I left my industry job post my Engineering and I pursued my Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management with a desire to bring positive changes to the World, essentially to see a poverty/ hunger-free World in years ahead. I got exciting consulting opportunity with the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme and the Government of India, immediately after my Ph.D. I joined back academia to pursue my research.

My research lies at the intersection of development economics, labor economics, and technology for public policy. I study how information, institutions, and digital technologies shape economic opportunities for disadvantaged populations, particularly in the areas of skill development, labor markets, migration, and public service delivery. My work combines rigorous empirical methods—including randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs, and large-scale survey data—with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, graph analytics, remote sensing, and digital platforms.

My long-term goal is to develop evidence-based technological and institutional solutions that improve economic mobility and reduce inequality in developing countries. Through interdisciplinary collaborations spanning economics, data science, and public policy, I seek to generate both theoretical insights and practical innovations that can inform policy and create scalable social impact.

All Publications

Labor Market Analysis Using Big Data: A Case of A Pakistani Online Job Portal by Matsuda N., Ahmed T. , Nomura S. World Bank Working Paper Series - (2019)
House, Road, and Well-being A quasi-experimental analysis of PMGSY and PMAY(G) on household and community level wellbeing by Ahmed T., Mitra P. - (2024)
Employment & Skill Requirement Forecasting for Regional Labor Market in India: Methodology with Traditional and Non-traditional Data by Ahmed T. 2nd-idsc-of-iza-cais-workshop-matching-workers-and-jobs-online - (2019)
Network, Exposure and the benefits of short term training by Ahmed T. India Stata Conference - (2023)
Labor Market Outcome for Formal Vocational Education and Training in India: Safety Net and Beyond by Ahmed T. IIMB Mgt. Review 28 98-110 (2016)
An experiment to increase female labor force participation: Introducing exogenous variation of gender composition in the recommendation pool by Ahmed T. - (2024)
Return to General Education and Vocational Education & Training in Indian context: Policy implications by Ahmed T., Chattopadhyay R. International Journal of Educational Management 30 370-385 (2016)
Employment Growth/ Skill Requirement Estimation in India: A Non-Traditional Approach by Ahmed T. Australian Journal of Labor Economics, 21.3 (2019) - (2018)
U Shaped Curve for Job Search duration and Level of Education in India by Ahmed T. Indian Journal of Labor Economics 58 433-449 (2015)
Capacity Building in Indian education by Ahmed T., Chaudhury A. , Han M. Commodity Vision 4 14-22 (2010)

Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

An experiment to increase female labor force participation: Introducing exogenous variation of gender composition in the recommendation pool by a large staffing agency in India Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
House, Road and Well-being- A Quasi-experimental Analysis of PMGSY and PMAY(G) on Household and Community Level Wellbeing INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Purvodaya - VGSoM B-School Festival Various Government and Non-Government Organisations

Alumni members