Department of Economics

With over 40 Years of teaching experience in Delhi University, post her M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Alka has taught across diverse academic settings and curriculum. She specializes in teaching Macroeconomics, extending into International Trade, with a strong foundation of Econometrics & Mathematical Methods - Co-authored book titled, “A Text on Mathematical Economics”. She was a Content Writer for 2 Macroeconomic modules for e-PGPathshala, an initiative executed by the UGC. She has also helped coordinate and execute College Initiatives with organizations like the National Skill Development Corporation under the STAR Scheme of Delhi University, as well as International Collaborations with Kings College London.

Ravinder Jha has been teaching at Miranda House for the last 35 years. Her areas of interest include  Microeconomics, Game Theory & Mathematical Economics. Her thesis was on the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry focussing on growth, innovation & pricing. Her research has been published in journals like Economic and Political Weekly, Wiley's Journal of World Intellectual Property, Indian Journal of Public Health. She was a Consultant to the Institute of Economic Growth to undertake a project funded by UNCTAD on the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2010 and contributed to its report titled “Effects of New Patents Regime on Consumers and Producers of Drugs/Medicines in India". She has co-authored a chapter on Foreign Direct Investment in India for an ICSSR Surveys volume which was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. She was invited by Indira Gandhi National Open University to be part of an Expert committee to design a course structure on game theory.
She was felicitated as a Distinguished teacher by the University of Delhi in 2009.

Meeta Kumar specializes in teaching Development Economics, and has a keen interest in Economic History. She graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in 1988, and completed her M. Phil from the Delhi School of Economics in 1994. In college, she has been extensively involved with the organization of national and international debates, seminars and conferences and certificate courses for students, with a view to introducing inter-disciplinary perspectives in teaching and promoting intercultural interactions.

She has been a teacher and a mentor for almost three decades, tutoring brilliant young minds to develop a nuanced understanding of the economy and its ecosystem into which we are conditioned to conduct our livelihood and experience our lives. Her training and specialisation in Political Economy is used for public policy design, commentary on contemporary issues and research initiatives in new areas of the economy. She brings in a rare sensitivity and grounding in the economic pedagogy. She has provided consultations to various organizations like Dastkar Andhra, Foundation for People’s Interest, Ahmedabad, SEWA Ahmedabad, Fair Trade Forum, Delhi and various educational organisations on career mentoring as well as on post covid digital education efficacies.

Dr. Malabika Pal has a specialization in Law and Economics and has an interest in Macroeconomics and International Finance. She graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and completed her M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D from JNU. She is a recipient of the National Scholarship (MHRD) and the Ford Foundation Scholarship. She has worked as Associate Professor of Law and Legal Studies at the School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, Ambedkar University Delhi. Apart from teaching, she has been active in coordinating seminars, conferences, workshops, international collaborations (King’s College London- Miranda House Summer School; UChicago-Miranda House collaboration) and many events in platforms outside the college. She has recently published the book – Economic Analysis of Tort Law - The Negligence Determination by Routledge, London.

Dr. Bhupinder Kaur started her journey at Miranda House in 2002. Her areas of interest are Indian Economy and Agriculture. Being a doctorate from Centre for study in Regional Development, JNU, she has a vast experience in conducting field surveys and handling primary data. For her M. Phil, she worked on contract farming in Punjab and looked at its impact on agricultural diversification. Her Ph. D. work is an extensive work on indebtedness among farmers in Punjab. She bagged a major research project from ICSSR in 2017 to study access of institutional credit to small and marginal Farmers in Punjab. She also worked on DU innovation project during 2015-16. She has publications in Indian Journal of Economics & Development, Agricultural Economics Research Review and Economic& Political Weekly. She has presented her research work at numerous seminars and conferences and received best presentation awards in 2017 and 2020. She is actively involved as a core member of the course construction and course -reviewing bodies of the Delhi University.

