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  • Meera Ancy Vincent, PhD scholar in Economics working under the guidance of Dr. Samaresh Bardhan, has won the 2nd Best Research Paper Award at the 16th International Conference on Business and Finance (ICBF-2024) for their paper titled “Firm Investment, Financial Constraints, and Its Determinants: Evidence from a Panel of Indian Firms.” The conference, themed “Finance beyond the Norm: Exploring the Paradigm Shift,” took place at IBS Hyderabad from February 29 to March 1, 2024. The award includes a certificate of recognition and a cash prize of ₹10,000.

Samaresh Bardhan

Associate Professor (Economics)
#C-M08, Super Academic Block, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Rupnagar, Punjab 140 001, India
samaresh@iitrpr.ac.in

Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics, Banking, Financial Markets, Firm Financing, Climate Finance, Pension Economics

About

PhD (Economics) Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
M.Sc (Economics) University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
B.Sc (Hons in Economics), University of Calcutta, India

UG Courses:
Principles of Economics (Core),
Financial Markets and Institutions (elective)
Introduction to Urban Economics (elective)
Human Geography and Societal Needs (Core)
Design Research (ME)

PG Courses:
Topics in Development Economics,
Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance
Pension Economics and Finance
Research Methodology & Statistics
Managerial Economics

Journals
  1. 1. Vincent, M. A.; Bardhan, S.; Das, P. K., "A Critical Assessment of Measures of Financing Constraints: An Application to Indian Manufacturing", Journal of Quantitative Economics, 1-25, 2026
  2. 2. Vincent, M. A.; Das, P. K.; Bardhan, S., "Firm investment, financial constraints and agency costs: evidence from India", Journal, 69,  3463-3509, 2025
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Other Info:

Research Grant:
1. Reducing Financial Vulnerability in Times of Flood Disaster’ (Under the broad theme of ‘Disaster Management’), at Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, under the Scheme of ‘2nd Call for ICSSR Longitudinal Studies in Social and Human Sciences’, (Project Coordinator: Samaresh Bardhan); Co-PIs: (i) Dr. Sagar Rohidas Chavan (IIT Ropar); Dr. Jayanta Sarkar, (QUT, Australia); Dr. Sabina Yasmin, IFMR-LEAD, New Delhi; Dr. Dipanwita Sarkar (QUT, Australia; grant value: (Rs. 1,17,00,000).

1. ‘Strategic Asset Allocation Choices for India's National Pension System’, under the Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), in collaboration with Prof. Anup Basu (Foreign PI), Prof. Adam Clement (foreign Co-PI),School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Prof. Paramita Mukherjee (India Co-PI), XIM University, Bhubaneswar. Grant value 71,15,365 INR , (Indian PI: Samaresh Bardhan); (Grant period: 28.7.2023-31.03.2026)
2. ‘Stubble Burning: Health impacts (Quality of Life), cost and social perception - an explorative study for prevention’ under the scheme of 'Network Grant' of the Swedish Research Council (SRC), Sweden, jointly with Dr. Koustav Dalal, lead researcher, Mid Sweden University, Sweden. granted on October 21, 2020 VR Ref. no. 2020-03787; Grant value : 746 000 SEK ( = 63,00, 000 INR); Duration : two years, (Indian PI: Samaresh Bardhan); Grant Period: (January 2022-December 2024).

 ‘Growth and Convergence in Indian States: Implications for Credit Spillovers and Social Banking’ (Uder Impactful Research on Social Sciences (IMPRESS), External Research Project sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research ICSSR), Ministry of HRD, Government of India, April 2019-March 2021); Grant value 8,00000 INR (completed)

 ‘Finance and Growth: Regional Perspectives in India’ (External Research Project
sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research ICSSR), Ministry of HRD, Government of India (May2014-April 2016). Grant value: 4,00000 INR (completed)

Research Projects
S. No. Title Funding Agency Role Start Year - End Year Amount (In Lacs)
1 Reducing Financial Vulnerability in Times of Flood Disaster Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, under the Scheme of ‘2nd Call for ICSSR Longitudinal Studies in Social and Human Sciences PI 2025 - Present 11700000.000
2 Strategic Asset Allocation Choices for India\'s National Pension System Ministry of Education, Government of India PI 2023 - 2026 7115365.000
3 Strategic Asset Allocation Choices for India\'s National Pension System Ministry of Education, Government of India PI 2023 - 2026 7115365.000
4 Stubble Burning: Health impacts (Quality of Life), cost and social perception - an explorative study for prevention Swedish Research Council, Sweden PI 2022 - 2024 6300000.000
5 Growth and Convergence in Indian States: Implications for Credit Spillovers and Social Banking’ Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, under the Scheme of \'Impactful Research on Social Sciences (IMPRESS)\' PI 2019 - 2021 800000.000
6 Finance and Growth: Regional Perspectives in India Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India PI 2014 - 2016 400000.000