Hyderabad Campus,
Associate Professor, School of Gender and Livelihoods
Ph.D. in Economics
poulomi.bhattacharya[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in
Poulomi Bhattacharya has done her PhD in Economics from Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. Her research interest encompasses agricultural economics, development Economics and Economics of Innovation. She has worked on the linkage between aquaculture and environment and has won two international prizes for that. She has been involved in various research projects as principal and co-principal investigator sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, ICSSR, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India etc. Apart from research, Dr. Poulomi has the experience of teaching Managerial Economics , Macro Economics and Business Environment, Contemporary Indian Economy, Impact evaluation and Development Economics courses at post graduate level. She has previously worked in Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and IBS Hyderabad. She has published in national and international journals of repute such as World Development, Ocean and Coastal Management, Indian Economic Journal, Science , technology and society, Natural Resources Forum: A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal . She has also served as the Programme Advisory Committee Member for SCSP, SEED Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (From July 2019-July 2022).
Agricltural Economics, Trade and Agriculture,Development Economics, Economics of Innovation
Latest Publication
Bhattacharya, P., & Jafar, K. (2024) .Migration and Urban Informal Labour Market: A Study of Labour Addas in the City of Hyderabad. In S Irudaya Rajan(Ed.), India Migration Report 2023 (pp. 336-355). Routledge India.
In peer reviewed journals
1. Rath, B. N., & Bhattacharya, P. (2023). Patterns of Innovation and Firms’ Efficiency in Case of Indian Manufacturing Sector. Global Business Review,1-25 [Impact Factor: 2.4]
2. Rath, B. N., & Bhattacharya, P. (2022). Does Innovation Outcome Influence Performance of Indian Manufacturing Firms?. Buletin Ekonomi Moneter Dan Perbankan, 25, 85-102[[Impact Factor:1.30]
3. Bhattacharya, P., & Dash, A. K. (2021). Determinants of blue economy in Asia-Pacific island countries: A study of tourism and fisheries sectors. Ocean & Coastal Management, 211, 105774.[Impact Factor:4.6]
4. Bhattacharya, P., & Rath, B. N. (2020). Innovation and Firm-level Labour Productivity: A Comparison of Chinese and Indian Manufacturing Based on Enterprise Surveys. Science, Technology and Society, 25(3), 465-481[Impact Factor:1.9]
5. Narayan, S., & Bhattacharya, P. (2019). Relative export competitiveness of agricultural commodities and its determinants: Some evidence from India. World Development, 117, 29-47, Elsevier. [Impact Factor: 6.9]
6. Bhattacharya, P. (2019). Determinants of export competitiveness of fresh fruits in India. International Journal of Sustainable Economy, 11(1), 61-80.[CiteScore:1.5]
7. Bhattacharya, P.(2018). Productivity growth and technical efficiency change of Indian food and agro-based firms during post-global financial crisis, The Empirical Economic Letters, 17 (8), 1007-1015
8. Bhattacharya, P., Rath, B. N., & Dash, A. K. (2016). Supply response of milk production: analysis and implications for BRIC Countries. Applied Econometrics and International Development, 16(1), 179-192.[Impact Factor : 0.70)
9. Bhattacharya, P. (2012). Determinants of Land Leasing Decisions in Shrimp Farming in West Bengal, India: Implications for Government Policy. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 10(1362-2016-107644), 79-90.(Impact Factor:1.7]
10. Rath, B. N., & Bhattacharya, P. (2011). Productivity Growth, Efficiency Change and Technical Progress: A Study of Registered Manufacturing Sector in Odisha. The Indian Economic Journal, 59(3), 18-37.[Impact FActor: 0.3]
11. Bhattacharya, P., & Ninan, K. N. (2011). Social cost‐benefit analysis of intensive versus traditional shrimp farming: A case study from India. In Natural Resources Forum, 58 (4),321-333. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.[Impact Factor 3.3]
12. Bhattacharya, P. (2010). A Comparative Study of Traditional and Scientific Shrimp Farming in West Bengal: A Technical Efficiency Analysis. The Indian Economic Journal, 58(2), 81-100.[Impact Factor 0.3]
13. Bhattacharya, P. (2009). Determinants of yields in shrimp culture: scientific vs. traditional farming systems in West Bengal. IUP Journal of Agricultural Economics, 6(1), 31-46.
