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Department of Economics Jadavpur University Calcutta-700032
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Curriculum Vita

Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 2004 Jadavpur University M.Sc 1996 Calcutta University B.Sc 1994 Calcutta University

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Reader Oct 2009 to Feb 2012 Jadavpur University Associate Professor Feb 2012 to Till Date West Bengal State University Barasat Reader Feb 2009 to Oct 2009 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune Lecturer 2005 to 2009 National University of Singapore SMF-Postdoc Fellow 2004 to 2005 More

Game Theory, Economics of Contracts, Information Economics, Microeconomic Theory

Microeconomics (PG), Advanced Microeconomics (M.Phil - Ph.D).

Economics of Contracts, Information Economics, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Development Economics.

Jadavpur University Associate Professor Feb 2012 - Till Date Jadavpur University Reader Oct 2009-Feb 2012 West Bengal State University Barasat Reader Feb 2009 Oct 2009 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune Lecturer 2005 - 2009 National University of Singapore SMF-Postdoc Fellow 2004 - 2005 JNU Ford Foundation Postdoc Fellow 2003 - 2004

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Status Incentives with Discrete Effort: A Note Economics Bulletin (Vanderbilt, USA) 2014 Second Author 34 (2)- Gestational Surrogacy Contracts: Altruistic or Commercial? - A Contract Theoretic Approach The Manchester School (Blackwell) 2013 Sole Author Vol 81 (3)-438–460 On Tariff and Quality Innovation in a Market with Discrete Preferences Economic Modelling (Elsevier) 2012 Author Vol-29-pp: 917-925 Optimal Patent Length in a North-South Framework: A Comment Singapore Economic Review (World Scientific) 2011 First Author Vol-56 (1)-pp: 51-59 Rent a Womb: Surrogate Selection, Investment Incentives and Contracting Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization (Elsevier) 2009 First Author Vol-69-pp: 260-273 More

Awarded By Award Name Year Singapore Millennium Foundation Singapore Millennium Foundation Fellowship 2004 UGC UGC-JRF 1998

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Status Year Mainak Sarkar Three Essays on Other-Regarding Preferences and Moral Hazard Ongoing 2013-Till Date Amrita Pramanick Economics of Surrogate Motherhood Ongoing 2012-Till Date Oindrila Dey Status, Incentives and Favouritism: An Analytical Study Ongoing 2010-Till Date

Name Of The Scholar Thesis Name Co-Superviser Year Mainak Sarkar On Other-Regarding Preferences 2013 (Completed) Arijit Chakraborty Incomplete Contracts and Signalling: Revisited 2013 (Completed)

Program Name Organised By Venue Year 20th Annual conference on Contemporary Issues in Development Economics Swapnendu Banerjee and Bidisha Chakraborty Dept. of Economics, Jadavpur University 2010

Program Name Organised By Venue Year Type Of Participation Conference honouring Prof. Amartya Sen Cornell Univ. and IHD, Delhi Delhi 2008 Presenter NEUDC, Cornell Univ. USA Cornell University Cornell University, Ithaca, USA 2006 Presenter Models and Methods in Economics, ISI Calcutta ISI, Calcutta ISI, Calcutta 2005 Presenter Spring Meeting of the Young Economists, Leuven Catholic University, Leuven Leuven 2003 Author Models and Methods in Economics, ISI Calcutta ISI, Calcutta ISI, Calcutta 2003 Presenter More