Academia

My fascination with Economics began in high school and has continued to captivate me ever since. I’ve been fortunate to have supportive teachers and professors who have nurtured my curiosity in this field. Pursuing my passion, I completed my bachelor’s degree in Economics from Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi, and later pursued a master’s degree in Economics from TERI University (now, TERI School of Advanced Studies). In 2021, I began my Ph.D. studies at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, where I deepened my understanding of the field through research on climate change and its distributional impacts.

I completed my Ph.D. in Economics at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in February 2025, successfully defending my dissertation, “Essays on Climate Change and its Distributional Impacts: CO2 Emissions Transmission in an Integrated Global Economic System,” on February 14, 2025. My research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Maria Llop Llop and was reviewed by a thesis committee comprising Prof. Ferran Sancho (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Prof. Rosa Duarte (University of Zaragoza), and Prof. Erik Dietzenbacher (University of Groningen). I was awarded the highest distinction of Excellent ‘Cum Laude’.

My doctoral research received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 945413, along with support from URV. As a Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral (MFP) Fellow. 

I was a member of the Quantitative Urban and Regional Economics (QURE) Research Group, and the Research Centre on Economics and Sustainability (ECO-SOS). I actively participated in various courses, projects, seminars, and conferences, contributing to ongoing discussions in environmental and climate economics:

MSCA-COFUND Mandatory requirement

• Transversal Skills Training – VERSA Project (April 2021 – May 2022)

Conferences

• EcoMod2022 International Conference on Economic Modeling and Data Science (September 14 – 16, 2022)
• 9th Hispanic-American Conference on Input-Output Analysis (September 22 – 23, 2022)

MSCA-COFUND Mandatory requirement

• Outreach Activity – La Nit de la Recerca (September 30, 2022)

Conferences/Workshops

• 8th International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade & Finance (December 15 – 16, 2022)
• 11th PhD-Student Workshop on Industrial and Public Economics (WIPE) (February 9 – 10, 2023)
• 3rd ECO-SOS Workshop on Economics and Sustainability: Gender challenges (May 12, 2023)
• Workshop – Excluded Spaces: Gender, Identity, and Inequalities (June 8, 2023)
• Workshop – Adam Smith Economic Case (June 9, 2023)
• 29th International Input-Output Association Conference (June 26 – 30, 2023)

Winter/Spring School

• Advanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) using GAMS, GTAP, and R (February 24 – March 3, 2024)

• 20th I.S.E.O. Summer School in Economics — The World Economy’s Shifting Winds (June 15 – 22, 2024)

• Foundations of DSGE Macro-Modelling & International Trade and Gravity Models  (September 9 – 18, 2024)

Publication

• Goyal, S., & Llop, M. (2024). The shipping industry under the EU Green Deal: An Input-Output impact analysis. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 182.

I studied M.Sc. Economics at TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS) during 2014-16. There is a big difference in the pedagogy followed at TERI SAS as compared to other Indian Education Institutions. Unlike, the traditional Indian Education Institutions, courses here thrived on students’ curiosity. Our assessment was partly based on applications of the concept studied in research term papers or assignment.   The taught courses throughout the first year were inclined towards the provision of conceptual clarity, the second year focused more on specialization, advanced studies, and master’s thesis.

I wrote my master’s thesis on ‘Dematerialization and Income Distribution’ that aimed to tread a path to well-being and growth simultaneously by addressing all the three components of sustainable development (i.e. economic, social, and environmental). My dissertation focused on the decoupling of resource exploitation and growth, and propounded that more egalitarian income distribution can pave the way to dematerialization, which will positively affect the well-being of both the environment and human beings. It was awarded an A+ grade.

Semester IV (Jan-Jun 2016)

• Master’s Thesis
• Law and Economics
• Corporate Finance

I studied B.A. (Hons.) Economics at Janki Devi Memorial College (JDMC), University of Delhi during 2011-2014. It provided me the platform for all-round development which was also acknowledged at the Annual Day in 2014 where I was awarded ‘Sh. Dhani Ram & Shakuntala Sud Memorial Prize’. Some of the other accomplishments to note, include:

• Coordinator, Economics Association, JDMC, University of Delhi.
• Member of the Editorial Team, Ecogene, Annual Magazine of Economics Association, JDMC, University of Delhi.
• Awarded Excellence Grade: A in Rio+20 India Certification Program.
• Won Prize for Best Speaker and Best Team in debate competition at ECOPHORIA 2012-13, Annual Economics Festival of JDMC, University of Delhi.
• Won First Prize (team) in Ad-Mad Competition at Annual College Festival 2012-13 of Ramjas College, University of Delhi.
• Won Second Prize (team of two) in Panel Discussion at Economics Intra- Departmental Festival 2013-14, JDMC, University of Delhi.
• Won Second Prize (team) in Inter- Department Basketball Tournament, JDMC, University of Delhi.

Semester III (Jul-Dec 2012)

• Intermediate Microeconomics – I
• Intermediate Macroeconomics- I
• Economic History of India: 1857 – 1947
• Introductory Econometrics
• Environmental Issues in India

Semester VI (Jan-May 2014)

• Philosophy – I (Formal Logic)
• International Economics
• Development Theory and Experience – II
• Environmental Economics

From Kindergarten to Grade 12, I have spent 14 years studying at St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School, Janak Puri, Delhi. During my senior secondary education, I opted for Commerce stream and studied subjects like Economics, Mathematics, Accountancy, Business Studies, and English. In the Senior School Certificate Examination (twelfth grade), undertaken by the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) in India, I secured the first position in the school. I was awarded ‘Hindustan Pratibha Samman’ for the same in 2011.