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June 2024

Brief bio: Saumya Chakrabarti is a Professor of Economics at Visva-Bharati (University), Santiniketan, India. At present, he is the Head of the Department of Economics and Politics. He taught at St. Xavier’s College Kolkata, University of Calcutta, and at Presidency University Kolkata. Professor Chakrabarti was a visiting fellow at Brown University, USA. He was an Honorary Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre (Govt. of India), Santiniketan. He has published in journals like Cambridge Journal of Economics, Review of Radical Political Economics, Economic and Labour Relations Review, Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Indian Journal of Labour Economics among others; and has written books published by Prentice Hall and Oxford University Press. He has travelled across several countries of the Global South and North and has regularly contributed in popular journals and vernacular dailies.

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SAUMYA CHAKRABARTI

Department of Economics and Politics

Visva-Bharati (A central university and an institution of national importance) Santiniketan, West Bengal, PIN – 731235, India

Ph. (O): +91-0-3463-262751 - 6. Fax: + 91-0-3463-262672 / 261156. 

Mobile: +91-7602865059. +91-94741 54452.

Email: saumya_chakrabarti@biari.brown.edu / saumya.chakrabarti@visva-bharati.ac.in

Website: https://sites.google.com/a/visva-bharati.ac.in/saumya-chakrabarti-economics/

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

C/O. Dr. Aparajita Mukherjee, Andrews Palli (West), Santiniketan, Birbhum, PIN-731235, West Bengal, India

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 15/01/1972; Male, Married, Indian

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EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (2007), Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, India.

Dissertation title: “Agriculture – Industry Relation, the Problems of Effective Demand and Supply Constraint: Towards a Theoretical Framework”.

• Master of Philosophy in Economics (2000), with National Fellowship (UGC-JRF), Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, India.

Dissertation title: “Size of the Home Market, Government Expenditure and Employment in a Less Developed Dual Economy”.

• Master of Science in Economics (1997), Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, India. 

Areas of specialization: Advanced Economic Theory; Economics of Marx.

• Bachelor of Science (1994), Asutosh College, University of Calcutta, India. 

Major in Economics; Minor in Mathematics and Political Science.

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PROFESSIONAL DETAILS (Tenured Positions)

• Professor of Economics (1st  September 2015 to Present), Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

• Associate Professor of Economics (1st September 2012 to 31st August 2015), Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

• Reader in Economics (1st September 2009 to 31st August 2012), Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

• Senior Lecturer in Economics (1st September 2005 to 31st August 2009), Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

• Lecturer in Economics (16th December 2004 to 31st August 2005), Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

• Lecturer in Economics (1st September 2000 to 15th December 2004), St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India. 

TEACHING AT VISVA-BHARATI

Development Economics (Masters), Macroeconomics (Bachelor and Masters), Economic Thought (Masters), Political Economy of Development (Masters, Optional on offer), Development Macroeconomics (Masters, Optional on offer), A Quick Refresher Course in Macroeconomics (PhD, Optional on offer), History of Development Economics (PhD, Optional on offer).

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AT VISVA-BHARATI

• Head of the Department, Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (31 October 2020 -- Present).

• Vice-Principal (Associate Dean), Vidya-Bhavana (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (two terms: 2010-12 and 2017-19).

• Deputy Coordinator, SAP-Departmental Research Support-II (UGC, GoI) at the Department of Economics and Politics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (2017)

• Hony. Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre (Ministry Of Agriculture, Government of India), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (2013-15).

• Member: Admission Cell, Admission Committee, Examinations related confidential committees etc, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan (different durations).

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES (OTHER THAN TENURED POSITIONS)

• Member of two RACs for two PhD candidates, Department of History, Visva-Bharati, 2023 -- .

• Member, Scientific Board, International Congress of Society and Science, which will be held in Ankara, Turkey, both in-person and online, from December 15th to 17th, 2023. https://www.esarcongress.org/kopyas%C4%B1-organizing-committee  

• Academic activity of West Bengal College Service Commission, Government of West Bengal, India, August 2023.

• External Member, BOS, Dept. of Economics, Amity University Kolkata, 2023.

• Permanent Invitee (External), Academic Council, St. Xavier's University Kolkata, 02.01.2023 -- 01.01.2026.

• External Member, BOS, Dept. of Economics, Mizoram Central University, 14.10.2022 -- 13.10.2025.

• Outstation Chairman, Economics Research Committee, 46th Indian Social Science Congress, January 2023.

• External Expert of The Board of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Economics, Tripura University, 2022--2025.

• Member of an RAC for a PhD candidate, Department of Commerce, St. Xavier's College Kolkata, 2022 -- .

• Member of an RAC for a PhD candidate, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, 2019 -- .

• Guest faculty, Economics Department, Calcutta University, Kolkata; 2015-2017, 2020 (for Optional on offer: Development management).

• Guest faculty for Macroeconomics, Presidency University, Kolkata; 2015-2021 (Offered professorship, but had to decline).

• Visiting Fellow, Watson Institute, Brown University, USA; February – May 2015.

• Guest faculty: St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India; 2005-2007.

• Research and Teaching Assistant: Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata; 1997-98 &1999-2000 as UGC-JRF.

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PUBLICATIONS AND ONGOING WORKS

Books

1. Inclusive Growth and Social Change: formal-informal-agrarian relations in India; Oxford University Press; Print and Online; June 2016; https://academic.oup.com/book/35861 

2. Development Economics: a critical perspective; Co-authored with Aparajita Mukherjee; Prentice Hall; Print and Online; 2016.

3. Agriculture–Industry Relations: a critique of the orthodox discourse; Lambert Academic Publishing; 2014.

4. The nonfarm economy: continuity and change in rural India; Ongoing; Co-authored with Meenakshi Rajeev and Manojit Bhattacharjee; Contract signed with OUP, UK.

5. The informal sector in India: inclusive transition or persistence of misery; Co-authored with Anirban Kundu, Kasturi Sadhu, Pratip Kumar Datta; Contract signed with Palgrave Macmillan, UK.

Articles in/for peer-reviewed journals

1. Papers under process: two papers on firm-structure, market-structure and firm-dynamics in the informal sector of India (one under revise and resubmit, one submitted); one paper on formal-informal resource conflict (preparation); one paper on household level quality of employment (submitted); one on MGNREGP (preparation); and one on occupational structure in Indian slums (preparation).

2. "Decent work deficit in India" (revised and resubmitted); Co-authored with Anamika Moktan.

3. "Political economy of fertilizer use in agriculture: a study of two districts of West Bengal”; Co-authored with Rishav Mukherjee and Pratip Kumar Datta; Indian Economic Journal; Indian Economic Journal, First published online June 13, 2024 . https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00194662241251565 

4. "An inclusive transformation of the rural nonfarm economy: leveraging farm nonfarm linkages"; Co-authored with Meenakshi Rajeev and Manojit Bhattacharjee; Economic and Political Weekly, April 13, 2024, Vol LIX, No 15. https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/15/special-articles/inclusive-transformation-rural-non-farm-economy.html 

5. "The informal sector of India: a critical review of the literature"; Co-authored with Himadrija Chakraborty; Economic and Political Weekly, February 24, 2024, Vol LIX, No 8. https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/8/commentary/informal-sector-india.html 

6. "Neo-dualism: accumulation, distress, and proliferation of a fissured informality" (Co-authored by Kasturi Sadhu); Review of Radical Political Economics (Sage), Vol. 53 (4), 694–724, 23 September 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/04866134211012134

7. "Urbanization and exclusion: a study on Indian slums" (Co-authored with Somenath Ghosh); International Critical Thought (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Routledge), Volume 11 (3), 450-479, 19 September 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/21598282.2021.1966820 

8. "Inclusive urbanization? a study of Indian slums" (Co-authored with Somenath Ghosh and Pallabi Seth); Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis (University of Bucharest), Volume 13, Issue 2, August 2021, https://www.jurareview.ro/current-issue. http://www.jurareview.ro/chapters/get_chapter/166.

9. "Problems of financing development management: a Kaleckian analysis" (Co-authored by Pratip Kumar Datta); Review of Radical Political Economics (Sage), Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2019. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0486613418820952 

10. “Demonetization: a few disturbing questions” (Co-authored with Pratip Kumar Dutta); World Financial Review, January - February 2017. https://worldfinancialreview.com/demonetisation-a-few-disturbing-questions/ 

11. “The informal sector in India: prosperity or persistence of misery?” (Co-authored by Daipayan Sarkar and Ankita Biswas); World Financial Review, September – October 2016. https://worldfinancialreview.com/the-informal-sector-in-india-prosperity-or-persistence-of-misery/ 

12. “Persistent agrarian crisis: can policy/market-driven large-scale crop diversification be a panacea?”; Agricultural Situation in India (Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India), Special issue, December 2015. https://desagri.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/December2015.pdf 

13. "Implication of changing agrarian regime on rural nonfarm economy: case of six major Indian states" (co-authored with A. Kundu); Journal of Land and Rural Studies (Sage), Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2015. https://doi.org/10.1177/2321024914568611

14. “Conflict or coexistence? / a story of big and small retailers” (co-authored with T. Haldar); Review of Development and Change (MIDS), Vol. XIX, No. 1, January – June 2014. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972266120140102

15. "A critique of inclusive growth: problems of modernization of agriculture"; The World Review of Political Economy (Pluto), Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 2014. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.5.3.0372 

16. "Agriculture-industry relation and the question of ‘home market’: towards closing a centuries old debate"; Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics (ISAE), Vol. 69, No. 2, April-June 2014. https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/inijae/206376.html 

17. "Formal-informal dichotomy: revisiting the debate on agriculture-industry linkage"; The Economic and Labour Relations Review (Sage), Vol 25, Issue 1, March 2014. https://doi.org/10.1177/1035304613517988

18. "Interrogating inclusive growth: formal-informal duality, complementarity, conflict"; Cambridge Journal of Economics (OUP), Vol 37, Issue 6, November 2013. https://academic.oup.com/cje/article-abstract/37/6/1349/1731004?redirectedFrom=fulltext 

19. “Globalization and inclusive growth: a critical note” (co-authored by A. Chatterjee); in Nrtattv: The Anthropology, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-June 2013.

20. "National rural employment guarantee scheme of India: some conceptual problems" (co-authored by A. Mukherjee); International Critical Thought (Routledge), Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2013. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21598282.2013.761441 

21. “A macroeconomic structure of employment: rural-urban conflict in a Kaleckian framework”; Review of Radical Political Economics (Sage), Vol. 43, No. 2, June 2011. https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613410391404

22. “Farm – non-farm linkage in India: a structuralist perspective” (co-authored by A. Kundu and A.K. Nandi); Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics (ISAE), Vol. 66, No. 2, April-June 2011 (Received the D.K. Desai Prize 2012 as the best paper of 2011). https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/inijae/204744.html 

23. “Situation assessment of farmers: a study of a village in West Bengal” (co-authored with N. Hasan); Review of Development and Change (MIDS), Vol. 16, No. 1, January-June 2011. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972266120110103

24. “Social cost-benefit analysis: a case study of pollution intensive industries” (co-authored with Indrajit Bairagya); Indian Economic Journal (IEA), Vol. 58, No. 4, January-March 2011. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019466220110408

25. “Non-agricultural informal sector in India: impacts of agrarian conditions” (co-authored with A. Kundu); Indian Journal of Labour Economics (ISLE), Vol. 53, No. 2, April-June 2010. https://catalog.ihsn.org/citations/9513 

26. “Motive of production in urban unorganized manufacturing sector: a case study” (co-authored with S. Mukherjee); The Asian Economic Review (IIE), Vol. 52, No. 1, April 2010. https://www.econbiz.de/Record/motive-of-production-in-urban-unorganised-manufacturing-sector-a-case-study-mukherjee-subrata/10009126304 

27. “Formal-informal sectors’ conflict: a structuralist framework for India” (co-authored by A. Kundu); Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 34, No. 2, December 2009. https://jed.cau.ac.kr/archives/34-2/34-2-2.pdf 

28. “Contradictions of ‘doing development’: a structuralist framework”; American Review of Political Economy; Vol. 7, No. 1&2, June/December 2009. https://arpejournal.com/article/108/galley/104/view/ 

29. “Rural non-farm economy: a note on the impact of crop-diversification and land-conversion in India” (co- authored by A. Kundu); Economic and Political Weekly (Sameeksha), Vol. XLIV, No 12, March 21, 2009 (Special Article). https://www.epw.in/journal/2009/12/special-articles/rural-non-farm-economy-note-impact-crop-diversification-and-land 

30. “Some microeconomic aspects of informal sector enterprises: field-based evidence from West Bengal” (co-authored with A. Kundu); Artha Vijnana (GIPE), Vol. L, No. 3, September 2008. https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/ArthaVij/article/view/115432 

31. “Agriculture – industry linkage: the problems of effective demand and supply constraint”; Review of Development and Change; Madras Institute of Development Studies, India, Vol. VIII, No. 2, July - December 2003. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972266120030202

Chapters in/for edited volumes

1. Problems of globalization of agriculture: a critique of inclusive growth (chapter 18; co-authored with P.K. Datta) in Contemporary issues in international trade: challenges & opportunities"; Editors: Rajib Bhattacharyya and Debashis Mazumdar; Emerald Publishing Limited, UK, May 28, 2024. https://bookstore.emerald.com/contemporary-issues-in-international-trade.html; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-83797-320-020241023/full/pdf?title=prelims 

2. "Development management : a macro political economy perspective" (co-authored with P.K. Datta) in The Indian economy after 75 years of independence; Editors: Biswajit Chatterjee and Joydeb Sasmal; Routledge, June 11, 2024. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003416074/indian-economy-75-chatterjee-biswajit-joydeb-sasmal 

3. Deepening formal-informal dualism and dual policy response, for a volume in memory of Caesar Basu; Editors: Sejuti Dasgupta, Shouvik Chakraborty, Taposik Banerjee; Routledge UK; (revise and resubmit).

4. Co-authored six (6) chapters along with research scholars and ex-students in M. K. Aydin, C. Karakiliç, & R. Şen (Eds.), International Congress of Society and Science Congress Book. ISBN: 978-605-70777-6-9.

https://www.esarcongress.org/_files/ugd/363032_09d2a95f9bda4c6f80d8a0523d097d06.pdf 

5. "Informal sector in India: a critique of inclusive transition" (co-authored with Anirban Kundu); Persistent and emerging challenges to development; Editors: Supravat Bagli, Gagari Chakrabarti, Prithviraj Guha; Springer Singapore; January 2022. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811641800#aboutBook; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-4181-7_3  

6. "The problem of financing development management: a quest for optimum government intervention" (co-authored with P.K. Datta); Optimum Size of government intervention; Editor: Ramesh Chandra Das; Routledge UK; 26 November 2021. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003026495-3/problem-financing-development-management-pratip-kumar-datta-saumya-chakrabarti?context=ubx&refId=49a87d7e-7ff6-46dc-b72d-dfbf52785691  

7. "The pandemic and the informal sector of India: probable impacts and strategic intervention" (co-authored with A. Kundu, M. Bhattacharjee, P.K. Datta, K. Sadhu); The Covid-19 pandemic, India and the world; Editors: R. Bhattacharyya, A. Ghosh Dastidar, S. Sikdar; Routledge UK; 30 September 2021. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003220145-20/pandemic-informal-sector-india-anirban-kundu-manojit-bhattacharjee-pratip-kumar-datta-kasturi-sadhu-saumya-chakrabarti 

8. "Informal sector: progression or persistence? a study of four traditional clusters of West Bengal, India (co-authored with A. Mukherjee, N. Saha, P.K. Datta and in honour of Professor Sarmila Banerjee); Opportunities and challenges in development; Editors: S. Bandyopadhyay and M. Dutta; Springer, Singapore, 2019. https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/informal-sector-progression-or-persistence/17220188 

9. How far has MGNREGP helped the Disadvantaged? (with H. Tiwary). Editor: Kailash Sarap. South Asian Publisher (in press).

