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B.A. (University of Delhi);


M.A. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi);


Ph.D. (University of Delhi)

Dr. Sonal Dua

Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Executive Education

Email sdua@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-9915-694X
Key Expertise Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Empirical Development Economics, Economics of Education, and Health Economics

B.A. (University of Delhi);


M.A. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi);


Ph.D. (University of Delhi)


Biography

Dr. Sonal Dua is an Associate Professor at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University (Institution of Eminence Deemed to Be University), since 2019. She also serves as the Associate Dean for Executive and Online Education.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (2019). Before joining O.P. Jindal Global University, she taught as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Hansraj College, Delhi University. She earned her M.A. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and her B.A. from Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi University.

Dr. Dua has been the recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including the Centre for Development Economics (CDE) Fellowship, the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Fellowship, and the UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) during her doctoral studies. She was a member of the Indian delegation at the first BRICS Youth Summit, held in Russia in 2015. Her research interests span Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Empirical Development Economics, Economics of Education, and Health Economics. Her current research explores unmet contraception needs, the dynamics of couple bargaining power in contraceptive use, and the impact of public schooling infrastructure on educational outcomes. 

Macroeconomics I

Mathematics II

Principles of Economics

Money and Banking

Introduction to Mathematics

Mathematical Methods of Economics

Statistical and Quantitative Analysis

Junior Research Fellowship from University Grants Commission, August 2016- December 2018

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Fellowship from ICSSR , July 2016

Centre for Development Economics scholarship from Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, July 2013 – June 2016

Non-National Eligibility Test scholarship from University Grants Commission, July 2013 – June 2016

Member of the Capstone committee for graduates in Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University from 2023 – present

Member of the Committee on Gender Sensitization against Sexual Harassment (COGSASH), O.P. Jindal Global University from October, 2023 – present

Research Associate, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), May 2019 – July 2019

“Role of Public Schools in Education Decisions in Rural India”, Review of Education, 12(3), December 2024 (with Aditi Singhal, Divya Gupta and Naveen Thomas)

“What motivates mergers and acquisitions in India? International Journal of the Economics of Business, 30(3), 293-314, September 2023

"Gender Gap in the Use of Contraception: Evidence from India", JSGP Working Paper, December 2021 (with Aditi Singhal and Divya Gupta)

“Macroeconomic Determinants of Stock Returns”, Journal of Business Thought, Vol. 6, pp. 123-133, March 2016
Email sdua@jgu.edu.in
Connect with me Linkedin
ORCID ID 0000-0002-9915-694X
Key Expertise Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Empirical Development Economics, Economics of Education, and Health Economics
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