Goenka College of Commerce & Business Administration
Accredited NAAC A
210, Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Kolkata, West Bengal 700012

Dr. Mriganka De Sarkar

 

Designation Associate Professor
Joining date in this college 2001(January) – till date
Working Experience Worked as Lecturer in Economics at Hooghly Mohsin College, University of Burdwan (January 2001 – October 2001)

Worked as Lecturer in Economics at Jhargram Raj College, Vidyasagar University (October 2001 – January 2007)

Worked as Visiting Faculty at Training & Advanced Studies in Management & Communications Ltd (TASMAC), Kolkata (October 2005 – January 2006).

Worked as Assistant Professor of Economics at Barasat Government College, WestBengal State University(January 2007 – March 2012).

Worked as Assistant Professor of Economics at Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, West Bengal University of Technology (March 2012 – March 2014).

Worked as Assistant Professor of Economics at A P C Roy Government College Siliguri, North Bengal University (March 2014 – January 2016).

Working as Associate Professor of Economics at Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Kolkata, University of Calcutta (January 2016 – till date)

Academic Qualification Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from University of Calcutta (2015)

M.Phil in Development Economics from University of Kalyani (2002)

M.Sc. in Economics (Statistics and Econometrics) from University of Calcutta (1998).

B.Sc. (H) in Economics from Maulana Azad College, Kolkata (University of Calcutta) (1996).

Publication Books Authored

    1. Social Sector at Its Cross Roads – The Indian Scenario (edited) Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi, April 2019 (ISBN: 978-93-5299-760-2)
    2. Micro Economics II and Indian Economy (co authored with Chatterjee and Musa) Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi, January 2019 (ISBN:978-93-5299-626-1)
    3. Business Mathematics and Statistics (co authored with Dr. R. G. Saha) Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi, October 2018 (ISBN:978-93-5299-419-9)
    4. Environmental Hazards of the Indian Thermal Power Sector (ISBN 978-3-659-7133-6), 2015, Lambart Academic Publishing, Germany.

Chapters in Books

    1. Energy and Emission Intensity of Power Sector: Detrimental Effect on Local Livelihood in Energy, Economy and Sustainable Development (ISBN: 978-93-82951-22-3) edited by Saba Ismail and Shahid Ahmed, 2016, Blooms Bury, New Delhi, pp.50-64
    2. Health Hazards and Socio Economic Position – Case of Four Thermal Power Plants of West Bengal (co authored with Dr. Kausik Gupta) in Emerging Issues and Development (ISBN 978-81-8484-333-0) edited by Dr. Prankrishna Pal, 2013 Regal, New Delhi, pp. 328-346

Journal Publication

  1. Air Pollution and Victim’s Willingness to Pay: Case of Fly Ash Emission  (Co authored  with Dr. Kausik Gupta), Arthabisleshon (ISSN No.: 2321-1903), Vol.4(1), 2016
  2. Impact of  Thermal  Power Plant’s Emission: Health Hazards and  Loss of  Income – Case of Titagarh Generating Station in Journal of Integrated Research and Development (ISSN No. 2278-8670), Vol. 1, No.1, pp 19-31; September 2012
  3. III.  Performance of Some Selected Polluting Industries in Pre and Post Liberalization era of   India – Some Observations in Look East (ISSN No. 2231-0029), Vol.3, pp 38-72; 2011
  4. Thermal Power Plants: The Ticking Bomb? Case of Kolaghat Thermal Power Station in Acad. J. Aureole (ISSN No. 0976-9625) 2(1), pp 24-36, 2010
  5. Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution  in  Acad.  J.  Aureole  (ISSN  No.  0976-  9625)1(1), pp 45-65, August 2009
Research Experience

 

Worked as Research Assistant at State Institutes of Panchayats and Rural Development (SIPRD), Government of West Bengal (1999 – 2001)

Worked as Project Officer at School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, West  Bengal, Kolkata (July 1999 – October 1999)

Sponsored Project Supervision Environmental Hazards of the Indian Thermal Power Plants Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, May 2011

Enrollment, Dropout and Grade Completion of Girl Child in West Midnapore District, West Bengal University Grants Commission,New Delhi, April 2006

Faculty Development Programme Participated Refresher Course in Economics
University Grants Commission at Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata from 02.01.2013 to 22.01.2013Refresher Course in Economics University Grants Commission at Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi from 02.03.2010 to 26.03.2010.Research Methodology Workshop on Quantitative Appraisal of Economic Issues Rabindranath Tagore Center for Human Development Studies and Department of Economics, University Of Calcutta, West Bengal from 12th October to 16th October 2009.Refresher Course in Economics University Grants Commission at Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta,  Kolkata from 31.01.2005 to 2.02.2005Faculty Upgradation Programme in Environmental Economics World Bank at Department of Economics, University of Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal from 02.12.2002 to 28.02.2002
Conference Paper Acceptance Energy and Emission Intensity of Power Sector: Detrimental Effect on Local Lively hood in International Conference on “Energy Economy and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges” organized by Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, February 2016

Environmental Hazards of the Indian Thermal Power Sector (ISBASS-965) in International Symposium on Business and Social Science (ISBASS 2014) Bangkok, Thailand, 11- 13April, 2014

Impact of Thermal Power Plant’s Emission, Health Hazards and Loss of Income: Case of Kolaghat Thermal Power Station in two day UGC sponsored seminar on “Contemporary Issues on Development Economics” at the Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University on 31.03.2011 – 01.04.2011.

Common Property Resource, Sustainable Development and the Rural Poor: A Case Study at International Conference on Issues in Public Policy and Sustainable Development held during 26th – 28th March 2008 at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

India’s Trade Liberalization and Environmental Performance: Does any Nexus Exist? at 16th Annual Conference, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal during December 16-17, 2006.

Determination of Investment Behaviour: Uncertainty and Irreversibility (co authored) at 42nd Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) at Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar on 5th – 7th January 2006.

Nature and Scope of Collective Bargaining (co authored) at 46th Annual Conference of   the Indian Society of Labour Economics at Institute of Development Studies,  Jaipur during 16th – 18th December, 2004.

Globalization and Agricultural Crisis in India (co authored) at 84th Annual Conference of The Indian Economic Association on December 28 – 30, 2001

Academic Administrative Assignment Working as Convenor, NAAC Committee at Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Kolkata.

Worked as Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Kolkata.

Worked as Head of the Department at Jhargram Raj College, Jhargram and APC Roy Government College, Siliguri.

Worked as Programme Officer of National Service Scheme (NSS)  at  Barasat  Government College

Worked as Coordinator of Career Counseling Cell at Barasat Government College

Worked as Joint Coordinator, NAAC Committee at Barasat Government College.

Software Knowledge STATA and SPSS
Courses Taught B.Sc., B.A., B.Tech. B.Com. MBA, M.Com.
Personal Profile Address

Lokenath Housing Complex, Flat No.9; 2 No Debigarh, Sodepur Road, Madhyamgram, Kolkata – 700129, West Bengal

Phone: +91 9804391347, +91 7044491251

Email:  et_mit@yahoo.co.in Date of Birth: 27th January 1975.

References Dr. Soumyen Sikdar Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal and formerly  at Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal. Ph. No.: +91 9903970667. email: soumyen1956@gmail.com

Dr. Kausik Gupta

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal and former Vice Chancellor, West Bengal State University, West Bengal. Ph. No.: +91 9830007055. email: kausik2k1@rediffmail.com