10. "Inclusive globalization or deepening dualism? the informal sector of India; The globalization conundrum; Editors: C. Sen and G. Chakrabarti; Springer, Singapore, 2018. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-1727-9_2 

11. MGNREGS of India: Complementarities Between Employment and Infrastructure (with P.K. Dutta and H. Tiwary); Edited by Ramesh Das, Social, Health, and Environmental Infrastructures for Economic Growth, 2017, IGI Global, USA.

12. Chapter on MGNREGP of India (co-authored with H. Tiwary); Editors: Biswajit Chatterjee and Aparajita Dhara; Palmview publication. 2018.

13. "Globalisation of Agriculture via Crop Diversification: A Strategy towards Achieving Inclusive Growth" (Co-authored by Durgesh Mani Tiwary) in The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance (ISBN 978-93-84503-72-7) Editors – Dr. Gyanmudra and Dr. M. Sarumathy; Published by - National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Hyderabad.

14. “Myth of ‘frictionless transition’ from traditional to modern economy / a structuralist framework for India”; in Globalization, Agrarian Economy and Environmental Challenges in India, eds. Pranab Kumar Chattopadhay, Sudipta Bhattacharya and Biswajit Haldar; Concept Publishing, New Delhi (2015), ISBN 10: 9351251853, ISBN 13: 9789351251859.

15. “Economics of rural non-farm sector: certain characteristics and determinants” (co-authored with S. Mondal and A.K. Chattopadhyay); in Rural Development in India: Challenges and Prospects, eds. M. Ghosh and A.K. Chattopadhyay; Serials Publications, New Delhi; May 2013.

16. “Agriculture – industry interaction in an open-economy framework: some theoretical observations”; in Inclusion and Empowerment, ed. P.K. Chattopadhyay; New Delhi Publishers, India; April 2013.

17. “National rural employment guarantee scheme of India: some overriding theoretical constraints / Interrogating inclusive growth” (co-authored by A. Mukherjee); in Conference Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Indian Political Economy Association; October 2012.

18. “State and local goods” (chapter); in Economics Course-volume (ISBN: 81-266-2684-4); Indira Gandhi National Open University (Govt. of India); 2006.

19. “Voting and local public goods” (chapter); in Economics Course-volume (ISBN: 81-266-2518-X); Indira Gandhi National Open University (Govt. of India); 2006.

20. “The informal sector and the question of development: role of agriculture and the government”; in Social and Economic Change Monograph, No. 8, Ed. by G.K. Karanth; Institute for Social and Economic Change, India; 2005.

21. “Agriculture – industry relation: aggregate demand, supply constraint and the concept of ‘domestic exports’”; in Effects of Globalization on Industry and Environment, eds. R. Acharyya and B. Moitra; Lancer’s Books, New Delhi; 2001.

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PROJECTS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

1. Submitted ICSSR (GoI) Major Research Project on Informal Sector (2017-18); Rs. 7 Lakh.

2. Submitted UGC SAP DRS II Project on informal sector (2018-19); Rs. 86,000.

3. Submitted ISEC (Bengaluru) Project on the rural nonfarm sector (2018-19; along with Meenakshi Rajeev and Manojit Bhattacharjee).

4. Co-investigator in a policy evaluation study financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India and housed at the AERC, Santiniketan, on Evaluation of a Major Policy of Soil-testing and its Effects on Utilization of Fertilizer (2014-15); a major policy document submitted in 2015.

5. Marquis Who's Who has selected biographical profile for inclusion in the new Who's Who in the World 2016 (33rd Edition).

6. Visiting Fellow in International Studies at the Watson Institute, Brown University, USA; 20 February – 28 May 2015.

7. Advisor to the ICSSR (Government of India) Project (Housed at ISEC, Bangalore) “Mapping of Farm and Non-Farm Linkage in Rural India” (Coordinated by Professor Meenakshi Rajeev, ISEC, Bangalore and Dr. Manojit Bhattacharjee, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore) Grant: Rs. 15 Lakh (2014--17).

8. Theorizing Farm-Nonfarm Linkages in Rural India: Project No. CESP/141. Project Report Submitted by Meenakshi Rajeev In collaboration with Saumya Chakrabarti And Manojit Bhattacharjee at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore 560 072, December 2018

9. Redes Program of the National Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina - Grant to present a paper at the 7th Congress of the Latin American Political Science Association, Bogota, Colombia, September 2013.

10. Brown University, USA Travel-grant to present a paper at The Brown University, USA, May 2013.

11. Latin American Advanced Programme on Rethinking Macro and Development Economics (Laporde) funded Workshop: at the Sao Paulo School of Economics, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Duration: 7 January to 11 January 2013.

12. D.K. Desai Award 2012 by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics.

13. ICSSR (Government of India) Travel-grant to present a paper at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA, November 2012.

14. Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI) Alumni Research-Grant 2012 for the Project: “A Comparative Study of the Methods and Impacts of Employment Guarantee Schemes across Global South: Inclusion or Elite Capture?” USD 4050. (Report submitted in 2013).

15. Visiting Fellowship at The UGC-DRS Centre (Calcutta University) during 21.03.2011-28.03.2011.

16. Max Planck Institute (Germany) Travel-grant to present a paper at The Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena, Germany, February 2011.

17. Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI) Alumni Research-Grant 2011 for the Project: “Formal-Informal Conflicts and Complementaries in Resource-Constrained Developing Economies: Inclusive Growth or Marginalization?” USD 5000. (Report submitted in 2011).

18. Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI) funded Programme: “Development and Inequality in the Global South” at the Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Duration: 6 June to 19 June 2010.

19. ICSSR (Government of India) Travel-grant to present a paper at The New School, New York, USA, November 2009.

20. SANEI (South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes) Research Project under the Global Development Network (sponsored by the World Bank): “A Study on Transformation of Indian Agriculture in the Post Doha Scenario and its Macro Economic Impact”. Duration: 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009. (Co-Principal Investigator: Professor Aparajita Mukherjee) (Report submitted and acceptance communicated electronically). USD 10,000.

21. UGC (Government of India) sponsored Minor Project: “Formulating agriculture-industry interaction in an open-economy: questioning the orthodox discourse”. Duration: 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008 (report submitted).

22. Four-week World Bank sponsored Programme in Public Economics at National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India; 6 June 2005 – 2 July 2005.

23. UGC (Government of India) Junior Research Fellowship: 16 September 1998 – 31 August 2000 (discontinued to join job).

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MAJOR  CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS

1. “Agriculture – industry relations: home market, supply constraint and the concept of ‘domestic exports’”, presented at the International Conference, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India; 20-22 December 2000.

2. “Demand – supply constraints and the formal–informal dichotomy: role of agriculture and the government”, presented at the 12th Annual Conference, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; December 2002.

3. “The informal sector and the question of development: role of agriculture and the government”, presented at the ICSSR “Development Convention - 2003”, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India; 19-21 February 2003.

4. “Procurement and employment: the rural – urban conflict”, presented at the International Conference, Department of Economics, University of Burdwan, India; 15-16 December 2003.

5. “Domestic exports and procurement”, presented at the World Bank sponsored Refresher Course, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India; 27 June 2005.

6. “Food security and employment: the rural – urban dichotomy”, presented at the 15th Annual Conference, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; December 2005.

7. Delivered a Talk on ‘Globalization and sustainable development’ in a Panel organised by the UGC-DRS (Govt. of India) Centre of the Economics Department, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India; 29 March 2008.

8. (a) The first paper: “Formal-informal dichotomy: revisiting the debate on agriculture-industry linkage” and The second paper: (b) “A macroeconomic framework of employment: the rural-urban conflict from a Kaleckian perspective”, both the papers presented in The 10th Path to Full Employment Conference / 15th National Unemployment Conference organised by The Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), The University of Newcastle, Australia; 4-5 December 2008. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FQyHRF2P4qPzgHne652jxX2rrGHH55VU/view?usp=share_link 

9. “Agriculture – informal sector linkages and the impacts of formal sector expansion”, presented at The India China Institute and Economics Dept. Conference on “Development beyond Accumulation”, New School for Social Research, New York, USA; 2-3 November 2009.

10. Delivered an invited lecture for the participants pursuing Post-graduate Diploma in Sustainable Rural Development of National Institute of Rural Development and University of Hyderabad at SIPRD, Kalyani (Govt. of West Bengal) on 25 September 2010.

11. “Myth of ‘frictionless transition’ from traditional to modern economy: a structuralist framework for India”, presented at the ‘DIME Workshop’ on “Technology, institutions and development: Perspectives from economics, anthropology and geography on agrarian change”, in Max Planck Institute for Economics, Jena, Germany; 18-19 February 2011.

12. “Interrogating inclusive growth: formal-informal complementarities and conflicts”, presented at the Department of Economics, Calcutta University; 30 March 2011.

13. “Uneven sectoral development: micro and macro level study of unorganised manufacturing in India”, presented at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina (UCA); Buenos Aires; 3 June 2011.

14. “Interrogating inclusive growth: organized-unorganized complementarities and conflicts”, presented at the Workshop on Livelihood, Employment and Vulnerability, Department of Economics, Calcutta University; 5 January 2012.

15. “Formal-informal relation: duality/complementarity or conflict?”, presented at the Symposium on Globalization and Development in Honour of Kalyan K. Sanyal, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; 19-20 April 2012.

16. “Formal-informal relation: duality/complementarity or conflict?”, presented at the 4th International Development Conference - GREThA/GRE​S, Bordeaux University-IV, France; 13-15 June 2012.

17. “National rural employment guarantee scheme of India: some overriding theoretical constraints / Interrogating inclusive growth”, presented at the 16th Annual Conference of Indian Political Economy Association, Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee; 26-27 October 2012.

18. “Formal-informal relations: growth with exclusion / A problem of sustainable development”, presented at the International Conference on Inequality and Sustainability, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA; 9-10 November, 2012.

19. “Unorganised manufacturing in India: structural transformation / exclusion / marginalisation?”, presented at the 22nd Annual Conference, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India; 3-4 January 2013.

20. The above-mentioned paper also presented at the Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India; 30 January 2013.

21. “Informal manufacturing in India: inclusion / marginalisation?”, presented at the International Conference on Representing Development: the Process and Role of Informalisation, Galgotias University, Delhi, India; 8 February 2013.

22. “Unorganised manufacturing in India: structural transformation / marginalisation?”, presented at the Faculty of Economics, South Asian University (SAARC), Delhi, India; 11 February 2013.

