Tamali Chakraborty
Economics & Social Sciences
Assistant Professor
tamalic[at]iimv[dot]ac[dot]in
About
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Economics and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
- Highest Qualification: Ph.D., Economics, IIT Bombay (2019)
- Total Experience: (Academia: 7 years)
- Research Interests: (Special Economic Zones, Sustainability, Urban Economics, Regional Economics)
- Teaching Areas: (Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development, Strategic Pricing)
- Academic Profile (1–2 lines): (Prof. Tamali Chakraborty holds a PhD degree from IIT Bombay. Prior to joining IIM Visakhapatnam, she worked as Assistant Professor at IIM Bodh Gaya. Her research interests lie in the areas of Environmental Economics and Developmental Economics.)
Teaching
PGP/MBA/EMBA/PGPMCI (core)
- Microeconomics. (PGP core), term 1
- Macroeconomics. (PGP core), term 1
- Microeconomics. (EMBA core), term 1
- Management Economics. (PGPMCI core), term 1
PGP/MBA/EMBA/PGPMCI (elective)
- Sustainable Practices in Global Business- Integrating ESG principles (PGP elective), term 6.
- Strategic Pricing (EMBA elective). Co-taught with Prof. Preeti Virdi.
- Sustainable Practices in Emerging Economies (EMBA elective), term 4
PhD/Doctoral
- Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development. (Ph.D. elective), term 4
Research & Publications
Journal Articles
- Kolukuluri, K., Verma, A., & Chakraborty, T. (2023). The Impact of Domestic Economic Policy Uncertainty on Trade and Investment Within the G20. T20 Policy Brief.
- Thakur, B. K., Gupta, V., Bhattacharya, P., & Chakraborty, T. 2022. Impact of socioeconomic factors on households’ willingness to pay for arsenic-free safe drinking water-A case study of Bihar, India. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 19. (Q1)
- Chakraborty, T. 2022. Locational Strategy of Special Economic Zones in India. Studies in Microeconomics, 1-22. (ABDC C)
- Thakur, B. K., Chakraborty, T., Ghosh, A. K. 2021. The Impact of Exposure to Air Pollutants among Traffic Police in Bihar: An Excerpt from the Field. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal 4 (1), 129–133. (Q3)
- Chakraborty, Tamali, Gundimeda, Haripriya, Kathuria, Vinish. 2017. Have the Special Economic Zones Succeeded in Attracting FDI?—Analysis for India. Theoretical Economics Letters 7 (3), 623-642.
Conference Paper Presentation
- Chakraborty, Tamali 2024. What Determines Domestic Air Passenger Demand in India? A Panel Data Analysis. Paper presented at Tripura University during 22nd to 24th February 2024 organized by The Indian Econometric Society. The paper was co-authored by Dr. Barun Kumar Thakur, Mohak Malhotra.
- Book Adaptation
- Published an Indian adaptation of the book by Besanko, David and Braeutigam, Ronald. (2021). Microeconomics, 6th edition, Wiley India Adaptation.
Book Chapters / Edited Volumes
- Chakraborty T., Thakur B.K. (2020) Ecological Footprint and Sustainable Development: A Two Way Approach. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham
- Thakur B.K., Chakraborty T. (2020) Water Scarcity and Food Security: Implications for Developing Countries. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham
- Dwivedi, S., & Chakraborty, T. 2025. Exploring the SEZs from the perspective of Environmental and Social Sustainability in SEZs. Special Economic Zones: Challenges and Opportunities for Territorial Development, 32.
Training & Consulting
Executive Education / MDPs / FDPs
- Financial & Managerial Accounting (APEPDCL). 22-26 September 2025. MDP. [Faculty and Program Co-director]
- LMDP (Panchayat Raj). MDP. Batch 1-4. [Faculty]
- Executive Post Graduate Certificate Program in General Management. EEP. [Faculty]
Consultancy / Sponsored Projects
- Economic costs of open defecation in urban slums of Mumbai (INR 1,95,000) during 2017-19 funded by FLAME University Pune as a Co-PI.
- Quantifying Economic Costs due to Air Pollution in India: Evidence from Bihar during 2019-21 funded by FLAME University and Bihar State Pollution Control Board as a Co-PI.
Services
Institutional Administrative Roles
- ESS Area Chair (01-Aug-2022 to 18-April-2025)
Committees / Academic Governance
- Member PGP (01- Aug-2022 to18-April-2025)
- Member Ph.D. (07- April- 2024 to18-April-2025)
- Member RCPC (01- Aug-2022 till 07-April- 2025)
- Member ANC (01- Aug-2022 till 07-April- 2025)
- Member CDS (25-April 2025 till date)
- Member ANC (25-April 2025 till date)
- Member PGPMCI (25-April 2025 till date)
- Member APAC (08- April- 2025 till date)
- Member EPGDMDS (08- April- 2025 till date)
- Academic Service (External)
- Reviewer: [Journals] (International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Studies in Microeconomics, Frontiers, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research)
- Presented Tripura’s Economic Growth: Towards Viksit Bharat on the panel discussion (webinar) on ‘Economy of Tripura’ on 1st August 2025 organised by EGROW foundation and Tripura University.
Award And Recognition
- Awarded Gold Medal for topper of B.Sc. (Economics Hons.) in 2009 from Tripura University.
- Awarded ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarships for Doctoral Studies’ by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Government of India during 2011-2013 for pursuing Ph.D.
- Awarded ‘ICSSR Doctoral Scholarship’ by Indian Council of Social Science Research during 2013-2015 for pursuing Ph.D.
- Got full funding for SANDEE for attending a training course on “Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” organised by South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) from 2nd May- 20th May, 2011 at AIT Conference Centre, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand.
