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Dr. K R Shanmugam
Director & Professor
Ph.D. in Econometrics from University of Madras, India.
M.Phil in Econometrics from the University of Madras, India.
Research Interests
Public Finance, Macroeconomic models, Applied Econometrics, Finance, Economics of Human Resources.

Dr. K. S. Kavi Kumar
Professor
Ph.D. in Development Economics, IGIDR, Mumbai, 1998.
M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management, IIT-Kharagpur, 1990.
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, JNTU-Kakinada, 1988.
Research Interests
Economics of Environment, Economics of Climate Change, Development Economics,

Dr. Saumitra Bhaduri
Professor
Ph. D. in Economics from IGIDR, Mumbai, 1998.
Post Graduate Diploma in Development Economics from IGIDR, Mumbai, 1996.
Research Interests
Economic Policy Analysis, Quantitative Research, Corporate Finance, Market Micro-Structure, Risk Management

Dr. Brijesh C. Purohit
Professor & in charge Union Bank chair
Ph.D in Economics from University of Mysore on Corporate Savings Behaviour: An Econometric Analysis.
Pre-Ph.D Programme from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.
Research Interests
Health Economics and Financing, Insurance, Econometrics, Public Finance .

Dr. Naveen Srinivasan
Professor
PhD (Economics), Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK, 2002.
Research Interests
Macroeconomic Theory & Policy

Dr. Rakesh Nigam
Professor

Dr. Brinda Viswanathan
Professor
Research Interests
Nutrition and Health, Poverty and Well-being and Gendered aspects of female employment.

Dr. Zareena Begum I
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), 2007.
M.Sc., Pondicherry University, 2003.
Research Interests
Water Management, Economics of Land Use Change, Environmental Footprint, Virtual Water Trade, Anthropocene and Habitat Loss

Dr. Ekta Selarka
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research,
B.E. Electrical, Bhilai Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Corporate governance, Firm Performance, Banking & Finance
Dr. Srikant P
Associate Professor
Dr. Srikant chairs the PGDM programme, and teaches courses in financial economics, corporate finance, and financial markets. He holds a PhD and MBA from IIM Calcutta, and a bachelors degree in computer engineering from Delhi University. Before entering academics, Dr. Srikant managed large proprietary systematic and arbitrage strategies.

Dr. Amrita Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
PhD: From Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2011.
M.Sc: From Calcutta University in 2003 with specialisation in Econometrics and Statistics .
Research Interest
Development Economics, Economic Growth, Analysis of Panel Data.

Dr. Sowmya Dhanaraj
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Development Studies, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. 2017
M.S. (by Research) in Financial Economics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Madras. 2011.
B.E. (Hons.) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) – Pilani, Goa Campus, 2008.
Research Interests :
Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics.

Dr. Anubhab Pattanayak
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Economics, Madras School of Economics (MSE), Chennai, 2017.
M. Sc. in Economics, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, 2008.
Research Interest
Environmental Economics, Economics of Global Climate Change, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics

Dr. Neelanjan Sen
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Economics in 2015 from Department of Economics, University of Calcutta
M.Sc. in Economics in 2009 from University of Calcutta
Research Interests
Industrial Organization, Game Theory and Political Economy of Trade Negotiations

Dr. Parthajit Kayal
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Finance, Institute for Financial Management & Research (IFMR)
M. Sc. in Economics, Madras School of Economics
B.Sc. (Hons) in Economics, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, University of Calcutta
Research Interests
Investing, Portfolio Management, Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, Quantitative Finance, Behavioural Finance

Dr. Devasmita Jena
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (2019) - Centre of International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Research Interests
International Trade and Development, Applied Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics

Dr. Gangadharan S
Faculty (and AO)
Ph.D in Economics (University of Madras)
PG.Dip. Management (OUBS, U.K)
PG.Dip.HRDI (University of Madras), M.A. (Economics)
Research Interests
Research Interest - Public Finance, Health Economics, Capital Market

Dr.Ulaganathan Sankar
Honorary Professor
Bachelor of Arts (Economics), University of Madras, 1955.
Master of Arts (Economics), Annamalai University, 1957.
Ph.D. in Economics (Econometrics), University of Wisconsin, Madison,USA, 1967.
Research Interests
Environmental Economics, Trade and Environment, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Regulation.

N.S.Siddharthan
Honorary Professor
M.A. (Economics), University of Madras, 1966.
Ph.D. (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1972.
Research Interests
Technology and Globalisation, International Economics, Multinational Corporations, and Industrial Organization

PAUL PRABHAKAR APPASAMY
Honorary Professor
B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1970 (Chemical Engineering)
M.S, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA, 1972 (Chemical Engineering)
Ph.D University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, (Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning.

Rathinasamy Maria Saleth
Honorary Professor
B.A., Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.
M.A., Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Dr. Sunder Ramaswamy
Visiting Professor
Ph.D., M.S., in Economics, Purdue University, USA
M.A. in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India
Research Interests
Development economics, international economics (trade liberalization, trade and development issues), applied microeconomics, quantitative methods

Dr. Swarna Sadasivam Vepa
Honorary Visiting Professor
M.A (Applied Economics) with specialization Agricultural Economics Dept. of Applied Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 1968.
Ph. D in Agricultural Economics from the Dept. of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University 1994
Research Interests
Dry land Agriculture, Food Security, Environmental Sustainability, Rural and urban Poverty and Gender Concerns

Dr. Sreejata Banerjee
Visiting Professor
M.A. in Economics, Jadavpur University Kolkata Specialisation Econometrics High Second Class, 1979.
B.A in Economics, University of Calcutta Economics (Honours) with Mathematics High Second Class, 1975.
Research Interests
Banking, Derivatives, Financial Regulation, and International Finance.

D. K. Srivastava
Honorary Professor

Suresh Chandra K
Honorary Professor

David Fogarty
Honorary Professor

R. Kannan
Honorary Professor

T. N. Srinivasan
Honorary Professor

Velupillai K
Visiting Senior Professor

Kalirajan K P
Visiting Professor

Jaya Krishnakumar
Visiting Professor

C. Selvaraj
Visiting Professor

Lalitha Subramanian
Visiting Professor

E. A. Selvanathan
Visiting Professor

Saroja Selvanathan
Visiting Professor

Albert Jodhimani
Visiting Professor

K. V. Parthasarathy
Visiting Professor

L. Venkatachalam
Visiting Professor

Gopal G
Visiting Professor

Malathi
Visiting Professor

V. R. Srinivasan
Visiting Professor

Santadarshan Sadhu
Visiting Professor

Tholkappian S
Visiting Professor

Swaminathan
Visiting Professor

T R Venkatesh
Visiting Professor

Dr. Vijaya S
Visiting Professor