SARTHAK AGARWAL

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Area:

Accounting, Economics and Finance

Education:

Ph.D. (Economics), IIM Lucknow; MBA (IIM Lucknow); B. Com Hons. (SRCC, Delhi); CFA Level III

Date of Joining:

2025-05-15

Dr. Sarthak Agarwal holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from IIM Lucknow and a B. Com (Hons.) degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He has also cleared all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program, CFA Institute, US. Before transitioning to academia, he worked in management consulting and banking for three years.

Dr. Agarwal uses applied microeconomic methods to establish causal linkages in areas of public policy relevance in developing countries. His current research explores topics such as intimate partner violence, family planning and fertility, the intergenerational transmission of health burdens, and the role of governance in economic growth. His work has been published in journals such as The European Journal of Development Research and Review of Development Economics. He has presented his research at leading international conferences organized by the Royal Economic Society, the European Economic Association, and the Asian Development Bank.

  • Agarwal, Sarthak and Chatterjee, Somdeep (2025) “Nutri-farming! Estimating the Impacts of a Nutritional Security Program on Agricultural Productivity” Review of Development Economics. doi.org/10.1111/rode.13200
  • Agarwal, Sarthak and Katewa, Neeraj (2024): “Improving Women's Position in the Household: Evidence from a Maternity Cash Transfer Program in India” The European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 36(6). doi.org/10.1057/s41287-024-00647-8

Conferences

  1. Doctoral Colloquium on Management and Development, Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat; November 2024
  2. Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Queens University, Belfast; March 2024
  3. European Economic Association (EEA) Annual Congress – Barcelona School of Economics, UPF, Barcelona; August 2023
  4. Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Asian Development Bank Headquarters, Manila; December 2023
  5. IMR Doctoral Conference (IMRDC), IIM Bangalore, Bengaluru; February 2024
  6. Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi; December 2023
  7. Research Scholars Day – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur; February 2023
  8. “Contemporary Issues in Development Economics” - Annual Conference, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; December 2022

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  • Development Economics; Applied Microeconomics; Public Policy

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  • Graduated in the top 10 of the MBA cohort, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow, 2017-19