Shekhar Tomar

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Shekhar Tomar
Assistant Professor, Economics and Public Policy
Education
- PhD in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, 2017
- MA in Economics, DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, 2010
- BS in Physics, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, 2008
Experience
Academic positions
- 2019 - Present: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
Professional Positions
- 2010 - 2011: Business Analyst, OPERA SOLUTIONS
Selected publications
- Tomar, Shekhar., Mani, Deepa., Madan, Nikhil., Bhatia, Abhishek. (2025) "AI and Immunity to the COVID-19 Pandemic", Production and Operations Management
- Tomar, Shekhar., Chakrabarti, Anindya., Mahajan, Kanika. (2025) "Trade Disruptions and Reshoring", AEJ: Applied Economics
- Tomar, Shekhar., Chakrabarti, Anindya. (2024) "Multi-plant Firms and the Heavy Tail of Firm Size Distribution", Canadian Journal of Economics
- Tomar, Shekhar., Narayanan, Abhinav. (2022) "Farm Support and Market Distortion: Evidence from India", American Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Mahajan, Kanika., Tomar, Shekhar. (2020) "COVID‐19 and Supply Chain Disruption: Evidence from Food Markets in India", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103 (1), 35-52
- Tomar, Shekhar., Udupa, Gautham., Balajee, Anuragh. (2020) "COVID-19, Fiscal Stimulus and Credit Ratings", Covid Economics (11, 2020)
In the press
- March 25, 2025: Housing Price Index In NCR Rises 17 Points In Dec On High Demand: Housing.Com-ISB Report, The Economic Times.
- January 24, 2025: Best of both sides: Uncertainty around H-1B and US immigration policy has unintended consequences, Indian Express.
- January 8, 2025: How immigration policy uncertainty affects labour markets, .
- November 18, 2024: US immigration policy uncertainty drives job relocation to India, VoxDev.
- October 22, 2024: Firms redirect trade homewards following disruptions, VoxDev.
- August 10, 2023: India's housing market enjoys rapid growth, but can it last?, Live Mint.
- March 5, 2023: Strong demand helps sustain property market momentum in India, The Economic Times.
- February 24, 2023: Lockdown-induced trade disruptions and adaptations by firms, Ideas for India.
- February 18, 2023: Aggregate Shocks: Why they matter for firms, City Air News.
- February 2, 2023: New tax regime welcomed, Deccan Chronicle.
- November 2, 2022: Post-covid housing prices surge, sales swell in the second quarter of FY23, Mint.
- August 30, 2022: Housing market trends show end to downturn, Mint.
- May 10, 2022: Housing on road to recovery but potholes loom, Mint.
- March 28, 2022: Arth Niti: Conversation with Ila Patnaik, YouTube.
- March 11, 2022: ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: Building Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, Virtual Platform.
- February 2, 2022: Unemployment Rate Shoot Up In India: Has Budget Seriously Addressed Unemployment Issue?, India Ahead.
- July 30, 2021: Will the housing market see a W-shaped recovery?, The Hindu, Business Line.
- July 21, 2021: Special Programme: Indian Economy Poised for Recovery, DD India (Doordarshan).
- June 15, 2021: Property Plus Show, Zee Business.
- March 24, 2021: Special Programme: Covid and economic revival roadmap, DD India (Doordarshan).
- February 24, 2021: Special Programme Discussing How the Indian Economy Poised for Double Digit Growth, DD India (Doordarshan).
- February 2, 2021: Budget Insider @ ISB, Business Insider India.
- November 23, 2020: Punjab APMC Act came with Caveats: Suresh Kumar, The Times of India.
- November 6, 2020: The Farm Quandary: Can we move from farms to factories?, The Hindu.
- October 9, 2020: Taking Stock of Inflation Targeting, Financial Express.
- July 29, 2020: Govt's price deficiency payment scheme may hit farmers adversely, finds research, ETV Bharat.
- May 21, 2020: Opinion | Lessons from online retail data on our food supply chains, LiveMint.
- May 12, 2020: Prioritise Pruning & Privatisation, Economic Times.
- May 1, 2020: Countries check ratings before giving stimulus, The Times of India.
- March 30, 2020: Work from Home in the time of COVID-19, The Hindu.
- March 28, 2020: WORK FROM HOME AND COVID-19, YOUTUBE.
- March 27, 2020: CORONA: DISCUSSION ON RBI ANNOUNCEMENT, YOUTUBE.
- March 26, 2020: CORONA: DISCUSSION ON FINANCE MINISTER'S ECONOMIC PLAN, YOUTUBE.