Introduction :
 

Research Interest
Green Accounting, Natural Resource Management, Public Finance, Development, Economics.
Just Energy Transition, Post Disaster Need Assessment, Development Disparity, Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Environmental Impact Assessment, Public Finance, Mining and Forest Economics

Ongoing research Work
Depreciation of physical capital due to natural disaster and Adjusted Net Domestic Product.
Just Energy Transition in Eastern India, Adoption of Solar Energy and Electric Vehicles in India, Tribal Education in Eastern India, Post Disaster Need Assessment, Regional Disparity

Teaching Interest
Environmental Economics, Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecological Economics, Public Economics, International Trade

Courses Teaching/Taught at NISER
Introduction to Economics, Environmental Economics and Environmental Impact Assessment, Ecological Economics, New Institutional Economics, Research methodology

Education Degrees

  • 2012   [April 19, 2012] PhD, Economics, Centre for Development Studies [CDS], Thiruvananhtapuram, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
  • 2006   MPhil, Applied Economics from CDS, JNU, India
  • 2004   MA, Analytical and Applied Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • 2002   BA, Economics honours with distinction, [Prana Nath College, Khordha] Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

 

Employment

July 01, 2023 onwards
Associate Professor School of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Jatni, Khordha, Odisha
July 01, 2018- June 30 2023
Reader-F, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Jatni, Khordha, Odisha.
December, 01, 2015-June 30 2018
Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Jatni, Khordha, Odisha.
November, 01 2014 –November 31 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of A&A Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
July 08, 2013 – October 31, 2014: [on deputation from Utkal University]     
Deputy Director, Fourteenth Finance Commission, Government of India, New Delhi.
March 06, 2010-July 05, 2013:
Assistant Professor, Department of A&A Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India [On deputation to Fourteenth Finance Commission]

Awards, Fellowships etc.

Awards and Medals

  • 2023. Springer Nature Best Paper Award 2023 for the paper titled "A Comprehensive Methodology for the Post Disaster Damages, Losses and Need Assessment" at the Resilience and Sustainability Summit: Vision 2047 (RESSUMMIT2047)  Organized by: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi & National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi during January 17-19, 2023. Co-author Sasmita Behera.
  • 2021: Best Oral Presentation for the paper "Economic Valuation of Agricultural Ecosystem Services: A Case of Jamujhari Village of Odisha" at the 30th National Web Conference on Soil and Water Management Technologies for Climate Resilience, Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability during December 14-16, 2021 Organized by Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi Collaborator: Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar. Co-authors of the paper are Suvangi Rath, and Khitish Kumar Sarangi.

 

  • 2011:  Received best paper prize for the paper titled ‘Orissa’s Fiscal Consolidation Path: Trimming the Fat or Cutting the Muscle?’.at the 7th Refresher Course in Public Economics for South Asian Region organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, during  23rd  May 2011 to 17th June 2011.
  • 2010: Young Scientist Award for the best paper presentation on “An Economic Analysis of the Water Allocation in Odisha’ in Odisha Environment Congress 2010 jointly organised by the Centre for Environment and Development, Thiruvananthapuram; Human Development Foundation, Bhubaneswar and Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar held during 22-24 December 2010.

 

  • 2009:Global Development Medal 2009 by Global Development Network at the 10th Annual Global Development Conference (Natural Resource and Development) in its’ competition for Medals for Research on Development under the Category of Foreign Direct Investment and Natural Resource for my paper entitled ‘Do Firm Ownership and Competition Have Bearing on Productivity? An Enquiry of Indian Mining Industry from 1988-89 to 2005-06’. The conference was organised by the Global Development Network (GDN) and held at the Kuwait City, Kuwait during 01-05 February 2009 and the award was sponsored by the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance. The award carries cash prize of 10,000 USD and a certificate.

Fellowships
2006-10         ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship

2004-06         CDS Institutional fellowship for MPhil in Applied Economics
UGC NET
2005             Qualified National Education Test (NET) for lectureship conducted by University Grants Commission, India, held in December.

Publications

1. Suvangi Rath, Amarendra Das, Kiran Kumara T M and Khitish Kumar Sarangi. (2023) Valuation of Agricultural Ecosystem Services: Evidence from Eastern India. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.  

  1. Mohapatra, Souryabrata; Das, Amarendra; Sahoo, Dukhabandhu; Sharp, Basil; Sahoo, Auro (2023) How climate-included variations in crop yields affect migration in India. International Journal of Social Economics. 
  2. Rath Suvangi, Amarendra Das, Shivendra Kumar Srivastava, Kiran Kumara T.M. and Khitish Kumar Sarangi. (2023) Payments for Ecosystem Services and it's Applications in India.CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 124, NO. 7. Page 799-806. doi: 10.18520/cs/v124/i7/799-806.  https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/124/07/0799.pdf
  3. Das, Amarendra (2022) Mainstreaming forest conservation and restoration through fiscal policies in India in International Expert Workshop on Economic Aspects of Nature Restoration Vilm, 13 – 16 October 2021 Proceedings. (editor) Harry Gölz. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN). BfN-Schriften 637 2022. Bonn, Germany. https://bfn.bsz-bw.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/1091/file/Schrift637.pdf  ISBN 978-3-89624-398-0. DOI 10.19217/skr637. 
  4. Das, Amarendra, Sasmita Behera and Bibhunandini Das (2022) Role of Local Governments in Disaster Management in International Handbook of Disaster Management, Editors, Amita Singh. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3
  5. Padhan Dasarathi, Amarendra Das (2022) Physical and monetary asset accounting of mineral resources in India, Resources Policy, Volume 78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102902.
  6. Das Amarendra, Dasarathi Padhan, Chinmayee Sahoo (2021) Depreciation of physical capital due to natural disaster and Adjusted Net Domestic Product. Disaster and Development. Vol. 10, Issue 1, pages 213-238.
  7. With Dasarathi Padhan (2021) Environmental Accounting in India: Progress and Challenges. Economic and Political Weekly. July 31, 2021 Vol LVI (31). https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/31/special-articles/environmental-accounting-india.html
  8. With Bibhunandini Das (2021) Is Distance to Secondary School a Barrier to secondary and higher education in India? Millennial Asia. https://doi.org/10.1177/09763996211035073
  9. Book Review (2021) Praveen Jha et al. (Eds.), Labouring Women: Issues and Challenges in Contemporary India. Orient BlackSwan, 2020, 328 pp. (paperback). ISBN 978-93-90122-07-3. Sociological Bulletin , 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380229211018979
  10. With Biplab Kumar Guru (2021) Cost of Human-Elephant Conflict and Perception of Compensation: Evidence from Odisha, India, Journal: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (CJEP). https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2020.1838264 
  11. With Biplab Kumar Guru (2021) COVID-19 and uncertainty spillovers in Indian stock market. MethodsX. Volume 8, 2021, 101199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.101199.
  12. Das Amarendra, Dasarathi Padhan, Chinmayee Sahoo (Preprint) Depreciation of physical capital due to natural disaster and Adjusted Net Domestic Product. https://advance.sagepub.com/authors/Amarendra_Das/8861318.
  13. With Pradeep Kumar Sahoo and Himanshu Shekhar Rout (2020) Mining, Livelihood and Adivasis, in Orissa Economic Journal Vol 52.
  14. Lead author (with Keshab Das and Mitali Chinara) Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy of Odisha, report published by Orissa Economics Association

 

