Bhakti Nandlal Nikumbh Ph: +91 9422992931

Email: bhakti@igidr.ac.in

Education
Jul ’21 – Jul ’23 M.Sc. Economics at IGIDR, Mumbai
Jul ’18 – Jul ’21 B.A. (Hons.) Economics from Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Savitribai Phule
Pune University, with CGPA: 9.54/10.00
Apr ’17 – Mar ’18 Class XII (Science) from Fergusson College, Pune, affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board
of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, with 85.50% marks
Apr ’15 – Mar ’16 Class X from R.K.M School, Nashik, affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board with 94.60%
marks

Internships and Academic Projects

Jan ’21– May ’21 Project Paper titled “Tax Buoyancy of India - An Analysis of Pre-GST and Post-
GST Period” as a part of Economics Honors programme.
Jul ’20 – Dec ’20 Project Paper titled “Understanding the Debt Trap of Small and Marginal Farm-
ers” as a part of Economics Honors programme.
May ’20 – Jul ’20 Published a Paper titled “SWAYAM’s Three Cardinal Principles of Education Pol-
icy: Access, Equity and Quality. Reality or Dream?” in Young Researchers
Journal, 2020.

Awards and Recognitions

2021 Secured Rank 1 among the batch of 2021 of the Economics Department, Symbiosis
College of Arts and Commerce for academic performance.
2018 Secured Third position in A.D. Shroff Memorial Debate Competition.

Positions of Responsibility

2021 - 23 Member of Alumni Committee, IGIDR

2021 - 23 Teaching Volunteer at Kaawish, a student-led initiative aimed at providing education to
underprivileged childern
2020 - 21 Co-founder of Math Club, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce
2019 - 20 Coordinator of V. M. Dandekar Memorial Series on ‘Changing Dynamics of In-
dian Economy’ organised by Department of Economics, Symbiosis College of Arts and
Commerce

Certification Courses
2021 Completed course titled ‘R Programming: Basic and Advanced Analytics in R for
Data Science’ from Udemy
2020 Completed course titled ‘Financial Markets’ by Yale University from Coursera
(Audited)

Technical Skills
Statistical tools: Microsoft Excel, R (Basic), IBM SPSS