Debnarayan Sarkar,
dns.econ@presidencycollegekolkata.ac.in
sarkar_d_n@rediffmail.com
Area of Specialisation: Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Financial Economics, Political Economy, Economics of Gender and Poverty

Academic Profile
About 50 papers have been published in national and international journals of repute. One book has been edited by him from the Center of Economic Studies, Presidency College, Kolkata. This year also a book edited by Prof. Sarkar is going to be published by Allied Publisher (New Delhi).

Areas of Interest
• Environmental Economics
• Agricultural Economics
• Financial Economics
• Political Economy
• Economics of Gender and Poverty

Recent Publications
No. of publications: 12 (2006-07)

Area of Research
• Environmental Economics
• Agricultural Economics
• Financial Economics
• Political Economy
• Economics of Gender
• Economics of Poverty

Ongoing Research Projects
UGC Minor Research Project: “How to execute joint forest management programme with sustainability?” (2005-2007)

Research Groups
Registered PhD Research Fellows Working under Prof. Debnarayan Sarker: Nimai Das (UGC-NET and WB-SLET completed State-funded Senior Research Fellow), Theme of thesis: Women’s Dependence on Forest and Participation in Forestry: A Case Study of Joint Forest Management in West Bengal,

Jhumur Sengupta (WB-SLET completed State-funded Junior Research Fellow), Theme of thesis: Ethnicity and Public Good Provision,

Sanjukta Chakrabarti (UGC-NET completed Teacher Fellow), Theme of thesis: Marketing of Flower Crop in West Bengal and Its Gender Effects,

Sudipta De (UGC-NET and WB-SLET completed Teacher Fellow), Theme of thesis: Women’s Empowerment under Microcredit Programme through Self-Help Groups in West Bengal: A Case Study,

Bikash Kumar Ghosh (UGC-NET completed), Theme of thesis: Milk Production in West Bengal: The Implications of Cooperatives,

List of Publications
Sarker, D. (2006a):‘Development Theory and Gender Approach to Development: Some Theoretical Issues in the Third World Perspective, Sociological Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1.

Sarker, D. (2006b):‘Measurement of Rural Poverty under Microfinancing Programmes and Sustainability of Microfinancing Institutions: A Theoretical Framework’, in V B Jugle (ed.) The State of Indian Economy, Serial Publications, New Delhi.

Sarker, D. and N. Das (2006a): ‘Towards a Sustainable Joint Forest Management Programme: Evidence from Western Midnapore Division in West Bengal’, South Asia Research, Vol. 26, No. 3.

Sarker, D. and N. Das (2006b): ‘Social Capital and Joint Forest Management Programme: A Comparative Study on Female-headed and Joint Forest Protection Committees in West Bengal’, Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 25, No. 4.

Sarker, D. and S. Chakravorty (2006): ‘Household Decision-Making in Agricultural Labour Household: A Case Study of West Bengal’, Indian Social Science Review, Vol.7, No.2.

Sarker, D. and D. Ganguli (2006): ‘Socio-economic Issues of Prawn Seed Collection in an Open Riverain Fishery: A Case Study of Prawn-seed Collectors in West Bengal’, Artha Vijnana. Vol. XLVIII, Nos. 1 and 2.

Sarker, D. (2007): ‘Where is Natural capital in Eleventh Plan Approach Paper?’ in D. Sarker (ed.) Second Generation Reforms: What is to be Done? Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (forthcoming).

Das, N. and D. Sarker (2007): ‘Reforms in Forest Management in West Bengal: A Game of Strategic Profile’ in D. Sarker (ed.) Second Generation Reforms: What is to be Done? Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (forthcoming).

Sengupta, J. and D. Sarker (2007): ‘Discrimination in Ethnically Fragmented Localities and Public Good Provision: A need for Fiscal Reform’ in D. Sarker (ed.) Second Generation Reforms: What is to be Done? Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (forthcoming).

Sarker, D. and N. Das (2007): ‘Efficiency of Market Behavior of NTFPs for Households under JFMP: A Case Study in West Bengal’, Indian journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.62, No.1.

Sarker, D. and B. Biswas (2007): ‘A Study of Market Efficiency and Volatility in the Indian Stock Market, Forex Market and Bullion Market’, Finance India, Vol. 21, No. 3 (forthcoming).

Sengupta, J. and D. Sarker (2007): ‘Discrimination in Ethnically Fragmented Localities: A Study on Public Good Provision in West Bengal’, Economic and Political Weekly (forthcoming).

Teaching
Under Graduate: Mathematical Economics and Statistics

Post Graduate: Econometrics