Dr. Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra

Biography

Dr. Sushanta Mahapatra completed his Masters and M. Phil. degree in Economics from Sambalpur University, Orissa and his Ph.D degree in Economics from a premier Indian Council of Social Science Research Institute (ICSSR), Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) through the University of Madras, Chennai. Prior to joining ASB, he has worked in NABARD-BIRD (Bankers Institute of Rural Development) as Senior Researcher at the Centre for Micro Finance (CMF) and subsequently at Centre for Insurance and Risk Management (CIRM) at Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai. He has collaborated in research projects supported by organizations like ILO Geneva, CARE Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), Ministry of Rural Development Govt of India, SBI and NABARD. He has worked as a Consultant to Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) through Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India. He has also previously worked as a Senior Scientist within a multi-disciplinary team at JRD Tata Ecotechnology Centre, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) Chennai. He has published his research ideas in Books, journals, edited volumes, conference proceedings and working papers. Besides, he has presented several papers in International and National level seminars and acted as reviewer for several journals. He is the recipient of prestigious Malcolm Elizabeth Adiseshiah Doctoral Merit Fellowship from Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. Recently he has received the prestigious European Commission Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) Erasmus Mundus India4EU II Programme carried out at Department of Economics Science (DSE) University of Bologna, Italy. At ASB, he teaches in Master and Doctoral Programme, guides PhD scholars and undertake funded research project.

Research Interest

Institutional Economics, International Economics/ Relations/ Trade, Micro & Macro Economics, Environmental Management & Sustainable Development, Water Policy, Governance & Management, Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility, Economic Policies, Public Policy & Governance, Micro Finance & Micro Insurance, Natural Resource Management & Livelihoods, Research Methodology