Meeting of Young Minds in Frontiers of Economics

The subject matter of Economics has been undergoing rapid change during the last two decades with the advent of new technologies and new methods of production and distribution. Several economies have embarked on new paradigms in their approach to improve the welfare of their people.  Of which, the theoretical underpinnings are continuously being re-examined and re-tested to investigate its validity in a changing global environment. At this juncture it is imperative to have a common dialogue among young minds for rethinking approaches to development.  

The following themes will be discussed:

• Agriculture and Sustainability
• Application of AI and ML in Economic Analysis
• Behavioural and Experimental Economics
• Development Economics
• Energy and Environment
• Economics of Education
• Financial Economics and Corporate Governance
• Governance and Public Policy
• Health Economics
• Labour Economics and Gender
• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• International Trade

Format: 

The event will have a Plenary Session, followed by parallel sessions. For the parallel sessions all the papers will be refereed before accepted for presentations. Case Studies from on any of the sub-themes of the event would also be considered for interaction in the Panel discussion. We expect to bring well established scholars for the Panel discussion.  The Panels would provide broad points for wide discussion on the themes of Economic impacts of Climate Change, Economics of Innovation and Information Economics. 

Senior Speaker Panelists:

New Paradigm in Empirical Economics
Prof. Jyotsna Jalan
Prof. S Chandrasekhar
Prof. J V Meenakshi

Economic Challenges in Changing Global Scenario
Shubhasish Gangopadhyay
Prof. Jaivir Singh
Prof. Uday Bhanu Sinha

How to attend

Paper submissions are now closed. You are welcome to attend join the conference as an attendee. The lecture by Michael Sandel requires pre-registration.

Attend the general conference: you can show up to the venue and register on site
Attend Michael Sandel’s closing address: you must register in advance here.

Organising Committee:

K. Narayanan (Head of the Department, Department of Economics, India Value Fund Chair Professor, IIT Bombay)
Tara Shankar Shaw (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, IIT Bombay)
Aditi Chaubal (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, IIT Bombay)
Saptarshi Prosonno Ghosh (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, IIT Bombay)
Souvik Banerjee (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, IIT Bombay)
Radeef Chundakkadan (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, IIT Bombay)
Sunanda Nair-Bidkar (Director of Strategic Planning, South Asia, INET)
Jay Pocklington (Director, YSI INET)
Heske van Doornen (Director, YSI INET)
Christina Mosalagae (Consultant, YSI INET)
Sattwick Dey Biswas (Coordinator, YSI INET)
Bikram Barman (Coordinator, YSI INET)
Saswata Guha Thakurtha (Coordinator, YSI INET)
Varsha Gupta (Coordinator, YSI INET)

For more information or queries, please contact: iit@youngscholarsinitiative.org