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Curriculum Vitae
Siddhartha Mitra
Flat 604, Tower 8, Upohar Luxury Apartments, 2052 Chakgaria, Kolkata-700094 E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +91 9038002290
DATE OF BIRTH
August 19, 1970
EDUCATION
2000 PhD in Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
1999 MS in Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
1993 MA in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
1991 BA (Honours) in Economics, St Stephens College, University of Delhi
EXPERIENCE
2010 – Present Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2014 – 2016 Head, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2007 – 2010 Director (Research), CUTS International
2004 – 2007 Reader, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India
2005 Senior Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
2003 – 2004 Consultant, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi
2002 – 2003 Visiting Faculty, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
July 2002 Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
2001 – 2002 Consultant, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi
1994 – 1999 Graduate Assistant (Teaching/Research), Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
1993 – 1994 Research Assistant, Institute of Economic Growth
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development Economics, Behavioral Economics and Consumer Theory, Agricultural and
Environmental Economics, Regulatory Economics, Economics of Happiness, Peace Economics and
Labour Economics
TEACHING XPERIENCE
Undergraduate Level: Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)
Graduate Level: Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics,
Mathematical Economics, Labour Economics and Econometrics
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PH. D DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED
1. Sustainable Rural Development: A Study of Sagar Block in the Indian Sundarbans by Chandan
Roy (Degree Awarded in 2018, Jadavpur University)
2. Socio-economic Determinants of Mental Health Outcomes by Piyali Das Gupta (Degree Awarded
in 2016, Jadavpur University; Co-supervisor: Dr. Bidisha Chakraborty)
3. Uncertainty and Investment in Private Sector: An Analytical Argument and a Review of the
Economy of Iran by Ali Mellati (Degree Awarded in 2010, Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics)
M.PHIL DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED
1. Evaluation of the Determinants of Health Status of Indian Women: Empirical and Theoretical
Approaches by Ludmila Banik (Degree awarded in 2018, Jadavpur University)
2. Inequality in Educational Attainment: Urban-Rural Comparison in the Indian Context by Sangita
Das (Degree awarded in 2015, Jadavpur University)
3. Contagion effect of Free trade Agreements in Asia - A Reasonable Explanation of Domino Theory
by Bara Aman Appolinus (Degree awarded in 2013, Jadavpur University)
4. The Interaction among Poverty, Health and Economic Growth: Implications for Economic Policy
in India by Sayantan Adhikary (Degree awarded in 2012, Jadavpur University)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Development Policy Issues in India, Volume-2: Studies on Disparity and Displeasure (co-
editors: Sushil Kumar Haldar and Tuhin Das), ACB Publications, 2013
2. Major contributor to National Rural Infrastructure Report by NCAER, Sage Publications, 2006
3. Economic Development, Climate Change and the Environment (co-edited with Ajit Sinha),
Routledge, India and U.K., 2006
Papers in Journals
A. Environmental and Resource Economics
4. “The Impact of Poverty on the Environment: Surprising Findings from the Indian Case” (co-
authored with Raadhika Paul), International Journal of Economics and Finance Vol. 10 No. 11,
2018
5. “Sustaining Subernarekha Basin” (co-authored with D.B. Gupta), International Journal of Water
Resource Development, Volume 20, Number 3, pp. 431-444, September 2004
6. “Water pricing for sustainability: a case study” (co-authored with D.B. Gupta), Margin: The
Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research,
Volume 36, Number 1, October-December 2003.
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7. “Corruption, pollution and the Kuznets environment curve” (co-authored with Ramon Lopez),
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 40, pp. 137-50, September
2000
B. Agricultural Economics
8. “Farmers' suicides in Maharashtra” (co-authored with Sangeeta Shroff), Economic and
Political Weekly, Volume 42, No. 49, pp. 73-77, December 2007.
9. “Farmers’ suicides in India and Australia: Differences and surprising similarities”, Journal of
Agricultural and Food Economics, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2007.
