Education
| Degree |
Discipline |
Year |
School |
|
Secondary |
General |
2003 |
Nayabazar High School, Cuttack, Odisha |
|
Higher Secondary |
Arts |
2005 |
Ravenshaw Junior College, Cuttack, Odisha |
|
Graduation |
Arts |
2008 |
Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha |
|
Masters |
Arts |
2010 |
University of Hyderabad, Gachiwoli, Telengana |
|
Ph.D. |
Humanities |
2019 |
University of Mumbai |
Biosketch
Dr. Nihar Ranjan Jena is a faculty member of Economics at School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management (SHSSM) at IIT Bhubaneswar. Prior to his engagement with IIT Bhubaneswar, Dr. Jena has worked in the corporate sector and with the Government in various capacities including in the areas of Business Planning, Policy making, Financial Administration, and Financial Management, Training and Teaching on aspects relating to Public Procurement, Financial Propriety, etc.
Dr. Jena has completed his Graduation with Economics Honours from Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha and is the recipient of University Gold Medal for securing first position in the consolidated merit list. Subsequently, Dr. Jena has received his Master’s degree in Economics from University of Hyderabad and his Ph.D. degree in Economics from University of Mumbai. His doctoral work looked at the MSME sector in India, its functioning, role in employment generation, MSME's tryst with financial markets in a holistic manner. The doctoral work also proposed an index for ranking states with regard to suitability of MSME sector's growth, thereby identifying areas where the states need to work on in order to become MSME hubs.
Teaching
1. Microeconomics
2. Macroeconomics
3. Development Economics
4. Indian Economy
5. Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
Projects
1. Evaluation and Impact Assessment of the State Sector Scheme "State Support to MGNREGS"
2. Performance Evaluation of Non-State Actors under the STARS project
3. The role of SHGs, Cooperatives, and FPOs in popularising Millets
Recent Publications (International Journals)
1‘Foreign capital, and growth nexus revisited: empirical evidence from South Asian countries’;
Transnational Corporations Review; Routledge Publication (Taylor & Francis Group);
DOI 10.1080/19186444.2020.1862602.
2‘Does inward remittance lead to export performance in South Asian countries?’; International Journal of
Social Economics; Emerald Publishing Limited; DOI 10.1108/IJSE-07-2019-0440.
3‘Foreign aid and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa’; African Journal of Economic and Management
Studies; Emerald Publishing Limited; DOI 10.1108/AJEMS-08-2019-0305.
4‘Interaction of real effective exchange rate with economic growth via openness of the economy: Empirical
evidence from India’; Journal of Public Affairs; Wiley Publishing House; DOI: 10.1002/pa.2042.
5‘Foreign aid and growth nexus: empirical evidence from South Asian countries’; South Asian Journal of
Business Studies; Emerald Publishing Limited; DOI 10.1108/SAJBS-10-2019-0172.
6Determinants of foreign exchange reserves in Brazil: An empirical investigation’; Journal of Public Affairs;
Wiley Publishing House; DOI: 10.1002/pa.2216.
7‘Does financial development influence fertility rate in South Asian economies? An empirical insight’;
Business Strategy and Development; Wiley Publishing House DOI: 10.1002/bsd2.131.
8Performance of the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Manufacturing Sector in Select States in
India: The concept of MSME Manufacturing Business Facilitator (MSME-MBF) Index’; Academy of
Entrepreneurship Journal; Allied Academies.
9Understanding the Economics of World War I: The European Theatre’ : ‘Revising World War I – 1914 :
2014 Centenary Hind sights’, Bharati Publication, New Delhi; ISBN: 978-93-85000-35-2.
Academic Honors & Awards
- Junior Research Fellowship for Pursuing Ph.D.
- National Eligibility Test for Lectureship
- University Gold Medal by Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha for securing first position
Research Scholar
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