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Gagari Chakrabarti

Professor of Economics 1/4 B, Ganguli Para Lane, Kolkata 700002

Presidency University, Kolkata e-mail: [email protected]
86/1 College Street alternative email:
Kolkata 73 [email protected];
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Mobile No. 09830243185

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIn2E8h847vLpOTK30J7oiw

Academic qualification

Ph.D. in Economics (Area: Financial Economics) from University of Calcutta (2007)

Title of Thesis: Real Sector-Financial Sector Interdependence in Indian Context: An Investigation
in terms of Performance of the Emerging New Economy Sector

M.Phil. in Economics from University of Calcutta (1999-2001)

Topic of Dissertation: New Economy in context of E revolution: Is India Prepared?

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

Special Paper: International Economics, Optional Paper: Econometric Methods
Marks Obtained: 68%

B.Sc with Economics (Hons), from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata (1996)
Marks Obtained: 63% (Obtained National Scholarship)

Higher Secondary from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata (1993)

Subjects taken: Bengali, English, Economics, Mathematics, Geography, Sociology
Marks Obtained: 76% (Obtained National Scholarship)

Madhyamik from Sri Ramkrishna Sarada Sangha Balika Vidyalaya, Kolkata (1991)
Subjects taken: Bengali, English, Physical Science, Life Science, Mathematics, History,
Geography, Work Education, Home Science (Addl)
Marks Obtained: 83% (Obtained National Scholarship)
 Pursued post-doctoral research work in the area of Financial Economics under supervision of
Dr. Amitava Sarkar (Professor and Director, School of Management, West Bengal University
of Technology, Kolkata) in connection with the UGC Major Research Project titled “ Financial
Instability or Paradigm Shift? A Study of Indian Stock Market in Recent Years ” (2007-2010)

 Qualified for lectureship in UGC-NET in December, 1998

Awards/achievements:
Obtained National Scholarship at school leaving, Plus two and Graduation level
Stood Fourth in Post Graduation examination

Academic Positions:

Position holding: Currently working as Professor of Economics (26.11.2017 – till date)

Positions held
 Part-time lecturer in Economics, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, 01.04.1999-25.11.2001
 Lecturer in Economics, West Bengal Educational Service posted at Barasat Government College
26.11.2001 – 25.09.2006
 Assistant Professor in Economics, Presidency College, 25.09.2006 – 13.09.2012
 Assistant Professor in Economics, Presidency University, 13.09.2012 – 25.11.2014
 Guest Lecturer, M.B.A. in Finance, Commerce Department, University of Calcutta 2006-2011
 Guest Lecturer, M.Phil in Management (Specialization in Economics/Finance), WBUT, 2008-2011
 Guest Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 2007 – 2015.
 Visiting Faculty, Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Globsyn Business School, 2014.
 Visiting Faculty, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, 2014.

Administrative Position:

 In charge of Department of Economics, Presidency University, 01.06.2023 -

 Additional Charge of Dean of Students, Presidency University, 13.08.2015 - 05.07.2016
 Secretary to the Teachers’ Council, Barasat Government College, November 2005 –September 2006.

Areas of Research Interest

Financial Economics, Financial Econometrics, Financial Market as complex system
Emotional Intelligence, problems of ethical decision making and emotional disengagement

Research Guidance

Ph.D. :
Degree obtained: Three
Indian Foreign Exchange Market: A Study into Volatility and Regime Switch by Chitrakalpa Sen,
School of Management and Sciences, WBUT, 2012. (co-supervised with Prof. Amitava Sarkar,
the-then Professor and Director, School of Management and Sciences, West Bengal University of
Technology, Kolkata)

Impact of FDI on key sectors in the Indian economy in the post-liberalization era: A comparative
analysis by Sharmita Guha Roy, Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta, 2016
Exchange rate exposure on stock returns at firm level around crisis periods in India” by Soumya
Saha, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, 2019.

Registered: One

Aspects of Financial Performance of Listed Small and Medium Enterprises in India in Recent
Years - Sanchita Saha, Department of Economics, Presidency University, 2023-

M.Phil.
Completed:
 “Stock market and Foreign Exchange Market Volatility Spillovers” by Soumya Saha, M.Phil in
Management, WBUT, 2011.
 “Microfinance and derivatives” by Bula Panigrahi, M.Phil in Management, WBUT, 2009.
 “Determinants of Rupee Exchange Rate in India: A Study for the period from March 1996 to
December 2006” by Sushrita Mukherjee, M.Phil in Management, WBUT, 2007. (supervised
jointly with Prof. Amitava Sarkar, Professor and Director, School of Management, West
Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata)

Post Graduate Projects:

Remained internal supervisor for projects in the area of Financial Economics carried out by the students of
M.Sc. in Applied Economics, Presidency University since 2006.