10. “Implications of Nash Bargaining for Horizontal Industry Integration” (co-authored with
Richard Just and Sinaia Netanyahu), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 87,
Issue 2, pp. 467-481, May 2005
C. Labour Economics
11. “Controlling in formalization: punitive versus strategic measures”, Indian Journal of Labour
Economics, January-March, 2005
12. “The new technology and the Indian labour market”, Indian Journal of Labour Economics,
December, 2003
13. “Lessons in regulating the informal sector: The case of the rickshaw pullers’ sector in Delhi”,
Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 45, Number 2, pp. 387-394, April-June, 2002
D. Development and Infrastructure Economics
14. “Thorny Roses: A Peep into the Robotised Economic Future” (co-authored with
Mousumi Das), Universal Review, Volume 7, Issue XI, pp. 103-108, 2018
15. “Food grain deficiency in India: Magnitude, determinants and policy prescriptions” (co-
authored with Paramita Bhattacharya), Productivity: A Quarterly Journal of The National
Productivity Council, Volume 58, pp: 129-142, 2017-18
16. “A note on measuring inclusive growth and the inclusiveness of growth”, South Asian Journal
of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, 6(2), pp. 1–15, 2017
17. “Dynamics of food grain deficiency in India” (co-authored with Paramita Bhattacharya and
Md. Zakaria Siddiqui), Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council
of Applied Economic Research, Volume 10(4), pp. 465-498, November 2016
18. “Does a salary hike reduce corruption?” (co-authored with Vivekananda Mukherjee),
Economics Bulletin, Access Econ, Volume 33(4), pp. 2540-2544, 2013
19. “Corruption Re-examined”, Trade and Development Review (http://tdrju.net
/index.php/tdr/article/view/61),Volume 5, No 1, pp. 52-63, 2012
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20. “Measuring state–business relations within developing countries: An application to Indian
states” (co-authored with Massimiliano Calìand and Purnima Purohit), Journal of International
Development, Volume 23(3), pp. 394-419, April 2011
21. “What suicides reveal about gender bias” (co-authored with Sangeeta Shroff), Journal of
Socio-Economics (now Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics), Volume 37, Issue
5, October 2008
22. “The nature of Indian in equality increase after liberalization”, Indian Journal of Economics
and Business, Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2008
23. “Poverty estimation on the basis of anthropometric measurements and age structure: A note
with specific reference to India”, Indian Development Review, December 2007
24. “Special economic zones: Rationale and pitfalls in implementation”, Man and Development,
Volume XXIX, No.4, December 2007
25. “Does globalization lead to trickledown growth”, Asian-African Journal of Economics and
Econometrics, Volume No. 1-2, 2007
26. “Corruption and economic development in India”, The Empirical Economics Letters, Volume
5(3), May 2006
27. “City transport in India: impending disaster”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No.6,
pp. 473-475, February 11, 2006
28. “Making use of the window of demographic opportunity: An economic perspective” ( co-
authored with R. Nagarajan), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 40, No. 50 , pp. 5327-5332,
December 10, 2005
29. “Analysis of maternal mortality”, The Empirical Economics Letters, January 2005
30. “Rural Poverty and rural infrastructure: The case of India” (co-authored with Shashi
Brahmankar and Vishal Handa), The Empirical Economics Letters, Volume 3 (3), May 2004
31. “Informality and development,” (co-authored with Sanjib Pohit), Margin: The Journal of
Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Volume 36,
Number 1, October-December 2003
32. “What India has to learn from China,” (co-authored with Vishal Handa), Artha Vijnana,
Volume -XLV, pp. 24-41, March -June, 2003
E. The Economics of Mental Health and Happiness
33. “Realizing the significance of socio-economic triggers for mental health outcomes in India”
(co-authored with Antonio Rodríguez Andrés, Bidisha Chakraborty and PiyaliDasGupta),
Journalof Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-
Economics), Elsevier, Volume 50(C), pp. 50-57, 2014.
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34. “Utility maximisation as a pathway for maximisation of happiness”, Interdisciplinary
Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, Croatian Interdisciplinary Society,
Provider Homepage: http://indecs.eu , Volume 11(3), pp. 302-309, 2013.
F. Peace Economics
35. “Poverty and terrorism”, The Economics of Peace & Security Journal, Volume-3, No.2, 2008.
36. “An economic model of terrorism and terrorist activities: A short note”, Indian Journal of
Economics and Business, Volume 6, No.1, 2007
37. “The powerful are powerless”, Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, vol. 6.1, pp.
81-85, 2004
G. Other Papers in Journals
38. “The economic genesis and impact of terrorism”, Gitam Journal of Management, Volume-5,
No.1, 2006
39. “Maternal mortality in India: Policy strands from an analysis of secondary data”, Social
Change, Volume 34, Number 3, September 2004
40. “Human development dynamics of Indian States”, Social Change, Volume 33, No. 4,
December, 2003
41. “Corruption as cascades”, Social Change, Volume 33, No. 4, December 2003
42. “Evaluating the state of governance in India”, Industry Briefs (NCAER), October 2003
43. “Infrastructure as a tool for poverty reduction”, Industry Briefs (NCAER), September 2003
44. “Indian infrastructure: the pace of modernization”, (co-authored withVishal Handa), Industry
Briefs (NCAER), August 2003
Papers in Books
45. “Poverty in West Bengal: A review of recent performance and programmes” in
Understanding Development: An Indian Perspective on Legal and Economic Policy, edited by
Swapnendu Banerjee, Vivekananda Mukherjee and Sushil Kumar Haldar, Springer India,
pp.191-206, 2016
46. “India-SriLanka FTA – A case study in economic diplomacy”, edited by Bipul Chatterjee and
Kishan S. Rana), Published by CUTS International, pp. 171-176, January 2011
47. “Adoption and reform of competition laws and their enforcement: A cross-country
perspective”, (co-authored with Vivek Ghosal) in Evolution of Competition Laws and their
Enforcement: A Political Economy Perspective, edited by Pradeep S.Mehta, Advances in
Global Competition Law Series, Routledge: Oxford, Chapter 2, pp. 1-25, 2011
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48. “How vital is regulatory independence: The telecom sector in developing countries” (co-
authored with Pradeep and Udai S. Mehta), in Reforming Rules and Regulations: Laws,
Institutions, and Implementation, edited by Vivek Ghosal, MIT Press, 2011
49. “Competition policy and consumer policy: complementarities and conflicts in the promotion of
consumer welfare” (co-authored with Pradeep S. Mehta and Cornelius Dube), in The Effects of
Anti-Competitive Business Practices on Developing Countries and their Development
Prospects, edited by Hassan Qaqaya and George Lipimile, UNCTAD, 2008
50. “Environmental degradation: Bridging the gap in EKC literature”, in Economic Development,
Climate Change and the Environment, edited by Siddhartha Mitra, and Ajit Sinha, Routledge,
India and U.K., pp. 45-60, 2006
51. "Rural non-farm sector: a state level profile" (co-authored with Arup Mitra), in Rural
Transformation in India: The Role of Non-farm Sector, edited by John Farrington, Rohini
Nayyar and Alakh N. Sharma, published by Institute of Human Development, 2004
52. “Rural poverty and rural infrastructure: The case of India” (co-authored with Shashi
Brahmankar and Vishal Handa), Reprinted in Studies in Macroeconomics and Welfare
(published by Academic Foundation, New Delhi in collaboration with The Indian Econometric
Society) from The Empirical Economics Letters, Volume 3 (3), May 2004
Book Reviews in Journals
53. What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism (by Alan B. Krueger) in
Eastern Economic Review, Volume 35, No. 2, Springer 2009
54. Econometric Models: Theory and Applications (edited by D. M. Nachaneetal) in the Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 47, Number 3, July-September, 2004
55. Operationalising Sustainable Development (by Kanchan Chopra and Gopal Kadekodi) in
Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic
Research, Volume 33, 2002
56. Corruption at the grassroots: the shades and shadows (edited by N. Narayanaswamy et al) in
the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 45, Number 1, January-March, 2002
Other Papers
57. “Nature of Rural Infrastructure: Problems and Prospects” (co-authored with Suman Bery, D.B.
