Poulomi Roy
Assistant Professor of economics at Jadavpur University from May 2010 obtained Ph.D from Jadavpur University in 2009. Research interests include public policy, poverty, growth theory, gender studies and development economics. Teaching public economics, money banking at the under-graduation and econometrics at the post graduate level.
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Economics Jadavpur University,India 2009
Title of Thesis: THREE ESSAYS ON FISCAL PERFORMANCE, POLICY AND GROWTH IN INDIA,
M.A in Economics Jadavpur University,India 1999-2001
B.Sc(Hons.) in Economics Lady Brabourne College,
Calcutta University, India 1996-1999
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Senior Research Fellow Departments of Economics,
Jadavpur University,India 2006-2007
Junior Research Fellow Departments of Economics,
Jadavpur University, India 2004-2005
Fiscal Analyst Sachetana,India 2002-2003
RESEARCH INTERST
· Public Policy , Growth, Poverty Analysis, Gender Studies, Health Economics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer Department of Economics, March- 2007
Surendranath College, India to till date
Guest lecturer Department of economics, Jan-2006
Presidency College, India to July-2006
Part time lecturer Department of economics, July-2003
K.K. Das College of Commerce, India to December-2003
PUBLICATIONS
· Books/Monographs
1. Banerjee, N. and P. Roy (2004). Gender in Fiscal Policy: The Case of West Bengal published by United Nation Development Fund for Women, South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi.
· Edited Volumes
2. Roy,P. and A.Raychaudhuri (2009). Intergovernmental Transfer Rules, State Fiscal Policy and Performance in India, under Statistical Science and Interdisciplinary Research in the volume titled “New Enduring Themes in Development Economics” edited by B. Dutta, T.Ray and E.Somanathan, 5: 369-400, published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore
· Journals
3. Saha, S., P. Roy., and S. Kar (forthcoming). Public and Private Sector Jobs, Unreported Income and Consumption Gap in India: Evidence from Micro-Data, North American Journal of Economics and Finance
4. Banerjee, N. and P. Roy (2004). What Does the State Do For Indian Women? Economic and Political Weekly, 39(44): 4831-4838
5. Roy, P. and A.Raychaudhuri(2009). Public Capital and Growth in a Decentralized Agents’ Framework: A Case of India. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 7(1):184-208
6. Roy, P. and A.Raychaudhuri(2010). Is the Value Added Tax Reform in India poverty Improving? An Analysis of Data from Two Major States. Indian Economic Review, XXXXV(1):131-158
· Others
5. Raychaudhuri, A., S.K.Sinha and P.Roy (2007). Is the Value Added Tax Reform in India poverty Improving? An Analysis of Data from Two Major States. Working Paper no. 18, Poverty and Economic Policy Network (PEP-NET), Under Poverty Monitoring, Measurement & Analysis (PMMA) Network. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=984321
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/ DISCUSSION
· “Intergovernmental transfer rules, state fiscal policy and performance in India” presented at the International Conference on Comparative Development
(In celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of the Indian Statistical Institute)
December18-20,2007, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 11001.
· “Is Value Added Tax Reform (VAT) in poverty reducing in India: An analysis of data from five major states” presented in research scholar workshop at Jadavpur University in November 2006 and South and South East Asian Econometric Society Meet (SAMES 06) at Chennai in December 2006.
· “Public Capital and Growth in a Decentralized Agents’ Framework” presented at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and ISI Delhi during 2005-2006.
· Discussed the paper on “Estimation of Network Externalities and Critical Mass in the Mobile Telephone Market: a panel data analysis of OECD countries” by A. Laura Baraldi at Public Goods, Public Projects and Externalities (PGPPE) workshop in Bonn, Germany in October, 2008
RESEARCH TRAINING/ WORKSHOP ATTENDED
· Participated in second regional intensive course , the Asia-Pacific Capacity Development on Gender and Macroeconomic Issues in Japan, July 4-16, 2011. UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Center (UNDP APRC) and Ochanomizu University, in partnership with the International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics (GEMIWG) organised this course.
· Participated in Orientation Programme Organised by Jadavpur University Academic Staff college, Salt lake Campus in June 2011.
· Participated in the workshop on “Partial Ordering in Economics” offered by Dr. Manjira Datta and Dr. Kenneth Reffett of Arizona State University, USA on March 14, 2009. The workshop was organised by Centre for Advanced Studies in Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.
· Participated in the workshop on “Public Goods, Public Projects and Externalities” organised by Max Planck Institute and the European Science Foundation at Bonn,Germany from 20,October 2008 to 22, October 2008
· Globalization, the WTO and the Developing Nations, organized by UNCTAD-JUECON Programme, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata in collaboration with UNCTAD-India, New Delhi on January 18, 2008
· Participated in the Research Workshop on Institutions, Development and Pro-Poor Growth organized by IPPG research programme of London School of Economics held at BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka, from July 31 to August 4, 2006.
· Participated in Study Visit Programme organized by Poverty and Economic Policy and Research Network at Laval University, Canada in 2006
· Compact Seminar on International Development, ‘Reaching the development agenda laid out in the millennium development goals’ organized by Jadavpur University and World Bank at Jadavpur University from September 10-11, 2004.
RESEARCH PROJECT
· Design of pro-poor Value Added Tax System in a Federal system like India, funded by “POVERTY AND ECONOMIC POLICY (PEP) RESEARCH NETWORK” Under Poverty Monitoring, Measurement & Analysis (PMMA) Network (with Ajitava Raychaudhuri (Project Leader) and Sudip Kumar Sinha (other Project Member)), from August 2005 to July 2006.
· Religion, Sex, Social Class: A comparative study of Consumer Expenditure Pattern in India funded by CAS, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India, from January, 2011 to March, 2011
· Socio-Economic and Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women: A Survey, funded by CAS, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, India, from July, 2011 to March, 2012
· Do the energy expenditure vis-à-vis nutritional intake and time poverty differ by gender? An Examination from the Poor Urban Population of India, received the seed grant from UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Capacity Development Project on Gender and Macroeconomic Issues, from December 2012 to September, 2012
· Evaluation of Exposure to indoor air pollution among women and children in rural west Bengal, Funded by UGC –Minor Research Project, from July 2012 to December 2013
· Estimating True Fiscal Capacity of States and Devising a Suitable Rule for Granting Debt Relief based on Optimal Growth Requirement, Funded by 14th Finance Commission, India, from July 2013 to December, 2013
HONOURS AND AWARDS
· National Education Test (NET) in Dec-2000
· Stood second in university examination (MA) in 2001
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PERSONAL
Date of Birth: 30.11.1977
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married