Prof.(Dr.) Hena Oak has a specialization in Environmental Economics and Econometrics. She graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce, DU and did her Masters from Delhi School of Economics, DU and University of British Columbia, Canada. She has an M.Phil. from Delhi School of Economics, DU and Ph.D. from JNU. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the factors influencing energy intensity in Indian manufacturing. She has presented papers in numerous national and international conferences and has publications in the field of Environmental Economics.

Neetu Chopra joined the Department of Economics at Miranda House in 2006. She has a specialization in Statistical Methods of Economics, Econometrics and Environmental Economics. She graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and did her masters from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her M.Phil from Delhi School of Economics focusses on the relationship of natural resource scarcity and time allocation decisions of rural households. This was a part of a project funded by South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). She is currently persuing PhD in Economics from  Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
 

Dr Sunita Meena has been associated with Miranda House since 2008. In her 13+ years of teaching service, she has handled various Economics topics like Principles of Micro-Macro Economics, Statistical Methods in Economics, International Trade, Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics and Economic History. Sunita specializes in Environmental Economics and International Trade. She is an Economics Graduate from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and did her Post-Graduate from the Centre for International Trade and Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNU). She has been awarded PhD from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU, New Delhi. Her study focuses on Common Property Resources and their management and impact on rural livelihood in Rajasthan.

Ms. Sutapa Das has a specialization in Econometrics and Financial Economics. She has an interest in Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Modelling. In her 13 years of teaching in Miranda House, she has taught the courses like Mathematical Methods for Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Data Analysis, Principles of Macroeconomics, Indian Economy, Understanding Economic Survey and Budget of India. She did her under graduation, post-graduation, and M.Phil from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She was awarded the Delhi University Faculty Development Scholarship and did her second Masters from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. She has presented papers in numerous national and international conferences, and her publications are focused on the issues of fiscal policy impacts on economic growth and distribution. Recently she has submitted her Ph.D. in Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University. In her Ph.D. thesis, she has developed economic growth models to study the fiscal policy issues in a growing, developing economy under the Neoclassical and post-Keynesian framework.

After graduating from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Manavi completed her masters from Delhi School of Economics. With six years of teaching experience in Delhi University, she has taught diverse subjects ranging from Applied Econometrics, Statistical Methods, R , Mathematics to Financial Economics, Microeconomics, Public Finance, Introductory Macroecnomics and Development Policy. She has worked extensively towards organization of Guest Lectures by eminent personalities, NSE course, economics editorial board & placement cell. Her areas of interest include International Economics, Game Theory, Monetary Economics. With drive and enthusiasm, she intends to cultivate deep love for economics among students and nudge them to keep growing in their intellectual and emotional capabilities, taking challenges as opportunities for growth and striving to lead fulfilling lives.

Navpreet Kaur teaches Economics at Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has a teaching experience of five years at University of Delhi. She did her Ph.D. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests include rural development, agrarian studies and labour economics. She has published her research in journals such as Journal of Agrarian Change, International Critical Thought, Capital and Class, World Review of Political Economy and Review of Agrarian Studies.

Ravi joined the Department of Economics at Miranda house in 2023. He has a specialisation in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Statistical methods for economics. In his Eight years of teaching experience in DU, he has taught Introductory microeconomics, Introductory macroeconomics, Principles of microeconomics and Principles of macroeconomics. He did his masters from jawaharlal Nehru University. He has an M.Phill from Jawaharlal Nehru University. 

After graduating from Kirorimal College, University of Delhi in 2016 with Honours in Economics, Sana Ali have completed her Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi in 2019. She has been working with Miranda House since Februaury 2021. Her teaching areas of specialization includes Introductory Microeconomics and Data Analysis. Also, her research interest includes various topics in Development Economics, International Trade, Production and Consumption Analysis.

Her research work includes Environmental Kuznets Curve, impact of merchandise export diversification on river water pollution, environmental performance of the tanning industry in the industrial cluster of Jajmau (Uttar Pradesh) and environmental performance pathway of select districts of Uttar Pradesh. Her research papers have been published in the Indian Economic Journal, Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice and the Indian Journal of Economics. Her recent research interests and efforts include energy economics with special focus on the econometric treatment of  de-carbonisation outcomes of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) block. She teaches  microeconomics.