Mohammad Arshad Rahman

Department of Economic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

marshad@iitk.ac.in

Teaching

As a professor, I have taught courses in Economics, Econometrics, Finance, and Statistics across three different countries: India, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America. My teaching has consistently been well-received by students, as reflected in high ratings on course evaluations. Below are a few recent commendations and highlights from these evaluations.

  • Average Instructor Rating: 3.93 (out of 4), ECO251, Econometrics I, Summer 2025, IIT Kanpur, India. Letter of Commendation from the Director, IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 3.77 (out of 4), ECO545A, Bayesian Econometrics, Semester II, 2023-24, IIT Kanpur, India. Letter of Commendation from the Director, IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 3.36 (out of 4), ECO341A, Econometrics I, Semester I, 2023-24, IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 3.82 (out of 4), ECO341A, Econometrics I, Summer 2023, IIT Kanpur, India. Letter of Commendation from the Director, IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 4.70 (out of 5), FIN-308-006, Introduction to Finance, Spring 2022, Zayed University, UAE.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 5.00 (out of 5), FIN-422-002, Financial Markets, Spring 2022, Zayed University, UAE.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 4.85 (out of 5), FIN-422-901, Financial Markets, Spring 2022, Zayed University, UAE.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 4.88 (out of 5), FIN-421-901, Financial Planning & Forecasting, Fall 2022, Zayed University, UAE.
  • Average Instructor Rating: 4.44 (out of 5), FIN-422-001, Financial Markets, Fall 2022, Zayed University, UAE.

The list of courses taught in different institutes/universities is as follows.


Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

  1. Bayesian Data Analysis, ECO543A
    (Semester II, 2013-14; Semester II, 2014-15; Semester II, 2015-16; Semester II, 2016-17)
  2. Bayesian Econometrics, ECO545 (ECO545A before 2022-23)
    (Semester II, 2017-18; Semester II, 2018-19; Semester II, 2019-20; Semester I, 2020-21; Semester II, 2022-23; Semester II, 2023-24; Semester II, 2024-25)
  3. Bayesian Methods in Finance (Next semester!)
    (Semester II, 2025-26)
  4. Data Analysis in R and Python, ECO923 (Modular course for the e-Masters program in Climate Finance and Sustainability)
    (Jan-Mar, 2024; Jul-Sept, 2024; Jan-Mar, 2025)
  5. Econometrics I, ECO251 (ECO341A before 2022-23)
    (Semester I, 2013-14; Semester I, 2014-15; Semester I, 2015-16; Semester I, 2016-17; Semester I, 2017-18; Semester I, 2018-19; Summer 2019; Semester I, 2019-20; Summer 2023; Semester I, 2023-24; Summer 2025)
  6. Econometrics II, ECO351 (ECO342A before 2022-23)
    (Semester II, 2013-14; Semester II, 2014-15, Semester I, 2025-26)
  7. International Economics and Finance, ECO412A
    (Semester I, 2014-15)
  8. Panel Data Procedures and Analysis, ECO542A
    (Semester I, 2019-20)

Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  1. Financial Markets, FIN422
    (Semester II, 2021-22; Semester I, 2022-23)
  2. Financial Planning and Forecasting, FIN421
    (Semester I, 2022-23)
  3. Introduction to Finance, FIN308
    (Semester II, 2020-21; Semester I, 2021-22; Semester II, 2021-22)

Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India

  1. Econometrics
    (Semester II, 2024-25)

University of California, Irvine, California, United States

  1. Probability & Statistics, ECON 15A
    (Summer Session I, 2014)