Dr. Chandralekha Ghosh Flat B201, Prateeti Apartments, 165A Prantik Pally, Kasba Bosepukur, Kolkata- 700042; India Telephone: (Mobile) 0 98319 56747 (Home) 033 2441 4969 Email: ghoshchandralekha@yahoo.com Date of Birth: May 31, 1976 Teaching and Research Interests: Micro Economics (Consumer Behavior, Production and Cost Theories, Market Economics) Econometrics with application of Statistical/ Econometric software packages such as SPSS, Eviews, Limdep, Stata, SAS. Research in household demand analysis, rural credit market and borrowing choices, micro finance and Self Help Groups, woman empowerment, microenterprises, contract farming models, agricultural productivity and cost/ production efficiency. Application of advanced Econometrics in research Current Job: Assistant Professor (Stage-III) in Economics, West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24 Pgs, from February 2009. Academic Background: Ph D in Economics (2008) at Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata under Dr. Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Professor and Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. Dissertation Topic: Agricultural Growth, Tenurial Reform and Economic Liberalisation: an Interface - A Case Study of Rice in the State of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh M.A Economics (2000) from Jadavpur University in 2000 with a First Class and Fourth Rank in University, aggregate marks 69.1%, Specialization- Econometrics B.A (Hons.) Economics (1998) from Jadavpur University with First Class, aggregate marks 63.4%. Higher Secondary (1995) from West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education with 77.6% Marks from South Point High School, Kolkata. Secondary (1993) from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education with 80.6% Marks from South Point High School, Kolkata.
Teaching Experience Working as Senior lecturer in West Bengal State University at Barasat, North 24 Parganas from February 2009. Worked as a Full-time UGC appointed Lecturer of Economics in Umeschandra College under Calcutta University from August 2003 to January 2009. Duties included Teaching as per University Syllabus, Examining Papers for the University Economics Course at graduation level. Worked as Guest Lecturer of Applied Econometrics in the Department of Economics in M. Sc. in Applied Economics at Presidency College, Kolkata under University of Calcutta from Dec 2004 to Dec 2010. Duties included lectures on theoretical topics, teaching practical application using softwares like SPSS, setting papers for examinations and evaluation. Research Projects Worked as co- investigator of the UGC funded minor research project titled Evaluating Economic and Social Impact of Joining SHG. A comparative study has been done between a set of group of members over a period of 4 years. Another comparative study has been carried between group members and non group members. Employment and empowerment status of the self help group members have been mainly examined in this project. Worked as one of the co-directors of ICSSR sponsored major research project titled Borrowing Patterns in a Rural Economy A selective Study. The recurring loan structure of a set of borrowers have been analysed over a period of 2 years. The concept of tied loan has also been dealt with. Other Research Experiences Was engaged in the Project Rationale for Choice of Alternative Sources of Fund for the Rural Poor: A Case Study funded by Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. Ph.D Student in Departments of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (March 02 to August 08) Junior Research Fellow in Departments of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, (March 02 August 03) Research Assistant Worked in Planning and Development Unit, Jadavpur University, (February 01- March, 02). Project Assistant Worked in a minor research project titled Cost and Financing of Higher Education coordinated by Dr. Debjani Sarkar and Dr. Basabi Bhattacharya, in the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.( August 2000- December 2000).
