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Refresher Courses/ Orientation Programmes Attended

• Participated in Special Winter School on ‘Human Development’ by the HRDC, Himachal Pradesh University at Shimla during February – March, 2016.
• Participated in Orientation Programme conducted by HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in September, 2017

Research Conferences 

• Presented a paper titled ‘Ecosystem Sustainability and Economic Valuation’ at International Conference on Business, Economics & Sustainable Development organised by TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi in February, 2018
• Presented a paper titled ‘Rural Urban Infrastructure and Mode of Transportation in Kerala’ in the International Seminar on ‘Infrastructure – Industrialization and Development: Forward Linkages Drawing from Global Models’ at University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram in February, 2017
• Presented a paper titled ‘Urban Female Labour force Participation in Kerala’ in the National Level Conference on ‘Development Prospects of Indian Economy’ at Mysore University, Manasagangothri in August, 2016
• Co-authored a paper titled ‘Issues in Ecosystem Services and Marginalization:-A Study Based on Bamboo Resources in Kerala’ and attended the 7^th International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education at IIM Indore in May, 2016
• Presented a paper titled ‘Environmental Impact of Urbanization’ in the UGC sponsored   National Seminar on “Sustainable Development of Kerala: A Rethinking for the 21^st Century” at Govt. College, Elerithattu, Kasaragod in October, 2014
• Presented a paper titled ‘Urbanization of Kerala in the Era of Globalization’ in the International Conference on Development Vs Deprivation in the Era of Globalization by the Department of Economics, University of Kerala, Thiruvanathapuram in December, 2009
• Presented a paper titled ‘Determinants of Urbanization; The Impact of Colonial Influence – A Study on Kollam’ in the 29^th Annual Session of South Indian History Congress held at ManonmaniamSundaranar University, Thirunelveli in February, 2009
• Presented a paper titled ‘ Evolution of Commercial Towns in Kerala’ in the 27^th Annual Session of South Indian History Congress held at RajapalayamRajus’ College, Rajapalayam in July, 2007
• Presented a paper titled ‘Socio-economic Impact of Return Emigrants on Emigrants Households- A Case Study of Varkala’ in the International Conference on ‘Fifty year of Kerala’s Development (1956-2006): Issues, Strategies and Options’ by the Department of Economics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram in February, 2006
• Workshops Attended
• Participated in a Workshop on ‘Research Methodology in Economics’ from 5 to 10 November, 2018 at UGC- HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
• Participated in the Urban Action School’s one Week Course on “ Urbanizing North East India’ from 29^th July to 5^th of August, 2018 at Tezpur University, Assam.
• Participated in the Capacity Building Programme on ‘Industrialization, Corporate Sector and Development’ sponsored by ICSSR, MHRD, Govt. of India at Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi during May 22 to June 07, 2017
• Participated in the Summer School on Essential Econometrics for Research in Finance held at IIM, Indore during April 15 to 22, 2017
• Attended one week National Workshop on‘ Financial Econometrics and Its Applications’ at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune in collaboration with The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) during 29th August to 4th September, 2016
• Attended one Week National Level Workshop on ‘Panel Data Econometrics’ at University of Mysore, from 12 to 18, August, 2016
• Participated in the Workshop on ‘Big Data Analysis: Deriving Casual Inferences Using Statistical and Computational Techniques’ at NITK, Surathkal on 1st and 2nd April, 2016
• Attended Three Day National Level Workshop on ‘Econometrics’ at Pondicherry University from 8th to 10th January, 2016
• Attended Faculty Development Programme on “Research Design and Data Analysis for Social Sciences” at IIM Kozhikode in November 2015
• Attended Three Day National Level Workshop on ‘Data Analysis for Research Applications’ at Pondicherry University from 16th to 18th October, 2015
• Attended Faculty Development Programme on “Financial Econometrics” at IIM Kozhikode in July 2015
• Participated in the Capacity Building Training Programme on ‘Leadership and Performance Management’ conducted by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad at IMG, Thiruvananthapuram from 1st to 5th June, 2013
• Attended the Training Course on ‘Capacity Development’ organized by State Planning Board at IMG, Thiruvananthapuram from 6th to 10th June,2011
  • Other Professional Activities
    • Organized a Three Day National Workshop on ‘Methodological Aspects of Research in Social Science’ at Department of Economics, Govt. College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram from 14^th to 16^th December, 2016 (Sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala)
    • Research Interest
    • Environmental Economics and  Developmental Economics
  • Memberships in Professional Associations
    • Member in South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
    • Member in Kerala Economic Association (KEA)

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