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B.E.(Computer Science)

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Prof. Mini Thomas P

hyderabad Economics & Finance

Associate Professor
Department of Economics and Finance

K - 230, Department of Economics and Finance,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani,
Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar,
Kapra Mandal, Medchal District - 500 078
Telangana State, India.

mini@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

+91 40 66303706

https://in.linkedin.com/in/mini-p-thomas-phd-68275b41

Awards and Recognition

2024 - Co-authored paper on Digital Trade and Wealth Inequality in Asia Pacific region won Early Career Research Award for Best Paper from United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok
2023 - Chaired and served as Discussant for a technical session for Globelics 20th Anniversary International Conference held in GIFT, Trivandrum, Kerala; Travel Grant from ERIA Indonesia
2022 - Evaluator for Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) Scholars for Future Programme
2021 - Contributor to research agenda setting exercise on "Gender and COVID19", formulated by United Nations University IIGH, Malaysia
2016 - Travel Grant from ISS Hague, Netherlands, to present research work at the 14th Development Dialogue
2014 - Represented India as a 'Young Scientist' in the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting in Economic Sciences, Germany
2011 - Awarded Prof. D. M. Nanjundappa Endowment Prize in Economics for topper in ISEC PhD Coursework
2009 - Awarded UGC - NET and JRF (Economics)

Peer Reviewing Assignments

2016 - 5th International Conference on Applied Econometrics
2017 - Sage Publications textbook manuscript in Public Finance
2020 - European Journal of Comparative Economics (SCOPUS)
2020 - Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (SCOPUS)
2021 - SN Business & Economics, Springer
2022 - SN Business & Economics (twice); Book Chapter on Urban Ecologies of Divided Cities, Springer
2023 - Regional Statistics (SCOPUS); Aarthika Charche: FPI Journal of Economics & Governance; Journal of Social and Economic Development (SCOPUS)
2024 - Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (SCOPUS); South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance (SCOPUS); SN Business & Economics; Journal of Public Affairs (SCOPUS)

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