Publications: 1. Does Institutional Framework of MFIs matter in the Economic Benefits of Clients? Evidence from slums in Mumbai.( with Samapti Guha) Economic and Political Weekly (Forthcoming) 2. Determinants of Profitability of the Microenterprises led by Women Micro Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Mumbai Slums. (with Samapti Guha) International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol-24,No-4, pp. 455-473. (Inderscience Publishers), 3. Do Micro Enterprises Choose Microfinance Institutions to meet their Financial Needs? Evidence from Mumbai Slums. (with Samapti Guha),Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol. 19, No. 3.( World Scientific Publishing House). 4. What Factors Play a Role in Empowering Women Study on SHG Members from India?, (with Tanmoyee Banerjee) Gender Technology and Development, Vol- 16, No-3( Sage Journals). 5. Self Help Group Participation and Employment of the Women: Myths and Reality in the conference Volume of FIKUSZ 2010 (Symposium for Young Researchers) conference volume at Obuda University, Budapest during November, 2010, ISBN:978-615-5018-05-3. 6. Does Political Identity Matter in Rural Borrowing? Evidence from a Field Survey (with Tanmoyee Banerjee and Malabika Roy), Journal of South Asian Development, Vol- 5, No-1,pp.137 163. (Sage publications) Print ISSN: 0973-1741 Online ISSN: 0973-1733 7. Borrower s in a Village Economy: an Analysis of Credit Contracts across Rural Households", (with Tanmoyee Banerjee and Malabika Roy), Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, Vol-10,No-1, pp. 85-101.( (Indexed in Scopus Elsevier Bibliography Data Base) ISSN: 0119-8386. 8. Agriculture Growth in Two Major Rice Producing States in India: A Comparative Study of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh (with Ajitava
Raychaudhuri), published in Issue No-358, Jan 2010, Indian Journal of Economics.ISSN: 0019-5170 9. Ghosh,Banerjee and Roy(2009), Different Persons Different Needs: An Analysis of various types of Loans in a Village Economy, The ICFAI University Journal of Managerial Economics, Vol-VII, Nos-3& 4, pp:94-108, ISSN: 0972-9305. 10. Paper titled Measurement of Cost Efficiency in case of Rice Production in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh (2010), in The ICFAI University Journal of Agriculture Economics, Vol-VII, Nos-1&2, pp.30-47, ISSN:0973-2276. 11. Who lends to the poor : An analysis of credit contracts across households., - Coauthored with Dr Tanmoyee Banerjee (Chatterjee) and Dr. Malabika Roy, Working Paper,# January 2008 (CAS 06032008), Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. 12. Impact of Price Change on Supply and Demand for Rice in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal - Coauthored with Dr Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Working paper#07-07, March, 2007, Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University. 13. Globalization and Liberalization of Indian Agriculture: Some Related Issues in Essays on International Trade (Ed. Dr. Rajat Acharya) with Dr Ajitava Raychaudhuri (Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University), Allied Publishers Private Limited, Jan 2005, ISBN-81-7764-732-6. 14. Indian Agriculture under Globalization (2001) with late Prof. Biplab Dasgupta, Eminent Economist and Head, Planning and Development Unit, Jadavpur University. Published as a Mimeo. Conferences and Workshops: 1. Paper titled Efficiency and Mission Drift: Debate Revisited, has been accepted for presentation in the Fourth European Research Conference on Microfinance to be held in the University of Geneva from 1-3 rd June, 2015. 2. Presented paper titled Trend of Technical Efficiency and Cost Efficiency of Rice Production for major rice producing States of India, at 51 st Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) during 12-14 December, 2014 at Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab.
