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Economics at IIT Kanpur The teaching and research interests of the Economics discipline at IIT Kanpur are diverse: Microeconomics, Macro-Money, Industrial Organization, Regional Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Law and Economics, Transport Economics, Econometrics, Input-Output Analysis, and Project Economics. The members of its faculty are also involved in project and consulting work in areas such as irrigation management, alternative energy sources, rehabilitation and resettlement, urban transport systems, measurement of aggregate capital stock, steel industry employment, and so on. Presently, there are six faculty members and five PhD students in the discipline. Recent PhD dissertations have focused on topics like inventories of firms, R&D activities in Indian industries, corporate finance, water pollution, etc. For further information, contact: The Convenor, Economics Discipline, Dept of HSS, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016; Tel: +91-512-2597268/7632, +91-512-3927268/7632, Telefax: +91-512-2597510, +91-512-3927510, Email: suraji@iitk.ac.in

Faculty Members
Sarani Saha Bhattacharya, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007 Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics sarani@iitk.ac.in Tanika Chakraborty, PhD, Washington University in St Louis, 2009 Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics tanika@iitk.ac.in Praveen Kulshreshtha, PhD, Cornell University, 1997 Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Economics of Corruption (Governance), Business Ethics pravk@iitk.ac.in Vimal Kumar, PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2008 Economics of Conflict, Microeconomic Theory, Political Economics, Economic Growth and Technological Development, Game Theory vk@iitk.ac.in Somesh K. Mathur, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2005 Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, New Trade and Growth Theories, WTO Issues like TRIPS and IT policy skmathur@iitk.ac.in Anirban Mukherjee, Ph.D, University of British Columbia, 2011 Development Economics, Institutional Economics , Economic History anirban@iitk.ac.in P. Murali Prasad, PhD, University of Hyderabad, 1999 Microeconomics, Law and Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Banking pmprasad@iitk.ac.in Binayak Rath [On Leave], PhD, IIT Kanpur, 1980 Benefit-Cost Analysis, Development Economics and Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Economics of Alternative Energy, Water Resource Management brath@iitk.ac.in Sohini Sahu, PhD, State University of New York at Albany, 2009 Macroeconomics ssahu@iitk.ac.in K K Saxena, PhD, Udaipur University, 1980 Input-Output Analysis, Regional Economics, Macroeconomic Analysis kks@iitk.ac.in Surajit Sinha, PhD, McMaster University, 1987 Money - Macro, Industrial Economics suraji@iitk.ac.in

Students
Bali, Naveen Roll No.: Y6200062 navbali@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Irfan, Mohd Roll No.: Y6400061 irfan@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Jena, Pradyot Ranjan Roll No.: Y110061 pradyot@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Trade-Environment Linkages: An Empirical Study K., Basanth Roll No.: Y6100063 basanth@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Kar, Sujata Roll No.: Y120067 sujata@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Forecasting Inflation in India Kaushik, Roopesh Roll No.: Y6100067 roopesh@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: M., Muneer Babu Roll No.: Y7200062 muneer@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Mishra, Ranjan Bikash Roll No.: Y6200061 brmishra@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Punia, Rajinder Kumar Roll No.: Y7100065 puniaraj@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Sahu, Naresh Chandra Roll No.: Y120066 naresh@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Impacts of Common Property Resource Institutions on Livelihood of Users and Natural Resource Management: An Empirical Study from Orissa Sharma, Ruchi Roll No.: Y3400062 ruchishm@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Internationalization of Intellectual Property Rights: An Empirical Analysis of Implications for the Developing Countries Sharma, Shweta Roll No.: Y7100069 shhweta@iitk.ac.in Research Topic: Srivastava, Archana Roll No.: Y7100062 archanas@iitk.ac.in Research Topic:
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