Professor Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhy holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi) and a PhD in Economics from IFMR Graduate School of Business (formerly IFMR) and the University of Madras. Before pursuing his PhD, he worked with the Centre for Micro Finance (CMF) at IFMR as a Research Associate and also with The World Bank as a Short-term Consultant (STC) on an impact evaluation study in Chhattisgarh. He has participated in and presented research papers at various academic conferences in India and abroad.

Professor Mukhopadhyay has published research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Development Policy Review, Economic and Political Weekly, Energy Economics, Journal of Accounting Literature, etc.

Professor Mukhopadhyay is also a co-Principal Investigator on an impact evaluation study titled Randomized Evaluation of the Government-Implemented Targeting Hard Core Poor Program in Bihar, India, along with Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Esther Duflo (MIT), and Shagun Sabarwal (JPAL SA). His broad research areas include Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Behavioral Economics.

Research

• Financial Inclusion
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Poverty Alleviation
• Livelihood
• Education

Publications

Research Publications

1. 1. 1. Does mandatory expenditure on CSR affect firm value? Empirical evidence from Indian firms. Bhagawan, Praveen & Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad. Journal of Accounting Literature, Vol. ahead of print, (2024): https://doi.org/10.1108/JAL-10-2023-0184
      2. Definition, measurement and determinants of energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Indian households. B, Manasi & Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad. Energy for Sustainable Development, Vol.79, 2024: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2024.101383
      3. Does cap-and-trade scheme impact energy efficiency and firm value? Empirical evidence from India. Pal, Kalyani, Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad & Bhagawan, Praveen. Energy Economics, Vol. 134, 2024: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107581
      4. Determinants of Digital Technology Adoption and Financial Inclusion in India: Some Empirical Evidence. Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 56, No. 26 & 27, (2021): 70-76.
      5. Financial Inclusion in India: A Demand-side Approach. Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 51, No. 3, (2016): 46-54.
      6. “Open Government Data and Evidence-based Socio-economic Policy Research in India: An overview.” Larquemin Aurilie, Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad, & Buteau, Sharon. Journal of Community Informatics, Vol 12, No. 2, (2016): 120-147.
      7. Microfinance and Consumption Inequality: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Andhra. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.50, No.2, (2016): 269-291.
      8. The Dynamics of Income Growth and Poverty: Evidence from Districts in India. Banerjee, Anurag Narayan, Banik, Nilanjan, & Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad. Development Policy Review, Vol. 33 No. 3, (2015): 293-312.
      9. The Interplay Between Growth and Development: Evidence from Indian Districts. Banik, Nilanjan & Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad, Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol.20, No.2, (2013): 109-127.
      10. Endowment Effects in Bundles. Dutta, Swati, Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad, & Pingali, Viswanath Studies in Microeconomics, Vol.4, No.1 (2016): 27-45.
      11. SHGs and Microfinance: A Tale of Two Poor Women in Rural Tamil Nadu. Kumar, Lakshmi and Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad, Journal of Rural Development, Vol.32, No.3, (2013): 333-339.
      12. Muricken, N.J., Bhagawan, P. and Mukhopadhyay, J.P. (2024), “Does mandating gender quota in corporate boards affect firms’ credit ratings? Evidence from India”, Journal of Accounting Literature, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAL-04-2024-0070
      13. Mukhopadhyay, J. P., Mitra, S., Javadekar, S., & Mishra, N. (2024). Does Gender-Based Awareness Campaign Improve Girls’ Educational and Learning Outcomes? Empirical Evidence from India. The Journal of Development Studies, 60(11), 1774–1792. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2383428

      Other Publications

      1. Mukhopadhyay, J. P. and Banik, N. (2015).Misery of the Red Corridor Region of India: What Do Data Tell Us? in R. Bhattacharya (Ed.) Regional Development and Public Policy Challenges in India. pp.161-193. Springer
      2. Does mandatory CSR expenditure affect firm value? Evidence from Indian firms in Ideas for India on Jan 4, 2018.

Consultancy

Research Report on Livestock Initiative for Livelihood Support (LILS) for World Vision (2017)

Teaching

• Maths for Managers (MBA-level)
• Managerial Economics (MBA-level)
• Basic Econometrics (MBA-level)
• Economics of Financial Inclusion (PhD-level)
• Empirical Methods in Corporate Finance (PhD-level)
• Topics in Development Economics (PhD-level)