Gupta and Reeta Krishna), NCAER publication, 2004
58. “Three Essays on the Economics and Finance of Terrorism”, Working Paper10, Gokhale
Institute of Politics and Economics
Articles in Popular Media and Books
1. Do aliens exist? Having a scientific temper could give you the answer, QRIUS,
October 5, 2018 (https://qrius.com/author/siddhartha-mitra/)
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2. Do not bank on poverty alleviation for environmental salvation (with Raadhika Paul,
September 7, 2018, https://qrius.com/do-not-bank-on-poverty-alleviation-for-
environmental-salvation/)
3. Here’s how to improve quality of Indian universities and keep students from going
abroad (with Vivekananda Mukherjee, August 20, 2018, https://qrius.com/improving-
quality-of-high-education-indian-university
4. A peek into the robotized economic future, Mint, June 25, 2018,
https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/I7cBKTKapcVOq9x3s5KMNK/A-peek-into-the-
robotized-economic-future.html
5. “The impact of robotisation on the world economy: A forward-looking review” (co-
authored with Mousumi Das), Ideas for India, July 25, 2018, http://ideasforindia.in/
6. “The need to give up religious identities”, in Putting Consumers First: Essays in Honour of
Pradeep Mehta, edited by Sanjaya Baru and Abhishek Kumar, CUTS International, April 2018
7. “Hey intellectuals, let’s ditch jargon & make ‘simple’ great again!”, The Quint, March 24, 2018,
https://www.thequint.com/
8. “Neoclassical and behavioural economics: It takes two to tango” The Quint, February 27, 2018,
https://www.thequint.com/
9. “For an effective budget, Fin. Min. should have rejigged priorities”, The Quint, February 7,
2018, https://www.thequint.com/
10. “In order To beat ‘Poverty Trap’, India must reassess its strategy”, The Quint, January 29,
2018, https://www.thequint.com/
11. “Paltry returns”, a review of How Do Small Farmers Fare? Evidence from Village Studies in
India”, edited by Madhura Swaminathan and Sandipan Baksi,The Telegraph, January 5, 2018
12. “A fake Rs 2,000 note from a Kolkata ATM that no bank replaced”, The Quint, October 5,
2017, https://www.thequint.com/
13. “Reliance Jiovs Airtel: Market domination will hurt customers”, The Quint, May 25, 2017,
https://www.thequint.com/ 14. “Why JagdishBhagwati is wrong to say note ban helped BJP win UP”, The Quint, March 23,
2017, https://www.thequint.com/ 15. “Under fire from Modi, intellectuals need to reach out to people”, The Quint, March 6, 2017,
https://www.thequint.com/ 16. “Reviving the informal sector from the throes of demonetisation” (co-authored with Kaushik
Bhattacharya, Sarmistha Pal and BibhasSaha), Ideas for India, February 13, 2017,
http://ideasforindia.in/
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17. “Dear PM Modi, save Informal Sector from a Post Note Ban Recession” (co-authored with
Kaushik Bhattacharya, Sarmistha Pal and Bibhas Saha), The Quint, February 10, 2017,
https://www.thequint.com/
18. “When politics trumps economics”, Business Standard, December 22, 2016
19. “India’s demonetisation drive: Politics trumps economics”, Ideas for India, December 20,
2016, www.ideasforindia.in
20. “Modi’s pied piper moment: note ban aimed only at drawing votes”, The Quint, December 12,
2016, https://www.thequint.com/
21. “State-business relations: now and then”, (co-authored with Pradeep S. Mehta), The Financial
Express, November 30, 2009
22. “Betting on the power game”, The Financial Express, August, 2008
23. “Let nations trade”, The Financial Express, August 31, 2008
24. “Indo-Pak trade: Cutting the Gordian knot” (co-authored with Pradeep S. Mehta), The
Economic Times, August 6, 2008
25. “Food for thought” (co-authored with Pradeep S. Mehta), The Financial Express, July 27,
2008
26. “Cartelising inflation?” (co-authored with Pradeep S. Mehta), The Economic Times, June 14,
2008
27. “Passenger transport in big cities — Not enough competition for smooth mobility”, Business
Line, May, 2008
28. “Cement cartel: damning evidence, no action” (co-authored with Pradeep S. Mehta), The
Economic Times, June 4, 2008.
29. “A stitch in time saves nine”, The Financial Express, February 25, 2008.
New Working Papers
1. Mitra, Siddhartha and Das, Mousumi, Thorny Roses: A Peep into the Robotised Economic
Future (May 28, 2018). Available at SSRN:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3185964
2. Mitra, Siddhartha, Contradictions and Complementarities between Neoclassical and
Behavioural Economics: An Exploration (March 5, 2018). Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3134615 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3134615
3. Mitra, Siddhartha, Prevention and Alleviation of Terrorism Through Socioeconomic Nudges
(February 22, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128602 or
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3128602
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Other Work in Progress
“Characterising utility functions associated with increasing dimensionality of the income
expansion path”, (co-authored with Nilangshu Acharrya and Sameer Bhandari)
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
1. Major contributor to An Examination of Socio-Economic Determinants of Suicide Rates in India,
Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University (1 year project),
2011-12.
