Pavneet is an Assistant Professor in the Economics area at IIM Amritsar. He obtained his PhD (Economics) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2020. As a holder of a 100 percentile in CAT, he completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta in 2013. He also has a B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from the PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. Before joining IIM Amritsar, Pavneet was associated with the Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy at IIM Ahmedabad as a researcher. He has previously worked in the industry in the domains of interest rate trading and data analytics.

His primary research interests lie at the intersection of institutional economics, economic growth and development. Pavneet also works in the domains of public finance, public policy and political economy. For his PhD dissertation, he analyzed the interlinkages between governance and economic growth in the context of the Indian States. He is the recipient of the ‘IFCI Best Thesis Proposal Award, 2018’ for his PhD thesis proposal at IIM Ahmedabad. He has also presented his research papers at various national and international conferences.

Pavneet is a passionate teacher and has previously taught courses in Managerial Economics, Game Theory, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at various institutions.