A Short CV
Research interests:
Development Economics, Political Economy, Macroeconomics.
Education:
PhD in Economics from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dissertation supervisor: Prof. Prabhat Patnaik.
MA in Economics from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
BSc (Honours) in Economics from Presidency College, University of Calcutta.
Academic position:
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati.
Previous academic positions:
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati.
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati.
Lecturer of Economics at the Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Lecturer of Economics at Dyal Singh (Evening) College, University of Delhi.
Publications, in journals (selected):
"Pattern and Drivers of Profitability in India’s Unorganised Manufacturing Sector," Roview of Social Economy, 83:2, 215-236, 2025 (with Md. Nasir Khurshid and Amarjyoti Mahanta)
"A Neoclassical Theory of Labor Exploitation: Some Comments", Review of Radical Political Economics, 57:4, 892-897, 2025 (with Deepankar Basu and Subhankar Mukherjee)
"Marxist Rent Theory and Its Applications in Developing Countries," Science and Society, 87:4, 531-555, 2023
“Profitability in India’s Organized Manufacturing Sector: The Role of Technology, Distribution, and Demand,” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 42: 1, 137-153, 2018 (with Deepankar Basu)
“Profitability and Investment: Evidence from India's Organized Manufacturing Sector,” Metroeconomica, 68: 1, 49-90, 2017 (with Deepankar Basu).
“Social Hierarchies and Public Distribution of Food in Rural India,” Journal of Development Studies, 51: 12, 1653-1666, 2015 (with Deepankar Basu).
“Changing Distribution of Land and Assets in Indian Agriculture,” Review of Radical Political Economics, 47: 3, 412-423, 2015.
“The Maoist Movement in India: Some Political Economic Considerations,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 13: 3, 365-381, 2013 (with Deepankar Basu).
Book chapters:
"A Model of the Marxist Rent Theory," in D. Basu, D. Das (eds.), Conflict, Demand and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Amit Bhaduri, 223-241, London and New York: Routledge, 2021.
“The Unresolved Agrarian Question in South Asia,” in M. Vidal, T. Rotta, T. Smith, P. Prew (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx, 679-698, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
“Managing Food: India’s Experience with the Public Distribution System,” in K. Bhushi (eds.), Farm to Fingers: The Culture and Politics of Food in Contemporary India, 215-235, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2018 (with Deepankar Basu).
“Agricultural Investment in India in Recent Decades: A Political Economic Note of Its Causes and Consequences,” in M. Das, S. Kar, N. Nawn (eds.), Economic Challenges for the Contemporary World: Essays in Honour of Prabhat Patnaik, 286-299, New Delhi: Sage Publishing, 2016.
Books:
Conflict, Demand and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Amit Bhaduri, Routledge, 2021 (co-edited with Deepankar Basu)
Courses that I frequently offer:
HS 224/HS 123: Game Theory and Economics (BTech)
HS 155: Introductory Mathematical Economics (BTech)
HS 620: Political Economy of Agrarian Development (MA)
HS 705: Growth and Development (PhD)