Faculty Profile
Dr. Pradyut Guha
Associate Professor, Department of economics
- Email ID: pradyutg78@gmail.com
- Mobile No: 8617511983
Academic Profile
37 Publications
5 Projects
5 PhD Guided
6 M.Phil Guided
Qualifications
Degree
PhD Tea Plantation Sector
Institution
Mizoram University
Year
2011
Degree
SLET Economics
Institution
Gauhati University
Year
2005
Degree
PG Economics
Institution
Gauhati University
Year
2002
Experience
Designation: Lecturer (Non-Sanctioned)
Institution: Sapat Gram College, Sapat Gram
Subject: Economics
Duration: November 1, 2002 – January 15, 2004
Designation: Guest Lecturer
Institution: Gauhati University Kokrajhar Campus, Kokrajhar
Subject: Economics
Duration: January 1, 2005- September 11, 2007
Designation: Assistant Professor (UGC-FIP-Lien)
Institution: K.C.Das Commerce College, Guwahati
Subject: Economics
Duration: October 10, 2010-September 6, 2011
Designation: Assistant Professor
Institution: Digboi Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Digboi
Subject: Economics
Duration: September 7, 2011-March 4, 2012
Designation: Assistant Professor
Institution: Sikkim University
Subject: Economics
Duration: March 6, 2012 - March 10, 2026
Publications
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Exogenous risk preference and factors determining portfolio of flood aversion strategies in agriculture: farm level evidences from Assam, India
Natural Hazards (2026) -
Plastic pollution and economic growth: some lessons from Japan
Environment, Development and Sustainability (2024) -
Determinants of Marketing of Handloom Products Across Heterogeneous Weaving Business Units: A Study of Rural Assam
Journal of Rural Development (2023) -
Pattern of Public Healthcare Expenditure and Preparedness forCovid-19 in India: An Interstate Analysis
Journal of Health Management (2023) -
Does Climate Resilient Cropping Pattern Augments Food Security of Peasants: Evidence from Different Flood Hazard Zones of Assam
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2023) -
Determinants of Marketing Channel Choice among Handloom Micro- Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Rural Assam, India
International Journal of Rural Management (2023) -
The Puzzle of Public Health Expenditure and Health Infrastructure in India: An Empirical Investigation
Regional Science Policy & Practice (2023) -
Workplace effect on intergenerational occupational transition of labourer: Evidence from tea plantations of Assam, India
International Journal of Services, Economics and Management (2023) -
Role of farm infrastructure in agribusiness during a crisis: insights from rural Assam, India
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science (2023) -
Does outmigration of unskilled labourer from domestic agriculture affect household income sources differently at origin? Evidence from Assam, India
Arthaniti- Journal of Economic Theory and Practice (2023) -
Indo-ASEAN Trade Complementarity and Favourability with Transition from Look East to Act East Policy: Evidence from North eastern States of India
Regional Science Policy & Practice (2022) -
Farmers’ Suicides in India
Economic & Political Weekly (2022) -
Technical Inefficiency of Maize Farming and Its Determinants in Different Agro- Climatic Regions of Sikkim, India
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2021) -
Flood Threat on Cereal Crops Production in Irrigated and Rainfed Agriculture: A Study of Selected Indian States
Indian Journal of Agricultural Research (2021) -
COVID-19 lockdown and penalty of joblessness on income and remittances: A study of inter-state Migrant labourers from Assam, India
Journal of Public Affairs (2021) -
COVID 19-Induced Lockdown 2.0 and Looming Crisis across Sectors of Economy: Evidence from the Indian States
Space and Culture, India (2020) -
Factors Affecting Migration of Labourers From Domestic Agriculture and Its Impact on Household Crop Income in Assam
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2020) -
Impact of occupational migration of unskilled labourer from domestic agriculture on farm business income insource households of Assam, India
International Journal of Social Economics (2020) -
Determinants of Cost Inefficiency of Maize Farming in Different Agro- climatic Regions of Sikkim, India
International Journal of Rural Management (2020) -
Direction of Uneven Health‑Care Expenditure: Evidence from Northeast India
Indian Journal of Public Health (2017) -
Intensity and Pattern of Border Trade in India’s Northeast
Foreign Trade Review (2016) -
Measuring Women’s Self-help Group Sustainability: A Study of Rural Assam
