Dr. Rajnarayan Gupta, Reader
rng.econ@presidencycollegekolkata.ac.in
rajngupta75@yahoo.co.in
Area of Specialisation: Financial Economics, Macroeconomics

• B.A. in Economics in1989 from Jadavpur University
• M.A. in Economics in1991 from Jadavpur University
• Awarded M.Phil in Economics in 1995. The topic of M. Phil dissertation was “Rural-to-Urban Migration From a Class Society
• Ph.D in Economics in 2003 by Jadavpur University.” The Ph.D thesis was titled “Functioning of the Stock Market in India and Portfolio Selection”.

Areas of Interest
• Financial Economics
• Macroeconomics

Recent Publications
”Vulnerability of the Indian Stock Market to International Forces”, Conference Volume, Centre for Economic Studies, Presidency College, Kolkata,2006.

Area of Research
• Stock Market
• Foreign investment
• Banking
• Consumption Function

Ongoing Research Projects
UGC-Sponsored Minor Research Project (MRP) titled “ Consumerism and the Changing Consumption Pattern of Different Income Groups in India”

List of Publications
Determinants of Share Price : A System Approach”, Finance India, September, 1999.

“Determinants of Share Price : A System Approach – The Modified Model”, Finance India, December, 2002.

“Vulnerability of the Indian Stock Market to International Forces”, Conference Volume, Centre for Economic Studies, Presidency College, Kolkata, 2006.

Teaching
• Macroeconomics at undergraduate level.
• Financial Economics at postgraduate level