Santosh Kumar Sahu

Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences

Phone: +91 (44) 2257 4512

Experience

2017-present: Assistant Professor
2020-present: Fellow -ISEP( Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy)
2015-present: Coordinator, Website and Publications,Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing

Research Areas

  • Energy Economics
  • Industrial Economics
  • Economics of Global Climate Change

Selected Journal Publications

  • Sahu, S.K., and Bagchi, P. 2022, Waste from production: an analysis at the firm level. Quality and Quantity: International Journal of Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-022-01482-x
  • Sahu, S.K., Bagchi, P., Kumar, A. and Tan, K.H., 2022. Technology, price instruments and energy intensity: a study of firms in the manufacturing sector of the Indian economy. Annals of Operations Research, 313, p. 319ā€“339, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04295-7
  • Bagchi, P., Sahu, S.K., Kumar, A. and Tan, K.H., 2022. Analysis of carbon productivity for firms in the manufacturing sector of India. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 178, p.121606, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121606
  • Jha, C.K., Panda, B. and Sahu, S.K., 2022. Institutions and conflict. Economic Modelling,113, p.105894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105894
  • Sahu, S.K., Manaloor, V. and Bagchi, P., 2022. An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Power Sector of India. Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, 3(2), p.32617, https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.32617
  • Behera, D.K., Dash, U. and Sahu, S.K., 2022. Exploring the possible sources of fiscal space for health in India: insights from political regimes. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20(1), pp.1-16, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00831-4
  • Padhan, H., Sahu, S.K. and Dash, U. Economic globalization and environmental quality: a study of OECD economies. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02479-0
  • Padhan, H., Behera, D.K., Sahu, S.K. and Dash, U., 2022. Does Corruption Hinderance Economic Growth Despite Surge of Remittance and Capital Inflows Since Economic Liberalization in an Emerging Economy, India. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, p.1-24, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-021-00876-w
  • Santosh Kumar Sahu and Unmesh Patnaik (2020), Foreign Direct Investments and Environmental Policies: A Meta-Analysis,ā€ in ā€œFDI, Technology and Innovationā€, N.S. Siddharthan and K. Narayanan (Eds.), ISBN 978-981-15-3611-3
  • Narayanan and Santosh Kumar Sahu (2020), Firm-Level Productivity and Exports: The Case of Manufacturing Sector in India, in ā€œAccelerators of Indiaā€™s Growth ā€“ Industry, Trade and Employmentā€, Suresh Chand Aggarwal, Deb Kusum Das and, Rashmi Banga (Eds.), ISBN ā€“ 978-981-329-396-0
  • Sunil Paul, Santosh Kumar Sahu and Tinu Iype Jacob (2020), Aggregate Fluctuations and Technological Shocks: The Indian Case, in ā€œFDI, Technology and Innovationā€, N.S. Siddharthan and K. Narayanan (Eds.), ISBN 978-981-15-3611-3
  • Santosh Kumar Sahu and Sumedha Kamboj (2019), Decomposition Analysis of GHG Emissions in Emerging Economiesā€, Journal of Economic Development, 44(3), pp. 59-78
  • Narayanan, D. Parthasarathy and A. Inamdar and Santosh Kumar Sahu (2019), Who is Vulnerable? Evidence from Districts of the East Coast of India, in ā€œClimate Change and Vulnerable Indian Coastā€, R. Ramesh and J.R. Bhatt (Eds.), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi
  • Santosh Kumar Sahu and Deepanjali Mehta (2018), Determinants of Energy and CO2 Emission Intensities: A Study of Manufacturing Firms in India, The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 389-407
  • Santosh Kumar Sahu (2018), Development vs Environment Debate, Domain; The Journal of Management Research, Vo. 9 & 10, Issue 1, pp. 30-33 (invited paper)
  • Unmesh Patnaik and Santosh Kumar Sahu (2018), Foreign Direct Investment and Business Cycle Co-movement: Evidence from Asian Countries, in: ā€œGlobalisation of Technologyā€, N.S. Siddharthan, K. Narayanan (Eds.), Springer, ISBN: 978-981-10-5423-5
  • Santosh Kumar Sahu and N. Aggrawal (2017), Inter-firm Differences in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Study of Pharmaceutical Sector in India, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 44, No.5, pp. 861-878
  • Santosh Kumar Sahu (2017), Firm Performance and Diversification: An Empirical Investigation of Chemical Sector in India, International Journal of Sustainable Economy, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 56-71

Research Projects

  • Policy Determinants of Household Economic Development (PDHED), Sponsored by the University of Alberta, Canada and MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India, 2014-2015
  • ā€œDo knowledge spillovers attenuate R&D investment? Evidence from Indian manufacturing firmsā€, New Faculties Initiation Grant, ICSR, IIT Madras, 2017-2021
  • Covid-19 Outbreak and the Micro Small Medium Enterprises: A Study of Tamil Nadu, 2020
  • Declining energy intensity in the manufacturing sector of India: A modified decomposition approach, Exploratory Research Project, IIT Madras, Chennai, 01 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2021
  • “Microgrid Technologies”, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, IIT Madras, Chennai (PI: Prof. Krishna Vasudevan), 04 Feb 2021 – 31 Dec 2026
  • Green Growth Index, Energy Use And Economic Growth: Evidence From The United Arab Emirates, (Co-PI), Sponsored by Abu Dhabi University, 1 Mar 2021 – 24 Jun 2022
  • Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, All India Council for Technical Education, 02 Apr 2022 – 01 Apr 2023
  • Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agro-biodiversity Hotspots”Oct 2013 – Present

Patent Details

  • 2022 –Designation/title: Ein System zur BerĆ¼cksichtigung der Auswirkungen von Covid-19 auf die Haushaltswirtschaft in Indien English Translation: A system to account for the impact of Covid-19 on household economics in India This patent is for the invention of methodology in the area of Resource Planning and Analytics (WIPO code G06Q 10/06

Awards & Recognitions

  • 2016-Prof. Raghuram Rajanā€™s ā€œYoung Scholar Grant Programmeā€ to participate National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Summer Programme 2016, Boston, MA, USA
  • 2014-Selected for the India-China Young Scholars Forum on ā€œIndo-Syno Relations and Asia-Pacific Security Patternā€ Academy of World Watch, Shanghai, China
  • 2013-Excellence in Ph.D. Research Award 2012-2013, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • 2010-JSPS Student Exchange Program for East Asian Young Researchers, GSID, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan