- SERB-DST-MATRICS Grant has been awarded to Dr. Debayan Pakrashi
- Dr. Debayan Pakrashi has been selected for the Shastri Covid-19 Pandemic Response Grant (SCPRG): Call for Innovative Solutions 2020-21.
- Dr. Debayan Pakrashi has been selected for the GRCF Partnership Fund, University of Kent, UK
- Results- Candidates Selected for PhD at Economic Sciences
- Shortlist of external candidates for Interview for PhD at Economic Sciences
- Shortlist of candidates for Interview for PhD at Economic Sciences
- List of students selected under the PhD program for Department of Economic Sciences for the winter session
- List of shortlisted candidates for Written test/Interview for PhD_Economic Sciences
- Debayan Pakrashi (IIT Kanpur), Sarani Saha (IIT Kanpur), Chitwan Lalji (IIM Kozhikode) and Surya N. Maiti (IIT Kanpur) (2019-20, PI) “Knowledge is Power: A Scoping Study on Women’s Safety” funded by the International Growth Centre India (Bihar), £20,000.
- Debayan Paakrashi (IIT Kanpur), Asadul Islam (Monash University) and Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University), (2019-20, Co-PI) “Addressing Financial Inclusion in Rural India: The Role of Information and Peer Pressure,” funded by the International Growth Centre India (Bihar), £20,000.
- Society for Economic Research in India (SERI) Annual Conference (2019) is hosted by the Department of Economic Sciences, IIT Kanpur. Please see the scheduled program for details.
- Institute Lecture by Professor Debraj Ray, on 12th July 2019 in L16 between 6:15 - 7:15 pm.
- Applications invited for Walk-in PhD admission.
- One-week Q.I.P. workshop on "Financial Time-Series Modelling in R: FinMODE-2018", 24th-28th September 2018, in collaboration with Indian Econometric Society (TIES), organized by Wasim Ahmad.
- Prof. Wasim Ahmad has been awarded the "RBI Faculty Scholarship for Members from Academic Institutions: 2018".
- Q.I.P. course on "Statistical Analysis using R Software," 3rd–7th September 2018, organized by Mohammad Arshad Rahman and Shalabh (Department of Mathematics & Statistics, IITK).
- The team comprising Ayush Agarwal, Tanisha Mishra, Kartikey Bhargava and Navneet Singh under the mentorship of Prof. Wasim Ahmad has won the national "Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Policy Challenge-2018". The award consists of a trophy, cash prize of 1 lakh and an opportunity to intern with RBI for a period of up to 3 months in a department of their choice.
- Professor Alan Olmstead (UC Davis) is visiting the Department of Economic Sciences during 28th Nov - 10th Dec 2017. He will be giving a series of talks on economic history.
- Faculty research project came out in media (Dainik Jagaran, 19 June 2017).
- Column published in Mint, the business daily from HT Media based on PhD research (24 May 2017).
Economic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur