Faculty Profile

 
Name : Saumen  Chattopadhyay
Designation : Associate Professor
Centre : Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies
School : Social Sciences
Room No : sssII 217
Off. Phone : 91-11-26704112
Residence : 91-11-26741765
Email : saumen@mail.jnu.ac.in   schatto@gmail.com
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Economics) awarded in 2002 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The title of Ph.D. thesis is “Macroeconomic Dis-equilibrium and the Black Economy in the context of Stabilisation Policy in India”.
M.Phil. (Economics) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 1991, with First Class). The title of the dissertation was “Private Corporate Investment in India, 1966-87”.  
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Economics of Education with focus on education policy, and public finance with focus on tax evasion and black economy.  
                                    

Experience

Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Since April 1, 2004.
Senior Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy from May 15, 2000 to March 31, 2004.
Economist, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi from October 10, 1995 to May 14, 2000.
Lecturer, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, in 1995, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, University of Delhi, 1990 to 1992, Hindu College, University of Delhi in 1989.  
                                    

Awards & Honours

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International Collaboration/Consultancy

Research collaboration as a member of the team from the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies with the Institute of Education (IOE), London on ‘Education and Social Justice in the Era of Globalisation’. The specific area of the project is ‘Public Funding and Access to Higher Education: An India-UK Comparison' in association with Dr. Vincent Carpentier from IOE, Mr Binay Pathak, Research Scholar, of the Centre, ZHCES.  
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
1. Deficit, money and prices: The Indian experiences (co-authored with Sunil Ashra and Kaushik Chaudhury) Journal of Policy Modeling, 26(2004) 289-299.

2. Sikkim: The People's Vision, (co-authored with Ashok Lahiri, and Anuradha Bhasin by Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi in 2001.

3. Exploring Alternative Sources of Financing Higher Education, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLII, No.42, 4251 4259, October 20, 2007.

4. The Market in Higher Education: Concern for Equity and Quality, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV, No. 29, July 18, 2009.

5. An Elitist and Flawed Approach towards Higher Education, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLV, No. 18,May 1, 2010. 
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

1. Governance and the Growth of the Black Economy, in The World Bank in India, Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development, edited by Michele Kelly and Deepika D’Souza, Orient BlackSwan, 2010.

2. Assessing Tax Policy and tax Compliance in the Reform Era, in Jha, Praveen (edited) Progressive Fiscal Policy in India, Sage Publications, New Delhi.2011.

3. (co-authored with A Sunil Dharan): Two Decades of Neo-liberal Fiscal Policy: Relegating Equity Concerns, Two Decades of Neoliberalism, Alternative Economic Survey 2010-11, Daanish Books, Delhi. 2011.  
                                    

Patents (if any)
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