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Dr. Balakrushna Padhi

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Department of Economics and Finance, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Profession Work Experience

Profession Work Experience

1-Economist, at Centre of Excellence in Fiscal Policy and Taxation (CEFT), Govt. of Odisha, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Nature of Work: Working in the UNICEF-CEFT Research Project on “Strengthening Public Finance for Children in Odisha (Child Budgeting) and Odisha Gender Budgeting as well as Odisha Nutrition Based Budgeting Analysis and Odisha SDG Budget Analysis” for bringing the major policy documents for the state during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 period. Further assisted in preparing the “Handbook on Gender and Child Budgeting” published by UNICEF, CEFT and the Finance Department Government of Odisha (May-2019-April-2021).  

2-Worked as a Consultant on a part-time basis at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi during March 2020 to April 2020. Research-related activities (March-2020-April-2020).

3-Research Assistant at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (Kerala), in the Project “Evaluation Study of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2006-07 to 2010-11”, Nature of Work: NSSO EUS unit level data analysis and Primary Data analysis and report writing (Aug.-2013-July-2014).


Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

 

  1. The 5th SANEM Annual Economists' international Conference (SAEC) 2020 on Institutions for Development, held during February, 1-2, 2020 at BRAC Centre Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka Bangladesh. Paper presenting titled, “Do Socio-economic Attributes of Households Influence Trust Levels on Institutions of India? A Temporal Assessment from a Developing Country Perspective
  2. Participated in the one-week Summer School programme on Socioeconomic Inequality during 28th August 2017 to 1st September 2017, conducted by Human Capital and Economic Opportunity, Global Working Group, New Economic School-Centre for the Study of Diversity and Social Interaction, at Moscow, Russia
  3. The International Conference on ‘Development, Agrarian Change, and Gender in India: Exploring Interdisciplinary Approaches’, held on 6-7th February, 2018, at Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, In collaboration with The Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. Paper presented titled "Gender Based Wage Differentials across Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Sectors in Rural India: A Quintile Decomposition Analysis
  4. The 4th International Conference on South Asian Economic Development, held during February, 22-23, 2018 at the South Asian University, New Delhi, India. Paper presented titled “Analyzing Jobless Growth and Income Growth Dynamics in India: A Sectoral Decomposition Analysis
  5. International Conference on “Experiences and Challenges in the Measurement of Income, Inequality and Poverty in South Asia” (IARIW-ICRIER) during November 23-25, 2017 at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi, India. Paper presented titled “Analyzing Poverty and Inequality Dynamics among North-Eastern States of India: Evidence from NSSO
  6. The 58th The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) conference held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati during 23rd to 26th November 2016. Paper presented titled “Jobless growth and challenges of skills in India: Emerging regional patterns
  7. The 55th The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) conference held during January 8-10, 2019, at NIMB, Mumbai, India. Paper presented titled “Wage Mobility Dynamics in the Indian labour Market: A Pseudo Panel Approach
  8. The 53rd The Indian Econometric Society conference (TIES), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneshwar during 22nd to 24th December 2016. Paper presented titled “Structure of Wage growth and wage discrimination in the rural labour market of India
  9. The 2018-CESP Young Scholars Seminar held during December 6-7, 2018, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Paper presented titled “The Movers and Stayers: Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in India, 2004-05 to 2011-12
  10. The XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference Busan, Republic of Korea, August 26-31, 2013. Paper (Was a coauthor in the paper, paper was presented by Prof. S. K. Mohanty) titled “Fertility Transition and poverty reduction in the districts of India
  11. Participated in one-week training programme on, “Development Economics” during 6th July to 10th July, 2015, conducted by Azim Premzi University, Bangalore, India.
  12. Participating in five day’s workshops on “Theory in Political Economy: A focus on Das Capital Volume 1” by Prof. Raju Das from 16th to 20th January 2017, Organised by Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  13. Participated in one-week training workshop programme on, “Research Analysis and Writing in Social Sciences” during 24 September to 30th September 2012, conducted by Gujarat institute of development and research (GIDR), Gujarat, India.
  14. Participated in Two days training programme on, “Analyzing Medical and Health Data Using R”, during 26th and 27th September, 2013, Organised by Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
  15. Participated in the three days online Training Programme on “Training Programme on transitioning from informality to formality, July 2020” organized by VV Giri National Labour Institute during 08-10 July 2020.
  16. Participated in the four days virtual summer school on “6th IGC ISI Summer School on Development Economics” organized by IGC, ISI, New Delhi during 12-15 July 2020.
  17. Participated in the four days virtual summer school on “7th IGC ISI Summer School on Development Economics” organized by IGC, ISI, New Delhi during 11-14 July 2021.
  18. Presented a Paper titled, Revisiting Changing contours of employment challenge in India, during 11th to 13th April 2022 at IIT Roorkee, Organized by the 62nd ISLE conference
  19. Presented a Paper titled, Is the Future of Jobs at risk due to Technological Innovation in India? An empirical assessment of the Indian labour market, in the International Conference on "New Technologies and the Future of Work in the Global South" during 17-19 July 2023 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
  20. Presented a Paper titled, How does marital status affect the female labour force participation in India? An empirical assessment from the NSSO EUS & PLFS datasets, in the International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance (ICAFE) during 3-4 November 2023 at Department of Economics & Finance, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
  21. Presented a Paper titled, Exhibiting the Changes in Nutritional Status of Children in India: An Empirical Insight from Human Opportunity Index, in the 44 th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for The Study of Population during 8-10 November 2023 at Centre Of Excellence On Public Health Nutrition, Department Of Humanities And Social Sciences, National Institute Of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India.
  22. Presented a Paper titled, COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Female labour Participation in India, in the Global Conclave on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Progress, Challenges and Way Forward 6th-7th March 2024 Organised by Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University) New Delhi Sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi.
  23. Presented a Paper titled, Assessing the health of labour markets of Indian state: An Iceberg Decomposition Approach, 64th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, IHD, New Delhi, 29th-30th March 2024 Organised by School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana.