Kajal Lahiri (Ph.D. Rochester) is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University at Albany with joint appointment in its School of Public Health. A faculty of UAlbany since 1977, Professor Lahiri has supervised over 58 PhD dissertations as the primary advisor. He is an Honorary Fellow of the International Institute of Forecasters and a Fellow of CESifo University of Munich Research Network. Author of over 125 articles and books including the widely used Introduction to Econometrics (4th ed., co-authored with G.S. Maddala), Dr. Lahiri created the Transportation Services Index, a measure of output in the transportation sector that is reported monthly by the US Department of Transportation.