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Contact Information
U.Chicago Center in India DLF Capitol Point
Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi, India 110001
T +91-9811062236
E anants@uchicago.edu
Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi, India 110001
T +91-9811062236
E anants@uchicago.edu
Experience
South Asia Director (Nov 2017 - present)
Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (India)
University of Chicago
India Director (September 2014 - present)
Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (India)
University of Chicago
Sustainability Science Fellow (April 2011 - Aug 2014)
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard University
Research Scientist (Sep 2013 - Aug 2014)
MIT Energy Initiative
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Senior Research Manager (April 2011 - Aug 2014)
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Institute for Financial Management and Research
Consultant (Sep 2009 - Mar 2010)
Sequoia Capital
Research Associate (May 2006 - April 2007)
The Energy and Resources Institute
Education
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Ph.D, Management Science and Engineering, March 2011
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2006
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi,India
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2004
Ph.D, Management Science and Engineering, March 2011
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2006
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi,India
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 2004
Research Publications
Nudges in the marketplace: The response of household electricity consumption to information and monetary incentives. 2017. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization}, Vol. 134, pp. 320-335
Lower Pollution, Longer Lives: Life Expectancy Gains if India Reduced Particulate Matter Pollution. 2015. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. L (8). pp 40-46. (with Michael Greenstone, Janhavi Nilekani, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, Anish Sugathan)
Deconstructing the Rosenfeld Curve: Making sense of California′s low electricity intensity. 2013. Energy Economics, 39, 197-207.
Real-time Feedback and Electricity Consumption: A Field Experiment Assessing the Potential for Savings and Persistence. 2013. The Energy Journal, Vol 34(1) (with Sebastien Houde, Annika Todd, June A. Flora and Carrie K. Armel)
Psychohistory Revisited: Fundamental issues in forecasting climate futures. 2011. Climatic Change. Vol 104(3-4). pp 457-472. (With Cullenward, D., Schipper, L., and Howarth, R).
Transport and carbon emissions in the United States: The long view. 2011. Energies (Special Issue on Energy-Friendly Transportation).Vol 4(4). pp 563-581. (With Schipper, L. and Saenger, C.).
How can economic schemes curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth in China? Demographic Research. 2008. Vol 19. pp. 1831-1850. (With Bhattacharjya, D., Tuljapurkar, S., Shachter, R. and Marcus Feldman).
Weather data mining using independent component analysis. 2004. Journal of Machine Learning Research. Vol 5. pp. 239-253. (With Basak, J., Trivedi, D. and M. S. Santhanam).
Lower Pollution, Longer Lives: Life Expectancy Gains if India Reduced Particulate Matter Pollution. 2015. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. L (8). pp 40-46. (with Michael Greenstone, Janhavi Nilekani, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, Anish Sugathan)
Deconstructing the Rosenfeld Curve: Making sense of California′s low electricity intensity. 2013. Energy Economics, 39, 197-207.
Real-time Feedback and Electricity Consumption: A Field Experiment Assessing the Potential for Savings and Persistence. 2013. The Energy Journal, Vol 34(1) (with Sebastien Houde, Annika Todd, June A. Flora and Carrie K. Armel)
Psychohistory Revisited: Fundamental issues in forecasting climate futures. 2011. Climatic Change. Vol 104(3-4). pp 457-472. (With Cullenward, D., Schipper, L., and Howarth, R).
Transport and carbon emissions in the United States: The long view. 2011. Energies (Special Issue on Energy-Friendly Transportation).Vol 4(4). pp 563-581. (With Schipper, L. and Saenger, C.).
How can economic schemes curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth in China? Demographic Research. 2008. Vol 19. pp. 1831-1850. (With Bhattacharjya, D., Tuljapurkar, S., Shachter, R. and Marcus Feldman).
Weather data mining using independent component analysis. 2004. Journal of Machine Learning Research. Vol 5. pp. 239-253. (With Basak, J., Trivedi, D. and M. S. Santhanam).
