Sahana Roy Chowdhury

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Sahana Roy Chowdhury

Education : Ph.D and M.S.( Indian Statistical Institute )

Specialization : Economics

Area of Interest : Managerial Economics, Business forecasting, Macro-finance, Public policy

Designation : Professor; NAAC-in-charge; Chairperson - EBSB cell of IMI K

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Contact: +91-33-6652 9669

Email: s.roychowdhury@imi-k.edu.in

About Sahana Roy Chowdhury

Dr. Sahana Roy Chowdhury is a Professor of Economics at IMI-Kolkata with more than 15 years of post-doctoral research and teaching experience in economic research and policy. She holds doctorate and M.S. in Quantitative Economics from Indian Statistical Institute. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Studies in Microeconomics

(Sage Publications).

 

Dr. Roy Chowdhury has the experience of working with the Monetary Research Project Division of ICRA Ltd.

as Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi at the Macro-Finance Division as

consultant. She was a visiting scientist at Cornell University, USA. She delivered invited lectures to the IRS and

IAS trainees on fiscal policy and taxation, and was responsible for providing research inputs to the

Expenditure Management Commission formed by the Ministry of Finance-Department of Economic Affairs.

She served as an expert panellist in the research meeting on Employability organized by the Centre for Policy

Research in Higher Education, New Delhi (Department of Educational Finance, GOI).

 

Dr. Roy Chowdhury taught several academic courses such as Macroeconomics, Fiscal Policy,

Business Forecasting, International Business to the masters and Ph.D. level students at IMI-Kolkata,

IMI-Delhi, Presidency University, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris etc.,

and taught customized management development courses to the mid-senior level managers and young

executives of EXIDE, PCBL, CESC etc.

Journals

  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2010), Technology and outsourcing: an explanation to the rising wage gap, Economic Modelling, 27(1): 380-387 (Elsevier).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2013), Wealth Inequality, Entrepreneurship and Industrialization,
    • Journal of Economics, 108(1): 81-102 (Springer).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2013), Inequality and size of the informal sector during recession: A note, Metroeconomica, 64(4): 591-597 (Wiley-Blackwell).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2010), Inducing human capital formation: How efficient is an education subsidy?, International Journal of Business and Economics, 9(2): 105-114.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2008), Migration in a model of occupational choice, Indian Growth and Development Review, 1(1): 84-94 (Emerald Group).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2011), Impact of global crisis on small and medium enterprises, Global Business Review, 12(3): 377-399.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2014), Wealth inequality and occupational choice, Development Studies Research, 1(1): 176-185 (Routledge: Taylor & Francis).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2016), When do referees shirk in a peer review process? Economics and Business Letters, 5(2): 45-49 (Oviedo University Press).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. & Roy Chowdhury, S. (2016), Policy Reforms and SME Performances: A Comparison of Two Major EMEs, Emerging Economy Studies, 2(2): 1-11.
  • Case Study Analysis: Roy Chowdhury, S. (2016). Bharti Airtel and Zain: A Journey into New Territories, Global Business Review, 17(6): 1522-1523.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2018), Do the maids get a meager pie? Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer.
  • Banik, A., Nag, T., Roy Chowdhury, S., Chatterjee, R. (2020). Why Do COVID-19 Fatality Rates Differ Across Countries? An Explorative Cross-country Study Based on Select Indicators, Global Business Review, 21(3), 607-625.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2020), Migration and City Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis with Surat as a Special Case, Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective (Sage).
  • Mukherjee, P., Roy Chowdhury, S., Bhattacharya, P. (2021). Does Financial Lib- eralization Lead to Financial Development? Evidence from Emerging Economies, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 30(8): 1263-1287, Taylor & Francis.
  • Sadhukhan, A., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2021). Export-induced Loss in Employment and Earnings during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic : Identifying Key Industries in India, Economic and Political Weekly (Special Article), 56(41), October 9, 2021.
  • Gooptu, S., Bros, C., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023), Estimating Skill Mismatch in the Indian Labour Market: A Regional Dimension, Global Business Review.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S., Gupta, K., Tzeremes, P. (2023). US housing prices and the transmission mechanism of connectedness, Finance Research Letters (ScienceDirect): Volume 58, Part D, December 2023, 104636; https://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/abs/pii/S1544612323010085.
  • Ghosh, , Ghosh, R., Roy Chowdhury, S., Ganguly, B. (2023). AI-exposure and labour market: A systematic literature review on estimations, validations, and per- ceptions, Management Review Quarterly (Springer), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-023-00393-x.
  • Ghosh, D., Roy Chowdhury, S., Apoorva M. (2023). The Influence of Economic Perception on the Adoption of App-based Financial Transactions: A Study Among the Young Population in India, Global Business Review (Sage) [accepted].
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023), Emigration and Back-Door Brain Drain: Do Restrictive Immigration Policies Make Unequals Worse Off?, Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice (Sage).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S., Ghosh, D. (2024) Income shock and child labor: Revisiting the poverty link, The Indian Economic Journal (Sage)
  • Roy Chowdhury, , Ganguly, B., Ghosh, R., Ghosh, D. (2025) What hinders AI adoption in MSMEs of India?-Importance and interlinkages between the barriers, The Indian Growth and Development Review (Emerald)
Books/Book chapters
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. and Ghosh, A. (2023) Design, approach and challenges of the vocational education and training framework in the USA: Delving into the state level diversity (ch 9), in: Mona Khare (ed.), Sustainable and Dynamic Graduate Employ- ability: A Comparative Overview across Geographies, Routledge.
  • Mukherjee, P., Bhattacharya, P., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2022) Financial Liberalization and Convergence of Financial Development Among BRICS Economies, India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Paramita Mukherjee (ed.), Revisiting the Indian Financial Sector, pages 85-118, Springer.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. Bros, Catherine, Gooptu, Sayoree (2021), Education, skills mis- match and wage differentials, in edited book “India Higher Education Report 2020: Employment and Employability of Higher Education Graduates in India” (Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, MHRD, GOI), Routledge.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. and Roy Chowdhury, S.(2023) Health Care and Social Develop- ment, in: Arindam Banik, Munim Kumar Barai (eds.), Two Bengals: A Comparative Development Narrative of Bangladesh and West Bengal of India, Springer.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2017). The Two Asian Growth Paths of Stagnation and Pros- perity: Japan and India, in edited book “Towards A Common Future: Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region”, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2020). Health Sector Scenarios in Sri Lanka: Policy Designing and Implications, in edited book “Trade in Health Services in South Asia”, Springer.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S and Jha, G. (2020). Health Sector Scenarios in Pakistan: Policy Priorities and Challenges Ahead, in edited book “Trade in Health Services in South Asia”, Springer.