Research Projects:

UGC Minor Research Project (As Principal Investigator): Walking the Road of New Economy: Is India
Mature Enough? (2004-2006), Fund: Rs. 70,000/-

UGC Major Research Project (As Co-Principal Investigator): Financial Instability or Paradigm Shift? A
Study of Indian Stock Market in Recent Years (in Collaboration with WB University of Technology) (2007-
2010), Fund: Rs. 5,25,900/-

UGC Minor Research Project (As Principal Investigator): Dynamics of Stock market cycles: A
systematic introspection from past evidence, (2013), Fund: Rs. 90,000/-

Teaching Area:
 Financial Econometrics/Quantitative Finance at M.Phil level
 Advanced Microeconomics, Corporate Finance, International Finance and Financial Econometrics in
M.Sc. course
 International Finance and Managerial Economics in M.B.A.(Finance) and M.B.A. course
 Courses on Macroeconomics, Financial Economics and International Economics at undergraduate level

List of Publications:
Edited Volume:
1. Bagli, S., Chakrabarti, G. and Guha, P. (2022), “Persistent and Emerging Challenges to Development -
Insights for Policy-making in India, Springer, ISBN: 978-981-16-4180-0
2. Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (2018), ‘The Globalization Conundrum – Dark Clouds behind the Silver
Lining: Global Issues and Empirics’, Springer, Singapore. ISBN: 978-981-13-1726-2

Book:
1. Chakrabarti, G. and Chatterjea, T. (2019), ‘ Ethics and Deviations in Decision-making - An
Applied Study’, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-981-15-0687-1
2. Chakrabarti, G. and Chatterjea, T. (2017), ‘Employees' Emotional Intelligence, Motivation &
Productivity, and Organizational Excellence: A future trend in HRD’, Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN: 978-
981-10-5758-8
3. Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (2014), ‘Green Investing: the case of India’, Springer, ISBN: 978-81-322-
2025-1
4. Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (2013), ‘Momentum Trading on the Indian Stock Market’, Springer, ISBN-
13: 978-8132211266
5. Chakrabarti, G. (2012), ‘Walking the road of New Economy: is India matured enough?’ LAP Lambert
Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN-13: 9783848405848
6. Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (2012), ‘Anatomy of Global Stock Market Crashes: An Empirical
Analysis’, Springer, ISBN-13: 978-8132204626
7. Chakrabarti, G. (2010) Dynamics of Global Stock Market: Crisis and Beyond, Vdm-Verlag, Dr. Müller,
Germany, ISBN-13: 978-3639284669.
8. Chakrabarti, G. (2008), ‘Real Sector-Financial Sector Interdependence in Indian Context: An
Investigation in terms of Performance of the Emerging New Economy Sector’, Vdm-Verlag, Dr.
Muller, Germany, ISBN-13: 978-3639052695

Papers in referred journals:

