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B.A. (University of North Bengal);

M.A.(Banaras Hindu University);

Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Dr. Debajit Jha

Professor and Associate Dean

Email djha@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0001-7797-9067
Key Expertise Empirical Growth and Development Economics

B.A. (University of North Bengal);

M.A.(Banaras Hindu University);

Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Biography

Prof. (Dr.) Debajit Jha is a Professor of Economics at Jindal School of Government & Public Policy, O. P. Jindal Global University, Haryana. He holds a PhD in economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Before joining this university in 2017, he taught economics at different reputed government colleges in West Bengal under the West Bengal Education Service (WBES). During this period, he also served as Assistant Director of Public Instruction to the Government of West Bengal. Dr. Jha is a macroeconomist and his primary research interest is empirical growth and development economics.

Macroeconomics I

Macroeconomics II

Economics for Public Policy I

Statistics I

Statistics II

Development Economics

Indian Economy

Principles of Economics

Development Economics (Online)

Growth Empirics and Policy

Time Series Analysis

ICSSR Institutional Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, 2008 and 2009

A Political Economy Analysis of Recent Growth Slowdown in West Bengal, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 59, Issue No. 49, 07 Dec, 2024. (Indexing: SCOPUS) https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/49/special-articles/political-economy-analysis-recent-growth-slowdown.html

Interstate Migration and Spread of Covid-19 in Indian States (Chapter 10) in Quantum Decision Theory and Complexity Modelling in Economics and Public Policy, Springer International Publishing, 2023 (Book Chapter). (Indexing: SCOPUS) https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/interstate-migration-and-spread-of-covid-19-in-indian-states/26072884

Diverging States but Converging Districts? Resolving the Puzzle of Regional Growth Dynamics in India, SSRN Working Paper, august 16, 2023). (with Kar, Sabyasachi and Jain, Mayank,) https://ssrn.com/abstract=4542482 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4542482

Identifying Policy Priorities for Asian Economies: A Growth Convergence and Transition Based Framework, SSRN Working paper, august 31, 2023 (Sethi, Keshav) https://ssrn.com/abstract=4557622 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4557622

Political Stability of West Bengal: Prosperity or Decay? Economic and Political Weekly, Special Article Section, Vol. 57, Issue No. 25, 18 Jun, 2022, ISSN: 0012-9976, (Indexing: SCOPUS). https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/25/special-articles/political-stability-west-bengal.html

Role of Economic Reforms on Dismantling Barriers to Inter-state Migration in India, Migration Letters, Vol. 18, Issue No. 3, May, 2021, ISSN: 1741-8984, (Indexing: SCOPUS, EBSCO, ProQuest). https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v18i3.1116

Divergent Policies for Convergence Clubs: A Study of Post-Reform Indian States, Institute of Economic Growth Working Paper, November 2021 DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.31319.75683

The Rich-Poor Divide in Indian, Geography and You, Vol. 19, Issue 14, January, 2019.

A Political Economy Analysis of Growth Episodes in the North-Eastern Region in Border and Connectivity North-East India and South-East Asia, Pentagon Press, 2019. (Book Chapter)

Convergence and divergence: perspective on growth imbalance across the districts of West Bengal in ‘Interrogating development: perspectives on the economy, environment, ethnicity and gender’, Setu Prakashani, 2017. (Book Chapter)

Club-convergence and polarization of states: a nonparametric analysis of post-reform India, Indian Growth and Development Review, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2011, pp. 53-72. (Indexing: SCOPUS) DOI:10.1108/17538251111125007

Club-convergence and polarisation of states: a nonparametric analysis of post-reform India, Working paper No. 307, 2010, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. https://iegindia.org/upload/publication/Workpap/wp307.pdf

Distribution dynamics of states in post-reform India, Discussion paper series No. 132, 2009, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Guest article in ‘India Today’ on growth performance of the ‘Hindi’ speaking states, 25th November, 2009.

Exploring the causal relationship between telecommunications and GDP growth in India, 1988 to 2007, ArthaVijnana, Vol. L, No. 3, 2008, pp. 195-208. (Indexing: UGC Care)
Email djha@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0001-7797-9067
Key Expertise Empirical Growth and Development Economics
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