2. Author of chapter on higher education (co-author: V. V. Singh) in Competition and Regulation in
India, 2009, volume based on project funded by British High Commission, 2009 (for CUTS
International)
3. Major contributor to final report on India’s Engagement with PTAs, a project funded by Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2008-09 (for CUTS International)
4. Major contributor to Report on Establishment of SEZs−Socio-Economic Impact on Farming
Community, project funded by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2008-09
(for CUTS International)
5. Major contributor to report on India- EUFTA, Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (TSIA), a
project implemented by ECORYS, Netherlands with CUTS as partner, 2008-09 (for CUTS
International)
6. Authored a research paper (co authors: Max Cali and Purnima Purohit) and a briefing paper (co-
author: Purnima Purohit) in State Business Relations (SBR) in Indian states, a project funded by
the Research Programme Consortium on Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth, 2008-09
(for CUTS International).
7. Major Contributor to Research Report of Study on Impact of Trade Liberalisation on
Consumption and Production of Vegetable Oils in India, funded by UNCTAD (for CUTS
International)
8. Major contributor to Policy Briefs for Competition, Regulation and Development Research Forum
(CDRF), a project funded by DFID and IDRC, 2005-2007(for CUTS International)
9. Major contributor to India Rural Infrastructure Report (NCAER) funded by Sir Ratan Tata Trust
and published in 2006.
10. Authored the report on Krishna River Water Dispute, sponsored by Irrigation Department,
Government of Maharashtra (with Sangeeta Shroff at Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics), 2005-2006.
11. Major contributor to NCAER report, “Swajal: Pricing for Sustainability” sponsored by WSP-
South Asia, 2002.
12. Contributor to Uttar Pradesh Development Report, Indian Planning Commission, 2002.
13. Designed the infrastructure database for the U.N.D.P funded infrastructure centre in NCAER,
2002 -2003.
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INVITED LECTURES, SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS
1. Seminar on the Impact of Poverty on the Environment: Surprising Findings from the Indian
Case at Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, February 15, 2019.
2. Presentation of Paper on “Thorny Roses: A Peep into the Robotised Economic Future”, in the
3rd International Conference on Recent Research and Innovations in Social Science,
Humanities (ICRRISH-2018), Osmania University, November 4, 2018
3. Invited Lectures in Workshop on Regulatory Impact Analysis for Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India, April 16 and 17, 2018 (organized by National Institute of Public Finance
and Policy in collaboration with CUTS International).
4. Special Lecture entitled “Socio-Economic Nudges in the Alleviation of Terrorism” at the
International Conference on “Globalisation and Development at the Department of Economics
and Politics, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, February 24, 2018.
5. Delivered the IInd Giribala Karmakar Memorial Lecture at the Annual Conference of the
Bengal Economic Association entitled “Contradictions and Complementarities between
Neoclassical and Behavioural economics: An Exploration” on February 17, 2018.
6. Spoke as a panelist on the topic, “Budget 2018: Impact on Economy and Quality of Life” in
J.D Birla Institute, Kolkata on February 7, 2018.
7. Special Lecture at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (21st September, 2017) entitled
“Measuring Inclusive Growth and the Inclusiveness of Growth”.
8. Invited Lectures (2) in the Refresher Course in Economics and Management for College and
University teachers during March 01-22, 2017 organised by the Human Resource
Development Centre (HRDC)/Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta in the
Department of Economics, University of Calcutta on March 17.
9. Lecture on An Introduction to Environmental Valuation – Part II: Hedonic Pricing in National
Conference and Workshop on Environmental Policy and Practice organised by Centre for
Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. 10. Panelist and Guest of Honour in the session on ‘Economic Perspective on Budget 2017-18’ on
February 2, 2017 organised by The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a part of its
programme entitled Union Budget 2017-18: An In-depth Analysis in the Chamber Premises. 11. Invited lecture on ‘Environmental Pollution' in the short term interdisciplinary methodology
program for research scholars organized by The UGC Human Resource Development Center in
March, 2016.
12. Invited Lecture delivered on “Bird’s Eye View on Food Security in India” in UGC-DRS-II
Sponsored International Conference on Issues of Economic Development with a Special Focus
on Indian Agriculture organized by Department of Economics & Politics,Visva-Bharati,
Santiniketan, March 11, 2016.