International Journal of Rural Management (2019) -
Agribusiness Crisis in Imposition Times: Evidence from Rural Assam, India
International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management (2024) -
Do the Heterogeneous Determinants of Repayment Affect Differently across Borrowers of Diverse Credit Sources in Rural Assam? A Double Hurdle Approach
Journal of Development Policy and Practice (2021) -
Effects of Public Spending on Primary Education Insights from Select Indian States
Journal of Educational Planning and Administration (2025) -
Imposition Times and Plight of Inter-State Migrant Labourers from Assam
The Indian Journal of Economics (2022) -
Can Bhutan hydropower model be replicated in India’s north-eastern region? An assessment
International Journal of Economics and Accounting (2021) -
Does Road Infrastructure Complement Economic Growth ? An Assessment of India’s North-East States
GUINEIS Journal (2020) -
Size and Proximity Effects of Economy on India’s Bilateral Trade in Tea
The Indian Journal of Economics (2020) -
Extent of Deprivation of Tea Garden Labourer in Plantations of Different Classification: A Study of Dibrugarh District of Assam
The Indian Journal of Economics (2019) -
Tragedy of Farmers’ Suicide in India
DIALOGUE Quarterly (2019) -
Spatial and Temporal Dimension of Paddy Farming in India during Economic Liberalization Period
The Indian Journal of Economics (2019) -
Organic Tea Farming and its Performance in Sikkim
The Indian Journal of Economics (2018) -
Productivity and Farm Income differences of Ginger Cultivation in Sikkim
Productivity (2018) -
A study on the differences in the banking parameters between pre-and post-financial inclusion periods: some evidence for India
IUP Journal of Bank Management (2015) -
Period of Indian Economic Structural Adjustment and Assam Tea Sector
IUP Journal of Agricultural Economics (2012) -
India’s Tea Export during Liberalization: Trend and Structural Shift
Varta (2009)
Book Chapters
Chapter
Social Status of Female Tea Labourers: A Case Study of Dibrugarh District of Assam
Book
Naari-the Woman
Publisher
K.C.Das Commerce College Women’s Cell, Guwahati
Year
2011
Chapter
Gender Influence on Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Aizawl District of Mizoram
Book
Governance Issues and Gender Aspects in Development : A North East India Prespective
Publisher
Papyrus, Guwahati
Year
2012
Chapter
Small Scale Tea Cultivation in Assam
Book
Identity, politics and economic development in North East India
Publisher
Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati
Year
2014
Chapter
Trans-Border Trade Intensity: A Case for India’s North East
Book
Development Perspective in North East India
Publisher
Lakshi Publisher & Distributor, New Delhi
Year
2015
Chapter
Productivity and Seasonality ofSome Major Crops in Sikkim and Darjeeling
Book
Agriculture in North East India: Present Status and the Scenario Ahead
Publisher
Maliyata Offset Press, Guwahati
Year
2017
Chapter
Supply Side Factors in Determining Urbanisation in Assam: A District Level Analysis
Book
Understanding Urbanisation in Northeast India: Issues and Challenges
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon and New York
Year
2020
Chapter
Dynamics of Agricultural Mechanisation and Rural Labour Force
Book
Re-visiting Agriculture Policies in the light of Globalisation Experience : The Indian Context
Publisher
International Association of Agricultural Economists
Year
2014
Chapter
Sustaining Agribusiness in Imposition Times: Evidence from Rural Assam
Book
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol.77, No.3 pp.396-397
Publisher
Indian Society of Agricultural Economics
Year
2022
Chapter
Access to Farm Land and Incidence of Poverty Among Adivasi Tea Tribes: Evidences from Tea Plantations of Assam
Book
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 78, No.3, p.415
Publisher
Indian Society of Agricultural Economics
Year
2023
Conference Papers
Paper Name
Challenges of Implementation of NEP 2020 – Issues Internship, Exchange, Projects and Placements
Publish on
18-12- 2024
Paper Name
The Progress of SDG in Indias North East
Publish on
23-12-2024
Paper Name
Dealing with Health Economics Project and Financing
Publish on
21-02- 2025
Paper Name
Digital Horizons: Soft Connectivity in Northeast India
Publish on
07-05- 2025
Paper Name
Panel Data Analysis
Publish on
06-08-2022
Paper Name
Panel data Analysis: pooled regression, random effect and fixed effect models and their applications
Publish on
18-09-2020
Paper Name
Harnessing India’s Trade Potential with South and South East Asia through North Eastern States
