About
Dr. Smruti Ranjan Behera has a Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics. After completing his Ph.D., he joined the Department of HSS at IIT Ropar in March 2013. Presently, working as an Associate Professor (Economics) at IIT Ropar, India. His research interests include industrial organization, specifically agglomeration and urban economics; FDI and technology spillovers; regional spillovers; patents and the economics of innovation; open-economy macroeconomics; microeconometrics; time-series analysis; spatial econometrics; and panel-data econometrics. He has extensive experience in teaching and research, and he primarily teaches applied econometrics, econometrics, urban economics, and macroeconomics to undergraduate and postgraduate students at IIT Ropar. He has published many scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals like Environment and Planning B, Regional Studies, Regional Science, Economic Modelling, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, International Review of Applied Economics, Singapore Economic Review, Applied Economics Letters, International Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Cogent Economics and Finance, Finance and Space, Indian Growth & Development Review, etc.
Research Interests
Industrial Organization (Empirical), Agglomeration and Urban Economics
FDI and Technology Spillover, Regional Spillover, Patent & Economics of Innovation
Open-Economy Macroeconomics
Microeconometrics, Spatial Econometrics, Time Series & Panel Data Econometrics, etc.
Education
PhD Economics, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi, 2012-13
Thesis Advisor: Pami Dua (Prof. DSE, Delhi) & Bishwanath Goldar (Retired Prof. IEG, Delhi)
M. Phil. Economics, University of Delhi, 2005-06
M.A. Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 2001
B.A. (Hons.) Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 98
Work Experience
December 11, 2019-Present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, India
March 14, 2013- December 10, 2019, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, India
July 21, 2008- March 13, 2013, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Shyamlal College, University of Delhi.
July 17, 2006- April 30, 2008, Ad-hoc Lecturer in the Dept. of Economics, Shyamlal College, University of Delhi
December 1, 2004- January 31, 2005, Research Consultant, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave
Visiting/Adjunct faculty for the short term
April-May 2018, Resource person (visiting position), Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, India
2017-18 (August-November, 2017), Resource person (short-term visiting position), Dept. of Economics, College of Management and Economics Studies, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Connect with Smruti
Cell No. +91-8427593229; 7973981944