Research Areas
CITD is unique among economics departments of the country in focusing on the global economy as its thrust area of research, encompassing issues of international development, trade, environment, finance, industry and technology. Faculty members are actively engaged in research in areas of their specific interest. Some of the major research areas are alphabetically listed below (with names of faculty):

• Economics of Development (Bansal, Ray, Singh)

• Environmental and Resource Economics (Bansal, Barua, Mehra, Sawhney)

• Finance (Singh)

• International Finance (Sen Gupta)

• Health (Ray)

• Indian Economy (Barua, Pant, Ray)

• Industry and Technology (Barua, Ray)

• International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment (Barua, Mehra, Pant, Ray, Sen Gupta)

• Macroeconomics (Mehra, Sen Gupta, Singh)

• WTO and Globalization (Barua, Pant, Ray)

Research Grants and Projects
Faculty members of the division, in the recent years, have received research grants from

• Ford Foundation

• The World Bank

• Department of Science and Technology (Government of India)

• Independent Commission on Development and Health in India

• Competition Commission (Government of India)

• State Bank of India

• International Food Policy Research Institute 

• UNCTAD

• Sasakawa Peace Foundation

The research projects runs by the faculty of CITD in the recent years are:

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