Policy Publications
India: Pathways to Sustaining Rapid Development in a New Climate Economy. 2014. New Climate Economy Report. (Contributing author on Energy Demand Management)
Going Beyond the Price Signal: Managing Energy Demand through Behavioral Instruments. 2014. ISB Insights, July-Sep, 2014
Noronha, Ligia and Anant Sudarshan (eds). 2009. India’s Energy Security. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. New York: Routledge
Coal Supply: The Fallacy of Abundance. 2008. In The Coal Dilemma. New Delhi: TERI Press. S.K.Chand (editor)
Going Beyond the Price Signal: Managing Energy Demand through Behavioral Instruments. 2014. ISB Insights, July-Sep, 2014
Noronha, Ligia and Anant Sudarshan (eds). 2009. India’s Energy Security. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. New York: Routledge
Coal Supply: The Fallacy of Abundance. 2008. In The Coal Dilemma. New Delhi: TERI Press. S.K.Chand (editor)
Working Papers
The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing. 2017. Revision submitted to the Journal of Political Economy.
Is Off-grid Solar the Answer for Rural Electrification? Evidence from India’s Surprisingly Competitive Retail Power Market. 2018. With Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone, Nicholas Ryan.
The Efficiency of Rationing: Agricultural Power Subsidies, Power Supply and Groundwater Depletion in Rajasthan. 2018. With Nicholas Ryan.
Is Off-grid Solar the Answer for Rural Electrification? Evidence from India’s Surprisingly Competitive Retail Power Market. 2018. With Robin Burgess, Michael Greenstone, Nicholas Ryan.
The Efficiency of Rationing: Agricultural Power Subsidies, Power Supply and Groundwater Depletion in Rajasthan. 2018. With Nicholas Ryan.
Selected Peer Reviewed Conferences
2018. The Efficiency of Rationing: Agricultural Power Subsidies, Power Supply and Groundwater Depletion in Rajasthan. Mar 8 2018. NBER Energy and Environment Spring Meetings.
2017. The Solvable Challenge of Air Pollution in India. July 11-12 2017. India Policy Forum.
2016. "The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing.". Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
2015. “Energy and growth: Challenges and opportunities for developing countries”. November 12 - November 13 2015. IGC Energy Conference.
2014: “The Economic Impacts of Temperature on Industrial Productivity: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing’. July 21-22, 2014. NBER Summer Institute Meetings
2013: “The Economic Impacts of Temperature on Industrial Productivity: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing’. November 3-4, 2013. North-East Universities Development Consortium Conference, Harvard University
2013: “The Behavioral Effects of Monetary Contracts: Using peer comparisons and financial incentives to reduce electricity demand in urban Indian households”. September 23-25, 2013. Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics: Psychology and Economics
2012: “Money for Nothing: Using peer comparisons and financial incentives to reduce electricity demand in urban Indian households”. November 3-4, 2012. North-East Universities Development Consortium Conference, Darthmouth
2011: “Deconstructing the Rosenfeld Curve: A model of household energy demand”. 34th IAEE International Conference. June 19-23, 2011 at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. Best Student Paper Award
2017. The Solvable Challenge of Air Pollution in India. July 11-12 2017. India Policy Forum.
2016. "The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing.". Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
2015. “Energy and growth: Challenges and opportunities for developing countries”. November 12 - November 13 2015. IGC Energy Conference.
2014: “The Economic Impacts of Temperature on Industrial Productivity: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing’. July 21-22, 2014. NBER Summer Institute Meetings
2013: “The Economic Impacts of Temperature on Industrial Productivity: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing’. November 3-4, 2013. North-East Universities Development Consortium Conference, Harvard University
2013: “The Behavioral Effects of Monetary Contracts: Using peer comparisons and financial incentives to reduce electricity demand in urban Indian households”. September 23-25, 2013. Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics: Psychology and Economics
2012: “Money for Nothing: Using peer comparisons and financial incentives to reduce electricity demand in urban Indian households”. November 3-4, 2012. North-East Universities Development Consortium Conference, Darthmouth
2011: “Deconstructing the Rosenfeld Curve: A model of household energy demand”. 34th IAEE International Conference. June 19-23, 2011 at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. Best Student Paper Award