Other Publications:
14. Bhattacharya, Poulomi, and Aruna Kumar Dash. "Drivers of Blue Economy in Asia and Pacific Island Countries: An Empirical Investigation of Tourism and Fisheries Sectors.", Asian Development Bank Institute , Working Paper series, No. 1161, available at: https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/623236/adbi-wp1161.pdf, July ,2020
15. Life and Time of Migrant Labour Adda Workers: A study of Three Labour Addas in Hyderabad (Editors: Poulomi Bhattacharya and Jafar K.),Research Report of School of Livelihoods and Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad., 2018
16. Working Condition of Women Agricultural Labourers : A study of Thiruneelvelli district of Tamil Nadu , Proceedings of National Seminar on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s vision of Economic Development of India (with M. Karuppasamy), Page No. 113-121(ISBN No.978-93-85777-91-2
17.A Panel Data Analysis of Supply Response of Milk Production in BRIC Countries, TISS Working Paper Series, No.3 ,Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, 2014
18. “A Compendium of Essays in Applied Econometrics” edited by Trilochan Tripathy, Poulomi Bhattacharya and M.Aruna, Paramount Publishing House, Hyderabad, 2012.
19.Assessment of Supply- Demand Balances of Foodgrains and Other Food Items over the Medium Term Future’ sponsored by the ‘Ministry of Food and Public Distribution’ NCAER Mimeo, May 2010 (Parmod Kumar, Poulomi Bhattacharya and S. K. Singh).
20.Economics of Shrimp Farming: A Comparative Study of Traditional vs. Scientific Shrimp Farming in West Bengal, ISEC working paper Series, No. 218, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore,2009
21. A Comparative Study of Traditional vs. Scientific Shrimp Farming in West Bengal: A Technical Efficiency Analysis, ISEC working paper Series, No. 188, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, 2008
As Principal Investigator
- TISS Research Council Grant: Implications of COVID-19 on informal business and revival strategies: A study of petty traders in Hyderabad City
- Short term consultancy project: Pilot study to understand everyday life of migrant families and their children in brick kilns/ construction sites in Hyderabad, Telangana, sponsored by Aga Khan Foundation
- An Economic Assessment of Electronic National Agricultural Market (e-NAM) on the Livelihood of Farmers, Major Research Project of the Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE) [ongoing]
- Comprehensive Survey and Study of ST Community in Telangana State: Mapping of Data and Resources on a Spatial Domain, Project Sanctioned by Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI [ongoing]
As Co- Principal Investigator
- · ICSSR Research Programme Grant, 2018 (sponsored by the ICSSR, MHRD, Government of India, April 2018 to September 2020,finished in October 2021), for a project titled “Patterns of Innovation, Technological Competition and Firm Performance in Case of Indian Manufacturing Sector” (PD: Dr. Badri Narayan Rath, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad,]
- · “The Nexus between Cities, Externalities, Growth and Poverty in India: A Post Covid-19 Assessment on Urban Poor and Slum Dwellers- A Study for Setting the Context for “Cities, inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable, sponsored by Institute of Eminence (IOE), Government of India -University of Hyderabad, [ongoing]
As team member:
- Evaluation of Public Distribution System (PDS) for Six States, sponsored by Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Government of India [ Member of the project team as Research Officer, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
Course Taught
1.Philosophy and Methods of Social Research(Quantitative)
2.Development Economics
3. Contemporary Indian Economy
4. Poverty and Ineqality: Approaches and measurement
5. Conceptual Grounding in Economics
6. Theories of Economic Development
7. Impact Evaluation
8. Organizational Economics
