Webinar Series

Reflections on Development Economics

The Economics Department, Presidency University regularly organizes online lectures by distinguished faculty members from renowned institutes in India and abroad.

Interested persons are welcome to register. Participants should register for each event separately using the link given with each event. Registration event will close two days before the event. A Google meet link will be sent on the day of the event to all those who register before the deadline.

Please note that we are not providing any certificate, e-certificate or feedback form.

Contact email: presiecon2019@gmail.com for further details

Lectures to be held in April-July 2022

Prof. Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales:

Co-ordination and economic development (online) 23 April 2022, 10.30 AM IST.

Kaustav Das

Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at the University of Leicester, School of Business

Exogenous Shock and Electoral Outcomes: Re-examining the Rational Voter Hypothesis

Co-authored with Atisha Ghosh (Warwick University) and Pushkar Maitra (Monash University)

Date: 24 August, 2021 (Tuesday) at 5.00 PM IST

Video of lecture

Sanchari Roy

Senior Lecturer in Development Economics, Department of International Development, King’s College, London

The gendered crisis: Livelihoods and mental well-being in India during COVID-19 Co-authored with Farzana Afridi (ISI Delhi) and Amrita Dhillon (King's College London)

Date: 20 August, 2021 (Friday) at 5.00 PM IST

Video of lecture

Professor Abhirup Sarkar of Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, will deliver a lecture on “Understanding the Economic Consequences of Farm Bills” on February 15, 2021 at 6.00 PM. Professor Soumyen Sikdar of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta will chair the session.

The lecture is in honor of Prof. Amita Dutta, former faculty of the department (1969-1983).

Mon 15 Feb 2021 17:45 – 20:15 India Standard Time - Kolkata

To listen to the lecture: Video of lecture

Prof. Jonathan Morduch: The past and future of microcredit

Date: 8 January (Friday) 2021

Time: 7.30 PM IST (9.30 AM New York Time)

Prof. Jonathan Morduch is currently Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, University of New York. He is a development economist most well known for his significant academic contributions to assessing the impact of microfinance since the early years of the movement.

Prof. Morduch has taught on the Economics faculty at Harvard University, and has held visiting positions at Stanford, Princeton, Hitotsubashi University, and the University of Tokyo. Prof. Morduch has worked with the United Nations and World Bank, and advises global NGOs.

Video of his talk is posted on Youtube.

Prof. Kaivan Munshi: Cooperation in Networks

Date: 16 & 17 December 2020

Time: 7.30 PM IST (9.00 AM Connecticut Time)

Prof Kaivan Munshi is currently Professor of Economics at Yale University and previously Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge. His research career has been devoted to the analysis of social institutions and their interaction with economic activity.

His current research focuses on the relationship between economic development and health and on the community origins of entrepreneurship in India and China.

He was the recipient of the Infosys Prize in the Social Sciences in 2016.