1. Agarwal, S., Chakravarti, S., Ghosh, O. and G. Chakrabarti (2023) Dynamic market risk and portfolio
choice – Evidence from Indian stock market, IIMB Management Review (Elsevier), Volume 35, Issue
3, pp. 240-257. (Scopus Q2, H-index 29, CiteScore 4, IF: 1.7)
2. Saha, S., Chakrabarti, G. and S. Basu (2023) Dynamics of Time-Varying Currency beta on Indian
Industries: A Markov Switching Approach, IIMB Management Review (Elsevier), Volume 35, Issue 1,
pp. 71-81. (Scopus Q2, H-index 29, CiteScore 4, IF: 1.7)
3. Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen (2021) Dynamic market risk of green stocks across regions: Where does
the devil lie? Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Volume 303, 2021, 127028,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127028. (Scopus Q1, cite score 15.8, H-index- 268, IF 11.072)
4. Chakrabarti G. and R. Das (2021) Time varying beta, market volatility and stress: A comparison
between US and India, IIMB Management Review (Elsevier), Volume 33, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages
50-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2021.03.003 (Scopus Q2, H-index 18, citescore 2.9)
5. Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (2020) Time series momentum trading in green stocks, Studies in
Economics and Finance, 37(2), 361-389. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEF-07-2019-0269 (Scopus Q2, H-
index 25, CiteScore 2.7, IF: 1.9)
6. Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen (2018) Pricing of Green stocks in India, The Empirical Economics Letters,
17(4), 537-544. Impact factor 0.91
7. Chakrabarti, G. (2015) Time-Series Momentum Trading Strategy in Global Stock Market, Business
Economics (Palgrave Macmillan), 50(2), 80-90. (Scopus Q2, H-index 16)
8. Sen, C. and Chakrabarti, G. (2014) The efficacy of intervention in a chaotic foreign exchange market:
an empirical study in INR-USD exchange rate series, Decision (Springer), 41(4), 399-410,
doi:10.1007/s40622-014-0066-9
9. Chakrabarti, G., Sen, C. and Sarkar A. (2012) Volatility in Indian Stock Market in recent years:
Transmission from domestic sectors, Finance India, XXVI (3), 883 – 894.
10. Chakrabarti, G. (2011) Financial crisis and the changing nature of volatility contagion in the Asia-
Pacific region, Journal of Asset Management, 12(3), 172-184. (h index: 20, IF: 2.5, Scopus Q2)
11. Chakrabarti, G. (2011) An Empirical Study on IT Stock Price Movement in India, The International
Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, 5(2), 138-148.
12. Sen, C., Chakrabarti, G., A. Sarkar (2011) Evidence of Chaos: A Tale of two Exchange Rates, The
Empirical Economics Letters, 10(8), 777-784. Impact factor 0.91
13. Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen (2011), Volatility Regimes and Calendar Anomaly in Foreign Exchange
Market, The International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, 5(2), 97-113.
14. Saha, S. and Chakrabarti, G. (2011), Financial Crisis and Financial Market Volatility Spill-over, The
International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, 5(3), 185-199.
15. Chakrabarti. G. (2011), “Real Sector-Financial Sector Interdependence in Indian Context: An
Investigation in terms of Performance of the Emerging New Economy Sector”- abstract of doctoral
dissertation, Finance India, XXV(3).
16. Chakrabarti, G. (2010) Propagator of global stock market volatility in recent years: Asian versus Non-
Asian markets, The Empirical Economics Letters, 9(4), 397-403. Impact factor 0.91
17. Chakrabarti. G, Sarkar, A., and C. Sen. (2010) Spot Forward Rate Relationship Revisited: An analysis
in light of non-linearity and Chaos, Journal of International Economics, 1(2), 73-87.
18. Sarkar, A., Chakrabarti. G and C. Sen. (2009) Indian Stock Market Volatility in Recent Years:
Transmission from Global market, Regional market and Traditional Domestic Sectors, Journal of Asset
Management, 10(4), 63-71. (h index: 20, IF: 2.5, Scopus Q2)
19. Sen. C., Mukherji, I., Chakrabarti. G., A. Sarkar., (2009) Long Memory in Indian Stock Market: An
Autocorrelation based approach, Indian Journal of Capital Market, Bombay Stock Exchange, 3(1), 11-
16.
20. Sarkar, A., Chakrabarti. G and C. Sen., (2008) November Effect: Some Evidence from Indian Stock
Market, Indian Journal of Capital Market, 2(1), 25-38.
21. Chakrabarti, G. and A. Sarkar, (2008), “Beating the Market: A Sectoral Analysis in Indian Context”,
Indian Journal of Capital Market, 2(3), 36-40.
22. Chakrabarti. G. (2007), “Walking the road of capital account convertibility: too risky for India?”
Arthabeekshan, 15(4): 145-152.
23. Chakrabarti. G and C. Sen., (2007), “Calendar Anomaly in India”, Arthabeekshan, 16(3), 96-114.

Papers in edited volumes:

