Areas of Teaching: Microeconomics, Growth Theory, Econometrics and Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Financial Economics

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1 Atanu Sengupta Brief Bio Ph. D from Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He is teaching as an Professor, Department of Economics, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India for 10 years. He has supervised 5 M.Phil. theses and 10 Ph.D dissertations. He has published about 45 papers in various refereed national and international journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Sankhya, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Education and Development, Indian Economic Review, Asia Pacific Development Journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Development and also in various edited volumes. He also published 8 books. He has edited two books. He has refereed in several reputed national and international journals. His areas of interests are in Econometrics, Financial Economics, Development Economics, Microeconomics and Growth Theory. He has also authored chapters in several District Human Development Reports of West Bengal. Current Position: Professor [from ] Education: PhD MSc. BSc. Awards: Gold Medal for being first Class first in MSC Burdwan University Jahar Roy Medal from Burdwan University Jawaharlal Nehru Prize from Jawarhlal Nehru Trust, New Delhi. Areas of Teaching: Microeconomics, Growth Theory, Econometrics and Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Financial Economics Areas of Research Interest: Development Economics, Agrarian Economics, environmental Economics

2 MAJOR PUBLICATIONS Journal Publications (Major): Competition in Indian Banking Sector Since 1990s: An Empirical Study (with S. De) Indian Economic Journal, volume 64 (3&4) (forthcoming) 2. Banks in the liberal era: A Study based on non-parametric super efficiency with panel Tobit (with S. De) The Journal of Income and Wealth (forthcoming) Non-cooperative game theory and payoff (with Abhijit Ghosh), Economic and Political Weekly,52(3), January Demonetisation Demon or a Bitter Pill? (with Sanjoy De), Mainstream Weekly, 55(34), August The GST Syndrome, (with Sanjoy De), Mainstream Weekly, 55(43), October Urban Sustainable transportation Development: A Case of West Bengal(with A.Pal), Indian Journal of Economics, 96(381)-Part II. 7. Welfare Aspects of Agricultural Growth: Analysis based on Foodgrains Cultivation in India(with C. Maiti), Indian Journal of economics 96(381)-Part II Health and deprivation: A suggested application to the states of India (with P Karmodak) Journal of Social and Economic Studies, A.N. Sinha Institute for Social Studies 25(2), Inter-zonal efficiency differences: A study based on West Bengal Farmers (with C. Maiti),Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Volume 11 No. 2 (April-June, 2015) 10. Female entrepreneurs in the Indian informal service sector: a study based on Leibenstein s approach(with S. Dutta and S. Mondal), Int. J. entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol26, No. 2, Human Development and its Mobility: A study in some selected Blocks of West Bengal

3 (with Abhijit Ghosh), Journal of Rural Development, April-June Dynamics in Human Development: Partial Mobility and Jump (with Abhijit Ghosh), Asia Pacific Development Journal(UNDP-ESCAP), 2001, June Literacy and externality: A short digression (with T. Mukherjee) in Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Development (National Academy of Educational Research, Taiwan) 2 (2), December Women s Entrepreneurial Abilities: A Study in the Indian Informal Service Sector (with S.K. Datta & S.Mondal) in The Journal of Entrepreneurship (SAGE),22(2),September Assessing the primary schools A multi-dimensional approach: A school level analysis based on Indian data (with N.P. Pal) in International Journal of Educational Development (Elsevier), vol Unskilled workers in the cultural market: A case study of the utility providers at a religious site (with K. Nath) in Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 55(2). 17. Education and Fertility decisions in India: A District level analysis (with N. Pal and T. Mukherjee) in Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Development (National Academy of Educational Research, Taiwan), 1:2, December Labouring Children and Loving Parents: Differential Care Intensifies and Abusive Child labour (With M. Ghosh) in Arthaniti (10-2), 2012-Published in Male Female quality differential in informal service sector- a state level study from India (with S.K. Dutta and S.Mondal), Indian Economic Review, vol 46 (1), Empirics of Child Labour and the inverted U: A Pluralistic approach (with M. Ghose) in Arthaniti, vol 10(1-2):2011, Negative and positive partial mobility: A study of the relative changes in Human development (with A. Ghosh), Social Indicators Research vol 96 (2). 22. Primary Education in India:Delivery and Outcome-A district level analysis based on DISE data (with Naibedya Prasun Pal), NIEPA Journal of education, vol 24, no.1, January Vulnerability in India: A simple consumption based approach (with M. Ghose), Indian

