1. Kedar Kulkarni
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Applied Economics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
Office:314 Ballard Extension Hall,
SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR
Work Phone: +1-541-908-8662
E-mail: kulkarnk@oregonstate.edu
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Climate Change, Climate Change
Adaptation, Coping Strategies, Time Series and Panel Data Econometrics, Game Theory,
Optimization, Spatial Natural Resource Economics, Behavioral Economics, Agricultural
Economics, Common Property Resources
CURRENT
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENT
Graduate Teaching Assistant September, 2016 to December, 2016
AEC 251 - Introduction to Agricultural and Food Policy
Course Instructor - Dr. James A. Sterns
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
Thesis Internship, FEEM, Venice, Italy November, 2015 to May, 2016
Academic Associate, IIM- Bangalore, India June, 2014 to August, 2014
Summer Research Intern, IIM-Ahmedabad, India May, 2013 to June, 2013
Summer Research Intern, University of Alberta, Canada May, 2012 to July, 2012
EDUCATION Erasmus Mundus Quantitative Economics Master
Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and Ca Foscari University of Venice
M.S., Models and Methods of Quantitative Economics, July 2016
• Thesis Topic: Indian Agriculture: Productivity, Institutions and Climate Change
• Adviser: Professor Carlo Carraro and Professor Monica Billio
• Area of Study: Environmental Economics
• 110 Lode ; GPA: 3.67 / 4.00
University of Hyderabad
M.A (Integrated 5-year)., Economics, October 2014
• Distinction
• GPA: 8.19 / 10.00
• Minor in Sociology
CONFERENCE
TALKS
[1] Kulkarni, K. Common Property Resources - The Assurance Problem In: Centre for
Economic & Social Studies and Too Big to Ignore International Conference on
Small-Scale Fisheries Governance: Development for well-being and Sustainabil-
ity, Hyderabad, India, December 10-13, 2013.
CONFERENCE
POSTERS
[2] Kulkarni, K. Indian Agriculture - Growth and Challenges In: International Conference
on Agriculture and Climate Change, TERI University, New Delhi, India, January
27-28, 2013. Poster abstract.
FELLOWSHIPS AND
RESEARCH GRANTS • Recipient of Erasmus Plus Mobility Grant from the European Commission for the
period January 2015 to June 2015.
• Recipient of BBL Fellowship from the University of Hyderabad for the period August,
2009 to May, 2014.
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2. • Awarded grant of 5000 CAD by University of Alberta as part of its summer research
internship programme in July, 2012.
EXTRA
CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
• Volunteer at SPIC-MACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and
Culture amongst youth) from January, 2012 to December, 2012.
• Captain of the University of Hyderabad Football Team in the Central Zone Inter-
University Football Tournament held at LNIPE, Gwalior in October, 2013.
• Represented University of Hyderabad in the South Zone Inter-University Football and
Cricket Tournaments for the year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
REFERENCES
AVAILABLE TO
CONTACT
Dr. Carlo Carraro (e-mail: ccarraro@unive.it; phone: +39-041-234-9166)
• Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca Foscari
University of Venice
155, Via Torino, Venezia Mestre, Venice, Italy - 30172
Dr. Carraro was my Master Thesis supervisor at Ca Foscari University of Venice.
Dr. Monica Billio (e-mail: billio@unive.it; phone: +39-041-234-9170)
• Professor, Department of Economics, Ca Foscari University of Venice
Department of Economics, Ca Foscari University of Venice, San Giobbe 873, Venice,
Italy -30121
Dr. Billio was my Master Thesis supervisor at Ca Foscari University of Venice
Dr. Andrea Moro (e-mail: andrea.moro@vanderbilt.edu; phone: +1-615-343-8495)
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
419 Calhoun Hall Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University VU Station B 351819,
Nashville (TN) 37235 - USA
Dr. Moro was the professor for the course Advanced Macroeconomics at the Ca Foscari
University of Venice.
Dr. Varghese Manaloor (e-mail: manaloor@ualberta.ca; phone: +1-780-679-1191)
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics at Augustana Campus, University of
Alberta
University of Alberta, Augustana Campus 4901-46 Avenue, Camrose, Alberta, Canada
T4V 2R3
Dr. Manaloor was my research supervisor in the University of Alberta Summer Intern-
ship Program.
Dr. Anil Gupta (e-mail: anilg@iim.ac.in)
• Professor, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmed-
abad, India
Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad-380 015
Dr. Gupta was my research supervisor during my internship at the Indian Institute of
Management - Ahmedabad, India.
Dr. Naresh Kumar Sharma (e-mail: nksharma@uohyd.ac.in)
• Professor, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, India
School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telengana, India - 500046
Dr. Sharma taught me various courses in Economics viz.Macroeconomics, Indian Econ-
omy and also mentored me in the Integrated Master’s Programme at the University of
Hyderabad.
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