1. Chakrabarti, G. (2022), “Openness and Potential Fragility of the Global Banking System” in Bagli,
Chakrabarti, and Guha (eds.) Persistent and Emerging Challenges to Development - Insights for Policy-
making in India, Springer, ISBN: 978-981-16-4180-0, pp. 351-370.
2. Chakrabarti, G. (2022), “Regime switching dynamic currency exposure of Indian stock market” in
Mukherjee, P. (ed) Revisiting the Indian Financial Sector: Recent issues and perspective, Springer:
Singapore, ISBN: 978-981-16-7667-3, pp. 229-251.
3. Saha, S. and Chakrabarti, G. (2018) “Globalization, Crisis and Forex Exposure: Indian Evidence” in
Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (eds.) The Globalization Conundrum – Dark Clouds behind the Silver
Lining: Global Issues and Empirics, Springer: Singapore. ISBN: 978-981-13-1726-2, pp. 97-136
4. Sen, C. and Chakrabarti, G. (2017) "India’s Race to the Top: An analysis of stability of Indian Infra
Stocks”, in Das R.C (ed) Handbook of Research on Economic, Financial, and Industrial Impacts on
Infrastructure Development, IGI Global, USA. ISBN13: 9781522523611, chapter 19, pp.376-403.
5. Chakrabarti, G. and Sen, C. (2016) “Green Convergence in Emerging Nations: The Determinants and
the Possibilities” in Das R.C (ed) Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and
Political Convergence, IGI Global, USA, Chapter 20. ISBN13: 9781522502159, pp. 448-473.
6. Chakrabarti, G. (2016) “Global Foreign Exchange Market: A Crisis Analysis” in Malabika Roy and
Saikat Sinha Roy (eds.) International Trade and International Finance: Explorations on Contemporary
Issues, Springer India, New Delhi. pp. 493-510. ISBN: 978-81-322-2795-3.
7. Chakrabarti, G. (2015), ‘Waves of Financial Crises: History repeats itself?’, in Das R.C (ed)
Handbook of research on Globalization, Investment, and Growth-Implications of Confidence and
Governance, IGI Global, USA. Chapter 16, Pp. 332-362. ISBN: 9781466682740
8. Sarkar A. Chakrabarti, G., and Sen, C. (2013) Volatility, Long Memory, and Chaos: A Discussion on
some “Stylized Facts” in Financial Markets with a Focus on High Frequency Data, in S. Banerjee and
A. Chakrabarti (eds) Development and Sustainability: India in a global perspective, Springer. Pp. 71-
101. ISBN: 978-81-322-1123-5.
9. Chakrabarti. G., Sarkar, A., and C. Sen (2010) “Volatility Spill-over: A Study of India’s FII, Foreign
Exchange Market and Stock Market 2002-2007” in Byasdeb Dasguta et al. edited Globalization,
Foreign Capital and Development, Regal Publishers, New Delhi., Pp. 314-345. ISBN: 9788184840841
10. Chakrabarti. G. and C. Sen, (2010) “November Effect in Indian Stock Market in Recent Years: A
contagion from Global Market” in Basabi Bhattacharya and Malabika Ray edited “A Collection of
Essays in Finance”, Allied Publishers, New Delhi., 123-143. ISBN: 9788184245837
11. Chakrabarti. G. and C. Sen, (2008), “Calendar Anomaly in Indian Stock Market: A Case for Risk
Mismeasurement?” in DN Sarkar edited “Second Generation of Reforms: What is to be done?” Allied
Publishers, New Delhi., 134-143.
12. Chakrabarti. G., Chakrabarti. A., and A. Sarkar., (2007), “Pricing of new economy stocks: a
comparison of USA and India” in Bhabatosh Banerjee, Jita Bhattacharyya, and Arun Kumar Basu
edited ‘International Finance and Accounting”, Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta

Conference Volume:

1. Chakrabarti.G., Chakrabarti. A. and A. Sarkar, “Are New Economy Stocks Independent of Economy?
a comparison of USA and India”, conference volume of the 5th International Conference on
Accounting and Finance in Transition, University of Greenwich Business School, London., 12-14 July
2007, available at http://en.scientificcommons.org/34630517
2. Sen, C., Chakrabarti. G., A. Sarkar. “Long Memory in Foreign Exchange Market: Myth or Reality?- a
study of selected currencies around the globe in terms of Indian Rupee” available at
http://www.qass.org.uk/2010-May_Brunel-conference/Sarkar.pdf

Contribution in Books
Contributed in “The Art and Science of Learning from Data” by Agresti, A., Franklin, C.A. and
Klingenberg, B., Pearson Global (2018).

Books/papers/chapters reviewed

1. International Economics (9th Edition) by P R Krugman, M Obstfeld and M J Melitz (April, 2012)
2. Microeconomics (6th Edition) by J Perloff (April, 2012)
3. Principles of Managerial Finance (13th Edition) by Lawrence J Gitman and Chad J Zutter (May, 2012)
4. Macroeconomics, 2/e (PHE) by Hubbard R. Glenn, Anthony O’Brian and Matthew Rafferty
(November, 2012)
5. Economic Development, 11/e (PHE) by Todaro and Smith (December, 2013)
6. International Economics (9th edition) by Steven Husted and Michael Melvin
7. Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (2nd edition) by Jonathan Berk (July 2012)
8. Macroeconomics (5th Edition) by Stephen Williamson (January, 2013)
9. Introduction to Econometrics (3rd Edition) by Stock/Watson (June, 2014)

Reviewed papers for different international journals

Reviewed chapters in Das R.C (ed) Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and Political
Convergence, IGI Global, USA (2015)

Reviewed chapters in Das R.C (ed) Infrastructure Development as a Critical Element of Global Economic
Growth, IGI Global, USA (2016).

