Academic Qualification 

MA, PhD 

 Professional/Teaching Experience 

 Teaching Post-Graduate students since February, 2011 

Areas of  Research Interest 

 Agriculture/Rural Economics, Social Sector, Informal sector enterprises

Administrative Responsibilities

Head, Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University (Since June,2024)

    Journal Articles    

• "Access to Finance Within Informal Manufacturing Enterprises and its Impact on their Business: Evidence from Assam,India." PRAJNAN, NIBM. July-September,2024 (UGC Care Group-1)

• "Does Formalisation Matter for Informal Sector Enterprises? Evidence from a Primary Firm Survey in Assam, India."  anvesak, SPIESR. Vol.54 (1), 2024, pp, 41-53(UGC Care Group- I)

• "Does Productivity increase with Firm size in the Unregistered Manufacturing Sector? Evidence from an Indian State." IUP journal of Applied Economics, Vol.19, issue. 2, April, 2020,pp.7-34
• “Performance of the Manufacturing sector in Assam in the Post-liberalization period” Dialogue Quarterly , Vol.21, No.2, October-December,2019 ,pp. 102-113. (UGC Care Group - I)
• "Productivity Performance  and Employment Pattern in the Unregistered Manufacturing Sector of Assam" IASSI-Quarterly,Volume-36,Issue-1, January-March ,2017 (UGC Care Group - I)
• "Interdependence Between Registered and Unregistered Manufacturing Sectors-Evidence from Assam" ASSAM ECONOMIC REVIEW, Gauhati University,Vol.10,March,2017,PP-114-128
• "Crop Diversification in Assam- Extent, Nature and Determinants" MAN & DEVELOPMENT,Vol.XXXVIII,No.2,June, 2016,PP.21-33. (UGC Care Group- I) 
• “Unregistered Manufacturing Sector of Assam- Its Growth,  Composition and Structure", ASSAM ECONOMIC JOURNAL, Dibrugarh University,Vol.XXXVII,2015,PP.19-36
• "Status of Implementation of the MGNREGA in Assam- All is Not Well", JOURNAL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT,Vol.33,No.2,2014,PP.173- 82 ( UGC Care Group-II)
• "Rural Health Infrastructure in Assam- A District Level Analysis", INDIAN JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE,Vol.XXXXIV,No.1.PP-105-116,2012 

• Book Chapters
  
  • Food security in India – Issues and Challenges.” Rural Poverty, Food Security & Nutritional Status. R. Ahmed (Ed) 
  • “Government Involvement in SHG Based Micro Finance Programme and Inclusive Growth- A  Study in Assam.” Micro Finance and Inclusive Growth- Dynamics and Challenges , S Doley (Ed)
  • "HYV Rice Technology and its Impact on Yield and Farm Income: Evidence From a Primary Survey in Jorhat District of Assam,India."  The Evolving Economics and Commerce Landscape, J Saud (Ed)

• Conerences/Seminars 
• "Impact of HYV Rice Technology on Farm Employment: Evidence from a Priamry Survey of Jorhat District of Assam, India" presented in the 63^rd Annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), organised by Centre for Development Studies and Department of Economics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh , India, during 1-3 March 2023.
• "Capital formation in the Agriculture Sector of Assam - A systematic Review" presented in the 23^d Annual conference of North East Economic Association (NEEA), organised by Dept. of Economics,Tripura University, Tripura, India, during 16-18^th November 2022.

• "Impact of Formality on the Performance and Growth of the Unregistered Manufacturing Enterprises: Evidence from Assam" presented in the 56^th Annual conference of Indian Econometric Society (TIES), organised by School of Economics, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India, during 8-10^th January 2020.

• "Does Firm Size Matter? An Appraisal of the Size- Productivity Relationship in the Unregistered Manufacturing Sector of Assam" Presented in the National Seminar organised by Dept. of Economics,Gauhati University under DRS-SAP of the UGC on 29-30 March,2019

•  "Performance of the Unregistered Manufacturing Sector of Assam- Is Small Always Beautiful?" presented in the Annual conference of the North East Economic Association (NEEA), organised by North Eastern Hill University(NEHU) from 23- 24th March,2018.

