Research Interest

Areas Interested

• Migration and Transnational Families

• Ageing issues

• Left Behind Population

• Urban Planning

• Urban Green Space

• Social Economics

• Developmental Economics

• Socio- Economic Perspective of Education

• Public Policy

Currently working

• Impact of migration on the left-behind elderly.

  • • • Research Question

        • • • How do parents who have to live alone without their children due to the migration differ in socio-economic and health conditions compared to parents who live with their children?

            • How does the migration of children influence the socio-economic and health conditions of the parents living alone compared to the children accompanying parents?

            • The extent of socio, economic and health impact created by the migration of children on the left-behind parents, compared to non-left-behind parents.

Publications

• Population ageing in Kerala: An evaluation, Sambodhi (UGC Care Journal) ISSN: 2249-6661 Vol-43 No.-04 (XI) October-December (2020)

• Beyond Money, the Impact of Migration on the Left behind Aged Parents, Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress ISSN:0975-7945, Volume-26, No.2(VI) : 2020-2021

• “The Nuances of Fat Tax Experiences in Kerala”. International Research Journal of Human Resources and Social Sciences, February, IV(2), pp. 87-94.

• “Change Today for a Changed Tomorrow!”. The Hindu NewsPaper. Women’s Day Special issue 08/03/2017.

• “Need for urgent toilet reforms in India; Analyzing socio-economic and health impacts of open defecation”. International Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, ISSN 2319- 4766, Impact factor value 4.889.

• “A study on management of attrition in IT industry: A case study of Wipro technologies Bangalore”.- Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing & Management Review, ISSN : 2319-2836, APJMMR, Vol.3 (6), JUNE (2014).

• “SWOT- Analysis On Agricultural Sector In Tamil Nadu ” – The Indian Economic Journal, Journal of the Indian Economic Association, ISSN 00194662.

• “Dynamics of Development in India An analysis based on 2013 HDR”, ISBN: 978-81 910217-6-9.

• “A study on educational trend in Kerala”, in Oikonomikos, ISSN: 2277-6397.

Research Study

• Project Manager in Government of India sponsored Research project: “Study to identify factors facilitating enabling environment for effective service delivery in rural and urban Local Self Government Institutions in Kerala”.

• Done a research study on the “An analysis of satisfaction of the beneficiaries of state health insurance scheme in Choolaimedu, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu”

• Done a research study on the “Trends in educational development in Kerala”.

• A study on management of attrition in IT industry: A case study of Wipro technologies Bangalore.

Conference/ Seminars/ Workshops attended

• Participated and presented a paper titled: “Population Ageing in India and Sustainable Development Goals: Issues and consequences” on 'Building resilience for sustainable industry 4.0: a Sociological, economic, technological and managerial integration' organized by JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) in collaboration with Veleučilište U Požegi, Croatia & Erasmus+ held on 06 May 2022 at Kochi, India.

• Economics at ISC (IIX) level, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi (26th March 2022).

• Making Thinking Visible (Based on a Harvard University Project), Institute for Career Studies, Lucknow, February 18 &19, 2022.

• Research methodology in Economics- Indian Economic Association (31st August- 14th September 2020)

• Attended in the workshop on ‘Academic Plagiarism and Bibliographic Reference Management Softwares’ conducted by St.Stephen’s College, Uzhavoor.

• Attended in the workshop on “Research Methodology” organized by Meenakshi College, Chennai and Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai.

• Attended in the State- level workshop on Contemporary Journalism and creative challenges before professionals, organized by S.B.R.R. Mahajana First Grade College, Mysore.