Honours & Recognition

Professional Recognition

Chaired a technical session on "Issues in GST and Development, Centre State Fiscal Transfers" in the International Conference (Online) on Public Finance, Public Policy and Economic Development organized by the Department of Economics, School of Management, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India on 11-12 November 2022.
Received “Dewang Mehta National Education Awards (Regional Rounds)” in the "Best Professor in Economics" category held at Panjim, Goa on 16^th August, 2017 & 2nd August, 2019.
STATA( Data Analysis and Statistical Software) ) “Speakers Award 2017” in the 2nd Stata Users Group Meeting held at Mumbai on 10th May, 2017.
Received Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Doctoral Fellowship (2006 -07), New Delhi.
Received Excellent Performance Certificate in the Training Course on Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Sciences organised by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences (An ICSSR Research Institute) Mhow, Madhya Pradesh from 20-31 August, 2007.
Qualified in the UGC– NET examination for Lectureship in Economics (1998).

Professional Contributions

Article Editor, Sage Open (A SCOPUS Indexed Journal).
Reviewer of International Journals: 1) Development in Practice (Routledge); 2) Int. J. of Engineering Management and Economics ( Inderscience Publishers Ltd); 3)International Journal of Social Economics (Emerald Insight); 4) International Review of Economics (Springer Publication); 5)Journal of Asian and African Studies(A Sage Journal); 6)Journal of Economic Studies (Emerald Insight); 7)International Review of Economics and Finance (Elsevier); 8) International Journal of Rural Management(A Sage Journal); 9)International Economic Journal (Routledge).
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Membership of Professional Societies

BITS Pilani