3. Presented a paper titled Presented a paper titled Role of Social Enterprises in Creation of Sustainable Livelihoods: Case of Microfinance Institutions in slums of Mumbai, at International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development during 4 th Feb-7 th Feb, 2015 at Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. 4. Invited to be discussant for a paper in the Centenary Research Scholar Workshop (International) on Growth and Regional Disparities: Theory and Empirics, organized by the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta. 5. Presented paper Tilted Determinants of Profitability of the Microenterprises led by Women Micro Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Mumbai Slums, Young Scholar s Seminar, organized by CESP, JNU, New Delhi, held in April, 2014. 6. Presented paper, Titled Does microfinance institution really help microenterprises? A case Study of Slums in Mumbai, India, has been accepted for presentation in the 50 th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), held at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai from 22 Dec, 2013 to 24 th December 2013. 7. Third European Research Conference on Microfinance, held in 10-12 June, 2013 at The Norwegian Centre for Microfinance Research, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. 8. Participated in the UGC Sponsored Refresher Course for college and university teachers organized by Academic Staff College of Calcutta University along with Department of Economics, Calcutta University, from Jan 2, 2013 to 22, Jan 2013 and obtained Grade A. 9. Participated and presented a paper Titled has presented her paper titled, Self Help Group Participation and Employment of the Women: Myths and Reality at FIKUSZ 2010 (Symposium for Young Researchers) conference at Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary. 10. Participated and presented a paper Titled, Self Help Group Participation and Employment of the Woman: The Reality, at Annual Conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics, at Jadavpur University, held during December 20-12, 2010. 11. Participated in the 3-day workshop( January 5-7, 2009) on Productivity and Efficiency Analysis organized by the Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics in association with the Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited. 12. Presented a paper Titled Borrowers in a Village Economy: an Analysis of Credit Contracts at the International Conference on The Informal
Sector in South Asia: Organizational Dynamics, Institutional Determinants, Interlinkages and Development held during July 27-28, 2009 at the Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave, India in collaboration with Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India and Research Programme Consortium for Improving Institutions for Pro-poor Growth, University of Manchester, UK. 13. Presented Paper titled Measurement of Cost Efficiency in case of Rice Production in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh at 44th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) during 3-5 January, 2008 at University of Hyderabad. 14. Participated in the UGC Sponsored Orientation Program for college and university teachers organized by Academic Staff College of Jadavpur University in Nov-Dec 2007 and obtained Grade A. 15. Presented Paper titled Future Trend of Demand for Rice in India-Analysis of Two States: Through Almost Ideal Demand System Estimation Applying Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations at 43rd Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) during 3-7 January, 2007 at IIT, Bombay. 16. Attended and participated in IPPG (Improving Institution on Pro-Poor Growth) workshop organized by Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics & Political Science in collaboration with Consumer Unity & Trust Society, India and Unnayan Shamannay, Bangladesh at Dhaka University from 31 st July to 4 th August, 2006. 17. Invited by the American Center, Calcutta to participate in the Discussion on WTO, Subsidy in Agriculture, and the Future of Global Trade December 2, 2005. and WTO, Globalization and India, January 3, 2006. 18. Presented Paper titled Comparative Study of Rice production in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh at 41st Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) during 20-22 January, 2005 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 19. Paper Titled Trade Liberalization and Agricultural Growth: Total Factor Productivity Growth Comparison in Two Indian States accepted for presentation in the Annual Conference of Agricultural Economics Society, UK During 2 nd 4 th March 2004 in Imperial College, London. 20. Presented Paper Globalization and Food Security in the Two Day National Seminar on Changing Trends and the Economy organized by DSA Centre for Regional Economic Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, 26-27 February, 2004. Refereed for
The Journal Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Oxford Journal. Membership of the Society Life member of Indian Econometric Society. Econometric Modeling Expertise: Simultaneous Equations System Estimation, specializing Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations Estimation (SURE) Stochastic Frontier Analysis Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) Modeling Categorical Dependent Variables (binary/ multinomial) modeling using Logistic Regression Advanced Multiple Regression like Tobit Regression (Censored Data), Count Modelling. Panel Data Models, Multivariate Analyses Factor Analysis namely Exploratory and Confirmatory and Structural Equation Modelling. Working with primary survey data Working with large sample household data like NSSO. Software Skills: Advanced level experience in Statistical and Econometric Softwares like SPSS, Limdep, M-Fit, E-views, STATA. SAS Experience level- beginner (SAS STAT, SAS ETS and SAS BASE) Advanced level user of MS Office (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS- PowerPoint) Certificate in Office Automation Tools from Regional Computer Centre, Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1999 Achievements: Awarded State Junior Research Fellowship by the Govt. of West Bengal in March 2002 Qualified in UGC-Net (Lecturership Grade) in 1999 National Scholar - For both Secondary (10) and Higher- Secondary (10+2) Level Awarded by Govt. Of West Bengal in 1993 and 1995 respectively Hobbies: Reading, Music, Playing Electronic Organ, Fabric Painting.
Place: Kolkata Dated On: May,2015. Signature: (Dr. Chandralekha Ghosh)