Email id: aarakali at iihs dot ac dot in
Amogh Arakali is an Intern – Communications at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) – India’s first prospective National Innovation University addressing the challenges of urbanisation through an integrated programme of education, research, consulting and advisory services.
Education:
- M.A. Economics, Department of Economics, University of Mumbai
- B.A. Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
Amogh’s responsibilities at IIHS include the developing, promoting and conducting IIHS programmes particularly in the area of communication.
He has been involved with several IIHS programmes including the san-kranti student challenge 2011, Water Hackathon 2011, Seminar on Sustainable Urban Futures, PWP on Geographical Information Systems and the India Urban Conference 2011.
He has been an associate editor for the journal of the Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and has represented St. Xavier’s College at various events. He has also previously worked at the Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship & Democracy and has interned at the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Amogh has won several awards for his skills in creative writing, public speaking, debate and quizzing.
Having studied urban economics at university, Amogh keeps himself informed about various issues of urbanisation. His interests lie particularly in urban market systems, law and economics, the economics of institutions and urban political economy. He also has a general interest in subjects such as complex systems, cognitive science and linguistics.
Amogh enjoys reading about a variety of subjects. His favourite works of fiction include Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series and Satyajit Ray’s Feluda Series among others. He also enjoys listening to rock and blues music. He is an avid devotee of Calvin & Hobbes, strongly believing that this six year-old anarchist and his feline companion are wiser than most philosophers of the world and their sayings hold the key to many of life’s deepest secrets.