Dr. Smruti Ranjan Behera has a Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics. After completing his Ph.D., he joined the Department of HSS at IIT Ropar in March 2013. Presently, working as an Associate Professor (Economics) at IIT Ropar, India. His research interests include industrial organization specific to agglomeration and urban economics; FDI and technology spillovers; regional spillovers; patents and the economics of innovation; open-economy macroeconomics; microeconometrics; time-series analysis; spatial econometrics; and panel-data econometrics. He has more comprehensive experience in teaching and research, and he mainly teaches applied econometrics, econometrics, urban economics, and macroeconomics to undergraduate and postgraduate students at IIT Ropar. He has published many scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals like Environment and Planning B, Regional Studies, Regional Science, Economic Modelling, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, International Review of Applied Economics, Singapore Economic Review, Applied Economics Letters, International Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Cogent Economics and Finance, Finance and Space, Indian Growth & Development Review, etc.
PhD (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
Mhil (Economics), University of Delhi
MA (Economics), Utkal University
BA (Hons.) Economics and Mathematics, Utkal University
UG Level
Principles of Economics (POE)
Topics in Econometrics
International Economics and Finance
Topics in Macroeconomics
Economics for Managers and Engineers
PG/MS/PhD level
Applied Econometrics
Advanced Topics in Economic Geography and Urban Economics
Topics in International Economics
Managerial Economics (MSc. Data Science & Management)
Referring to Journals
International Journal of Finance and Economics (Wiley), Review of Industrial Organization (Springer), Energy Economics (Elsevier), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (Taylor and Francis), Journal of Asia Pacific Economy (Taylor and Francis), International Review of Applied Economics (Taylor and Francis), Journal of Financial Economic Policy (Emerald), Economics of Innovation and New Technology (Taylor and Francis), Singapore Economic Review (World Scientific), Journal of Economic Studies (Emerald), Journal of Developing Areas (Tennessee State University, USA), International Review of Economics and Finance (Elsevier), Social Indicators Research (Springer), Energy (Elsevier), Applied Economics Letters (Taylor & Francis), The World Economy (Wiley), Indian Growth and Development Review (Emerald), Cogent Economics and Finance (Taylor & Francis), Spatial Economic Analysis (Taylor & Francis), Economic Modelling (Elsevier), Journal of Economic Surveys (Wiley), Indian Economic Review (Delhi School of Economics), Journal of Economic Development (Chung-Ang University, Korea), Public Finance Review (Sage)
Professional Affiliation
Life Member of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) http://www.tiesindia.net (since 2008, life membership No. is L/2432/10-11)
Life Member of Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing (Knowledge Forum) http://fgks.in/ (since November 18, 2012)
Life Member of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (http://ecoinsee.org/) (since 2016, life membership No. is 434)
Member of the Regional Studies Association (U.K.) https://www.regionalstudies.org/ (May 16, 2022)
| S. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Start Year - End Year | Amount (In Lacs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foreign Direct Investment and Innovative Performance of Local Firms: Evidence across Indian Manufacturing Industries | Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) | PI | 2018 - 2021 | 7.000 |
| 2 | Does location spur innovation? Evidence across Indian manufacturing industries | Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) | PI | 2022 - 2024 | 10.000 |
| 3 | Evaluating the Barriers to Solar Energy Adoption, Cost Efficiency, and Energy Usage in the Indian Hotel Industry | Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) | CO-PI | 2024 - 2025 | 13.000 |
