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Briti Kar

Briti Kar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    PhD Scholar at CESP, JNU|| JRF Qualified (Economics) || MA ECO, CESP'22|| BSc ECO, Calcutta University' 20||

  • Education

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

      2022 -
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Economics

      Pursuing PhD from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP).

    • Jawaharlal Nehru University

      2020 - 2022
      Master's degree Economics 7/9

      From the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning under School of Social Sciences.

    • University of Calcutta

      2017 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science - BS Economics 78.75% in Honours

      Lady Brabourne College

    • Vivekananda Mission School - India

      2002 - 2017
      Higher Secondary Eco-Science 94.75

      Activities and Societies: Scarlet House Captain (2015-2016) Highest scorer in Eco-Science stream in Class XII boards from my school.

  • Experience

    • Technische Universität München

      Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
      Research Assistant

      Worked as an RA in the study, 'Does the salience of economic disparity affectreceptiveness to identity politics?’, conducted by TUM where the Principal Researchers were Prof. Dr. Michael Kurschilgen(TUM), Prof. Sujoy Chakravarty(CESP, JNU), and Dr. Anwesha Mukherjee(TUM). My role involved collecting primary data through face-to-face interviews of random households in Kolkata regarding socio-economic and political issues. Collected 84 samples for this purpose.

    • Placement Cell CESP, JNU

      Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
      Placement Coordinator

    • Rethinking Economics JNU

      May 2021 - Mar 2023

      As a part of the events team, have helped organise and chaired various speaker sessions in the domain of Heterodox Economics, one that is usually taught in very few Economics departments across the globe. Rethinking Economics, JNU , is a part of the Global RE Network which tries to change the economics taught in classrooms by building a network of students, academicians and professionals. As a part of the editorial team, contributed by providing write ups for various events and for creating the website of Rethinking Economics, JNU.

      • Head of Events

        Jan 2022 - Mar 2023

      • Member of Editorial Team

        May 2021 - Jan 2022

    • FICCI

      Jul 2021 - Sept 2021
      Research Intern

    • Economists for Future

      Aug 2022 - Dec 2023
      Research and Insights Team

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Gender Equality, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals

      National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI)
      Jun 2021

    • FXB001: Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice

      HarvardX
      Aug 2020
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Briti Kar
      Arati Sinha Memorial Prize - Dec 2020 For being the highest scorer from the Economics Department in B.Sc.Part III (University) Examinations from Lady Brabourne College.
    • Awarded to Briti Kar
      Santwana Dasgupta Memorial Prize - Dec 2020 For being The Best Student of the Economics Department from the 2017-2020 batch of Lady Brabourne College.
    • Awarded to Briti Kar
      Secured third position in 'Tract on Track', an essay writing event at the inter-college students meet, Ecolore. Department of Economics, Loreto College 2019