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13. InvitedLecturedeliveredon“MicroFoundationsinEnvironmentalEconomics”, Symposium in
Environmental Economics organized by the Department of Economics, Universityof
Mumbai,12th and 13th of February, 2016.
14. Keynote Address in Young Economists Students Meet held in Jadavpur University, December
2015
15. Invited Presentation in CUTS International National Advocacy Seminar on "Regulatory
Reforms in India: Need for Impact Assessment" on October 30, 2015 at Country Inn and
Suites, Jaipur.
16. Gave a series of 38 lectures in Labour Economics for post-graduate students at Gokhale
Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune (Jan. 2-27, 2012). 17. Presentation on ‘Public Distribution in India: A Mechanism Design Approach’ in the Refresher
Course entitled Frontiers in Research Methods organized jointly by the Department of
Economics, Jadavpur University and Academic Staff College, Jadavpur University
(December15, 2011).
18. Presentation on ‘Global Security: A Conceptual Framework’ in the UGC sponsored Refresher
Course on Politics and Economics of Global Security organized by School of International
Relations and Strategic Studies (SIRSS), Jadavpur University (December 13, 2011).
19. Presentation in Training of Trainer’s Workshop, a part of the CUTS implemented IFC-BICF
(Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund) project on competition law and policy (3-5 July, 2009).
20. Speech at OECD Global Competition Forum (February 19, 2009).
21. Presentation in 11th Sustainable Development Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan (1-3 December,
2008).
22. Presentation in International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) Meetings at
Des Moines (17-19 September, 2008).
23. Presentation in Conference on Reforming Rules and Regulations: Laws, Institutions and
Implementation at International University of Venice, San Servolo, Venice (18-19 July, 2008).
24. Seminar at NUPI (Norsk Utenriks Politisk Institutt/ Norwegian Institute of International
Affairs) on the Impact of globalisation on poverty in India (4th June, 2008).
25. Panelist in a session on Trade, investment and governance, OECD UNEP Conference on
Resource Efficiency (Paris, 23rd-25thApril, 2008)
26. Presentation on “Bio-fuels and the Course of World Economic Development”, UNEP (United
Nations Environment Programme), Ad hoc Expert Meeting on Sustainable Innovation (Paris,
22nd
April, 2008)
27. Invited lecture on “Special Economic Zones”, Rachna Sansad, Centre for Urban Studies, 25th
August, 2007.
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28. Presentation at Institute of Economic Growth, National Conference on Globalization and
Freedom, 12th to 14th April, 2007
29. Five lectures on Agricultural Insurance at Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune,
January to March, 2007
30. Paper presented at University of Mumbai, Department of Economics, 31stJanuary, 2007
31. Paper presented at IGIDR, 25thJanuary, 2007.
32. Paper presented at University of Melbourne, 15thNovember, 2005
33. Paper presented at University of New South Wales, 8thNovember, 2005
34. Presentation on “A Framework for Analytical Treatment of Terrorist Problems”, Deakin
University, Australia, September, 2005.
35. Presented a paper entitled, “Environmental degradation: bridging the gap in EKC
(Environmental Kuznets Curve) literature” in the Conference on Environment and
Development organised by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, April 4-6, 2005.
36. Presented a paper on “Wages and Incomes in India,” a conference organized by Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and Institute for Human Development in 2004
37. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE),
Jadavpur University, 2003
38. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society, Bangalore, 2003
39. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of ECAAR (Economists Allied for Arms Reduction),
London, 2002
40. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE),
Bangalore, 2001.
41. Paper Presentation on Industry integration due to technological asymmetry and market
imperfections: An alternative explanation based on bargaining theory (co-authored with Sinaia
Netanyahu and Richard Just) at the Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics
Association in San Antonio, Texas, 1996
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REFEREE WORK
1. Referee for Journal of Development Economics
2. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
3. Environment and Development Economics
4. Indian Journal of Labour Economics as well as other national and international journals
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Convenor of Programme Committee, 41st
Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric
Society held in January 2005
Member, Core Group on Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India
Managing Editor, Artha Vijnana (2005-2007)
REFERENCES
Prof. R.E. Just
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, MD,
USA. Phone: +1 (301) 405-1289. E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Partha Sen
Professor (Retired) and Former Director, Delhi School of Economics (Affiliated to Centre for
Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi). Phone:+91 (11)
26321026. E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]
Prof. Romar Correa
Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Mumbai- 400 098. Email:
