Fields of Research Interests:
Development Economics; Economies of Asia and India
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises; Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Growth in India; Female Entrepreneurship and Informal Sector
with Subash, S (Indian Institute of Technology Madras), Rajesh, R (Sikkim University), and Tomo, H (Musashi University)
with Yuki, H (Sophia University), Tomo, H and others
Positions held:
September 2023 ‐ August 2024: Visiting Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
April 2020 till present: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan
June 2016 - January 2017: Research Fellow, The Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
April 2010 - March 2020: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan
April 2010 - March 2011: Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study (JNIAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
April 2007 - March 2010: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University, Tokyo, Japan
October 2004 - March 2007: Research Associate, The Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
July 2002- March 2003: Part-time Ph.D. Student, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The list of research works:
Google Scholar(English&Japanese)
Musashi 3S(Japanese)
Current research projects and funds:
"Women's entrepreneurship, employment and empowerment in India," funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KIBAN (C), FY 2022-24
"Female empowerment and inclusive growth through female entrepreneurship," funded by Heiwa Nakajima Foundation, FY 2023
"Female Entrepreneurship in India and Japan," funded by JSPS-ICSSR Joint Research Projects, FY2024-2025
"Policy design for improving growth constraints of micro-enterprises in developoing countries," funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KIBAN (B), FY 2025-28
Media:
NHK WORLD NEWS 「インド経済の成長予測(要因)と課題」 2016年2月5日
NHK・BS1 『キャッチ!世界のトップニュース』 「インド“旧紙幣廃止”の理由は!?」 2016年11月28日
日刊工業新聞 特集「格差と保護主義⑦インド」2020年3月3日
共同通信社 特集 「今や経済大国 中国の代わりではない「インド」とのこれから」2023年5月
テレビ朝日 大下容子ワイド!スクランブル 「<NEWSドリル>半導体の協力文書に署名・インドに急接近する日本」 2023年7月25日
政策研究フォーラム 月刊誌『改革者』にて2024年3月号から「等身大のインド ーインド工科大学マドラス校滞在記」エッセイを連載(全6回)
第1回3月号「厄介な大国を理解するために 」、第2回4月号「高等教育優先の光と陰」、第3回5月号「インド人と共に働くコツ」
第4回6月号「インド流の課題解決」、第5回7月号「カシミール旅行記」、第6回8月号「現場が主役の日印関係へ」
Contact:
Email address: nikaido (at) cc. musashi.ac.jp
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