- Education : MA - Economics (Bhagalpur University), MRP - Master of Regional Planning (IIT, Kharagpur), PhD - Planning (IIT, Kharagpur).
- Visting Fellow, Dept. of Architecture and City Planning, The Ohio State University, USA. - 1980.
- Lecturer, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, IIT, Kharagpur - 1981-1984.
- Reader, Dept. of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, India - 1984-1991.
- Professor, Dept. of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, India - since 1991.
- Administrative Experience : (i). Head, Dept. of Economics, NEHU, Shillong 1995-1996 and 1999-2002;
(ii). Dean, School of Economics, Management and Information Sciences (SEMIS), NEHU, Shillong - 1996-1999.
(iii). Member, Executive Council (NEHU) - 1997-98; Member, Academic Council (NEHU) since 1991; Ex-Chairman, Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUGS), NEHU of Statistics, Computer Science, Media Technologies, Economics and Sanskrit for a number of terms; Ex-Chairman BPGS Economics and School Board, SEMIS, NEHU. President NEHU Teachers' Association.
(iv). Chief Proctor, NEHU - April-December, 2000.
(v) Coordinator : Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), NEHU, Shillong, 1998-2004. - Specialisation : Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Computer Applications in Economics.
- Interests : Institutional Economics, Research Methodology, Operations Research, Economics of Education, and Economics of NER, India
- Research Supervision : (MCP/MRP) - 4. (MPhil): 16 - main topics - Theoretical (Multi-criteria analysis, Econometrics, Production function, Gandhian Economics, Institutional Economics), Applied (Health economics, Rural indebtedness, Rural development planning, Urban economics, Economics of education, Agricultural development, Tea industry, etc.).
- Research Supervision : (PhD): 6 - (i). Quality of Life in Dimapur and its Periphery; (ii). Private Schooling Industry: A Survey of Kohima Town of Nagaland; (iii). Price Behaviour of Wage Goods and its relationship with the Cost of Living of Unskilled Casual Workers in Shillong; (iv). Least Absolute Deviation Estimation of Multi-Equation Linear Econometric Models: A Study based on Monte Carlo Experiments; (v). A Study on Structure of the Economy of Udalguri Sub-division, Assam; (vi) Economics of Higher Education: Micro Analysis of Private Colleges in Nagaland.
Referee: Annals of Operations Research [Springer]; Journal of Economic Growth [Springer]; Computational Economics [Springer]; Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics [Southeast Asian Mathematical Society, Hong Kong]; Computational Statistics and Data Analysis [Elsevier]; Journal of the Franklin Institute [Elsevier] ; ICFAI Journal of Managerial Economics [ICFAI] ; Journal of Quantitative Economics [The Indian Econometric Society, IGIDR, Mumbai]; Journal of Statistical Research [Institute of Statistical Research and Training, Dhaka];Indian Journal of Regional Science [Regional Science Association, Kolkata]
- Publications :: 2 Books + 1 co-edited book, over 100 Articles/Research papers.
- Downloadable Papers on Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- Academic (personal) Website
- e-mail : [email protected]
LINK : (i). Details of Academic Activities (ii). University (NEHU) Website