Faculty Profile

Nidhi Kaicker holds a PhD degree in Management and an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Stephens College. She has also completed a Faculty Development (certificate) Programme from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Nidhi joined the School of Business, Public Policy and Social Entrepreneurship, Ambedkar University Delhi in 2012. Prior to that, she has worked in the area of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions in the Investment banking division at Merrill Lynch.

Short Term Programmes

• Participated in a 30 hour online workshop on “Introduction to Research Methods” organized by Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida in January - July 2022
• Participated in a 2 week “Leadership Institute” organized by the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership at National Chung-Cheng University, Chia-yi, Taiwan in July-August 2017.
• Participated in a 2 week Faculty Exchange Programme at Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania as part of the Erasmus+ Programme, in March 2017.
• Completed a 4 month Faculty Development Programme (Certificate) in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in June – September 2015.
• Participated in a 2 week Workshop on “Behavioural Economics” organized by the National University of Singapore in July-August 2012
• Participated in a 2 day Workshop on “Case Writing, Teaching and Research” organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in June 2012

Teaching and Research Interests

Nidhi’s teaching and research interests include Managerial Economics, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Agricultural and Food Security, Financial Markets, Strategic Management and Quantitative Techniques in Research.

Research Papers: In Indexed / Peer Reviewed Journals

• Kaicker, N., Gupta, A., & Gaiha, R. (2023). Pandemic-induced income shocks and dietary diversity in India. Journal of International Development.
• Kaicker, N., & Mamkoottam, K. (2023). Need for Living Wages in India: Case Studies of Agricultural Workers in Rural Madhya Pradesh. Economic and Labour Relations.
• Kaicker, N., & Aggarwal, R. (2023). Market structure and firm level returns: The Indian evidence. International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42943-023-00076-0
• Kaicker, N. (2023). Alcohol Consumption during the Covid-19 Pandemic in India. Journal of Asian and African Studies, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231171545
• Kaicker, N., Gaiha, R., & Aggarwal, R. (2023). Spatial heterogeneity in the severity of covid-19 pandemic in India. Asian Development Review, 40 (1), 177-201, DOI: 10.1142/S0116110523500051
• Gupta, A., & Kaicker, N. (2022). Dietary Diversity during COVID-19 in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 57 (39), 21-24. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/39/commentary/dietary-diversity-during-covid-19-india.html
• Kaicker, N., Gupta, A., & Gaiha, R. (2022). Covid-19 Pandemic and Food Security in India: can authorities alleviate the disproportionate burden on the disadvantaged?Journal of Policy Modeling, 44 (5), 963-980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2022.08.001
• Kaicker, N., Gupta, A., & Gaiha, R. (2022). Food consumption expenditures and covid-19 pandemic in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 57 (32), 16-21. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/32/commentary/food-consumption-expenditures-and-covid-19.html
• Kaicker, N., Dutta, G., & Mishra, A. (2022). Time-of-use pricing in the electricity markets: mathematical modelling using non-linear market demand. OPSEARCH, 59(3), 1178-1213.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-021-00564-y
• Kaicker, N., Gaiha, R., & Aggarwal, R. (2021). Wholesale and retail food prices in maharashtra during the covid-19 pandemic. Economic and Political Weekly, 56(40), 18-22. Available at: https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/40/commentary/wholesale-and-retail-food-prices-maharashtra.html
• Imai, K. S., Kaicker, N., & Gaiha, R. (2021). Severity of the COVID‐19 pandemic in India. Review of Development Economics, 25(2), 517-546.https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12779
• Kaicker, N., Dutta, G., Das, D., & Banerjee, S. (2021). Time-of-use pricing of electricity in monopoly and oligopoly. Opsearch, 58(1), 1-28.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-020-00465-6
• Imai, K. S., Gaiha, R., Ali, A., & Kaicker, N. (2014). Remittances, growth and poverty: New evidence from Asian countries. Journal of Policy Modeling, 36(3), 524-538.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2014.01.009
• Jha, R., Gaiha, R., Pandey, M. K., & Kaicker, N. (2013). Food subsidy, income transfer and the poor: A comparative analysis of the public distribution system in India's states. Journal of Policy Modeling, 35(6), 887-908.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.01.002
• Kaicker, N., & Gaiha, R. (2013). Calorie thresholds and undernutrition in India. Journal of Policy Modeling, 35(2), 271-288.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2012.04.002

