Welcome!
I’m an econometrician and data scientist on the AI/ML team at Western Digital. My toolbox extracts signals from tech-industry movements, especially in semiconductors, and from macro-finance variables to produce longer-horizon forecasts and inform strategy. I translate these into credible inputs on strategy, pricing, and demand for executive leadership.
My research develops new econometric and machine learning methods. My forecasting work won an award at the 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society, and my applied work appears in the Journal of Development Economics. I also teach causal inference and financial economics at UC Berkeley.
I hold a PhD in Econometrics from UC Riverside, an MS with academic distinction from the Indian Statistical Institute, and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee.
Areas of Expertise: Causal inference, high-dimensional econometrics, forecasting, nonparametrics, statistics.
News
PositionSep 2026
Invited back to UC Berkeley to teach Financial Economics (Econ 136).
TalkJun 2026
Paper accepted for oral presentation at the 2026 North American Summer Meeting (NASM) of the Econometric Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.
PositionJun 2026
Will be teaching in the Dept. of Economics at UC Berkeley.
MediaMar 2026
Article published in VoxDev.
TalkJan 2026
Paper accepted for presentation at the 2026 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES-CSW 2026).
TalkDec 2025
Paper accepted for presentation at the European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society 2025.
PositionOct 2025
Started serving as a member of the Program Committee of the Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development to judge/referee papers in econometric methodology.
TalkOct 2025
Presented paper at the 35th Annual Midwest Econometrics Group Conference, UIUC, IL, USA.
PublicationSep 2025
Paper published in the Journal of Development Economics.
TalkSep 2025
Presented paper at the 2025 California Econometrics Conference.
TalkAug 2025
Paper accepted for weekly seminar at Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Center.
TalkAug 2025
Gave a research talk at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
TalkApr 2025
Presented paper in the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society in Seoul, South Korea.
MilestoneJun 2025
Concluded my term as Head of the Graduate Quantitative Methods Center (GradQuant), University of California, Riverside (2024–25).
PositionJun 2025
Joined Western Digital Corporation in San Jose.
MilestoneJun 2025
Graduated with PhD in Economics from the University of California, Riverside (Pictures).
MilestoneJun 2025
Defended PhD at the University of California, Riverside (Pictures).
AwardMay 2025
Awarded Outstanding Teaching Award by the University of California, Riverside.
AwardApr 2025
Received a USD 2,000 award for being among the top researchers presenting at the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society.
TalkApr 2025
Paper accepted for presentation at the 13th World Congress of the Econometric Society (held once every five years). Learn more.
TalkApr 2025
Delivered a research talk at the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Canada.
AwardApr 2025
Best Presentation Award in the Graduate Research Symposium at the University of California, Riverside.
TalkMar 2025
Paper accepted for presentation at the 2025 International Association for Applied Econometrics Conference (IAAE Italy 2025). Learn more.
TalkJan 2025
Delivered a research talk at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), Illinois, USA.
TalkJan 2025
Delivered a research talk at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA.
PublicationDec 2024
Got R&R (Revise and Resubmit) from the Journal of Development Economics. My paper (with Bharat Ramaswami), The Agricultural Productivity Gap: Informality Matters, received Revise and Resubmit.
AwardNov 2024
Awarded Earle C. Anthony Graduate Student Travel Award (USD 1,950) in Fall 2024 for traveling to international conferences, by the University of California, Riverside.
TalkOct 2024
Paper accepted for presentation at the European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, 2024, held in Dec 2024 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
TalkOct 2024
Paper accepted for presentation at the 19th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, 2024, organized by the Indian Statistical Institute.
TalkOct 2024
Paper accepted for presentation at the 34th Annual Midwest Econometrics Group Conference, held in Nov 2024 in Lexington, KY, USA.
TalkSep 2024
Presented at the California Econometric Conference, hosted by UC Davis. Learn more.
PublicationAug 2024
The Agricultural Productivity Gap: Informality Matters paper under review at the Journal of Development Economics.
PositionJul 2024
Appointed Lead of the Graduate Quantitative Methods Center at UC Riverside.
PublicationJul 2024
Kernel Three Pass Regression Filter paper under review at the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
Connect
- Email: rjat001@ucr.edu