  1. Das, Amarendra (2020): Odisha's Growth Forecast for 2020-21. SageSubmissions. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.31124/advance.12328388.v1
  2. With Subhankar Mishra (2020). India’s Growth Forecast for 2020-21. arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.06461.
  3. Das Amarendra (2020) Turnaround in Maternal and Child Healthcare: Role of Institutional Innovation and Interactive Learning in Inclusive Innovation: Evidence and Options in Rural India Editors Rajeswari S. Raina and Keshab Das, Springer.
  4. With Lalitarani Pradhan and H S. Rout (2019). Local Self-Governance: A Case Study in Odisha. Orissa Economic Journal. Vol 51. Issue 1. Pp.45-68.
  5. Das Amarendra and V. Santhakumar (2018) Education of Adivasis in India: Relooking the Language Barrier. Orissa Economic Journal, pp. 38-58.
  6. Bibhunandini Das and Amarendra Das (2017) Technology Adoption in Indian Agriculture after Green Revolution: Changes and Challenges, eds  M P Bezbaruah, Binoy Goswami and Raju Mandal. Taylor and Francis Books.
  7. Das Amarendra and Satyananda Acharya (2016) ‘Mining and Odisha’s Economy’ in The Economy of Odisha: A Profile (eds) S C. Panda, P. B. Nayak and P. Pattnaik. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.pp.141-173.
  8. Das Amarendra and H. S Rout (2015) ‘The Distant Goal of Universalising Elementary Education: Case Study of a tribal Village of Odisha’ in The Social Sector in India: Issues and Challenges (eds.) H. S. Rout and Padmaja Mishra, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.
  9. Bal Chakradhar, Amarendra Das, and Subas C. Kumar (2015)’Silver-lining in Odisha’s Manufacturing Industry’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. L, NO (15). pp.69-79.
  10. Das Amarendra  and Bibhunandini Das (2015) ‘Does Sanitation Affect Health Outcomes? Evidence from India’. MPRA Paper No. 63760. http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/63760/
  11. Das Amarendra and Bibhunandini Das (2015) ‘How Inclusive is Odisha’s Economic Growth?’ in Trend, Magnitude and Dimensions of Inequality in Post Reform India (eds.) R. K. Panda and R. K. Meher, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi. pp 206-226.
  1. Das Amarendra and Padmaja Mishra (2014) ‘Environment, Natural Resources and the Indian Economy’. New Century Publications, New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-7708-348-4.
  2. Das Amarendra (2014) ‘On the States’ Ownership and Taxation Rights over Minerals in India’ in The Coal Nation: Histories, Cultures and Ecologies of Coal in India edited by Kuntala Lahiri Dutta Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Wey Court East, Union Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7PT, England. ISBN 978-1-4724-2470-9
  1. Das Amarendra (2013) ‘Performance of Public and Private Mining Firms in India: In Productivity, Environmental and Social Dimensions’ Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. ISBN13: 978-1-4438-5243-2, ISBN: 1-4438-5243-0.
  1. Mishra Padmaja and Amarendra Das (2013) ‘Mining: Economic, Environmental and Social Implications’. Edited Volume. Abhijit Publications, New Delhi. ISBN-13 9789350740569.
  2. Das Amarendra (2013) Implementation of Social Security Schemes in Odisha: A Study of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in The Long Road to Social Security edited by K P Kannan and Jan Breman. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
  3. 32 Das Amarendra (2012c) ‘Odisha’s Fiscal Consolidation Path: Trimming the fat or cutting the muscle?’ Utkal Economic Papers. Vol 15. ISSN-0976-7592. Pp.33-50
  4. Das Amarendra (2012b) ‘Does Firm Ownership Differentiate the Social Compliance? An Enquiry into the Indian Mining Industry. Indian Economic Journal. Volume 59(3), pp.56-70
  5. 34 Das Amarendra (2012a) ‘Who extracts minerals more efficiently—Public or private firms? A study of Indian mining industry. Journal of Policy Modelling. Vol. 34. Issue 5. pp 755-766.
  6. 35 Das Amarendra (2011) Poverty and Deforestation Nexus in Joint Forest Management Regime: A Study in Chandaka Wildlife Division of Orissa State. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany.  ISBN-13 -978-3-8433-2130-3
  7. 36 Das Amarendra (2011) ‘Poverty Induced Forest Degradation in JFM Regime: Evidence from Orissa, India’, Review of Development and Change. Vol. XVI, No.1, pp.23-48.
  8. 37 Das Amarendra (2009) ‘Challenges in Ensuring Elementary Education for All’. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. XLIV, No. 39, pp. 29-30. September, 26.
  9. 38 Das Amarendra (2009) ‘Regulatory Authority over Minerals: A Case for Review’. Economic and Political Weekly’. Vol XLIV NO 10, pp.105-109.
  10. 39 Das Amarendra and William Joe (2008) ‘Community Participation in Monitoring Coal Production’. Economic and Political Weekly, VOL 43 No. 06.pp-77-79.
  11. 40 Das Amarendra (2007)’ How far have we come in Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’. Economic and Political Weekly. VOL 42 No. 01, pp.21-23.
  12. 41 Das Amarendra (2005) “POSCO Deal: Natural Resource Implications” Economic and Political Weekly, VOL 40 No. 44 and 45, pp.4678-4680

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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