About Us

Ph.D. in Economics. Recipient of the Fulbright Scholar in Residence award in 2007 – 08 and the Asia Fellows award in 2002- 03.

International Economics, Environmental Economics.

Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata Center, April 2007 – Visiting Professor, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, USA, August 2007 – May 2008 Reader, Department of Business management, Calcutta University, July 2003 – March 2007 Visiting Fellow, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 2002 – Aug. 2003. Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Management, Calcutta University, Sept. 1997 – June 2003. Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Calcutta University, 1992 – present. Visiting Lecturer, XLRI, Jamsedpur, 2001. Lecturer, Department of Business Management, Calcutta University, Sept. 1995 – Aug. 1997. Lecturer, West Bengal Educational Service, Sept. 1991- Aug. 1995

Selected Papers

International Economics

  1. "The Role of Informality in Moderating the Impact of Adverse Macroeconomic Shocks”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 58, Issue No. 48, 02 Dec, 2023.

2.      “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’: Smooth Drive to Self-Reliance?”, joint with Debashis Chakraborty and Sakshi Agarwal, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 58, Issue No. 16 22 April, 2023..

3.      “Monetary Policy and Stagflation – Keynes meets Classics” joint with Sugata Marjit, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 57, Issue No. 37, 10 Sep, 2022.

4.      “Rural urban migration with heterogeneous firms, heterogonous laborer and the effect of wage subsidy” joint with Sravaitri Chaudhuri and Sukanta Bhattacharyya, Theoretical and Applied Economics, Volume XXVIII (2021), No. 3(628), Autumn 2021, pp. 143-156.

5.      “The Recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Review of Issues for Indian Pharmaceutical Exports” joint with Aaheli Ahmed and Debashis Chakraborty, Foreign Trade Review, First Published May 29, 2020. 

6.      “The Dynamics of India’s Major Exchange Rates” (joint with Radhika Prosad Datta), Global Business Review, March 4, 2020.

7.      “Effect of the Global Financial Meltdown on India’s Aggregate Export Volumes”, (with Sayani Ghosh) Applied Economics, 52:23, 2460-2471 (2019).

8.      “Has the Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Markets in India Evolved Over Time?” (joint with Radhika Prosad Dutta) International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol 13, Issue 3 (2019).

9.      “Predictability of Indian Exchange Rates” (joint with Radhika Prosad Dutta), January 2018, The Journal of Prediction Markets 12(3):1-22.

10.  “Has the Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Markets in India Evolved Over Time?” (joint with Radhika Prosad Dutta) International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol 13, Issue 3 (2017).

11.  “The India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: An Ex post Analysis”, (joint with Avijit Mandal) Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, 38 (2016), 340-352.

12.   “Do Exchange Rates Affect Exports in India?” (joint with Jaydeep Mukherjee) South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, Sage Publications, Vol 3 No 2, 2014.

13.   “Estimating The Impact of the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on Indian Industries” (joint with Avijit Manadal), South Asia Economic Journal, Sage Publications, Vol 15, No. 1, January - June 2014.

14.  “Estimating the Impact of Indo-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on India’s Balance of Trade”, Journal of Global Analysis, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2010.

15.  “Trade Technology and Wages: The Case of Korea”, Journal of Business Management Research, Vol 1 No. 1 (2008).

16.  “Economic Development and Intra-Industry Trade in Less Developed Countries”, Indian Economic Review, Vol 42, No.2, 2007.

17.  “Economic Development and Intra-Industry Trade in the Republic of Korea”, Journal of Economic Integration, 20, December 2005.

18.  “Does Economic Development Cause Intra-Industry Trade? The Case of India: 1971 to 2000”, Arthaniti, 3, 2004 (with Sarmila Banerji).

19.  “Vertical and Horizontal Intra-industry trade in Some Asian and Latin American Less Developed Countries”, Journal of Economic Integration, 17, June 2002.

20.  “Bilateral Intra-industry Trade in a Developing Country”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer, 17, January 2001.

21.  “Economic Development in the Basic model of Intra-Industry Trade,” Indian Economic Journal, 48, 4, 2000.

22.  “India’s Intra-Industry Trade: An Empirical Analysis”, Indian Economic Journal, Oct. – Dec., 1994.

Environmental/Energy Economics

23. Cross Subsidy removal in Electricity Pricing in India”, (joint with Amrita Ganguly), Energy Policy, Elsevier, Vol 100, p-181-190 Jan 2017.

24.       “Economic Growth and CO₂ Emissions” (joint with Tapash Ghoshal), Environment Development and Sustainability, Springer Publications, Vol 12, 2010.

