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Hire Dr. Lokesh P.
India
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Economist > Banker > Engineer

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Research Market Research
Consulting Business Strategy Consulting
Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing, Data Insights
Work Experience

Faculty (Economics)

Azim Premji University

June 2025 - Present

Faculty

OP Jindal Global University Jindal Global Business School

January 2023 - June 2025

Education

PhD (Economics)

Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

July 2018 - July 2023

Certifications

  • National Eligibility Test for University Lecturer (Economics)

    University Grants Commission (UGC) in India

    January 2020 - Present

  • Bloomberg Market Concepts

    Bloomberg

    June 2019 - Present

Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lokesh Posti, Mamta Kholiya, Akhilesh Kumar Posti (2025). Returns on informal and formal finance for Indian informal firms: a pseudo panel data analysis . Empirica.
Lokesh Posti, Abhradeep Maiti (2025). Firm level evidence on diffusion and returns on ICT: a study on Indian informal MSMEs . Information Technology for Development.
Lokesh Posti, Abhradeep Maiti, Sabyasachi Patra (2025). An empirical study of firm characteristics, degree of informality, and productivity heterogeneity in the Indian informal sector . Applied Economics.
Lokesh Posti, Abhradeep Maiti (2025). Firm Size and Productivity in the Informal Sector: Evidence from India . The Indian Economic Journal.
Lokesh Posti, Vaibhav Bhamoriya, Rahul Kumar, Rajan Khare (2024). How productive is liquid waste management practices in Indian informal micro, small and medium enterprises? . Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal.
Posti, L., Bhamoriya, V., Kumar, R., Khare, R.(2024). How productive is liquid waste management practices in Indian informal micro, small and medium enterprises? . Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal. 35. (2). p. 314-340.
LOKESH POSTI, Rajan Khare, Rahul Kumar (2023). Workplace sanitation and female labour force participation in the informal sector . Economics Bulletin.