Dr Chaitanya Talreja | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Chaitanya Talreja

Assistant Professor,
Mumbai Campus, Centre for Regulatory Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies

Qualification

PhD Economics (South Asian University, Delhi)

MA Economics (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune)

BA (HONS.) Economics (Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi)

Contact

chaitanya.talreja[at]tiss[dot]edu

Ph.D. in Economics, 2021- South Asian University, New Delhi, India

Dissertation topic: Exploring growth and Inequality in Post-reform India: The role of services, manufacturing and their interlinkages

MA in Economics, 2014, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Masters Thesis: Girl Child Discrimination in 21st Century India: Where does the Shoe Pinch?

B.A. (Hons.) Economics, 2012, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, India

Economic development strategies in the Global South, Structural Change, Indian Economy

Emerging research interest areas: Economic development and regulatory policy, urban economics, non-anthropocentric strategies/alternatives to anthropocentric value systems in progress and conservation including food systems research

Publications and research papers

“Why Services cannot be the Engine of Growth for India”, (with Dr. Anirban Dasgupta) The Economic and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 629-653.

“Service sector growth and inequality in India: An analysis of household consumption spending” The Indian Economic Journal, Forthcoming

“Technological structure, productivity and demand regimes in the Indian manufacturing: A sub-sectoral analysis”, PhD Paper, 2021

“Swiss Banks/Offshore Banks, Tax Havens, Hawala: Answers To Some Common Questions” (co-authored with Prof. Arun Kumar, Prof. Saumen Chattopadhyay and Ashu Tewari), Report funded by SNF, Bergen, Norway, 2014

“India’s Demographic Dividend: Realities and Opportunities”, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 57., No. 1, pp. 139-155, 2014

Magazines and Blog articles

“Unravelling the Politics of Hindu Vegetarianism and Animal Rights in India – The Leaflet – 2022 – (with Sanchita Chandra) The Leaflet, 2022, https://theleaflet.in/unravelling-politics-of-hindu-vegetarianism-and-animal-rights-in-india/

“You are my soulmate because society approves us: Intersectionality in love” (with Ritwika Patgiri) Feminism in India, 2020, https://feminisminindia.com/2020/12/22/you-are-my-soulmate-because-society-approves-us-intersectionality-in-love/

“Economics for all: Unshackling Economic Theory and Practice from the Clutches of Racism”, (with Ritwika Patgiri) Development Study Group, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, 2020, https://dsgsau.wordpress.com/2020/11/29/economics-for-all-unshackling-economic-theory-and-practice-from-the-clutches-of-racism/

“DSG Movie Screening 1: Inequality for all”, Development Study Group, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, 2016, https://dsgsau.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/dsg-movie-screening-1-inequality-for-all/

“Development Study Group Meeting 1: Muzaffarpur: A Personal Experience”, (with Dr. Vasuprada Tatavarty) Development Study Group, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, 2016, https://dsgsau.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/development-study-group-meeting-1-muzaffarpur-a-personal-experience/

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Introduction to Principles of Economics, Economics for Regulation and Urban Economics