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:
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
    (Chapter 9), in Mona Khare (ed.),
    Sustainable and Dynamic Graduate Employability: A Comparative Overview across Geographies, Routledge.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. and Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023).
    Health Care and Social Development, in Arindam Banik and Munim Kumar Barai (eds.),
    Two Bengals: A Comparative Development Narrative of Bangladesh and West Bengal of India, Springer.
  • Mukherjee, P., Bhattacharya, P., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2022).
    Financial Liberalization and Convergence of Financial Development Among BRICS Economies,
    in Paramita Mukherjee (ed.),
    Revisiting the Indian Financial Sector, pages 85–118, Springer.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S., Bros, Catherine, Gooptu, Sayoree (2021).
    Education, skills mismatch and wage differentials, in
    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. (2020).
    Health Sector Scenarios in Sri Lanka: Policy Designing and Implications,
    in 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 Trade in Health Services in South Asia, Springer.
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (2017).
    The Two Asian Growth Paths of Stagnation and Prosperity: Japan and India,
    in Towards A Common Future: Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region, Palgrave Macmillan.
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) in session “Publishing in High Impact Journals”
    at the 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.
  • Fifteenth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Economic Association,
    Fukuoka University, Japan: August 2019.
  • Invited speaker, National seminar on ‘Shifting paradigms in education financing, concerns on quality, equity and employability’,
    organized by Dept. of Educational Finance, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education,
    National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (MHRD, GOI): 13–14 December 2018.
  • Fourteenth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Economic Association,
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA: August 2018.
  • Seminar at the Economics Department of Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée,
    Paris, France: 16 October 2018.
  • Conference on ‘Nexus of Trade, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction’,
    Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu, P. R. China: 20–21 September 2017.
  • Thirteenth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Economic Association,
    Seoul: 14–15 July 2017.
  • 58th Labour Conference organized by the Indian Society of Labour Economics: November 2016.
Research/Consultancy Projects:
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. 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 the Reserve Bank of India).
  • Roy Chowdhury, S. (with R. 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:

    An Inquiry Into The Impact Of India’s App Economy


Teaching:

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

Awards:
  • 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), Mumbai. 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 Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, France.
    Delivered invited lectures in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023.
  • Raghuram Rajan Young Scholar Grant to attend NBER Summer Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2014.
Other Activities:

Media Articles / Column / Op-Ed / Quoted / Policy Briefs

  • Roy Chowdhury, S., Bandyopadhyay, A. (2025), “Grameen Credit Score: Step Towards Incentive-Linked Credit Lending in Rural Sector”, Outlook Business: Read Article
  • “Budget 2025 Expectations Live Updates…”, ETNOW, January 2025:
    Read Article
  • “Why the RBI’s Strategy to Diversify Forex Reserves is as Good as Gold”, Outlook Business, Feb 2025:
    Read Article
  • “Will Donald Trump Make RBI Governor’s Job Difficult?”, Outlook Business, December 2024:
    Read Article
  • Invited expert economist speaker, Post-Budget Analysis, Union Budget 2025-26, February 1, 2025, Indian Chamber of Commerce – ICC
  • Sadhukhan, A., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023), “Does India’s Foreign Trade Policy 2023 Address Its Export Fragility?”, Outlook India:
    Read Article
  • Roy Chowdhury, S., Ghosh, D. (2023), “How AI will shape the future of jobs”, The Hindu Business Line:
    Read Article
  • Ghosh, D., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023), “Inside the Minds of Consumers: Economic Sentiments & Outlooks”, Market Express:
    Read Article
  • Ganguly, N., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023), “India’s GDP growth encouraging, but some cautions must for sustaining its resilience”, Market Express:
    Read Article
  • Ketkar, S., Puri, R., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2023), “Bridging the Gender Pay Gap”, T20 Policy Briefs, G20:
    Read Brief
  • Roy Chowdhury, S., Pandey, R. (2021), “Fiscal Rules During the Covid-19 Pandemic”, Ideas for India, IGC:
    Read Article
  • Bhattacharya, R., Tripathi, S., Roy Chowdhury, S. (2019), “Financial Structure, Institutional Quality and Monetary Policy Transmission: A Meta-Analysis”, NIPFP Working Paper No. 274

Others

  • Mentor – Economics Club of IMI K: MUDRA
  • Judge – COMQUEST, MCX National Event, January 2025
  • Panelist – 5th Economics Summit, “Future of Women at Workplace”, Xavier’s University, February 20, 2025
  • Keynote Speaker – “Innovative Ideas of Entrepreneurship in Digital Era”, AMKOP Business School, Indonesia, December 2024
  • Instructor – Macroeconomics Online Sessions for EXIDE High-Potential Executives, March 2024
  • Instructor – Post Graduate Certificate in Financial Management, NSE Academy – IMI K Collaboration
  • Instructor – CESC Young Executive Training Program: Understanding Macro Economic Scenario
  • Lecturer – Session for PCBL Executives at IMI K