4 Journal of Human Development, vol 4 (2), Efficiency and Productivity in West Bengal agriculture: A non-parametric approach (with S. Kundu) in Indian Journal of Economics,vol 90 (358), January (2010) 25. Welfare Enhancing growth rates in foodgrains production: A district level comparison of an Indian state (with C. Maity), Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics(FAO), vol 2(9), October Poverty and efficiency in the primary education system of India: An analysis based on DISE data (with N.P. Pal), NIEPA Journal of education, vol 23, no.1, January Efficiency and financing in catering primary health care to the poor: A study of rural health services in India (with S. K. Mondal), Journal of Health Management (SAGE),11 (3). 28. Gendering disguised unemployment: a study of informal service sector in India (with S.K. Dutta and S.Mondal) in Sarvekshana 95 th issue, vol 29, No. 1&2, July Factor contribution and productivity growth in underdeveloped agriculture: A study from liberalized India (with S. Kundu), Indian Economic Review, vol 32(2). 30. Urbanization and Human Welfare in the Era of Globalization: A Study on Burdwan District of West Bengal (with A. Ghosh), Arthavijnana, vol.1(2) Non-frontier profit function: An application to Indian agriculture (with M Chattopadhyay and M. Pal), Arthaniti (New Series), vol 6, nos (1-2). 32. Factor contribution and productivity growth in underdeveloped agriculture: A comparative analysis of liberalizing India (with S. Kundu), Arthavijnana, vol 29(2). 33. Scale efficiency of Indian farmers: A non-parametric approach (with S. Kundu), Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol 6 (4).

5 34. Agricultural Growth and Welfare: A study of Indian states (with Jadab Chandra Bhattacharya and Manabendu Chattopadhyay), South Asia Economic Journal, vol 5, no Tenancy Inefficiency: A study based on West Bengal (with Manabendu Chattopadhyay), Economic and Political Weekly, vol 36, no. 2, 5 & 6 February. 36. Farm Size and Sharecropping Efficiency: Some theoretical issues (with Manabendu Chattopadhyay), Keio Economic Studies, vol 37, no A model of FPF with Correlated Error Components: An Application to Indian Agriculture (with Manoranjan Pal), Sankhya, Series B, vol 61, no Farm Size and Productivity (with Manabendu Chattopadhyay), Economic and Political Weekly, May Farm Size and Productivity: A New Look at the Old Debate (with Manabendu Chattopadhyay), Economic and Political Weekly, vol 32, no 52, December 27. Contributions to official documents 1. Preparation of the Livelihood Chapter of the Purulia Human Development Report, UNDP, Preparation of the Livelihood Chapter of the Hooghly Human Development Report, UNDP, Preparation of the Vulnerability Chapter of the Burdwan Human Development Report, UNDP, Lead Coordinator the Burdwan Human Development Report Books published (Major)

6 1. Productivity, Separability and Deprivation: A Study on Female Workers in the Indian Informal Service Sector (with S.K. Dutta and S. Mondal), Springer (India) Private Limited, Unskilled labourers in the cultural market: A study of the religious site of Tarakeswar (with K. Nath), Gyan Publishers,2015 Books Edited 1. Facets of Sustainable Development, Regal Publishers, India, Development, Environment and Sustainable Livelihood (edited jointly with S.K. Dutta), Cambridge Scholars, Cambridge Publishing House U.K., Growth and Development in India: Regional Dimensions (edited Jointly with R. Majumder, and J.P. Pradhan), Segment Books, 2018 MINOR PUBLICATIONS Journal Publications (Minor): Food security in India: A state level study, Bharatiya Samajik Chintan, vol 24, no Economics of learning-extent versus level: A village level study based on two Midnapore districts, West Bengal (with Madhumita Sengupta and Manas Ghose), Vidyasagar University Journal of Economics, vol Religion and Economics: An empirical analysis (with K. Nath), The Indian Economy Review, vol 7 (Quarterly Issue March 2010) Urbanization and Vehicular Pollution in West Bengal (with Ashis Pal), Environment & Ecology 30 (1) : , January-March 2012 Publications in Books: 1998:

