Aliyah Banerjee Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

RA for Dr. Catherine Wolfram on project involving Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms in Mozambique.

TA for ECO 304K- Introduction to Microeconomics, taught by Professor Scott Carrell.TA for ECO 420K- Microeconomic Theory, taught by Professor Gonzalo Dona.Lead discussion sections for Microtheory. Hold weekly office hours to help students with doubts and questions related to course material.Assist in assignment creation such as weekly assignments, quizzes. Help with grading student exams and answering student queries. Selected through application to the Department of Economics.

Kathak teacher at Birju Maharaj Parampara

Selected from a competitive pool of applicants to participate in the big data-focused summer course taught by Opportunity Insights at Harvard University, to complete a research project with a stipend.Presented research project at research conference hosted at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC.

Research assistant for PhD candidate Margarita Petrusevich on a project involving electrification using solar mini-grids in rural India.

Selected to work on a project with Dr. Thomas Wiseman involving property values during Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris. Selected as part of the HI/IDH Faculty-Student Research Partnership Program.

Joined Data for Defence Offsets team as a Research Assistant.

Part of Pink Legal Student SquadSocial Media Manager for Pink Legal ClubsPlan, design, and post multimedia content promoting women empowerment and legal upliftment

Wrote independent pieces for publication, including poetry, fiction, dialogues, etc. -Focused on social issues such as LGBTQ+ rights, violence against women. -Also contributed creative pieces revolving around ideas such as cultural cuisine and humorous dialogue-writing based on history.

Wrote opinion pieces and informative articles on a variety of subjects, ranging from environment and human rights to increasing violence against media personnel as well as economic issues. -Researched and wrote extensively on violations against freedom of press, as well as the increasing attacks against journalists, photojournalists, poets, artists, and academicians in India and China. -Also focused on how legislature such as sedition laws, and other laws such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act have led to arrests of journalists especially during mass protests such as against the CAA-NRC in Delhi and more recently, during the farmers' uprising. - Wrote a series of articles focused on the environmental degradation caused by the Adani Group's Carmichael coal mine projects in Australia and similar projects in Mollem, Goa, India. -Interviewed organisations such as Let India Breathe on the economic, environmental, and social devastation being caused by these projects. - Also wrote about how the 2020 farm-laws passed in the Indian parliament benefit corporations such as Adani Group and Reliance Industries, simultaneously addressing the complexities of competitive federalism, and how the Environment Impact Assessment 2020 has also served to introduce favourable conditions for big businesses over local and ground level agricultural endeavours.-Various other opinion and informative pieces regarding subjects such as defiance of public health policies during the covid-19 pandemic, rising caste-based violence against women, and cultural angles of performing arts and their manifestation in contemporary hemispheres.

-Searched for potential fake news on social media and other online platforms to be fact-checked, and conducted subsequent research to determine the veracity of the news. -Scripted, edited, and filmed videos explaining the outcome of the analysis of the news. -Covered issues including climate, politics, and health.

Part of the Media Team of The Cramm, and read the US news regularly in Hindi and French for an international audience.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics Honors, French Studies, Liberal Arts Honors Program

Coursework- Adv. Micro Theory, Social economics, Game Theory, Differential Equations, Discrete Mathematics, Number Theory Research.

Student Researcher On Immerse Scholarship, Law

Researched on the impact of sedition laws in India on free speech.

Primary And Secondary School, Cbse Curriculum

Activities and Societies: Academic Awards in English, Mathematics, French; four time All-Rounder Academic Award Winner; three-time overall.

High School Diploma, Arts & Humanities And Stem Endorsement

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society Parliamentarian; National French Honor Society; French Club; Dance; Journalism; Arts.

Prarambhik I, Ii, And Nritya Bhushan I, Kathak Dance

Trained in Kathak dance under Pt. Jai Kishan Maharaj, son of maestro Pt. Birju Maharaj.