Inputs, Technological Advancements, and Sustainability
Authors: Alok Aditya & Amrita Singh
Suggested Citation: Aditya A. & Singh, A. (Upcoming) Transforming Agriculture in Bihar: An Analysis of Inputs, Technological Advancements, and Sustainability. In Book Title yet to be Finalized. Springer

Child Trafficking in Bihar: A Situational Analysis
Authors: Juhi Singh, Alok Aditya & Suresh Kumar
Suggested Citation: Singh, J., Aditya, A., & Kumar, S. (2024). Child Trafficking in Bihar: A Situational Analysis. In Development with Justice (pp. 267-276). Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032626413-23

Association of Cognitive Impairment with Migrant Status Among Older Adults in India: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Shobhit Srivastava, Ruchi Singh, Prem Shankar Mishra & Alok Aditya
Suggested Citation: Srivastava, S., Singh, R., Mishra, P. S., & Aditya, A. (2023). Association of cognitive impairment with migrant status among older adults in India: A cross-sectional study. In Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy: Perspectives from Asia (pp. 1-23). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1914-4_192-1

Book Review: The Next Stop – Natural Gas and India’s Journey to a Clean Energy Future
Authors: Alok Aditya
Suggested Citation: Aditya, A. (2023). Book review: Vikram Singh Mehta, The Next Stop: Natural Gas and India’s Journey to a Clean Energy Future. Indian Journal of Human Development, 16(3), 630-633, https://doi.org/10.1177/09737030221141247

Publication (Working Paper)

Economic implications of natural gas allocation on the Indian economy
Authors: Alok Aditya and Krishna Raj
Suggested Citation: Aditya, Alok, & Raj, Krishna (2024). Economic Implications of Natural Gas Allocation on The Indian Economy. Working Paper 590. Institute for Social and Economic Change. ISBN 978-93-93879-73-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36067.26402

Publication (Non-Academic)

In the global AI race, can India run fast enough to catch up with leaders?
Link: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-the-global-ai-race-can-india-run-fast-enough-to-catch-up-with-leaders-3445936

Refree Services

Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer

Conferences

Digging Deeper: Rethinking India’s Mining Economy
July 24 – 25, 2025
Paper Presented: The Political Economy of Natural Gas Extraction in West Bengal
Organized by: Goa Institute of management (GIM), Goa, India

31st International Input-Output Association Conference
July 06 – 11, 2025
Paper Presented: Sectoral Interlinkages and the Role of Natural Gas Sector in India: An Intertemporal Economic Impacts Analysis
Organized by: International Input-Output Association (IIOA), Male’, Maldives

8th Sanem Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2025
February 21 – 23, 2025
Paper Presented: Growth Under Uncertainty-Heterogeneous Impacts of Economic Policy Shocks: Evidence from a Panel Quantile Regression (Presented virtually)
Organized by: South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sustainiti: National Seminar on Sustainable Development in an Unequal World: Public Policy Paths
June 5 – 6, 2024
Paper Presented: The Politics of Sustainable Development
Organized by: Institute for Social and Economic Change, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and Indian Institute of Public Administration, Karnataka, India

International Conference on Business, It, And Enterprise Architecture (ICBIT 2022)
December 16 –17, 2022
Paper Presented: Probability of Financial Distress due to Family Influence and Leverage in India
Organized By: Management Development Institute, Murshidabad, India

Workshops

13th Edition of the International School of Input-Output Analysis (ISIOA)
July 06 – 11, 2022
Organized by: International Input-Output Association (IIOA), Male’, Maldives

Training Cum Workshop: Basics of Data Analysis Using RStudio (TW – BDAR)
June 13 – 17, 2022
Organized by: Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu

Virtual Workshop on Input-Output Analysis
April 04 – 08, 2022
Organized by: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute, Xinjiang, China, and
Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department

Ten Days Research Methodology Programme on Applied Econometric Techniques and Sampling Methods
September 20 – 29, 2021
Sponsored by: Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi
Organized By: Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Certificate Programme: Understanding Open Educational Resources
March 2020
Offered by: Commonwealth of Learning, Canada

National Workshop on Applications of Stata and EViews Packages for Analysis of Socioeconomic Data
March 26 – 28, 2019
Organized By: Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar

National Workshop On ‘Big Data Analytics’
March 14 – 15, 2019
Organized By: Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar

Events (Organised)

65th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE)
January 09 – 11, 2025
Organized by: Institute for Social and Economic Change

Constitution and National Unity Convention – 2024
April 04 – 08, 2022
Organized by: Department of Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka

National Workshop on “Applications of Stata and EViews Packages for Analysis of Socioeconomic Data
March 26 – 28, 2019
Organized By: Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar

Language

• English (Fluent)
• Hindi (Fluent)
• Maithili (Fluent)

References

Prof. Krishna Raj
Professor & Head, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore

Email: krishnaraj@isec.ac.in
Phone: +91 9448182611

Prof. S Madheswaran
Advisor, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore
Former Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore

Email: madhes.hina@gmail.com
Phone: +91 9880060664