Kanishka Kacker is an Assistant professor in the Economics and Planning unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Delhi. He is the Deputy Centre Head, CECFEE. His main interests are in energy and applied industrial organization as well as development. Prior to ISI, he was a consultant for the World Bank in Washington DC where he worked in three global practices: Poverty and Equity, Education and Governance. Kanishka has a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the University of Maryland, College Park.