25.       “State Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions of India: 1980-2000” (joint with Tapas Ghosal), Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences, Vol No. 1, 2008 (Reprinted in Arthaniti, Vol 7, Nos 1-2, 2008).

Ph. D Thesis Supervision

Degree Earned

1.       Title of Thesis: “Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions With a Focus on India” Name of Student: Tapas Ghosal University: University of Calcutta

2.      Title of Thesis: “India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement”, Name of Student: Avijit Mandal, University: University Of Calcutta.

3.      Title of Thesis: Impact of the Removal of Oil Subsidy on the Indian Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach, Name of Student: Amrita Ganguly University: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Ongoing

4.      Title of Thesis: Globalization and Vulnerability of Less Developed Countries, Name of Student: Riddhi Chatterjee, University: University Of Calcutta.

5.      Title of Thesis: India’s Export Performance. Name of Student: Sayani Ghosh. University: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.

6.      Title of Thesis: Heterogeneous Firms and Trade, Name of Student: Sravaitri Chaudhuri, University: University Of Calcutta.

Selected Invited Lectures (Outside India only)

1.      When Will India’s Growth Trickle Down to the Masses? Roanoke College, Virginia, USA, 2008.

2.      Globalization: An Indian Perspective (Fulbright Lecture), Roanoke College, Virginia, USA, 2008.

3.      India’s Growth Story, Hollins University, Virginia, USA, 2008

4.      Calcutta: Where Arguments Never Cease, Roanoke College, Virginia, USA, 2008.

5.      Intra Industry Trade in Korea, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2003.

Selecte Seminars/Conferences Where Papers have been accepted (Outside India only)

1.      10th International Conference On “Economics of Global Interactions: new Perspectves on Trade, Factor Mobility and Developmeny” Bari (Italy), 9-10 September 2019.

2.    3rd International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance, Cyprus Science University, North Cyprus, December 6-7, 2017.

3.    Conference on Money, Banking and Finance, Roma III University, Rome, Italy, Dec 1-2, 2016.

4.    3rd ASEAN Consortium on Department of Economics Conference, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia, 2014.

5.    Midwest International Trade Conference, University of Kansas, USA, 2014.

6.    International Workshop on Trade Agreements, Leuven, Belgium, 2014.

7.      XII Conference on International Economics, Spanish Association of International Economics and Finance (AEEFI), Castellone De La Plana, Spain, 2011.

8.      Japan Economic Policy Association, 5^th International Conference, Tokyo, 2006.

9.      Conference of Asia Fellows, Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004.

10.  Recent Advances in International Economics II, City University of Hong Kong, China, 2003.

11.  Development Economics Conference, Hanyanag University, Seoul, Korea, 2003.

12.  Conference of the International Econometric Society, Kobe, Japan, 2001.

Grants/Projects/Consultancy

1.      Member, Technical Committee to finalize roadmap to compile data on International Trade in Services, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, 2022-23.

2.      Project Leader: Rules of Origin – Trends, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, Ongoing.

3.      Advisor (Research), Joint Study Group on Indo-Russian Trade (2006 – 2007), Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.

4.      Project Evaluator: “Mainstreaming International Trade into National

Development Strategy: A Pilot Project in Bangladesh and India(MINTDEV)”, Consumer and Unity Trust Society and Norwegian Embassy, (2009).

5.      University Grants Commission (Grant No. UGC/1081/GRW(UNG)/2000-2001) Intra-Industry Trade in Less Developed Countries.

6.      University Grants Commission, Grant Under DRS Phase II Program in Environmental Management, Air Pollution in Developing Countries and the Victim’s Willingness to Pay, Department of Business Management, Calcutta University, (2001-2002).

7.      Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok, Two Issues in Korea’s International Trade, (2002-2003).

8.      Disposal of Plastic Waste In Kamarhati Municipality, DRS Phase II Program in Environmental Management, Department of Business Management, Calcutta University, (2006-2007).

9.      Exchange Rate Movement and India’s Export of Engineering and Textile Products, Reserve Bank of India (2010).

10.  China vis-à-vis India: The Case of Engineering Products, Engineering Export Promotion Council, New Delhi (2010).

11.  Export Potential of Himachal Pradesh, Directorate of Industries, Himachal Pradesh (2015).

12.  Export Potential of West Bengal, Directorate of Industries, West Bengal (2015).

13.  Member, Standing Committee of Directorate General of Central Intelligence and Statistics on Export Forecasting (2021).