Institute of Economic Growth University Enclave University of Delhi (North Campus) Delhi 110007 Ph: +91-11-27662404 (Ext-203) SAMIK CHOWDHURY Email: samik141@gmail.com samik@iegindia.org Professional May 2013 onwards -- Assistant Professor Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi March 2012 to April 2013 -- Sep 2009 to Feb 2012 -- Consultant Academic Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India 2010, PhD in Economics from Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. 2004, M Phil in Economics from Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. 2001, M.Sc in Economics from the University of Calcutta 1999, B.Sc with Economics from the University of Calcutta Research Current 2013 -, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) sponsored project on Universal Health Coverage in India, at IEG, Delhi Completed 2013-14, XIV th Finance Commission project on Core Health Package for India: Approaches and Alternatives at Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi 2013-14, SEARO, WHO sponsored project on Health Equity in Nepal, at IEG, Delhi
2013-14, IDRC sponsored project on Assessing Progressivity in Health Financing System of India, at IEG, Delhi 2013-14, SEARO, WHO sponsored project on Economic Burden of Vector Borne Diseases in India, at IEG, Delhi 2011-2012, "Program on Indian Economic Policies: Free Trade, Democracy and Entrepreneurial Development, a Columbia University - NIPFP project at NIPFP. 2009-2011, Indian Municipal Finance Study. ADB technical assistance report at NIPFP. Courses Taught Development Economics, Public Finance, Economic Environment of Business, Principles of Economics to Integrated MSc (Economics) students of BITS Pilani Publications Journal Articles Public Retreat, Private Expenses and Penury A Study of Illness Induced Impoverishment in Urban India, Journal of Developing Societies, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2015, Sage Journals. Correlates of Out-of-Pocket Spending in Nepal: Implications for Policy, (with I. Gupta), WHO South East Asia Journal of Public Health. Volume 3, Issue 3-4, Jul - Dec 2014. Public financing for health coverage in India: Who spends, who benefits and at what cost (with I. Gupta), Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 49, Issue No.35, August 30, 2014. Economic Burden of Malaria in India: Need for Effective Spending (with I. Gupta), WHO South East Asia Journal of Public Health, Vol 3 (1), January-March 2014. The Quality of Governance: How Have Indian States Performed? (with S. Mundle, P. Chakraborty and S. Sikdar), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 47, No. 49, December 8, 2012, pp 41-52 "Financial Burden of Transient morbidity-a Case Study of Slums in Delhi", (Special Article), August 13, 2011, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 46, No. 33, pp 59-66, 2011. Book Chapters Urban Concerns and their Impact on Health in India, (with I. Gupta) in "Policy Challenges from Demographic Change in China and India" by Karen Eggleston, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, USA. (Forthcoming) Scaling up Health Expenditure for Universal Health Coverage: Prospects and Challenges (with I. Gupta), Chapter in India Infrastructure Report 2013 14, IDFC Foundation. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2014.
Elementary Education: Outcomes and Policies in State Level Reforms, Growth, and Development in Indian States by A. Panagariya, P. Chakraborty and M. G. Rao. May 2014, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780199367863. Higher Education: Progress and Prospects in State Level Reforms, Growth, and Development in Indian States by A. Panagariya, P. Chakraborty and M. G. Rao. May 2014, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780199367863. Working Papers Financing for Health Coverage in India Issues and Concerns. (with I Gupta). IEG Working Paper No. 346. Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, 2015. The Quality of Governance How Have Indian States Performed? (with S. Mundle, P. Chakraborty and S. Sikdar) 2012, Working Paper No. 2012-104, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi. "An Exploratory Analysis of Deprivation and Ill-health led Poverty in Urban India: A Case Study of Delhi", (with A. K. Mehta, S. Ghosh and S. Das), Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC-India) Working Paper 49, 2011 Reports Core Health Package for India: Approaches and Alternatives (with I. Gupta and N. Patra), XIV th Finance Commission, Government of India, September, 2014. "Municipal Finance Matters" (with O. P. Mathur, D. Thakur, and A. K. Halen), Technical Assistance Report 7334 IND, Asian Development Bank, August 2011 "The Budget: A Gender and Poverty Sensitive Perspective" (with A. K. Mehta and S. Baishya), National Commission for Women (NCW), Government of India, 2004. Web Public spending on health coverage: Are we raising the right questions? (with I Gupta). Ideas for India, 13 th February 2015. Available at http://www.ideasforindia.in/article.aspx?article_id=411
Conference/Workshop Presentations International Conference/Workshop Presentations August 24-30, 2014: 33 rd General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), Rotterdam, The Netherlands May 24-25, 2014: Conference on Urbanization and Demographic Change in China and India, organized by APARC, Stanford University at Peking University, Beijing, China April 20-21, 2014: Workshop on Moving towards Universal Health Coverage in Nepal, jointly organized by Government of Nepal and SEARO-WHO at Kathmandu June 14th-18th, 2012: 13th Global Development Network (GDN) Annual Conference, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. March 10-12, 2011: International Workshop on Health Risks & Vulnerability to Poverty in South Asia jointly organised by the University of Hyderabad and Concordia university, Canada. November1-4, 2010: 8th International GLOBELICS Conference held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. May 26th June 9th, 2005: Visiting Fellow in the Program on Knowledge Networking and Capacity Building on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. National Conference/Workshop Presentations December 15-16, 2014. Seminar on Economy of Tomorrow organized by Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung September 8-12, 2014: Workshop on National Health Mission: Achievements and Challenges, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi March 16-17, 2011: Papers in Public Economics (PIPE) Conference at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi December 16-18, 2009: Fifth Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi January 24-25, 2009: National Conference on 'Challenges in Human Development in India' held at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala October 17-20, 2008: 30th Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) Conference held at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. January 5-8, 2006:The 42nd Indian Econometric Society Conference, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar January 20-22, 2005:The 41st Indian Econometric Society Conference, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Invited Lectures January 29, 2015. Lecture on Health Financing Issues and the Indian Experience to Orissa Administrative Service Officers at O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana. Journal Review Arthaniti Awards/Recognitions Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) international travel grant for attending the 33rd General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), Rotterdam, The Netherlands. August 24-30, 2014 Finalist for the Global Development Network (GDN) award on Research on Development, 13th GDN Annual Conference, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. June 14th-18th, 2012. Dr. S. N. Singh Award for best poster of the 30th Indian Association for the Study of Population IASP Conference held at ISEC, Bengaluru. October 17-20, 2008. Ford Foundation fellowship for attending the program on Knowledge Networking and Capacity Building on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, May 26th June 9th, 2005