Monographs

• Bresciani, F., Chalmers, T., Terzano, D., Gaiha, R., Thapa, G. and Kaicker, N. (2019). “An Outlook on Asia’s Agricultural and Rural Transformation”, International Fund for Agricultural Development, June. ISBN: 978-92-9072-879-5.  Available at: https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/41201480/apr_outlook.pdf/a1f8762e-ee0d-490a-cf3a-399241e34087?t=1561034540000
• Thapa G., Gaiha R., Kaur S., Kaicker N. and Vashistha P. (2013). “Agriculture – Pathways to Prosperity in Asia and the Pacific”, Occasional Paper No. 17, International Fund for Agricultural Development,ISBN: 978-92-9072-378-3. Available at: https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/39135645/pathways.pdf/d87b6f4d-88cb-4c84-8b7e-6a645d0f5ea0
• Gaiha R., Kaicker N., Imai K., Kulkarni V. and Thapa G. (2013). “Has Dietary Transition Slowed in India: An analysis based on 50th, 61st and 66th rounds of the National Sample Survey”, Occasional Paper No. 16, International Fund for Agricultural Development, ISBN: 978-92-9072-377-6.
• Shephard et. al. (2014). “The Chronic Poverty Report 2014 – 15: The Road to Zero Extreme Poverty”, Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (Contributor to the report). Available at: https://cdn.odi.org/media/documents/8834.pdf
• Mamkoottam, K., & Kaicker, N. (2015). Living Wage Benchmark Report: Rural India, Uttar Pradesh (December 2015) (No. 15-01-08). Global Living Wage Coalition. Available at: https://www.globallivingwage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Rural_India_Living_Wage_Report.pdf
• Kaicker, N., & Mamkoottam, K. (2021). Living Income and Living Wage Report: Rural Madhya Pradesh, India (December 2021), Living Wage Benchmark Series, No. 2021-01-04. Anker Research Institute and the Global Living Wage Coalition. Available at: https://globallivingwage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Benchmark_LIVING-INCOME-AND-LIVING-WAGE-REPORT_Rural-Madhya-Pradesh-India-1.pdf

Chapters in Edited Books

• Kaicker, N., Aggarwal, R. and Gaiha, R (2022). “Severity of Covid-19 Pandemic, Regional Heterogeneity and Food Insecurity: the Case of India”, in Chaterjee, C, Chakrabarti, A and Deolalikar, A. (eds), Covid-19 & Grand Challenges for Global Health, Innovation and Economy, World Scientific Publishing. ISBN: 978-9-81126-272-2. https://doi.org/10.1142/13036
• Kaicker, N., Gaiha, R. and Aggarwal, R. (2022). “Covid-19:Impact of the Pandemic on Firm Level Returns in India”, in Boubaker, S. and Nguyen, D. (eds), Financial Transformations beyond the Covid-19 Health Crisis, World Scientific Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-80061-077-4. https://doi.org/10.1142/q0318
• Kaicker N., Kulkarni V. and Gaiha R. (2018). “Is Variety the Spice of Life: India’s Nutrition Experience”, in Jha R. (ed), Hunger and Malnutrition as Major Challenges of the 21^st Century, World Scientific Series in Grand Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century, pp: 199-239, December. ISBN: 978-9-81323-990-6. https://doi.org/10.1142/10980
• Gaiha R., Jha R., Kulkarni V. and Kaicker N. (2014). “Diets, Nutrition and Poverty: Lessons from India”, in Herring R. (ed), Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics and Society, Oxford University Press, New York, pp:327 – 361, April. ISBN: 978-0-19539-777-2. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195397772.001.0001
• Gaiha R., Kaicker N., Kulkarni V. and Thapa G. (2014). “Dietary Shift and Diet Quality in India: An Analysis based on 50th, 61st and 66th rounds of NSS” in Jha R., Gaiha R. and Deolalikar A. (eds), Handbook on Food, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp:177-203, March. ISBN: 978-1-78100-428-9. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-food-9781781004289.html
• Mathur K., Kaicker N., Gaiha R. and Thapa G. (2014). “Financialisation of Food Commodity markets, Price Surge and Volatility: New Evidence” in Jha R., Gaiha R. and Deolalikar A. (eds), Handbook on Food, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. Pp: 149-176, March. ISBN: 978-1-78100-428-9. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-food-9781781004289.html
• Kaicker N., Kulkarni V. and Gaiha R. (2014). “Dietary Transition in India: An Analysis based on NSS Data for 1993 and 2004”, in Gaiha R., Jha R. and Kulkarni V. (eds), Diets, Malnutrition and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp: 56-80, October. ISBN: 978-0-19809-921-5. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.001.0001/acprof-9780198099215
• Kaicker N. and Gaiha R. (2014). “Calorie Thresholds and Undernutrition in India, 1993-2004”, in Gaiha R., Jha R. and Kulkarni V. (eds), Diets, Malnutrition and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp: 100-122, October. ISBN: 978-0-19809-921-5. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.001.0001/acprof-9780198099215
• Jha R., Gaiha R., Pandey M. and Kaicker N. (2014). “Food Subsidy, Income Transfer and the Poor: A Comparative Analysis of the Public Distribution System in India's States”, in Gaiha R., Jha R. and Kulkarni V. (eds), Diets, Malnutrition and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp: 190-235, October. ISBN: 978-0-19809-921-5.  https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.001.0001/acprof-9780198099215