Papers accepted/presented in conferences:

Green is good: Novel risk insights into Indian green stocks strategy (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen) in the
International Conference IFC 2021, IIM, Bangalore, 16-18 December, 2021
Dynamic market risk of green stocks: where does the devil lie? (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen) in the 56th
Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 8-
10 January, 2020.
Risk analysis of green stocks using time varying beta (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen) in the International
Conference FINECON 2019 at IMI, Kolkata, 17-18 December, 2019
Is green investment inherently unstable across the globe? A study using time series momentum trading
strategy (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen) in the International Conference IFC 2018, IIM, Calcutta, 20-
22 December, 2018
Deciphering the Green Conundrum: An Indian Case (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen) in the International
Conference Finecon 2017 at IMI, Kolkata, 28-29 December, 2017.
Time varying beta, volatility and market stress: A comparison between India and US (Chakrabarti, G. and
Das, R.) in the International Conference IFC 2017, IIM, Bangalore, 20-22 December, 2017
Market risk of green stocks across nations: A comparative analysis using time-varying beta (Chakrabarti,
G. and C. Sen) in the second international conference on Issues in Economics Theory and Policy,
Presidency University, 14 December, 2017
The Green Paradox: An Inquiry into the Performance of Green Stocks in India (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen)
in the International Conference on Financial Market and Corporate Finance, IIT Kharagpur, 7-8
July, 2017
Innate Skills, Social Skills, Employee Behaviour and the probable outcome ( Chakrabarti, G. and Chatterjea,
T.) in the International Conference on Business Analytics and Actionable Intelligence, IISWBM
Kolkata, 20 January, 2017
Stock Market, Foreign Exchange Market Interdependence around the Financial Crises (Chakrabarti, G. and
Saha, S.) in the 5th International Conference on international trade and finance, IIFT Kolkata, 16-17
December, 2016
Foreign Currency Exposure and its Determinants on Stock Returns at Firm Level in India: A study from
2000 to 2013 (Chakrabarti, G. and Saha, S.) in the International Conference on Financial Market
and Corporate Finance, IIT Madras, 12-13 August, 2016.
Stock Market, Foreign Exchange Market and Financial Crisis (Chakrabarti, G.) in the 12th Annual
Conference of Asia Pacific Economic Association, hosted by International Management Institute
Kolkata, 13-15 July, 2016.
The Green Paradox: An Enquiry into the Performance of Green Stocks in India (Chakrabarti, G. and C.
Sen) in the Finance and Economics Conference (FINECON) 2015 Organized by International
Management Institute Kolkata in collaboration with Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences China,
North South University Bangladesh and Asia Pacific Economic Association, 21-22 December, 2015
The Greens, the grays and the global stock market (Chakrabarti, G. and C. Sen) in the 5 th Annual
International Conference on Innovations and Best Practices in Business, Human and other Earth
Resources Management, IISWBM, Kolkata, 15-16 January, 2015.
Chaotic foreign exchange market: implication for theory and policy (Chakrabarti, G.) in the national level
workshop on Nonlinearity in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 17-18
February, 2014.
Exchange rate exposure on stock returns at Indian firm level around crisis period: a study from 2000 to
2013 (S Saha and G Chakrabarti) in the UGC sponsored International Finance Conference 2014 on
Current Issues in Finance in Developing Nations, Department of Business Management, University
of Calcutta, 17-18 January, 2014
Financial Crisis: A Black Swan? (Chakrabarti G) national seminar on Non-linearity, complex dynamics and
chaos in Economics and finance, Department of Mathematics and Economics, University of
Calcutta, March 2013.
Exploring Financial Crisis: Exogenous or Endogenous? DRS Sponsored 2-Day National Seminar on
Revisiting Globalization & Sustainable Development organized by Department of Economics,
University of Calcutta, March 28-29, 2012
Asymmetric Currency Exposure on Stock Returns at Firm Level around the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008:
A case for India (Saha, S. and G. Chakrabarti) International Finance Conference, IIM, Calcutta, 18-
21, 2012
