ଗଙ୍ଗାଧର ମେହେର ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ସମ୍ବଲପୁର, ଓଡିଶା

Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha

School of Economics

Head Of School

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Dr. Uma Charan Pati

Assistant Professor (Stage-III) & Head, School of Economics

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umapati.eco@gmail.com

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About School

School of Economics has been an integral part of the Gangadhar Meher University since its inception as a college. However PG course was introduced in the session 1966-67. From the very beginning, the school is contributing to the society and the nation through its teaching and research activities. The school currently offers Bachelor in Arts with Honours, Master in Arts and Ph.D. programmes. The school has introduced M.Phil and Ph.D. courses since the academic session 2018-19. The school has adopted the UGC prescribed CBCS syllabus in toto since the academic session 2015-16. The sanctioned strength of students is 80 for each year at UG Honours level and 58 for each year at PG level. On an average students have been maintaining consistently high academic performance. The School is continuously organising national and international seminar, workshops etc. The School hosts 05 full-time faculty members. Their research focuses on topics in the areas of Economic Theory, Agricultural Economics, Political Economy, State Finance, Economics of Development, Tribal Development, Behavioural Economics and Financial Economics. The school has illustrious alumni to its credit who have been involved with the administration of the country at national level.


Year of Establishment :- UG: 1944 , PG: 1966-67


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Achieving Economic excellence for ordinary people to thrive

Selected Publications
  • Do long-term migrants earn higher wages than short-term migrants in the informal sector? Evidence from Jammu & Kashmir, India.

    WoS Indexed: Yes; Scopus Indexed: Yes; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 141; pg: 102945; Publisher: Elsevier; Impact Factor: 6.8; DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102945

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • Exploring the Socio-economic Attributes of Financial Inclusion in India: A Decomposition Analysis

    WoS Indexed: Yes; Scopus Indexed: Yes; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 50(7); pg: 941-955; Publisher: Emrald publishing; Impact Factor: 1.9; DOI : https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-08-2021-0451

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • Revisiting Long-run Dynamics between Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth in Developing Nations: Evidence from CS-ARDL Approach

    WoS Indexed: Yes; Scopus Indexed: Yes; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 16 (2); pg: 176-193; Publisher: Emrald publishing; Impact Factor: 1.2; DOI : https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-07-2023-0186

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • Exploring the nature of EKC hypothesis in Asia’s top emitters: role of human-capital, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption

    WoS Indexed: Yes; Scopus Indexed: Yes; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 29 (59); pg: 88557-88576; Publisher: Springer-Nature; Impact Factor: 5.8; DOI : 10.1007/s11356-022-21551-w

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • Growth and Determinants of CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Selected Asian Emerging Economies

    WoS Indexed: Yes; Scopus Indexed: Yes; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 28; pg: 39357-69.; Publisher: Springer-Nature; Impact Factor: 5.8; DOI : 10.1007/s11356-021-13078-3

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • Ricardian equivalence, Feldstein–Horioka puzzle and twin deficit hypothesis in Indian context: An empirical study

    WoS Indexed: Yes; Scopus Indexed: Yes; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 22(1); pg: e2346; Publisher: Wiley; Impact Factor: 2.6; DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2346

    Dr. Suraj Badaik

  • Impact of fiscal responsibility legislations on state finances in India

    WoS Indexed: No; Scopus Indexed: No; UGC Care Listed: Yes; vol: 24(3); pg: ; Publisher: General Association of the Economists in Romania (AGER) ; Impact Factor: ; DOI :

    Dr. Suraj Badaik

Reaserch Project
  • Principal investigator for Seed Funding Project entitled "Employment, Productivity and Wage dynamics in Indian Organised Manufacturing" Funding Agency: Gangadhar Meher University

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • MINOR RESEARCH PROJECT (OSOU), Letter No. OSOU/2019/1418, Dt. 22ndOctober 2019. For Rs. 100,000.00 (Rupees One Lakh Only) Name of the Topic: “Impact of Counseling in ODL system in India: a Study of IGNOU and OSOU (Odisha State Open University) Study Centres”

    Dr. Muralidhar Majhi

  • Revisiting the Dynamics of Public Debt and Economic Growth in Developing nations, sponsored by Gangadhar Meher University, Amrut Vihar, Sambalpur.

    Dr. Suraj Badaik

  • Project Co-Ordinator for Short-term empirical research project entitled “An Impact Assessment of Jan Dhan Yojana on Farmers of Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Kalahandi, and Koraput district of Odisha” Funding Agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research

    Dr. D P Priyadarshi Joshi

  • MINOR RESEARCH PROJECT (UGC) Letter No.F.PHO-005/06-07 (ERO) Dt.15th January 2007. For Rs. 60,000.00 (Rupees Sixty Thousand Only). Name of the Topic: “Composition, Growth and Prospects of tribal participation in development Programmes- A study of scheduled tribes in Jeypore block of Koraput District (Orissa)”

    Dr. Muralidhar Majhi

  • An Impact Assessment of Jan Dhan Yojana on Farmers of Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Kalahandi and Koraput District of Odisha, sponsored by ICSSR Ministry of Education, New Delhi

    Dr. Suraj Badaik

alumni
Alumni
School of Economics is one of the oldest schools of the Gangadhar Meher University. The school has produced many gems in the field of administration and academics. Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra (IAS), Principal Secretary to The Prime Minister, India; Prof. Sudhansu Sekhar Rath (Former Vice-Chancellor, GMU); Prof. Deepak Ku. Mishra (Professor, JNU), Prof. Jugal Kishore Mohapatra (IAS), Shri Arun Ku. Pujari (IAS) are few proud alumni of the school.
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