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My name is Malik Altaf Hussain. I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Area at the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar (IIM Amritsar). I received my Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University in 2025 and previously completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Knee Regulatory Research Center, West Virginia University.

My work focuses on applied microeconomics, with particular emphasis on historical political economy, development economics, and public health. I study how political and cultural institutions shaped vaccination campaigns and mortality patterns in colonial India, and how these historical legacies continue to influence contemporary outcomes.