The efficacy of intervention in a chaotic foreign exchange market: an empirical study in INR-USD
exchange rate series (Sen, C. and G. Chakrabarti) International Finance Conference, IIM, Calcutta,
January 9 - 12 2011.
Volatility Spill Over between Foreign Exchange Market and Stock Market around the Financial Crisis of
2007 and 2008: Indian Evidence ” (Saha, S. and G. Chakrabarti) Annual Seminar organized by the
Forum of Development Economics, Kolkata, March 29-30, 2011.
Long Memory in Some Asian Stock Markets ( Sen. C., Mukherji, I., Chakrabarti. G., and A. Sarkar) 2nd
European Asian Association Conference in Economics, & Finance, Beijing Conference, September
7-11, 2010 (Paper accepted)
Long Memory in Foreign Exchange Market: Myth or Reality?- a study of selected currencies around the
globe in terms of Indian Rupee ( Sen. C., Chakrabarti. G., and A. Sarkar) Ioannina Meeting on
Applied Economics and Finance (IMAEF 2010), June 10-11, 2010, Greece , 45110 Ioannina,
university campus 1186
Propagator of global stock market volatility in recent years: Asian versus Non-Asian markets, (Chakrabarti.
G.) Invited speaker in UGC sponsored state level seminar on “Globalization and changing structure
of capital market in India: Efficiency versus vulnerability” organized by Surendranath College for
Women in collaboration with Chittaranjan College, Kolkata, 30 March, 2010
Examination of non-linearity, determinism and chaos: An analysis of three foreign currencies vis-à-vis
Indian rupee (Sen. C., Mukherji, I., Chakrabarti. G., and A. Sarkar) in UGC sponsored seminar on
“Emerging Issues in the Indian Economy”, Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University,
25 and 26 March, 2010.
Propagator of volatility, co-movement of markets and possibilities of portfolio diversification during the
recent stock market cycle: Asian versus Non-Asian markets (Chakrabarti. G. and C. Sen), in UGC
sponsored International Seminar on “Globalization, Capitalist Crisis and Inclusive Development-
Myths and Reality, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, 22 and 23 December, 2009
Long Memory in Indian Stock Market: An Autocorrelation based approach, (Sen. C., Mukherji, I.,
Chakrabarti. G., and A. Sarkar) in DST sponsored National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues on
Economic Development, Department of Economics, University of Kalyani, 5th and 6th March,
2009.
Volatility in Indian Stock Markets in Recent Years: A Study of Market and Inter-sectoral Transmission,
(Sarkar, A., Chakrabarti, G., C. Sen) at the 45th Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric
Society (TIES) held at the Gauhati University, Guwahati, 8-10 January, 2009. (Paper accepted)
New Economy Stocks: Initiation of a New Rule across the Globe, (Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti, A. and
Chakrabarti, G.) in 15th World Congress of International Economic Association, Turkey, June, 2008
(Paper accepted)
Calendar Anomaly in Indian Stock Market (Chakrabarti G and C Sen) in International Conference on
Theories and Empirics of Finance, Jadavpur University, 2-3 January, 2008
The New Regime of Outward FDI from Developing and Transition Economies: an Analysis (Chakrabarti.
G.) in National Conference on Foreign Capital, Globalization and Development, Department of
Economics, Kalyani University, December, 2007
Stock economy in India and US (Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti, A. and G. Chakrabarti) in 16th National Scientific
Conference of Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems, PARMA, 21-
23 June 2007. (Paper accepted)
Are the New Economy Stocks Independent of the Economy? Comparison of USA and India (Chakrabarti, G.,
Chakrabarti, A. and A. Sarkar) in 5th International Conference on Accounting and Finance in
Transition, University of Greenwich Business School, London., 12-14 July 2007. (Paper accepted)
Walking the road of capital account convertibility: too risky for India?(Chakrabarti G) in 27th Annual
Conference of Bengal Economic Association held on 17-18 February, 2007 in Lady Brabourne
College, Kolkata.
Pricing of New Economy Stocks: A Comparison of USA and India (Chakrabarti G) in UGC Sponsored
National Seminar on “International Finance and Accounting” in Commerce Department, University
of Calcutta on 25-26 March, 2006
Are new economy stocks over priced? An investigation into Indian Capital Market (Chakrabarti G) in UGC
Sponsored National Seminar on “Development and Disparity” in Economics Department,
University of Calcutta on 23-24 March, 2006