23. “National rural employment guarantee programme of India: how far equalizing?”, presented at the ‘Federalism and Inequality Conference’ of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Watson Institute, Brown University, USA; 22-23 May 2013.

24. “Unorganized manufacturing in India: persistence of misery and a critique of transition”, presented at the Silver Jubilee Conference on ‘Labour and Development’, IGIDR, Mumbai, India; 5-6 September 2013.

25. “Public policy and inequality alleviation / MGNREGP of India”, presented at the 7th Congress of the Latin American Political Science Association, University of Andes, Bogota, Colombia; 25-27 September 2013.

26. “Informal sector: tortuous transition OR persistence of misery?” presented at the 23rd Annual International Conference on Contemporary issues in Development Economics, at the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India; 6-7 January 2014.

27. “A critique of inclusive growth: problems of modernisation of agriculture”, presented at Suri Vidyasagar College, Birbhum, West Bengal, India, as the annual lecture in memory of Dr. Tarun Kumar Mukherjee, 17 December 2014.

28. “Problem of transformation in the global south: an Indian perspective” presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the Sociology of Development section of the American Sociological Association, at Brown University, USA; 13-15 March 2015.

29. “Interrogating inclusive growth: formal-informal-agriculture relations in India” presented at the Brown India Initiative workshop, at Brown University, USA; 7 May 2015.

30. “Informal sector in India: a critique of inclusive transition” presented at two National Conferences at Rabindra-Bharati University, Kolkata (18-19 February 2016) and at West Bengal State University, Barasat (1-2 March 2016) and at an International Conference at Burdwan University, Burdwan (25-26 February 2016).

31. “Problems of financing development management” presented at a National Conference at West Bengal State University, Barasat; 1-2 March 2016.

32. “Crop diversification and Indian agriculture” presented at a National Conference at the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad; 3-4 February 2016.

33. Attended and Presented at a full-day workshop (on farm nonfarm linkages in rural India) as an Advisor to the ICSSR funded project (Farm Nonfarm Linkages in Rural India), at ISEC, Bengaluru; 5 February 2016.

34. “MGNREGP: inclusion or elite capture?” presented at a National Conference at the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad; 10-12 March 2016.

35. “Interrogating inclusive growth: formal-informal-agriculture relations in India” presented as an invited lecture at a National Conference at PCK, Visva-Bharati; 30-31 March 2016.

36. Invited speaker in a UGC sponsored national seminar on ‘State of the Informal Sector in Indian Economy in the context of Inclusive Growth’, organized by the Department of Economics, City College of Commerce & Business Administration, Kolkata in collaboration with the Department of Economics, University of Kalyani, on August 16th, 2016.

37. Invited speaker on "Farm Nonfarm Linkages in Rural India" in a seminar held at St Joseph's College, Bangalore, on 22nd August 2016.

38. Invited speaker as one of the panellists in a panel discussion on “Informal Sector in India” held on 16 September 2016 in the annual economics summit of the Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.

39. Paper titled “Persistence of informality in india: a mark of capital’s weakness or expansion?” has been presented at ECONference-2016 (International Conference on “Inclusive Development and Sustainable Wellbeing” during 20-21 December 2016), Burdwan University.

40. “Persistence of Informality in India: A Mark of Capital’s Weakness OR Expansion?" has been presented at the 26th Annual General Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata held during 22-23 December 2016.

41. "Persistence of Informality in India: A Mark of Capital’s Weakness OR Expansion?" has been presented at the Third International Conference on South Asian Economic Development (SAED-2017) organized by the Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi, during February 23-24, 2017.

42. Invited lecture on the Indian informal sector at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, on 27 February 2017.

43. Participated in a panel discussion on the book "inclusive Growth and Social Change" at the South Asian University, New Delhi on February 27, 2017 (co-panellists: Amit Bhaduri and Ajit Ghosh).

44. Invited lecture on Indian informal sector at the National Conference on Issues in Economic Development organized by the Department of Economics, Kalyani University, during 22-23 March 2017.

45. Invited lecture on research methodology at the AKD centre, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. 7th June 2017.

46. Invited lecture on alternative macroeconomics, at a workshop on macroeconomics at Presidency University, Kolkata, February 2018.

47. Invited lectures (2) on credit flow to MSME and policy framework on MSME at the National Institute for Industrial Engineering, NITIE, Mumbai. 10 March 2018.

48. Paper presented on the Informal Sector in India. Development Convention. ISEC, Bengaluru. 24-25 April, 2018.

49. Paper presented on the Informal Sector in India. Jadavpur University annual conference. 20-21 December 2018.

50. Paper presented on the Informal Sector in India. South Asian University annual conference. 21-22 February 2019.

51. Invited lecture. Philosophy department national conference. Visva-Bharati. 29-30 March 19.

52. Invited lecture on the informal sector of India, at the Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, August 2019.

53. Invited lecture on Indian agriculture, at Rajatpur Indra Narayan Vidyapith, Bolpur, September 2019.

54. Invited speaker as one of the panellists in a panel discussion on globalization and the Indian economy, in the annual economics summit of the Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, September 2019.