7 1. Measuring Farm Efficiency: An Application to Indian Agriculture (with Manabendu Chattopadhayay), in M. Chattopadhyay, M. Rakshit and P.Maiti (eds). Essays on Public Intervention, Institutional Arrangements and Economic Efficiency, K.P. Bagchi & Sons, Calcutta A Note on Generalized Productivity Indices (with Chiranjib Neogi and Diganata Mukherjee), in Chiranjib Neogi et. al. (eds), Efficiency and Productivity, Macmillan Limited. 3. Correlation between Technical and allocative inefficiency errors in Stochastic Frontier Production functions (with Manoranjan Pal), in Chiranjib Neogi et. al. (eds), Efficiency and Productivity, Macmillan Limited Total Factor Productivity Growth and efficiency in an agrarian economy (with S. Kundu) in P.Pal (eds) Economic Growth and Development: Emerging Issues, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi. 5. Farm efficiency in Indian agriculture: An analytical study based on West Bengal, in Arpita Dhar (eds), Some Contemporary issues on Development and Growth Economics, Allied Publishers Private Limited, Pattern, extent and causes of child labour: A brief comparision of West Bengal and Bihar (with M. Ghosh) in Dr. Ravi Prasad Jadav (Eds) Child Labour: Violation of Child Rights, Aavishkar Publishers, Distributors, Jaipur An Alternative Tesing of HDI Convergence: A study on rural West Bengal (with A. Ghosh) in P. Sigamani and N.U. Khan (eds), Reinventing Public Management & Development in Emerging Economies, Macmillan Advanced Research Series, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd, New Delhi. 8. Grassroots Human Development: Study of Indian Districts (with D. Mukherjee) in P. Sigamani and N.U. Khan (eds), Reinventing Public Management & Development in Emerging Economies, Macmillan Advanced Research Series, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd, New Delhi. 9. Pattern and causes of child labour: A study of selected states in India (with M. Ghose) in P. Pal, A.K. Bhaumik and K. Gupta (eds) Emerging issues in the Indian Economy, Regal Publications, New Delhi (2011). 10. Nexus between religious culture and Indian Economics: A case study of Tarakeswar Municipality (with K. Nath) in P. Pal, A.K. Bhaumik and K. Gupta (eds) Emerging issues in the Indian Economy, Regal Publications, New Delhi (2011). 2012

8 11. Development Dynamics from a Positional Perspective- A New Approach (with A.Ghosh) in Prof. Maria Lucia Seidl-De-Moura (eds) Human Development, Intech. 12. Empowering the Rural Poor: Panchayat Representation, Party Representation and Political Empowerment of the Poor (with Md. Salauddin Khan) in B.R. Chauhan and A. Satyanarayana (eds), Changing Village India, Rawat Publication (New Delhi), Banks and People in the development process: An Analysis of the Banking Habits in India (with Sanjoy De), in N. Ray and K. Chakraborty (eds) Strategic Business Infrastructure Development and Contemporary Issues in Finance, IGI Global, USA (forthcoming) 14. Sustainable livelihood opportunities in rural West Bengal: A case study of Hoogly district (with A. Hazra) in a book edited by M. Awais Aligarh Muslim University (forthcoming) 15. Growth versus development nexus in agriculture: Contextualization from a West Bengal district(with A. Hazra) in a book edited by Prof. Swati Ghosh, Emerging Rural Transformation and Resource Utilization in the Post-Globalization Period (In collaboration with NABARD). 16. Measuring disguised unemployment in the informal manufacturing sector of India (with U. Seth) in N. Ray (edited) book from IGI Global (forthcoming) Technical efficiency of traditional and modern variety crops as well as all crops: A micro level study (with S. Kundu) in S.K. Dutta and P.K. Kuri (edited) Rural Livelihood in India: Social, Economic and Environmental Issues Regal Publication(New Delhi), Extent, Pattern and causes of child labour: a brief comparison of three eastern states of India (with M. Ghose) in S.K. Dutta and P.K. Kuri (edited) Rural Livelihood in India: Social, Economic and Environmental Issues Regal Publication (New Delhi), Inverted U and the Child Labour : A Study Of Four Backward States of India (with M.Ghosh) in D. N. Konar & A. K. Karmakar (edited) Post Reforms in Indian Economy: Essays in Honour of Prof. A. C. Banerjee, Regal Publication(New Delhi), Size-Productivity in a Global World : A Study from Liberalised India (with S. Kundu) in D. N. Konar & A. K. Karmakar (edited) Post Reforms in Indian Economy: Essays in Honour of Prof. A. C. Banerjee, Regal Publication(New Delhi), Status of Primary Education System in India: A District Level Analysis Based on DISE Data (With N. P. Pal) in P. K. Pal (edited) Growth and Development, Regal Publication(New Delhi), Congested Citis and Slow Transit: Aspect of Transport problems in Urban India (With A. K. Pal) in P. K. Pal (edited) Growth and Development, Regal Publication (New Delhi), 2014.