Media articles//quoted/Policy briefs

Conferences

  • Paper presenter at the 13th International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED), Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, USA: 15-17 April 2024.
  • Invited speaker as panelist (Editor-in-Chief)) on Session “Publishing in High Impact Journals” at 16th ISDSI-Global Conference 2023, IIM, Ranchi : 27-29 December 2023.Paper presenter at the Fourth International Conference on Issues in Economic Theory & Policy, Economics Department, Presidency University: 27-28 December 2023.
  • Paper presenter at the 18th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi : 18-20 December 2023.
  • Invited speaker, National seminar on ‘Shifting paradigms in education financing, concerns on quality, equity and employability’ by Dept. of Educational Finance, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (MHRD. GOI) (December 13-14, 2018)
  • Fifteenth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Economic Association (Fukuoka University, Japan, August 2019).
  • Fourteenth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Economic Association (University of Southern California, LA, USA, August 2018).
  • Seminar at the Economics Department of Universit´e Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall´ee, Paris, France; October 16, 2018.
  • Conference on ‘Nexus of Trade, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction’ (Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, P R China, September 20-21, 2017).
  • Thirteenth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Economic Association (Seoul, July 14- 15, 2017).
  • 58th Labour Conference organized by the Indian Society of Labour Economics (November 2016).
Awards
    • Selected under the ‘Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions – 2023’ of Reserve Bank of India (DEPR), Mumbai.
    • Invited with Erasmus+ grants under the EU funded Staff Mobility Program organized by Université Gustave Eiffel Paris, France Delivered invited lectures in 2017,2018,2019,2023 .
    • Raghuram Rajan Young Scholar Grant for attending NBER Summer Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA in 2014.
    • Prize for Academic Proficiency from Department of Economics, Bethune College, Calcutta University, 2000 & 2001.

     

Research (Project) Summary

  • Roy Chowdhury, selected for the ‘Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions – 2023’ of Reserve Bank of India (DEPR), Mumbai. Topic: “Estimating Degree of Financial Inclusion in the Fintech Era: An explorative study among the young generation in select Indian states” (Status: Accepted by RBI).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (with Katuria, M. Kedia and S. Srivastav), “An Inquiry into the Impact of India’s APP Economy”, submitted-July 2015, ICRIER-IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India) Report: https://icrier.org/publications/an-inquiry-into-the-impact-of-indias-app-economy/ .
PGDM

Managerial Economics; Macroeconomic Theory and Policy & Indian Economy; Business Forecasting

 

  • IMIK international travel grant for paper presentation at the 13th International Conference on Business and Economic Development (ICBED), Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, USA: 15-17 April 2024.
  • Selected for and awarded research grant under ‘Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions – 2023’ of Reserve Bank of India (DEPR), Topic: “Estimating Degree of Financial Inclusion in the Fintech Era: An explorative study among the young generation in select Indian states”
  • Grants under Erasmus+ EU funded staff mobility program organized by Universit´e Paris-Est Marne-la-Vall´ee, Paris, France Delivered invited lectures 2017,2018,2019,2023
  • Raghuram Rajan Young Scholar Grant to attend NBER Summer Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA., 2014

Other Activities: e.g. NGO work, MDP, FDP, any other activities.

  • Mentor – Economics Club of IMI K: MUDRA
  • Judged COMQUEST – annual flagship national event conducted by Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX), January 2025
  • Invited panellist in the 5th Economics Summit, panel discussion on the topic “Future of Women at Workplace”, 20th February 2025, Xavier’s University, Economics Department.
  • Keynote Speaker, on topic “Innovative Ideas of Entrepreneurship in Digital Era”, invited by AMKOP Business School, Indonesia in International Seminar
  • Macroeconomics online  sessions  for  identified  high-potential  EXIDE  employees.
  • Instructor, Post Graduate Certificate in Financial Management lecture series, NSE Academy – IMI K collaboration: Financial Market and Intermediaries.
  • Instructor, CESC Young Executive Training Program: Lectures on Under- standing Macro Economic Scenario in the present Context.

Lecture to PCBL executives at IMI K