55. Invited lecture on Indian agriculture at Amity University Kolkata national webinar, June 2020.

56. Invited lecture on Indian informal sector at Victoria college Kolkata national webinar, July 2020.

57. Invited lecture on pandemic and the rural nonfarm sector at Sapatgram college Assam national webinar, July 2020.

58. Invited lecture on Gandhi at Visva-Bharati Santiniketan national webinar, August 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMsK_TVt0xA 

59. Doordarshan interview on Atmanirvar Bharat, September 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UBjbDukw1A

60. Invited lecture (online) on new farm laws for BASE West Bengal, October 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlzLuK_qMhs 

61. An online panel discussion on pandemic and the informal economy at the Department of Economics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, December 2020.

62. Invited online lectures (2) on Discourses on Macroeconomics, 10-day Faculty Development Programme, organized by AKD Centre, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 21.07.2021 and 22.07.2021. Link for Youtube: https://youtu.be/NNkyS4ClCH0 (Part I) and https://youtu.be/fPjC8vQOIpU (Part II).

63. An invited online lecture on Rural Development in India, International Webinar on Rural Development, organized by Sapatgram College, Dhubri, Assam, 01.08.2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYsM4FoBnOw

64. A talk on The Informal Sector in India: neo-dualism and dual policy response. Conference on ‘The Pandemic and the Future of Capitalism’; 2021 IIPPE Annual Conference; Session: Neo-liberalism VIII: Neo-liberalism in India. SOAS, University of London. 12-19 September 2021 (16 September 2021). http://iippe.org/

65. An invited online lecture on the informal sector of India at Ecole Centrale of Casablanca (Morocco) on October 28, 2021. This study-day was dedicated to the critical analysis of the models of development.

66. Invited online public lecture titled "The Condition of Petty Production in India and Some Post COVID Exigencies" delivered under the aegis of Virtual Institute for Choices, Actions and Innovations on 15 June 2022. YouTube link of the recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdhYZ_pwW4

67. Invited to be a speaker in the panel discussion on “Social Protection during COVID-19 Pandemic and After” as a part of the ISEC (Bengaluru, India) Golden Jubilee National Conference on “Transformations Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Possibilities of a Better Tomorrow”. 26 July 2022 (Panel: Prof. D. Rajasekhar, Prof. R. S. Deshpande, Prof. Supriya Roychowdhury and Prof. Saumya Chakrabarti).

68. Invited Lecture in Faculty Development Programme, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, 21 December 2022.

69. Invited Lecture in an International Conference on Contemporary Issues in International Trade, Heritage College, Kolkata, 21 December 2022.

70. 46th Indian Social Science Congress, Chairperson, Economics Research Committee, 27-31 January 2023, at Bharathidsasan University.  Lead paper presentation on the 27th: A critique of modernization of agriculture (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9frZVlzewQ) and Chairperson's speech on the 27th: A critique of inclusive growth (https://youtu.be/THgURw-0_98).

71. Indian Political Economy Association, 26th annual conference, at GITAM, Visakhapatnam, 17-18 February 2023. Chairing a session and Presenting a paper on Immiserating Globalization (https://youtu.be/2aSrfoEfPec).

72. Invited Special Lecture on Indian Agriculture  in a National Seminar on Sustainable Development in India: Issues and Challenges (with special reference to North East Region), Department of Economics, 25th - 26th May 2023, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl, Mizoram.

73. Lecture on Labour issues at a Refresher Course, Department of Economics, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, 15 July 2023.

74. An invited lecture on the Indian informal sector, Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, 29 November 2023.

75. Attended online as Session Chair, The International Congress of Society and Science (ICSS) held in Ankara, Turkey. 15.12.2023 -17.12.2023. https://www.esarcongress.org/_files/ugd/363032_09d2a95f9bda4c6f80d8a0523d097d06.pdf 

76. Indian Political Economy Association, 27th annual conference, at IIT, Bhubaneswar, 27-28 January 2024. Presenting a paper on Globalization and Agriculture (28 Jan) and Participating in a panel (27 Jan) on Indian economy (Panel: Prof. R. Nagraj, Prof. Arun Kumar, Prof. Saumya Chakrabarti and Prof. Surajit Majumder) (https://youtu.be/ldJSBXRjkHQ?feature=shared).

77. Invited lecture on the theme "Role of Mother Tongue to the Growth and Development of the Economy and Nation" on 22nd February, 2024. One-day International Seminar jointly organized by Agro-Economic Research Centre (AERC), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India and Ekushe Chetona Porishad, New York, USA. Lecture title: INCLUSIVE GROWTH, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE & MOTHER TONGUE: AN ANALYSIS ON THE INFORMAL SECTOR OF INDIA 

78. Invited to the first research meeting of Indian Macroeconomics Network, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru campus, 26-28 July, 2024.

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SUPERVISION

A. Supervision of Dissertation (PhD level) on:

1. Informal sector of India (awarded, based on secondary data: Kasturi Sadhu).

2. Rural handicrafts (awarded, based on primary survey: Pritikana Char).

3. Quality of employment in India (awarded, based on secondary data: Anamika Moktan).

4. Urban informal manufacturing (ongoing, based on primary survey and secondary data: Subrata Mukherjee).

5. Slums in India (ongoing, based on secondary data. submission awaited: Somenath Ghosh).

6. Informal sector (ongoing, based on secondary data and macro-models. submission awaited: Durgesh Mani Tiwari).

7. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme of India (ongoing, based on secondary and primary data. submission awaited: Harsha Tiwari).

8. Informal sector (ongoing, based on primary and secondary data: Himadrija Chakraborty).

9. MSME Clusters (onging, based on primary data: Rahul Pal).

B. Supervision of Dissertation (M.Phil. level) on:

1. Informal manufacturing in urban and sub-urban areas: organization and motive of production, based on primary survey (2008-10).