9 23. Care And Efficiency A Public Health Institute And A Private Initiative: A Case Study From India (With D Mukherjee) in V. Charles and M. Kumar (eds), Business Performance: Measurement and Management, Cambridge Scholars, Indexing Food Security: Some Issues With Application to Burdwan District (With A. Hazra) in Debashis Sarkar (edited) Food Security in India (forthcoming) Health and Deprivation :A suggested Application to the States of India (with P. Karmodak ) in S. Panneer, N.U. Khan and g. Ramchandran (eds) Public Health Infrastructure in Transition, Bloomsbury Look before you Leap: Access to Basic Health Infrastructure in India (with G. Naskar ) in N.U. Khan S. Panneer, and G. Ramchandran (eds) Health and Development, Boomsbury Assessing the impact of Education: A move towards a Generalised Approach (with P. Karmadok) in T. Banerjee, S. K. Roy and MJ. Ghosh (Eds) New Horizon in Development : Education, skill development and Economic Growth in India, Madhav Books (P) Limited ( A unit of Serial Publication, New Delhi, Health and Deprivation :A suggested Application to the North Eastern states (with P. Karmodak ) in U.K. De, M.Pal and P.K. Bharati (eds) Issues in Health andhealth care in India: focus in the North Eastern States of India, Springer Dynamics Of Tenancy efficiency in West Bengal: A study across two decades (with C. Maity) in R. Majumder, A.Sengupta and J.P. Pradhan (eds) Growth and Development in India: Regional Dimensions, Segment Books, Trust and Loaning: Formal-Informal Interactions in the Indian Credit Market (with S. De) in Prasanta Ray (eds). Proposed book on Trust in Transactions. Orient Blackswan Private Limited (forthcoming) 31. Relative Dynamics in Human Development: A district level study from West-Bengal : A district level study from West-Bengal (with P. Karmadok) in a book edited by Biswajit Chatterjee and A. Dhara (eds) Features of West Bengal Economy (forthcoming). 32. Evolution of primary Education in West Bengal: Infrastructure, Performance and Future- A study across the pre-census and post-census year (with R. Dey) in a book edited by Biswajit Chatterjee and A. Dhara (eds) Features of West Bengal Economy (forthcoming) Books published (Minor)