Publish on
30-01-2020
Paper Name
Blockchain Technology and Gravity in Weightless Economy
Publish on
30-03-2019
Paper Name
Direction of Peak Load Disequilibrium: Evidence from Indian States in National Seminar on Dynamics of Energy Demand and Supply in North- Eastern India
Publish on
28-01-2019
Paper Name
Applications of Cross Section, Time Series and Panel Data in Social Science Research
Publish on
03-05-2018
Paper Name
Methods of Data collection in Social Science Research
Publish on
26-05-2017
Paper Name
GDP deflation/ Index Construction & Inequality Measurement
Publish on
29-11-2017
Paper Name
Water Resources Management and Scope Future Research and Development in Sikkim
Publish on
03-05-2017
Paper Name
Official Statistics-Concept, theory and methodology
Publish on
22-04-2017
Paper Name
Applications of Cross Section/ Panel/Time Series Data
Publish on
26-11-2016
Paper Name
The Role of Higher Education Institution in Skill Development and Employment Generation in the North East
Publish on
29-09-2016
Paper Name
Indology
Publish on
21-03-2016
Paper Name
Disaster Awareness and Preparedness in Sikkim
Publish on
04-04-2014
Paper Name
MGNREGA and Rural Employment in Assam: A District Level Study
Publish on
11-05-2013
Paper Name
Qualitative Research Application of Cross Section and Time Series in Social Science Research
Publish on
22-03-2013
Research Projects
Project
Evaluation of 100 per cent Financial Inclusion in Sonitpur and Barpeta district of Assam
Agency
Others
Role
Co PI
Grant
200000.00
Project
Value of Ecosystem Services Provided by the Teesta River System in Upper and Lower Riparian Regions of India & Bangladesh
Agency
Others
Role
Co PI
Grant
1968000.00
Project
Farm Level Efficiency of Cash Crops in Different Agro Climate Regions of Sikkim
Agency
Others
Role
PI
Grant
50000.00
Project
Organic Farmers as Green Entrepreneurs: Exploring the Impact of FPOs on Organic Cultivation in Sikkim (North East India)
Agency
Others
Role
Co PI
Grant
1696000.00
Project
Bridging the Divide: Understanding Gender Disparity in STEM Careers in India
Agency
ICSSR
Role
PI
Grant
1560000.00
Awards
Title
UNCTAD-DFID-GOI Doctoral Fellowship
Organised By
UNCTAD
Location
International
Date
01-01-2008
Title
Inspired Teachers’ Network
Organised By
Sikkim University
Location
National
Date
2015
Title
Best Publication Award (School of Social Science)
Organised By
Sikkim University
Location
National
Date
2017
Title
Best Publication Award (School of Social Science)
Organised By
Sikkim University
Location
National
Date
2022
Title
Best Publication Award (School of Social Science)
Organised By
Sikkim University
Location
National
Date
2023
Professional Memberships
Membership
Executive Committee Member of Indian Economic Association
Type
Life Member
From
01-01-2017 till date
Membership
Indian Society of Agricultural Economics
Type
Life Member
From
07-03-2014 till date
Membership
Indian Econometric Society
Type
Life Member
From
01-01-2013 till date
Membership
North Eastern Economic Association
Type
Life Member
From
01-01-2007 till date
Membership
Executive Committee Member of North Eastern Economic Association
Type
Life Member
From
01-01-2016 till 31-12-2020
M.Phil Guidance
| Candidate | Title | Completion |
|---|---|---|
| Amit Singh | Tuberculosis as a Socio-Economic Challenge in East Sikkim | 2014 |
| Anita Subba | Impact of Hydro Power Sector on the Economy of Sikkim | 2015 |
| Yograj Sharma | Productivity and Profitability of Ginger in Agro-Climatic Zones of Sikkim | 2017 |
| Bodrul Islam | Impact of Occupational Migration of Unskilled Labourers on Farm Business Income: A Study of Nagaon and Morigaon Districts of Assam | 2020 |
| Saddam Faruque | Determinants of Marketing of Handloom Items across the Heterogeneous Weaving Business Units: A Study of Nagaon District of Assam | 2021 |
| Pushpanjali Sharma | Pattern of Rural Development in Sikkim: An Assessment | 2023 |
PhD Guidance
| Scholar | Topic | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Amit Singh | Determinants of Students Learning Outcomes in Sikkim: A Production Function Approach | Awarded |
| Yograj Sharma | Determinants of Poverty and Inequality among Tea Labourers in Assam | Awarded |
| Aktar Hussain | Agricultural Vulnerability to Flood and the Extent of Risk Mitigation by Farmers in Different Agro-Climatic Regions of Assam | Awarded |
| Bodrul Islam | Labour Migration and Its Economic Impact in Source Region: A Study of Rural Assam | Awarded |
| Saddam Faruque | Climate Smart Agricultural Practices in Assam: Determinants and implications | Ongoing |