Opinion Editorials

• “Why its high time for India to adopt ‘living wage’”, The Economic Times, 24 April, 2023.
• “The Covid-19 pandemic, food and socialising”, The Hindu, December 6, 2022.
• “Did Covid Lower Food Diversity”, The Economic Times, October 16, 2022.
• “Drink, managing the darker variety”. The Economic Times, June 11, 2022.
• "The alarming rise of food shares". The Hindu, March 3, 2022.
• "Engel's law and the pandemic's impact on our food expenditure". The Mint. February 16, 2022.
• "An uncertain and unending battle against the Covid". Interpress Services News UN Bureau, February 7, 2022.
• “Make sense of sensitivity: How the financial markets rode a roller coaster this year”, The Economic Times, December 31, 2020.
• “Food price comparisons could sometimes be deceptive”, The Mint, November 10, 2020.
• “To beat the coronavirus, India needs to accelerate drastic behavioural changes”, The Economic Times, August 14, 2020.
• “Life and death questions in the Covid pandemic”, The Business Standard, July 9, 2020.
• “The gap in Covid severity between rich and poor states”, The Mint, June 30, 2020.
• “Is variety the spice of life”, The Business Standard, December 19, 2017
• “Nutrition in India – Chew on these Averages”, The Economic Times, July 12, 2016
• “Why the Poor are more likely to be Undernourished?”, Outlook, July 31, 2015
• “Have the Poor become more Undernourished?”, The Economic Times, February 18, 2012
• “Does Food Price Inflation Hurt the Poor?” The Economic Times, July 7, 2011

• Kaicker, N. (2022). “Covid-19 Pandemic and Food Security in India”, CMIE-CPHS Research Webinar, 15 December
• Kaicker, N. (2022). “Driving Livelihood Impacts through a Living Wage and Living Income Approach”, Panelist as part of the session at the 9^th India and Sustainability Standards Conference, New Delhi, 2-4 November.
• Kaicker, N. (2021).”Socially Responsible Investing”, Lecture given as part of Refresher Course in Development Studies, UGC-HRDC, University of Calicut, 16 December.
• Kaicker, N. (2016). “An Outlook on Asia’s Agricultural and Rural Transformation”, Invited contribution at the “Transforming rural Asia: Outlook and strategic directions” workshop, Bangkok, 15-16 November.
• Kaicker N., Kulkarni V. and Gaiha R. (2016). “Demand for Nutrients: An Analysis Based on 55^th, 61^st and 68^th Rounds of the NSS”, Paper presented at the 2nd Conference on South Asian Economic Development, South Asian University, New Delhi, 19-20 February.
• Kaicker N. (2016). “Chaos in the Indian Equity Markets”, Paper presented at the 52nd Conference of the Indian Econometric Society, IIM Kozhikode, 4-6 January.
• Kaicker N., Kulkarni V. and Gaiha R. (2014). “Has Dietary Transition Slowed in India”, Paper presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Economics Association, Dead Sea, Jordan, 6-10 June.
• Kaicker N. (2013). “Relationship between Stock Market Volatility and Macroeconomic Volatilty”, Paper presented at the Golden Jubilee Conference of the Indian Econometric Society, IGIDR, Mumbai, 22-24 December.
• Kaicker N. (2013). “Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Development”, Paper presented at the Oikos Young Scholars academy on Financial Inclusion, Zurich, 15-19 September.

• Kaicker N., Kulkarni V. and Gaiha R. (2011). “Dietary Transition in India: 1993 – 2004”, Paper presented at the 16th World Congress of the International Economics Association, Beijing, 4-8 July