10 1. Learners, Teachers and Learning Equipments (with M. Ghose and K. Nath), Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Saarbrücken, Germany, Firms and their female labourers- An Indian Informal Industry (with T. Mukherjee), Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Saarbrücken, Germany, Parents, Society and Primary Education System in India (with S. Choudhury and T. Mukherjee), Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Saarbrücken, Germany, Public Primary Education system in India: A multilayered analysis (with N. Pal), Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Saarbrücken, Germany, Growth and Sustainability of Self help Groups in India: A case Study- Issues in group lending (with S. Choudhury), Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Saarbrücken, Germany, A Tale of Cities- Human Development in the Urban South: A Case Study of West Bengal, India (with A.Ghosh), Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Saarbrücken, Germany, Papers/Articles: Papers presented at the seminars/ workshops A Generalized Productivity Index (with Chiranjib Neogi and Diganata Mukherjee), Workshop on Econometric Methods of Measuring Productivity held during September 17-19,1998 in the Madras School of Economics. Frontier functions with correlated error component (with Manoranjan Pal), Workshop on Econometric Methods of Measuring Productivity held during September 17-19, 1998 in the Madras School of Economics. Stochastic Frontier function with correlated technical and allocative errors (with Manoranjan Pal), Seminar on Research Methodologies, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Kalyani, Nadia (1998) Economics of learning: A village level study based on Midnapore (West) District, West Bengal (with Madhumita Sengupta and Manas Ghose), Seminar on Development of Social Sectors, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal., Total factor productivity growth and efficiency in agrarian West Bengal: a district level study (with Subrata Kundu), Seminar on New directions in rural development in West Bengal, Rabindra Bharati University, 2005.

11 Factor contribution and productivity growth in underdeveloped agriculture: A study from liberalized India (with S. Kundu) at the South East Asia Conference of Econometric Society, An Alternative Tesing of HDI Convergence: A study on rural West Bengal (with A. Ghosh) at the International Conference in Relevance of Policy Reforms on Development: Challenges before Emerging Economies, The Department on Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, February 24-26, Grassroots Human Development: Study of Indian Districts (with D. Mukherjee) at the International Conference in Relevance of Policy Reforms on Development: Challenges before Emerging Economies, The Department on Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, February 24-26, Mobility and Jump: A New Approach to the Relative Changes in Human Development (with A.Ghosh) at thecde (Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics) WINTER SCHOOL 2011 December 10 13, Literacy and its externality: A short digression (with T Mukherjee) at The Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, March 5-6, Presented a paper titled Trust & Informality in the Indian Credit Market: A Snapshot from Recent Data in the 38th National Conference of Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad (Bengal Economic Association) on Economic Theory and Development Economics, organized by IQAC & the Department of Economics, Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah, on Feb 17-18, Presented a paper titled Relative Dynamics in Human Development: A district level study from West-Bengal in the XXVIIth Annual General Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, organized by Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India, on 21st and 22nd December, Presented a paper entitled, Evolution of primary Education in West Bengal: Infrastructure, Performance and Future- A study across the pre-census and post-census year at a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Education, Skill Development and Economic Growth in India 6-7 th December 2016 Organised by Department of Economics,Prabhu Jagatbandhu College In collaboration with Ramsaday College, Amta, Howrah. Presented a paper entitled, Social Deprivation and Universal Basic income at a UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Economic Development, Environment and Backward Communities in New Era held on March 2017 at the Economics Department, Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya, Sainthia, Birbhum.

12 Papers submitted/ to be submitted Efficiency and merger, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1997). Non-Frontier Profit Function: An Application to Indian Agriculture (with Manabendu Chattopadhyay, and Manoranjan Pal ) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (2002). Regional Variation of Technical Efficiency of Farms: DEA Approach (with Chiranjib Neogi), Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1999). Economics of learning-level vs extent: A village level study based on Midnapore (West) District, West Bengal (with Madhumita Sengupta and Manas Ghose), Vidyasagar University (2002). TFPG and efficiency in an underdeveloped agrarian economy: A study based on West Bengal (with Subrarta Kundu), Burdwan University, 2005 Scale efficiency of Indian farmers: A non parametric approach (with Subrata Kundu), Burdwan University, Mobility in Human Development: A suggested approach with application to Indian States (with A.Ghosh), Burdwan University, Mobility in Human Development: A positional objectivity framework (with A.Ghosh), Burdwan University, Technical efficiency of major crops in West Bengal - a micro level study (with S. Kundu), Burdwan University, Poverty and Efficiency in the primary education system of India: An analysis is based on district level DISE Data (with N.P. Pal)., Burdwan University, Growth Performance and Welfare Implication of Food grains Production: A District Level analysis of Maharastra State (with C. Maiti), Burdwan University, Growth Performance and Welfare Implication of Food grains Production: A District Level analysis of Andhra Pradesh (with C. Maiti), Burdwan University, Agricultural Growth and Welfare: A study of the Indian state of West Bengal (with C. Maiti), Burdwan University, 2008.