2. Rural handicrafts of West Bengal: organization and motive of production, based on primary survey (2008-10).

3. Slums in India, based on secondary data (2011-13).

4. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme of India, based on secondary data (2012-14).

5. Farm – non-farm interactions in India, based on secondary data and development macro-models (2014-16).

6. Fertilizer use in Indian agriculture, based on primary data (2015-17; co-supervisor).

7. Informal sector, based on primary data (2017-19).

C. Supervision of Dissertation (Masters level) on:

1. Employment and irrigation, based on primary survey (2004-05).

2. Employment diversification and local resource, based on primary survey (2005-06).

3. Industrial restructuring and employment, based on primary survey (2006-07).

4. Industrial pollution and impact on agriculture: a cost-benefit analysis, based on primary survey (2006-07).

5. Liberalization of agricultural trade in India: the question of food security, based on secondary data (2007-08).

6. A study on the farming households of a village in West Bengal, based on primary survey (2008-09).

7. Supermarket and small-retailing: a socio-economic cost benefit analysis, based on primary survey (2008-09).

8. Sub-contracting and formal-informal linkage, based on primary survey (2009-10).

9. Supply chain and informal food trading, based on primary survey (2009-10).

10. Farm – non-farm interactions, based on primary survey (2010-11).

11. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme of India, based on primary data (2011-12).

12. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme of India, based on secondary data (2012-13).

13. Formal-informal linkage, based on secondary data (2013-14).

14. Farm – non-farm interactions, based on secondary data (2013-14).

15. Indigenous farming, based on primary data (2016-17).

16. Informal sector, based on primary data (2017-18).

17. Informal sector, data based (2020-21).

18. Agriculture-industry interactions, theoretical analysis (2020-21).

19. Agricultural and rural nonfarm activities (3 dissertations 2021-22).

20. Efficacy of development management: evaluating programmes on education (3 students 2022-23).

21. Efficacy of development management: evaluating programmes on women (3 students 2023-24).

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POPULAR WRITINGS AND OTHER POPULAR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

1. Contributed 46 invited articles on a variety of economic and social issues for the vernacular daily Sambad Pratidin (2006-07). https://archive.org/details/pratidin-patrika-saumya-chakraborti

2. Contributed 5 articles on evictions, demonetization, and the annual national budget for the vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika (ABP online, 2015-18).

3. Contributed several articles for popular volumes/journals/magazines/blogs etc. like: Edited volume in honour of Ashok Rudra, article on agriculture-industry linkage (2007); Aneek Kolkata, article on financial crisis and Indian employment scenario (2009, 2019); Calcutta University Economics Department Alumni Association centenary volume, article on rural handicrafts (2019); Calcutta University Economics Department Alumni Association edited volume, article on specificity of informal production (2021); GlobalDev, article on informal sector and COVID-19 (2018, 2020).

4. Guided student interns of Presidency University Kolkata and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics Pune.

5. Interviewed and quoted in Wall Street Journal, May 2021:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-covid-19-cases-surge-in-india-modis-party-is-poised-for-gains-11619723469 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/modis-bjp-suffers-setback-in-west-bengal-state-elections-11620003977 

6. Interviewed by Doordarshan Kendra Santiniketan on the informal sector of India (Osangathito Khetro O Atmanirbhar Bharat), September 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UBjbDukw1A

7. Interviewed by Ecoholics on the informal sector of India, May 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1j1RO1xRDA&list=RDCMUCy2manvGDTPPlkm0N3gIYTQ&index=1 

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REFEREE 

Economic and labour relations review, Singapore economic review, World review of political economy, Empirical economics, European journal of development research, Trade and development review, Oxford university press, Palgrave-Macmillan UK, Development southern Africa, Economics bulletin, Journal of social and economic development, International journal of pluralism and economics education, Journal of international migration and integration, American journal of experimental agriculture, International critical thought, Review of development economics, Indian economic journal,  Arthaniti- journal of economic theory and practice,  etc.; and evaluated a few Reports and MPhil and PhD theses of NIRD&PR Hyderabad (3 reports), Calcutta University (2 MPhil, 1 PhD), Jadavpur University (1 PhD), South Asian University (1 PhD), Bharathidasan University (2 PhD), University of KwaZulu-Natal (2 PhD), Madras University (1 PhD), Hyderabad Central University (2 PhD).

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REFERENCES

Sankar Kumar Bhaumik, PhD

Professor of Economics

Centre for Economic Studies and Policy

Central University of South Bihar

Binova Nagar, Ward No. 29

Behind Magadh Medical College

Gaya – 823004, Bihar

Phones: +91-631-2210224 (Office); +91-9783799834 (Mobile)

E-mails: bhaumiksk@yahoo.co.in, sankarbhaumik@cusb.ac.in

Tirthankar Roy, PhD

Professor of Economic History

London School of Economics and Political Science

Houghton Street

WC2A 2AE

United Kingdom.

Phone: +44 2079556248 (office)

Email: t.roy@lse.ac.uk

Mousumi Dutta, PhD

Head, Economics Department

Professor of Economics

Presidency University

86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India

Phone: +91 33 2241 2738, Fax: +91 33 2257 2444

Cell: +91-9830627937

Email: dmousumi1970@gmail.com; mousumi.econ@presiuniv.ac.in