Student guidance

 

Ph.D. students

i.      Supervisor / Co-supervisor

Student name

Thesis title

Batch of

1.    Rijo M. John

“Consumption of Tobacco in India: An Economic Analysis”

2001

2.    Binay Kumar Ray

“Energy Efficiency and Technology Management in India”

2001

3.    Nitin Harak

“Price Reforms in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Sector of India: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis”

2008

4.    Khaijamang Mate

“Cross Border Trade and Livelihood Impacts: The Case of Moreh Border Town in Manipur”

2008

5.    Tirtha Chatterjee

“Convergence and Clusters in Indian Agriculture: The pathways of Geography”

2012

6.    Runu Bhakta

“Accelerating Health and Educational Attainments of Children in India: Policy Alternatives, Feasibility and Sustainability”

2012

7.    Varun Kumar Das

“Determinants of Farmers’ Income and Diversification in India”

2014

8.    Tanu Gupta

“Inter-linkages between Education and Labour Force Participation among Indian Women: Policy Options for Transcending the Effects of Social Norms”

2016

9.    Himanshu Jaiswal*

“Assessing the impact of Free Trade Agreements: An exercise for India”

2019

10. Balram Kumar*

“Agriculture, Diet and Nutrition: Three Essays on Nutrition”

2019

11. Vijit Sonawane*

“Community Forest Rights and Socioeconomic & Environmental Outcomes”

2019

12. Deepali Gupta*

“Labour Market Impacts of Participation in Global Value Chains: Analysis Of India’s Manufacturing Industries”

2020

13. Anand Dubey*

“Productivity, Adaptation & Land Use: Three Essays on the impact of climatic shocks and their frequency on Agriculture”

2020

14. Krishana Kumar*

“Three Empirical Studies of Public Policy in India: Measuring the Impact of Alcohol Prohibition and Conditional Cash Transfer in the State of Bihar”

2020

15. Ipsita Das$

“Mergers, Efficiency, and Market Power: Three Essays in Banking and Finance”

2021

16. Aastha Kapoor*

“Essays on Clean Cooking Fuel: Evidence from India”

2025

$ Thesis under evaluation; * Ongoing thesis title is tentative.

 

ii.    Thesis Committee Member

Student name

Thesis title

Batch of

1.    S. Kavi Kumar

“Modelling and Analysis of Climate Change Impacts for India”.

1992

2.    Gangadhar Darbha

“Role of Capital Market Imperfections in Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Some Indian Evidence”.

1992

3.    Vikash Gautam

“Investment, Growth and Finance Constraints in Indian Manufacturing Firms”

2009

4.    A. Lakshmi

“Exchange Rates, Margins of Trade and Pass-Through: An Empirical Analysis for India”

2011

5.    Leena Bhattacharya

“Essays on Seasonal Migration and Educational Attainment in India”

2018

6.    P R Dheeraj*

“Impact of a food security program on diet diversity and Nutrition outcomes And Children”

2020

$ Thesis under evaluation; * Ongoing thesis title is tentative.

 

 

M.Phil students

Student name

Thesis title

Batch of

1.    Dinabandhu Bag

“The Economics of Pesticides Application in Agriculture and Environmental Damage”.

1995

2.    Phanindra Goyari

“Cropping Pattern Changes in the North-Eastern region of India”.

1997

3.    Amitabh Jha

“On the Robustness of Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity: The Case of Indian Manufacturing Sector”

2003

4.    M. Pratima

“Assessment of Impact of Food Safety Measures on Trade-With Emphasis on India”

2004

5.    Tirtha Chatterjee

“Quantifying the Impact of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: A Study on Indian Food and Agricultural Exports”

2008

6.    Priyanka Gupta

“Partners’ Trade Restrictions Versus India’s Own Export Control Measures”

2013

7.    Sanjana Sethi

“Determinants of Nutritional Status for Children in India: Analysis Beyond the Household Level Determinants”

2017

$ Thesis under evaluation; * Ongoing, thesis title is tentative.

 

 

M.Sc. students

Student name

Thesis title

Batch of

1.    Abhishek Dureja

“Social Accounting Matrix for India : 2011-12”.

2016

2.    Jayeeta Sen Mazumdar

“India’s Agening Agricultural Landscape: Decadal Evidence from 48th, 59th and 70th Rounds of National Sample Survey”.

2017

3.    Das Agnibho Abhinaba

TBC

2026

$ Thesis under evaluation; * Ongoing, thesis title is tentative.

 

 

EMLE students

Student name

Thesis title

Batch of

1.    Charlotte Dillemans

“The drivers of what is keeping food choices away from the climate debate”.

2018

2.    Sixtine de Hepcee

“Ocean Plastic and the Tragedy of the Commons”

2019

3.     Priscila da Mata Cavalcante

“Foreign Direct Investment: The Visible Hand of National Security”

2022

$ Thesis under evaluation; * Ongoing, thesis title is tentative.

 

 

Visiting students

Name

IGIDR Programme

Degree / Institution

Month & Year

1.    Himja Sharma

Visiting Scholars

Ph.D., Department of Economics and Finance, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani

Jun. – Aug., 2025

2.    Purnima Sahoo

Summer Intern

M.A., Utkal University

June – July, 2024

3.    Rozi Kumari

Visiting Scholars

Ph.D., Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

March – May, 2024

4.    Gordhan K. Saini

Post Doctoral Fellow

Sep. 2008 – May 2010

5.    Gordhan K. Saini

Visiting Ph.D. Student

Ph.D., Banasthali University

Aug. – Oct. 2007