13 Gendering disguised unemployment: a study of informal service sector in India (with S.Mondal), Burdwan University, Male Female productivity differential in the Unorganised service sector: A district level study from India (with S. Mondal), Burdwan University, Other Academic activities Served as a discussant on the paper Share Tenancy, externality and family labour collective action presented by Debarshi Das at the Annual Conference on Economic Modelling held at Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (2002) Chaired the session on Agriculture-I at the South East Asia Conference of Econometric Society, Act as referee for several international and national journals (International Journal of Education and Planning, Journal of Education and Planning etc.)

14 Research Projects / Consultancy: Sl. No Title Agency Period 1 Evaluation of the status of Minority girls under SSA(Sarvya Shikhsa Avijaan), Burdwan 2 Evaluation of the use of Teching Learning Materials (TLM) under SSA(Sarvya Shikhsa Avijaan), Burdwan 3 Evaluation of the function of Village Education Committees under SSA(Sarvya Shikhsa Avijaan), Burdwan 4 Evaluation of the function of Village Education Committees under SSA(Sarvya Shikhsa Avijaan), Burdwan 6 Continuous Evaluation of the working of SSA in three districts (Burdwan, Bankura and Purulia) of West Bengal SSM, Burdwan SSM, Burdwan SSM, Burdwan SSM, Burdwan SSM, West Bengal Preparation of the Burdwan Human Development Report West Bengal government Research Supervision: MPhil Dissertations (Awarded): Sl. no Name of the candidate Name of the dissertation Year 1 Abhijit Ghosh State of human welfare in the era of globalization: A study with reference to few selected blocks of Burdwan district Saurav Kumar Dey 3 Somnath Choudhury Fertilizer use efficiency in Indian agriculture with Environmental concerns: A non-parametric approach The growth and sustainability of the SHGs under SGSY programme: A case study based on Murshidabad

15 4 Tusher Mukherjee district West Bengal Production and female labour condition in an informal sector industry: a case of bidi industry in Murshidabad district of West Bengal Jaya Banerjee Migration and aspects of human welfare-a Study of internal migrants in India 2009 PhD Supervision Awarded: Sl. no Name of the candidate Name of the dissertation Guidance status Year 1 Niranjan Mondal Role of Panchayats in overall development rural West Bengal- A case study of some selected areas Jointly with Asit Kumar Banerjee Md. Salaiuddin Khan Rural poverty alleviation in West Bengal-A case study of some selected areas Jointly with Asit Kumar Banerjee Subrata Kundu An analysis of farmers performance in a changing scenario: A study of west Bengal agriculture with special reference to the Midnapore district Singly Naibedya Prasun Pal Efficiency of Public Primary Education System: A Study of Few Zones in India Singly Abhijit Ghosh A study of Human Welfare in the era of Globalisation with reference to some selected districts of West Bengal 6 Manas Ghose Pattern and Causes of Child Labour : A study of selected states of India Singly 2012 Singly 2012

16 Sl. no Name of the candidate Name of the dissertation Guidance status Year 7 Susanta Mondal Issues of Gender, Productivity and Efficiency in informal service sector Jointly with S.K. Dutta Krishnau Nath Economics of Temple Culture: A case study of Tarakeswar 9 Asish K. Pal Vehicular Emission and economic activities: A study in Kolkata Singly 2012 Singly Chandan Mukherjee Growth and Welfare in Indian Agriculture Singly Debjyoti Mukherjee A study of Burdwan Medical College Hospital Singly Sanjoy De Measuring Performances of Select Banks in India since 1990s Singly 2017 Submitted: Sl. no Name of the candidate Name of the dissertation Guidance status Year 1 Parnasudha Karmodak Social Dimensions in Deprivation: A Study of the Backward Classes in India Singly Anirban Hazra The Food Processing Industry in Selected Districts of West Bengal : An Economic Analysis of Interlinkages Jointly with Anindita Sen 2017 Contact Details: Department of Economics University of Burdwan

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