Dr. Gopakumar K. U. is an Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Arts (SoLA) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur. He earned his PhD from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. His areas of expertise are in Macroeconomics, Developmental Economics, and Applied Timeseries Econometrics. He is known for his expertise in the application of quantitative analysis to solve complex economic problems, specifically in the fields of Macroeconomics and Developmental Economics. Additionally, his research interests also lie in the field of Applied Time-series Econometrics, where he seeks to analyze and understand how economic and financial variables evolve over time.