Dr Montu Bose | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Montu Bose

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus,
Assistant Professor, Centre for Health and Social Sciences, School of Health Systems Studies

Qualification

PhD in Health Economics (University of Calcutta)
MPhil in Economics (Rabindra Bharati University)
National Eligibility Test (NET) in Economics (UGC)
MA in Economics (Rabindra Bharati University)
BSc (Economics, University of Calcutta)

Contact

montu.bose[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Address -

Centre for Health & Social Sciences
School of Health Systems Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS Mumbai)
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088.

Email -
montu.bose@tiss.ac.in
monbose@gmail.com

Phone No. 022-2552 5527 (Office)

Montu Bose is a health economist. His areas of expertise include Health Economics, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Public Policy. Montu holds a PhD from the University of Calcutta. He is a regular contributor to national and international journals. He has also presented papers at many national and international conferences, seminars, and symposia. He is the first Indian recipient of the prestigious GNHE (Global Network for Health Equity) Fellowship, during 2013-14.

Presently, he is engaged as an Assistant Professor with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS Mumbai) since December 2022. Dr. Bose has also served TERI School of Advanced Studies as an Assistant Professor before joining TISS. He has also served as a visiting faculty at the University of Delhi (DU), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), Shiv Nadar University, NCR Delhi, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan (Sister Nivedita University), Kolkata. His experience includes serving Jadavpur University and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in various research positions. He also worked as a Departmental Research Support Project Fellow (DRS-I), at the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta.

Dr. Bose's teaching & research interests include Health Economics, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics and Public Policy. He has expertise in the following areas -

Health Economics
Health Equity
Healthcare Data Analytics
Statistics & Econometrics
Access to Healthcare
Social Determinants of Health
National Health Accounts
Environmental Health
CSR and Health
Digital Health
Microeconomics

He has also successfully guided one Ph.D. Scholar (Awarded in April 2023). The title of the thesis was "Emerging Perspectives in Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector with Special Reference to Textile Sector".

Roy, S., Dutta, A. & Bose, M. (2023). Is Gender a Barrier to Access Vocational Training in India? An Empirical Analysis based on Periodic Labour Force Survey Data. Ind. J. Labour Econ. 66, 885–909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-023-00461-6.

Bose M., Sarkar O. & Dutta S. (2022): Ever-increasing Caesarean Section and Free Delivery Schemes in India – how much the households are still paying? Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice.

Dutta A. & Bose M. (2021): Policy Failure before COVID-19 Pandemic and Options for the Government in Near Future, COVID-19 Pandemic, India & the World: An Update; eds. Dasgupta, Sikdar & Ghosh Dastidar, Routledge, London.

Dutta S. Bose M. & Rungta R. (2020). Discourse on Ambulatory Healthcare in Uttar Pradesh, India: A Study Based on NSS Data. Business, Economics & Sustainable Development. Eds. Dutta, Mahajan & Bose. Bloomsbury India. New Delhi.

Bose M. and Banerjee S. (2019): Equity in distribution of public subsidy for noncommunicable diseases among the elderly in India: an application of benefit incidence analysis, BMC Public Health, Vol.19(1), 1735.

Bose M. and Dutta A. (2018): Health Financing Strategies to Reduce Out-of-pocket Burden in India: A Comparative Study of Three States, BMC Health Services Research, Vol.18(830).

Mahajan R. and Bose M. (2018): Business Sustainability: Exploring the Meaning and Significance, IMI Konnect, Vol. 7(2), pp. 8-14.

Bose M. (2018): (In)equity in Utilization of Health Care Facilities in Urban India: An Application of Marginal Benefit Incidence Analysis, International Journal of Health Sciences & Research, Vol.8(2).

Bose M. (2018): Development, Globalization and Its Impact on Health Status: A Study from Developing Countries Perspective, International Journal of Healthcare Sciences, Vol.5(2). pp. 366-73.

Srivastava S. Bose M. Karan A and Selvaraj S. (2016): Benefit Incidence of Institutional Delivery in India, 2004-2014: Improving Equity through the National Health Mission? BMJ Global Health.

Bose M. (2016): Access to In-Patient Healthcare in West Bengal: A Benefit Incidence Analysis, Population, Health & Environment, Eds. Unisa S. et.al., Rawat Publications.

Bose M. and Dutta A. (2015): Inequity in Hospitalization Care: A Study on Utilization of Healthcare Services in West Bengal, India, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol. 4(1), pp. 29-38.

Bose M. and Dutta A. (2014): Access to Non-Hospitalisation Care in West Bengal: A Demand-Side Assessment Based on NSS Data, Indian Journal of Human Development (IJHD), Vol. 8(1).

Bose M. (2014): Pattern of Morbidity and Access to Health Care in West Bengal (PhD thesis), online: http://gnhe.funsalud.org.mx/Documentos/Thesis_Montu%20Bose.pdf.

Bhattacharya, J., Banerjee S., and Bose M. (2013): On Assessment of Women Empowerment at Individual level: An Analytical Exposition, Development and Sustainability: India in a Global Perspective, Edited by Prof. Sarmila Banerjee and Prof. Anjan Chakrabarty, Spinger.

Malakar, B. and Bose M. (2011): Interstate Variation in Health Status in India: Significance of Nutritional Status & Health Awareness, Disparities in India, Edited by A.K. Thakur & D. Kumar, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

Malakar, B. and Bose M. (2011): Infant and Child Mortality in India: Inter-regional variation, Regional disparities in India’s Socio-economic Development, Edited by Prof. K.K. Bagchi, New Century Publications, New Delhi.

Report/Policy Document:

National Health Systems Resource Centre (2021). National Health Accounts Estimates for India (2017-18). New Delhi: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Bose M., I Mukhopadhyay, G. Vaidyanathan, et al. (2017): State Health Accounts, Tamil Nadu: 2013-14; Publisher: Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, 2017.

Kerala State Health Accounts: 2013-14; Published in 2016.

Punjab State Health Accounts: 2013-14; Published in 2016.

Costing and Financing of National Multi-Sectoral Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in India; Submitted to WHO in 2016.

Book/Edited Volume:

Datta M., Mahajan R and Bose M. (2020): Business, Economics and Sustainable Development, Bloomsbury India, New Delhi.

Newspaper Article:

Montu Bose & Sibin K Tiwari: Economy’s Clear Signal: Boost Demand, Not Loans. Newsclick, 7th June 2020.

Indranil Mukhopadhyay & Montu Bose: Private healthcare industry in India: 4 common myths debunked. Business Today. 28th August 2020.

Working Paper:

Mukhopadhyay I., Bose M. & Reddy SK Rahul (2023). Exploring methods for improving out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) estimates for India. OP Jindal Global University. DOI. https://doi.org/10.54945/preserve.37. Available at. https://preserve.jgu.edu.in/index.php/preserve.

Mukhopadhyay I., Bose M., Anil V. & Laharia C. (2022): Analysis of Household Expenditure on Health from the Primary Data of 75th and 71st Rounds of Survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation. OP Jindal Global University. DOI. https://doi.org/10.54945/preserve.8; Available at: https://preserve.jgu.edu.in/index.php/preserve/preprint/view/8.

Dutta A. and Bose M. (2014): Health Equity in Access & Benefit Incidence: A Tale of Two States in India, Indian Statistical Institute, International Growth Centre (IGC) & The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); online: http://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dutta-Bose-2014.pdf.

Banerjee S & Bose M. (2011). A Note on Communicable Diseases in South-East Asia. No. DRS_CU_WP_01/2011-12. Department of Economics. University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

Project

Co-PI of the Project titled ‘Analysis of household expenditure on health from the primary data of 75th and 71st rounds of survey by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) in India’, funded by the WHO, August – December 2019.

Consultancy

External consultant of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India for Developing Costing Methodologies & Cost Benefit Analysis, during March 2022.

Independent consultant of ACCESS Health International for the Health Financing Project. Duration February-April 2022.

External consultant of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India for Comparative Analysis of NSS 60th, 71st & 75th Round data for 36 States & UTs of India, duration October – November 2020.

External consultant of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India for National Health Accounts 2017-18 during February – March 2020.

External consultant of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India for preparation of the ‘State Factsheet’ during December 2019.

Dr. Bose has taught the following courses at TISS -

Health Insurance & Risk Management
Management Analytics & Operations Research
Research Methodology & Operations Research
Research Methodology & Statistics
Operations Management & Organisational Development

He has also taught the following courses at various institutes in India -

Economics of Health & Health Care
Health Finance
Economics of Private Health Care
Economics of Infrastructure & Pricing Strategy
Research Methodology
Microeconomics
Econometrics
Macroeconomics
Statistics