Invited lecture

Invited as a Resource Person in the seminar on “Recent trends on research in engineering, basic sciences,
humanities and management”, University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, 21 September,
2023
Invited as a Resource Person for the 5-Day Faculty Development Program titled “Contemporary Issues and
Methods of Financial Economics”, Amity University, Kolkata, 24 July, 2023.
Invited to deliver a lecture on “Ethics and Deviations in Decision-making in Workplace”, M.S. Ramaiah
University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, 22 September 2022
Invited as Resource Person in the three-day Statistics Symposium, Department of Statistics, Kirori Mal
College, New Delhi, 6 October, 2021.
Invited as Resource Person in the National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues in management, finance and
ICT”, Nabagram Hiralal Paul College, 1 August, 2020
Invited as Resource Person in the extension lecture in the department of Economics, Victoria Institution
(college), Kolkata, 20 September 2019
Invited as panelist in Panel discussion on India and trade at Scottish Church College, Kolkata, 16
September, 2019
Invited as Resource Person in the UGC-HRDC Refresher Course in Management Studies, Department of
Commerce, University of Calcutta, December 2018-January 2019.
Invited as a speaker in the plenary session of the UGC and ICSSR sponsored national symposium on
Overcoming challenges for sustainable corporate excellence, department of Commerce, St. Xavier’s
College, Kolkata, 21 March, 2015.
Invited as Resource Person in the Workshop on Market Structure and Development, Department of
Economics, Bethune College, January 9-12, 2012

Papers Discussed
Discussed paper entitled “Dividend surprise, Share repurchase and stock market: An evidence from
emerging Economy” in the International Conference Finecon 2019 at IMI, Kolkata, 17-18
December, 2019.
Discussed paper entitled “Impact of monetary policy on the Indian Stock Market: Does the Devil lie in the
detail?” in the International Conference IFC 2018, IIM Calcutta, 20-22 December, 2018
Discussed paper entitled “Rethinking Innovation: The Case of Diabetes Drug Discovery” in Young
Research Scholar’s workshop, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 14-15 February,
2018.
Discussed paper entitled “Cycles in private corporate investments and differential impact of bank credit” in
Young Research Scholar’s workshop, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 14-15
February, 2018.
Discussed paper entitled “The Test of Pecking Order Theory of Capital Structure: Evidence from India” in
International Conference Finecon 2017 at IMI, Kolkata, 28-29 December, 2017.
Discussed paper entitled “The Influence of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) / Global Depository
Receipts (GDRs) in Indian Stock Market” in the 5th International Conference on international trade
and finance, IIFT Kolkata, 16-17 December, 2016
Discussed paper entitled “Human and Intellectual Disclosure practices of Indian companies: A longitudinal
study” in the International Conference on Financial Market and Corporate Finance, IIT Madras, 12-
13 August, 2016.
Discussed paper entitled “Shock and Volatility Spillovers among equity sectors of the National Stock
Exchange in India” in the international Centenary Young Research Scholar’s workshop,
Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 8-9 July 2014
Discussed paper entitled “Measuring vulnerability to spill-over” in the International conference on
empirical issues in international trade and finance III, IIFT, Kolkata, 10 – 11 January, 2013.
Discussed paper entitled “Is the Indian stock market cointegrated with other global stock markets?
Evidence in the presence of endogenous structural break” in the International conference on
empirical issues in international trade and finance III, IIFT, Kolkata, 10 – 11 January, 2013.

Chairing session in seminar/conferences

Chaired a session on Financial Economics in the International Conference Finecon 2019 at IMI, Kolkata,
17-18 December, 2019.
Chaired the Finance and Business track in the International Conference on “Society and Business in the
New Millennium” organized by ICFAI Business School and Lincoln University College, Malaysia,
12-13 April, 2018.
Chaired a session on International Finance in the International Conference IFC 2018, IIM Calcutta, 20-22
December, 2018
Chaired a session on Ownership, Governance and Financial Performance in the International Conference
on Financial Market and Corporate Finance, IIT Madras, 12-13 August, 2016.
Chaired session on Financial Markets: Risk, Crisis and Inherent Instability in the 12th Annual Conference
of Asia Pacific Economic Association, hosted by International Management Institute Kolkata, 13-
15 July, 2016.
Chaired session on Equity Market in the Finance and Economics Conference (FINECON) 2015 Organized
by International Management Institute Kolkata in collaboration with Sichuan Academy of Social
Sciences China, North South University Bangladesh and Asia Pacific Economic Association, 21-22
December, 2015

