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Biresh K. Sahoo

Professor, Economics

 

BA (Econ. Hons., Utkal), MA & M.Phil. (Econ., Hyderabad), Ph.D (IIT-KGP.), JSPS Postdoc. Fellow (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo)

 

e-mail:- s_biresh@ettimadai.amrita.edu

 
 
 
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BIOGRAPHY

Over 12 years of teaching and research experience. Recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for 12 consecutive months to pursue advanced research at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo under the auspices of the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Foreign Researchers. Has qualified the National Educational Test (NET) for Lectureship in Economics conducted by University Grant Commission, New Delhi. Publications in scholarly international journals, such as the Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, International Journal of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Systems Science, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, and Opsearch. Article titled ‘Evaluating Cost-Efficiency and Returns to Scale in the Life Insurance Corporation of India using Data Envelopment Analysis’ published in Socio- Economic Planning Sciences has been listed as the top article in top 25 Hottest articles by Science Direct in the Subject Area: ‘Business Management and Accounting’. Coauthored a book entitled “Efficiency Models in Data Envelopment Analysis: Techniques of Evaluation of Productivity of Firms in a Growing Economy” with Jati K. Sengupta published by Palgrave Macmillan, U.K. in October 2006. Served as a reviewer for international journals such as Annals of Operations Research, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, and Energy Economics. Currently working on research projects in the field of production frontier analysis with Jati K. Sengupta (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA), Kaoru Tone (GRIPS, Tokyo, Japan), Kristiaan Kerstens (Université Catholique de Lille, France) and Diego Prior (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

INTEREST AREAS
Microeconomic Theory (with emphasis on Production Theory and its Applications), Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, and Data Envelopment Analysis

COURSES TAUGHT
Microeconomics (Core)
Macroeconomics (core)
Econometrics (Elective)

POSITIONS HELD:
Served as a Postdoctoral Fellow for 12 consecutive months in 2001-02 at Graduate School of Policy Science (GRIPS), Tokyo under the auspices of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Foreign Researchers.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:                                                 Abstracts»
Has published research papers in refereed international and national journals such as “Annals of Operations Research”, “European Journal of Operational Research”, “International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics”, “International Journal of Operations Research”, “International Journal of Production Economics”, “International Journal of Systems Science”, “Socio-Economic Planning Sciences”, “OPSEARCH”, “Anvesak”, and “Journal of Applied Finance”. Currently is a reviewer for six international journals: “Annals of Operations Research”, “Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research Society”, “European Journal of Operational Research”, “Omega: The International Journal of Management Science”, “Socio-Economic Planning Sciences”, and “Energy Economics”.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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