• “Does flood influence the agricultural diversification? Evidence from a farm level survey in the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam” presented in the 52^nd Annual conference of Indian Econometric Society (TIES), organised by IIM, Kozhikode, Kerala during 4-6^th January 2016
• “Growth and Structure of the Unregistered Manufacturing Sector of Assam” presented in the 17th Annual Conference of North East Economic Association (NEEA) organized by Dept of Economics, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar from 30^th October to 31st  October, 2015 
• “MGNREGS, A Theoretically Good but Operationally Flawed Scheme -  Insights from Assam” presented in the National Seminar organized by Department of Economics, Gauhati University under DRS – SAP of the UGC on 27-28 March, 2015.
• "Financial Inclusion and its Determinants in Assam". presented in the National Seminar held at Dept. Economics, Dibrugarh University under DRS-II, SAP on 7th March,2013
• “Examining the Convergence in the Rural Health Infrastructure of Assam” Presented in the 13^th annual conference of North East Economic Association (NEEA) organized by Assam University, Silchar during 16 to 18^thNovember, 2011

• Participation as Resource Person
  • Invited as a resource person in the National Seminar on the theme "Atmanirbhar Bharat: oppourtinities and challanges with special focus on North East India", organised by Dept. of Economics, Gargaon College,Assam on 1st April 2023.
  • Invited as a resource person in the ICSSR Sponsored National Semiar on the theme " Unorganised Sector of Indian Economy:Issues of Sustainability" organised by Sibsagar Commerce College, Sibsagar, Assam on 11 March, 2023
  • Invited as a resource person to deliver a  student oriented talk/lecture on “Growth models  ” in the Dept. of Economics, Moran College, Moranhat, Assam on 11^th October, 2017
  • Invited to deliver a lecture as  Resource person on  “Entrepreneurship and Economic Development” in a  Short term workshop/Faculty Development Programme   Sponsored by DST, Government  of India at  Digboi Mahila  Mahavidyalaya, Assam, India from 5^th to 17^th September,2016
  • Invited as a resource person to deliver a student oriented lecture/talk in the Economics Department of MDKG College, Assam India on Public Economics (with special focus on“GST and its implications on Indian Economy”) on 24^th August, 2016.
  • Invited as a resource person in the” Training cum workshop on Gender Sensitization for Human Development” held on 6^th and 7^th July, 2009 organized by Extension Centre of State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Duliajan, Assam

       Professional  Development Course

• National Level Online Two-Weeks Faculty Development Programme on Dealing with NSS Unit Level Data held during May 11-24,2022, organised by KKH State Open University, Assam

• Course on "Research Methods in Gender issues in Labour" organised by the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute during February 07-11,2022

• Refresher Course on " Quantitative Techniques and Economics" organised by Dept of Economics, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, MP, India, from 12-26th November,2021

• Capacity Building Workshop on TFPG and TE organised by Dept. of Economics , Gauhati University from 26 to 28 February,2020 under UGC-SAP-DRS-II Programme

• ‘International Summer school in Economics (focusing on Macro Economics, Spatial analysis and Network analysis)’ organized by dept. of Economics, Presidency University, Kolkata from 29^th  July to 2^nd  August, 2019.

• Workshop on “Productive Efficiency: Theory and Practice” organised by HSS & M, IIT, Bhubaneswar under GIAN programme of MHRD from 30^th May 2016 to 8^th June 2016

• Workshop on “Time Series Econometrics” organized by the school of HSS, IIT, Guwahati in collaboration with The Indian Econometric Society during 6-10 July,2015

• Training Programme on " Research Issues and Methods in India's Plantation Sector" organised by Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, jointly with OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati during 7-8th November 2014

• Refresher Course on "Macro Policies and Regional Development” organized by Dept. of Economics, Mumbai University, India, from 4th to 24 December,2014

• Course on "Research Methods in Labour Studies" organised by V.V. Giri National Labour Institute , Noida UP during July 16-20,2012

  Membership of Professional Bodies

  Life  member of Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

  Life  member of Regional Science Society, India 

  Life  member of North East Economic Association 

 Economics of Growth and Development

Agricultural Economics

Rural Development and Management

Emerging Issues in Indian Economy