Training & Experience

Experience:

1. Assistant Professor in Economics and Social Sciences area,  Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (Sept. 2024- present)

2. Assistant Professor in Economics, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar (Nov. 2023 -Sept. 2024)

3. Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Economics and Social Sciences area, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (Sept. 2022 - Nov. 2023)

4. Research Associate, Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Ministry of Finance (Aug 2022 - September 2022) 

Academics:

1. Ph.D.  (2023), from the Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus

Thesis  title: "An Analysis of Heterogeneity in the Impact of National Health Mission on Maternal and Child Health in India"

2. M.Phil. (2018), from the Department of Economics, Central University of Haryana

Thesis title: "An Economic Analysis of Government Expenditure on Education Sector and Economic Growth in Odisha"

3. Master (2016), from the Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan

Thesis title:  "An Empirical Study on the Performance of Public Sector Banks in India"

4. Bachelor (2014), from the Department of Economics, BJB Autonomous College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

Conferences:

1.  Presented a paper titled "Impact of National Health Mission on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis Supplemented with Evidence of Inequity" at the "2025 World Congress- International Health Economics Association", Bali, Indonesia, during 21-23rd July, 2025.

2. Presented a paper titled “Impact of rural water supply program on access to drinking water: Evidence from the early implementation phase of Jal Jeevan Mission” at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI), Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, during 02-04th November 2023. 

3. Presented a paper titled “Is Jal Jeevan Mission Ensuring Accessibility and Inclusiveness? Evidence From Jal Jeevan Mission’s Management Information System Data” at the XVIII International Conference on Public Policy & Management, Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore, during 22-24th August 2023.

4. Organized and Attended the 1st series of Policy Dialogue on 'Community Engagement in Local Management and Ownership of Rural Drinking Water Supply System'. Organized by Jal Jeevan Mission Cell, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bengaluru on 17th Feb 2023.  (More info)

5. Participated as an expert representing JJM Chair Professor in HSS-CEE Stakeholder Consultation on “Karnataka State Action Plan on Climate Change (KSAPCC) From Understanding to Action”. Organized at Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) Department of Forest, Ecology &Environment, Government of Karnataka on 28th October, 2022.

6. Attended the "2021 World Congress on Health Economics"

By International Health Economics Association (iHEA), July 12-15 2021

7. Presented a paper titled “Promotional component of social sector expenditure and economic growth in Odisha: A causal analysis." in the ‘International Conference on Finance and Applied Economics 2019’ 

Organized by Institute of Management Education Research and Training and Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Pune, during 15-17 February 2019.

8. Presented a paper titled “An Empirical Study on the Performance of Public Sector Banks: A Post Reform Analysis in India” in the National Conference on ‘India’s Economic Policy and Development Initiatives: Challenges & Opportunities’ 

Organized by Department of Economics, The IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 05 November 2016

9. Presented a paper titled “Gender Violence: A precarious menace to empowerment of women and socioeconomic upliftment of Haryana” in the National Conference on ‘Gender and Society with Specific Reference to Haryana’ 

Organized by Chaudhry Ranbir Singh Institute of Social & Economic Change, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, on 07 October 2016.

10. Attended the 35th Annual conference of Rajasthan Economic Association on ‘Recent Advancement in Economics Theories and Practice’ 

Organized by Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan, during 23-25 January 2015.

Workshops:

1. Policy Dialogue on 'Community Engagement in Local Management and Ownership of Rural Drinking Water Supply System'  (More info)

Organized by Jal Jeevan Mission Cell, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bengaluru on 17th Feb 2023 

2. International webinar on 'Business education on digital era'

Organized by Indian Accounting Association in collaboration with Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 2nd Aug 2020

3. Three-day national webinar on 'Covid-19 and Indian economy'

Organized by School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat and ICSSR

4. "Time series and Panel data Modelling and Forecasting: using EViews and SPSS” 

organized by Goa Institute of Management, Goa during 16-18 May, 2019

5. Three days’ Workshop on 'Time series and Panel data analysis using E-views'

Organized by Department of Economics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, during 19-21 October 2018

Certified courses:

1. Introduction to systematic review and meta analysis 

Authorized by Johns Hopkins University and offered through: Coursera 

Credential Id: LVS3KSSJ6AWG

2.  Measuring causal effects in the social sciences

Authorized by University of  Copenhagen and offered through: Coursera 

Credential Id: Q9CSRLM7B6GV 

3. Community and Public Health Researchers

Authorized by CITI Program, IIM Bangalore

Credential ID: 56870755

4. Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers

Authorized by CITI Program, IIM Bangalore

Credential ID: 56181993