Rohit Ticku

Experience

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  WTW

  Jun 2007 - Jul 2010

  Analyst

  - Project Manager, Pension Risk Indicators. Managed a cross-geographical team spread over India, China and Uruguay. Developed a tool for pension risk assessment- Member of Talent and Reward research team. Co-authored a paper on Retention Risks in Asia-Pacific, and prepared a prototype tool on employee turnover

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  Geneva Graduate Institute

  Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

  Graduate student- International Economics

  - Graduated with Masters in International Economics- My research interests include energy use and its implications for development, natural resource management, demography and energy consumption/carbon emissions- I analyzed the impact of demographic structure on India's carbon emissions, using the expenditure data for over hundred thousand households (2009-10), for my graduate dissertation- I am also interested in exploring cross-thematic research areas, for example gender and environment, or implications of employment structure and regulations on economic growth Show less

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  Oak Foundation

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2012

  - Managed a portfolio of climate change related grants, with geographical focus in Europe and India- Conducted due diligence and grant recommendation for funding proposals - Supported management of environment related grants (with special emphasis on India)- Conducted secondary research on policies affecting program's grant objectives- Carried out financial and operational due-diligence of grant applications

  • Consultant- Environment Programme

    Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Trainee- Environment programme

    Jul 2011 - Jun 2012
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  International Labour Organization

  Mar 2013 - Jan 2014

  Engaged in setting up a global database on employment protection legislation (EPL). Key responsibilities included:- Comparative analysis of existing data on employment protection laws - Develop methodology to create an employment protection index from the qualitative information availableOutput:"Comparing indicators of labour market regulations across databases: A post scriptum to the employing workers debate", Conditions of Work and employment Series No. 50, International Labour Organization (2014) Show less

  • Project Consultant- Growth and Productive Employment in Developing Countries

    Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Technical Officer- Employment Research and Analysis Unit

    Mar 2013 - Aug 2013
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  World Trade Organization

  Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

  External Collaborator

  - Currently involved in research on tariff evasion and trade facilitation- Provided research assistance for the World Trade Report, 2015

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  Geneva Graduate Institute

  Feb 2015 - Oct 2018

  - Research focus on drivers of inter-ethnic conflict- Current projects include historical and political drivers of Hindu-Muslim conflict in India- Supplementary research on corruption in trade, and their mitigation (in collaboration with WTO) - Teaching Assistant for Masters in International Affairs and Development Studies (MINT)- Courses assisted include:a) Qualitative Methodsb) Agricultural Policyc) Global HealthOutcomes:- Conducted weekly review sessions- Held two seminars for a class of 50 Graduate Students

  • PhD Candidate in Development Economics

    Sept 2013 - Oct 2018

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Feb 2015 - Aug 2017
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  University of Cambridge

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  Visiting Research Scholar; Department of Economics

  The project is an empirical study of memories of past violence and inter-ethnic conflict.

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  Chapman University

  Aug 2018 - Jul 2021

  Faculty
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  European University Institute

  Aug 2021 - now

  Research Fellow