Organizing seminar/conferences/conference session

Jointly convened one day Second International Conference on Issues in Economic Theory & Policy,
Presidency University, December 14, 2017
Organized session on Financial Markets: Risk, Crisis and Inherent Instability in the 12th Annual
Conference of Asia Pacific Economic Association, hosted by International Management Institute
Kolkata, 13-15 July, 2016.
Organized programme to celebrate International Yoga Day (with the NSS Cell) at Presidency University,
June 21, 2016.
Organized programme on Self Defense to celebrate International Women’s Day (with the NSS Cell) at
Presidency University, March 8, 2016.
Member, Technical Committee, WB State Science and Technology Congress, 2016, organized by
Presidency University, February 28-29, 2016
Jointly convened one day International Conference on Issues in Economic Theory & Policy, Presidency
University, November 2, 2015
Convened RBI funded two-day National Level capacity building programme on Financial Economics,
Presidency University, November 5-6, 2012
Convened UCO bank funded Four-day National Level capacity building programme on Financial
Economics, Presidency University, December 14-17, 2011
Jointly convened two-phased national level workshop on Advanced Financial Economic Theory and
Financial Econometrics, December 2010 - January, 2011

Administrative Responsibility and Academic Administration:

Remaining in charge of the department, June 2022 –

Convener, PhD. (Economics) Committee, 2022 -
Member, Student Grievance Redressal Cell, Presidency University, 2023-
Member, High powered Committee, Presidency University, 2022-
Remained in charge of placement, Sports and extra-curricular activities of students as Dean of Students
(Addl. Charge), Presidency University, 13.08.2015 - 05.07.2016.
Member Secretary, Presidency University Committee against Sexual Harassment, 2015-2016
Member, Equal Opportunity Cell, Presidency University, 2015-2016.
Member, Disciplinary Committee, Presidency University, 2015-2016.
Member, Election Sub-committee, Presidency College (2007-2010) Presidency University, 2015
Member, Admission Sub-committee, Presidency College (2007-2010) Presidency University (2011-2014)
Member, Founders’ Day Celebration Sub-committee, Presidency College (2007-2010) Presidency
University (2011-2016)
Member, Placement Cell, Presidency College (2007-2010) Presidency University (2011-2013, 2017-2019)
Member, Convocation Cell, Presidency University, (2013-2015,2017, 2018, 2019)
Joint Convener, University Examination Sub-Committee, Barasat Govt. College, 2002-2006
Member, Income Tax and Audit Sub-Committee, Barasat Govt. College, 2001-2006
Member, Service Book verification Sub-Committee, Barasat Govt. College, 2001-2006
Member, UGC research Sub-Committee, Barasat Govt. College, 2004-2006
Member, Departmental Academic and Examination Committee, Presidency University, Kolkata

Contribution in curriculum revision

Member of M.B.A. (Economics) syllabus revision Apex Committee, WBUT, 2008

Referee for the revised Economics Honours syllabus, University of Calcutta, 2010
Contributed in preparing UG and PG syllabus on International Economics, Financial Economics and
Financial Econometrics, Presidency University, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Referee for the syllabus for M.Sc. in Financial Economics course to be introduced by Bhawanipur
Educational Society, Kolkata., 2016

Members of Editorial Board

Remained Member of Asian Council of Science Editor, 2018

Remained Technical Editor of The International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance,
Journal of Applied Sciences, Research Journal of Business Management, Asian Journal of
Scientific Research

Remained member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Das R.C (ed) Handbook of Research on Global
Indicators of Economic and Political Convergence, IGI Global, USA (2016) ISBN13: 978-1-5225-0215-9.

Remained member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Das R.C (ed) Handbook of Research on
Economic, Financial and Industrial impacts on Infrastructure Development, IGI Global, USA
(2017) ISBN13: 978-1-5225-2361-1.

Remained member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Das R.C (ed) Handbook of Research on Military
Expenditure on Economic and Political Resources, IGI Global, USA (2018) ISBN13: 978-1-5225-
4778-5.

Members of Learned Society

Life Member, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Member, American Economic Association
Member, Indian Finance Association
Member, Royal Economic Society
Others
Received Best Paper Award for the paper Time varying beta, volatility and market stress: A
comparison between India and US, IFC 2017
Received Certificate of outstanding contribution in Reviewing, Elsevier, May 2018
Member of M.Phil (Management) selection Committee, WBUT; 2008, 2009
Examined M.Phil. dissertations for WBUT and Kalyani University.

Personal Details
Date of birth 21 September, 1974
Nationality Indian

Dated: Kolkata, September, 2023 GAGARI CHAKRABARTI