Bio
Rahul Sapkal is an Assistant Professor at Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay.
He holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics. He works broadly in the areas of Applied Econometrics, Economics of Inequality, Institutional Economics, Child and Bonded Labour, Labor Economics, Law and Economics, Empirical Legal Studies, and Development Studies. Previously, Dr. Sapkal worked as an Assistant Professor (Economics) at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. He is the recipient of the Faculty Research Fellowship 2017 of the Reserve Bank of India, the Azim Premji Research Foundation Grant for the academic year 2018-19, and IMPRESS-ICSSR Major Research Grants 2019-20.
He is also an expert nominated member of the Drafting Committee for Indian Labour Standards Leveraging the Human Capital of Brick Kilns Workers, under the Social Responsibility Sectional Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards and Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. He is a member of the National Advisory for Informal and Migrant Labour with NHRC, New Delhi, and a Member of the National Productivity Council the FICCI Economic Advisory Committee He has published widely in leading International Journals and Policy Briefs.