National/International Research Project Completed/Ongoing as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI

1. Major Project completed as a PI
   Project Title: MSME definition and measurement in India and its effect on informality
   Duration: September 2020 to November 2020
   Funded by: International Labour Organization (ILO), New Delhi Office
   Funding amount: ₹ 6 lakhs
2. Major Project Proposal accepted recently as a PI
   Project Title: Study of Prevention and Control of Fraud and Corruption by an Organization
   Duration: May 2024 to September 2024
   Funded by: BIS, Government of India
   Funding amount: INR 6.05 lakhs
3. Major Project Proposal accepted recently as a Co-PI
   Project Title: Study of Social Accountability at the Work Place
   Duration: May – October 2024
   Funded by: BIS, Government of India
   Funding amount: INR 5.5 lakhs
4. Minor project completed under Research Initiation Grant of BITS Pilani as a PI
   Project Title: Changing Contours of Income-Employment Growth and Expected Job Loss in India Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Regional Perspective
   Duration: June 2021-May 2023
   Funded by: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan
   Funding amount: INR 5.5 lakhs
5. Minor Project Proposal completed as a Consultant
   Project Title: Analysing demographic transition in shaping the economy, employment and future possibilities in Odisha
   Duration: August-September 2023
   Funded by: CYSD, Bhubaneswar, UNFPA
   Funding amount: INR 1.25 lakhs
6. Major Project Completed recently as a Consultant
   Project Title: India’s New World of Work: Perspectives & Recommendations on Gig and Platform Economy
   Duration: June-November 2021
   Funded by: VV Giri National Labour Institute and NITI Aayog
   

    

   Workshop/Seminar Conducted

1. Awarded Conducted a Ten Days Research Methodology workshop in 22-31 August 2022 in the Department of Economics & Finance at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, as a course Co-Director sponsored by ICSSR and approved during June 2022 (₹ 5.5 lakhs).
2. Awarded to Conducted a Five Days National Workshop on NSSO Cross-Sectional Unit-Level Survey Data Analysis for Empirical Research using STATA & R Studio (Hybrid Mode-Offline/Online) as a course Convener (self-sponsored), BITS Pilani during February 21-25, 2024 (₹ 3.45 lakhs).

Professional Experience

1-Economist, at Centre of Excellence in Fiscal Policy and Taxation (CEFT), Govt. of Odisha, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Nature of Work: Working in the UNICEF-CEFT Research Project on “Strengthening Public Finance for Children in Odisha (Child Budgeting) and Odisha Gender Budgeting as well as Odisha Nutrition Based Budgeting Analysis and Odisha SDG Budget Analysis” for bringing the major policy documents for the state during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 period. Further assisted in preparing the “Handbook on Gender and Child Budgeting” published by UNICEF, CEFT and the Finance Department Government of Odisha (May-2019 to April-2021).

2-Research Assistant at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (Kerala), in the Project “Evaluation Study of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2006-07 to 2010-11”, Nature of Work: NSSO EUS unit level data analysis and Primary Data analysis and report writing (Aug.-2013 to July-2014)

3-Worked as a Consultant on a part-time basis at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi during March 2020 to April 2020. Research-related activities (March-2020 to April-2020)

4-Worked as a Consultant on a part-time basis at Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in the research study titled “Diagnostic for Health System Transformation in Odisha”, during October 2019 to March 2020. Research-related activities (October-2019 to March-2020)

5-Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Research and Academic related activities ( Jan-2011 to July-2011)

6-Research Assistant for Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi, on a part-time basis in the Project “Changing Prospective of Women work in India: A Case Study of Odisha”, Nature of Work: NSSO EUS unit level data analysis and Primary Data analysis and report writing ( March-2016 to Aug.-2016)