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Research HighlightsThe Department of Economic Sciences has 13 permanent faculty members with research and teaching interests that covers a broad range of fields. Apart from having strength in traditional areas like microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics; the department has expertise in agricultural economics, Bayesian econometrics, behavioral economics, development economics, efficiency and productivity analysis, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, industrial economics, international trade, labor economics, law and economics, optimization theory, political economy and public policy.

The department primarily offers three degrees in economics: 4 year B.S., 1 year M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics. Admission for the 40 seats (per year) in the B.S. program is through the advanced joint entrance examination (JEE). B.S. students who satisfy certain eligibility criterion can opt for a 1 year M.S. program in Economics. There is also a provision for dual degree for undergraduate students of IITK. The entry to the Ph.D. program is through a written test and a viva exam conducted once at the beginning of each academic year.

The department's administrative office is located in Room 622 of the Faculty Building, IITK academic area.

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Events/Seminar Corner

  • Financial Time-Series Modelling in R (FinMODE-2017)Date: 05th - 09th September, 2017, Venue: QIP Classroom.

  • Professor James Foster from the George Washington University will give an invited talk titled, "Dimensional and Distributional Contributions to Multidimensional Poverty"
    Date: Thursday July 13, 2017, Time: 16:00 hrs, Venue: FB 620.

Recent Publications

  • Lalji, C., Pakrashi, D. and Smyth, R. (2017), "Can eating five fruit and veg a day really keep the doctor away?" Economic Modelling, (forthcoming)

  • Ahmad, W., Rais, S. and Rahman, A. S. (2017), "Modelling the directional spillovers from DJIM Index to conventional benchmarks: Different this time?" The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, In Press, Elsevier

  • Ahmad, W. and Sehgal, S. (2017) "Business Cycle and Financial Cycle Interdependence and the Rising Role of China in SAARC", Journal of Quantitative Economics, In Press, Springer

  • Mathur, S.K., Arora, R. and Singh, S. (Eds.) (2017), Theorizing International Trade: An Indian Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.