Jayati Chatterjee joined in January 2021. She received Master of Arts in Economics from Presidency University. Her research focuses on Small Firms and Industrial Development.
Melvin joined in January 2024. He received Master of Arts in Economics from Christ University. His research focuses on Global Value Chains.
Abhished joined MS programme in July 2022. He received BTech from VTU. His research focuses on Semiconductor industry in India.
Padmaja M is presently Assistant Professor at NIT Trichy. She obtained her Ph.D in the year 2017 and PhD dissertation was on "Financial Constraints and Firm internationalization: A case study of India." Her area of interests includes International trade, Firm Productivity among other. She has published in journals including Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Asian Development Review, and Economics Bulletin.
Radeef Chundakkadan is currently Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He received his Ph.D in 2019. His PhD dissertation was on the Monetary Policy operation in India. His research area includes Monetary Policy, Financial Markets and Firm Innovation. He has presented his works in various national and international conferences. Chundakkadan's research works have been published in World Development, Small Business Economics, Economic Modelling, International Journal of Finance and Economics, and Innovation and Development.
Renjith is Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli. He was awarded Ph.D in the year 2020 for his thesis Agglomeration and Foreign Direct Investment. He obtained his Masters in Economics from the Central University of Kerala. His area of interest includes Economic Geography and Foreign Direct investment. He has presented his works in various national and international conferences. He was also invited for seminar series conducted by IGIDR, Mumbai. His research papers have been published in Economic Sytems (Elsevier), Indian Economic Journal (Sage), Studies in Microeconomics (Sage).
Ketain is Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur. Ketan obtained PhD in the area of Global Value Chains. He obtained his M.Sc. in Economics from Pondicherry Central University, India. He is the recipient of the First Vice-Chancellor Dr. K.V.S. Gold Medal at Pondicherry Central University. His research interests are broadly in the field of International Trade, Innovation Studies, and Industrial Agglomeration. His research works have been published in Small Business Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Economic & Political Weekly, and Studies in Microeconomics. He is the recipient of the Institute Research Award.
Chandrakanti Behera is currrently Assistant Professor at T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Bengaluru. She was awarded Ph.D in the year 2024 for her thesis Foreign Direct Investment and Spillover Effects. She received Master of Arts in Applied Economics from Pondicherry University. Her research focuses on International and Industrial Economics. She has published a paper in Foreign Trade Review. Currently she is working on Foreign Direct Investment, Technology Spillovers and Innovation.
Sarthak Basu is currently Assistant Professor at Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru Campus. He was awarded Ph.D in the year 2025 for his doctoral thesis 'Essays on Misallocation in Indian Manufacturing'. He received Master of Arts in Economics from Hyderabad University. His research work has been published in Journal of Productivity Analysis.
Arfat Sofi is presently Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Goa . He was an institute Post-Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai from August 2016 to July 2018. He obtained his PhD and M.Phil in Economics from Pondicherry University. Arfat has published in journal including Asian Economic Journal, Economic Change and Restructuring, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Economic Development .