Profile Summary:
Mr. Rohit Kumar Rawat is an Assistant Professor at the School of Management Studies, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad. His academic interests lie at the intersection of development economics, labour markets, and urban transitions, with a growing specialisation in aviation and managerial economics. He has significant research experience in Micro and Macro Economics, Econometrics, and Large-scale survey data analyses. Mr. Rawat is keen on interdisciplinary collaborations, especially those involving Aviation economics, Employment, Survey data, Gig economy, farmer-producer organisation, Rural non-farm economy and Informal sector. He has presented his work at various international conferences in India and abroad. He has contributed to academic workshops and policy-focused seminars. At RGNAU, Mr. Rawat teaches Aviation Economics and Managerial Economics courses. His current research interests include the economics of the aviation sector, workforce development in air transport, and regional connectivity in India.
Academic Qualifications:
• Ph.D. in Economics (2025)- School of Economics, University of Hyderabad.
• Integrated Master's in Economics (2017)- School of Economics, University of Hyderabad.
Teaching & Training Expertise:
• Microeconomics
• Aviation Economics
• Managerial Economics
• Labour Economics
Research Publication:
• Rohit Kumar Rawat and Jajati Keshari Parida (2025), Rural Non-Farm Employment and Rural to Urban Migration in Telangana (Book chapter accepted), Revving Up the Rural: The Non-Farm Economy in India (Routledge).
• Aditi, Rohit Kumar Rawat, Jajati Keshari Parida and Debashis Acharya (2025), Does Participation in Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) help boost farmer’s income in India, South Asia Economic Journal (Sage). https://doi.org/10.1177/13915614251328534
• Rohit Kumar Rawat and Jajati Keshari Parida (2024), A city which attracts large-scale migrants fails to create enough jobs for them, Indian Journal of Labour Economics (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-024-00537-x
Workshop and Professional Development
• Received a grant of USD 3,000 from the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), New York, to organise a workshop as part of an international conference in 2025.
• Workshop on “Database on Indian Economy” Organised by Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram from 17th to 23rd February, 2025.
• Workshop on “Methods and Approaches to Research on Migration Issues” Organised by Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram from 4th to 8th March, 2024.
• UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test) in Economics.
• National Cadet Corps 'A' Certificate in 2007, under the authority of the Ministry of Defence (Govt. of India).
Experience:
Teaching Assistant: Council for Social Development, Hyderabad.
Summer Fellow: IIT Madras, Summer Fellowship Programme.
Internship: Department of Economics, BBAU (Central University), Lucknow.
Conference Presentations:
• Presented a paper, “Rural Migrants and Their Workforce Participation in Urban India”, at the International Conference on Enabling Sustained Growth in Emerging Asia, held at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), from February 7-8, 2025.
• Presented a paper, “Study of Gig Workers in the Million-Plus and Capital Cities of India”, at the Economic Development Working Group, YSI Pre-Conference of the 65th Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association (Società Italiana di Economia) held at the University of Urbino in Urbino, Italy, from October 23-26, 2024.
• Presented a paper, “What Causes the Surge in Gig Jobs in India: Worsening Labor Market Condition or Rising Preference Towards It?” at the 64th The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) Annual Conference held at School of Economics, University of Hyderabad in collaboration with Department of Liberal Arts, IIT Hyderabad, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad and the Council for Social Development (CSD), from 28-31 March 2024. Organised by the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (India) and The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE).
• Presented a paper, “Migration and Workforce Participation Dynamics across Gender in Urban India”, at the 22nd IASSI Annual Conference held at CESS, Hyderabad, from 2-4 November 2023. Organised by the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, Telangana (India) and the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI).
• Presented a paper, “Do Job Prospects Precede the Migration Decision, or Is it Preceded by Migration Flows? Evidence from Urban India", at the SITES 2023 Annual Conference on Persistence and Change: the New Challenges for Economic Development held from 14-16 September 2023, Naples, Italy. It was organised by the Italian Society of Development Economics and took place at the University of Naples, Parthenope, Italy.
• Presented a paper, “Do Job Prospects Precede the Migration Decision, or Is it Preceded by Migration Flows? Evidence from Urban India", at the International Conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Global South, held from 10-12 August 2023, organised by the Institute of Human Development (IHD), New Delhi, NITI Ayog, Govt. Of India and the University of Florida, in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), JNU and the National Institute of Urban Affairs.
• Presented a paper, “Elite Capture and Economic Inequality among Agricultural Households in Rural India", at the National Conference titled “Liberalisation and Caste-Class Dynamics in India", held on the 27th and 28th of July 2023, organised by the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad.
• Presented a paper, “Migration flows to Hyderabad: Do education, skill and earning matters?” at the 57th Annual Conference organised by the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad and The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) from 4th to 6th January 2023.
• Presented a paper, "Understanding the Pull-Push Factor in Non-farm Employment from Interstate Migrants’ Perspective: Evidence from Telangana State", at the National Virtual Conference on Revving Up the Rural Non-Farm Economy: Potential and Strategies from October 14-15, 2022. By Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad & Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.Readmore.........