Education: the George Washington University, Washington, DC

Varun Saxena [email protected] Apt No. 303 1211 13th Street, NW Cell: 860-861-4282 Washington, DC, 20005

Education: The George Washington University, Washington, DC December 2008, B.S. Economics

Economics Coursework: game theory, human resource economics (with an emphasis on healthcare economics), economics of crime, public finance, senior thesis in economics Technical Skills:

• Technically oriented coursework: calculus I & II, econometrics I & II, mathematical statistics, database management, computer programming (java) • Applications used: Lexis Nexus, Word, Excel, Access, Visual Basic, E-views, Stats, SPSS, SAS, VBA, surveymonkey.com • Experience creating economic models o At BLS, analyzed the wages of prison guards for publication in Monthly Labor Review journal o Created a dataset of jails that are common to two surveys – the Occupational and Employment Statistics Survey and the Census of Jails, which collects information on specific institutions o Used institution level wage and “demographic” data as basis for a regression to estimate the wage determinants o For semester long senior thesis conducted a study analyzing the impact of armed campus police on campus crime o Estimated a log-log regression on a panel data set containing over 1,000 data points; dataset was created using information gathered in the Library of Congress

Employment History:

Robert Weiner Associates: Policy Analyst, Washington, DC August 2010 - Present • Write editorials for publication in prominent national newspapers for a public affairs firm • Generate press coverage at local and national level for clients such as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Journalist, Washington, DC Spring 2008 - Present • Articles can be viewed at http://www.examiner.com/x-47406-DC-Solar-Energy-Examiner • Reporter for suite101.com; articles can be viewed at http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/varunsaxena • To view an academic writing sample, google, “Varun Saxena Norman Rockwell”

Singapore Management University: Research Assistant, Washington, DC April 2010 - Present • Assist Dr. Sudhi Seshadri advance his research interests in the fields of “green business” and marketing • Manage and create a survey of biodiesel firms • Will be a coauthor of a paper that summarizes the responses and statistically analyzes them using the Karnani model of competition

Fuelogical: Business Analyst, Singapore February 2010 – April 2010 • Fuelogical is a startup biodiesel manufacturer with approximately 10 employees • Assist in the development of the firm’s pricing strategy by tracking the price of biodiesel • Inform the Managing Director of the latest news and developments in the market for alternative energy

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): Economist, Washington, DC June 2009 – November 2009 • Disseminated occupational employment data by writing for BLS publications and BLS website • Reviewed the microdata that are used to estimate occupational and wage statistics • Refined survey methods and procedures to improve quality of product

Pertinent Experience:

US-India Political Action Committee: Volunteer, Washington, DC Spring 2009 - Present • Assist bipartisan PAC that represents 2.7 million Indian - Americans in its advocacy efforts • Volounteer activities include research, fundraising, and interacting with legislators • Videotape and interview congressman on issues related to India so that their stances are in the public domain

WRGW: On-Air Personality, Washington, DC 2005 – 2009 • Host of weekly sports talk show, Varun and Friends, for WRGW, GW’s radio station • Announced and produced GW men’s and women’s basketball games