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Dr. Tiken Das

Department: ECONOMICS
Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
tikenhyd@gmail.com
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Research & Publications

Education

1. BA in Economics, B.H. College, Affiliated with Gauhati University, 2006

2. MA in Economics, Gauhati University, 2008

3. MPhill: Hyderabad Central University, Title: A Region-Wise Analysis of Microfinance Program in India, 2011

4. PhD: Sikkim University, Title: Rural Credit Markets in Assam- A Study of Lower Brahmaputra Valley, 2017

Professional Experience

Jan 2009- July 2009, Junior Research Fellow, OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development VIP Road, Upper Hengrabari Six Mile,Guwahati-781036 Assam, India

September 2011- August 2012, Research Associate, S.B.Deorah College, Guwahati (ISCCR Project), S.B.Deorah College, G.S Road, Ulubari, Guwahati, Assam-781007, India

Jan 2013- July 2013, Research Associate, NESRC, Guwahati, Jagriti, 2nd Floor, GMCH Hostel Rd, Arunodoi Path, Christian Basti, Guwahati, Assam 781005

Feb 2015- July 2015, Economist, NIBM, Pune, National Institute of Bank Management NIBM Post Office, Kondhwa Khurd Pune 411048, INDIA

April 2016- October 2019, Research Scientist , Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Public Health Foundation Of India House No. 60, 4th Floor, Lane 2, Part of Saidulajab Extension, Near Saket Metro Station Gate No. 2 New Delhi – 110030

Nov 2019 - Present, Assistant Professor, Nowgong College (Autonomous), Nowgong College (Autonomous), Nagaon-782001, Assam

Ph.D. Scholars

Arju Ahmed Boruah, Healthcare Market of Immigrants, Ongoing

Nibedita Goswami, Child Immunization, Ongoing

Research Specialization

Child Immunization, Health Economics, Econometric Model Building, Economic Evaluation, Health Technology Assessment, Development Economics, and Rural Finance

Expertise in Data Analysis and Statistical Computing

R Programming, Spatial data analysis & GIS, NFHS unit-level data

Research Papers (Indexed in Scopus or Web of Science)

1. Das, T. (2025). How do economic, environmental, social, and health factors affect health outcomes? Insights from 21 developing and emerging economies, Regional Science Policy & Practice, Volume 17, Issue 2,100163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100163

2. Das, T. (2024). Role of Public Health Expenditure on Health Infrastructure and Manpower in India: A State-Level Analysis of the Nexus Between Indicators. Indian Journal of Human Development, 18(2), 242-266. https://doi.org/10.1177/09737030241299264

3. Das, T. (2024). Impact of Health and Non-health Inputs on Health Outcomes: A Comparative Study of South Asia, Southeast Asia, BRICS and ASEAN Regions. Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09767479241256168

4. Das, T. (2024). Unveiling Spatial Heterogeneity: A Study of Diverse Child Immunization Indicators Across Indian Districts. Child Ind Res 17, 1615–1659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10135-4

5. Tiken Das, Pradyut Guha, The puzzle of public health expenditure and healthcare infrastructure in India: An empirical investigation, Regional Science Policy & Practice, Volume 16, Issue 2, 2024, 12710, https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12710.

6. Das T, Guha P. Pattern of Public Healthcare Expenditure and Preparedness for COVID-19 in India: An Interstate Analysis. Journal of Health Management. 2023;25(4):903-917. doi:10.1177/09720634231215390

7. Das, T. (2023): Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Assam: Uncovering the Nexus between Access to Credit and Household Well-being. Journal Space and Culture, India, Vol. 11 No. 3, 10.20896/saci.v11i3.1372

8. Das, T. Exploring spatial variations and determinants of child malnutrition in Indian districts. GeoJournal 88, 6603–6625 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10989-1

9. Tiken Das, Pradyut Guha, Indo‐ASEAN Trade Complementarity and Favourability with Transition from Look East to Act East Policy: Evidence from Northeastern States of India, Regional Science Policy & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12459

10. Pradyut Guha, Tiken Das (2022): Farmers’ Suicides in India. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 57, Issue No. 5. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/5/commentary/farmers%E2%80%99-suicides-india.html

11. Das T, Das D. Does the augmentation of monetary and non-monetary factors prerequisite for the improvement of health outcomes? Evidence from the Indian states. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 2022; 37(2): 1131-1156. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3397

12. Das, T., Guha, P., & Das, D. (2021). Do the Heterogeneous Determinants of Repayment Affect Differently across Borrowers of Diverse Credit Sources in Rural Assam? A Double Hurdle Approach. Journal of Development Policy and Practice, 6(2), 188-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/24551333211031667

13. Tiken Das, Diganta Das, COVID- 19 and Economic Loss of First Phase of (21- Day) Lockdown in India , Space and Culture, India: Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Space and Culture, India

14. Tiken Das, Pradyut Guha, COVID 19-Induced Lockdown 2.0 and Looming Crisis across Sectors of Economy: Evidence from the Indian States , Space and Culture, India: Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): Space and Culture, India

15. Guha, P., & Das, T. (2020). Determinants of Cost Inefficiency of Maize Farming in Different Agro-climatic Regions of Sikkim, India. International Journal of Rural Management, 16(2), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973005220942612

16. Das, T., & Guha, P. (2019). Measuring Women’s Self-help Group Sustainability: A Study of Rural Assam. International Journal of Rural Management, 15(1), 116-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973005219836040

17. Das, T. (2019), \"Is awareness of credit sources prerequisite for their use? A study of rural Assam\", Indian Growth and Development Review, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 131-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/IGDR-01-2018-0010

18. Das, T. (2018), \"Estimation of rural credit demand: a study of Lower Brahmaputra valley of Assam\", International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 13 No. 6, pp. 1855-1875. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-01-2018-0014

19. Das, T. (2019), \"Does credit access lead to expansion of income and multidimensional poverty? A study of rural Assam\", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 46 No. 2, pp. 252-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-12-2017-0592

20. Das, T. and Choubey, M. (2018), \"Do the heterogeneous determinants of life satisfaction affect differently across borrowers of diverse credit sources? A propensity score approach\", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 45 No. 8, pp. 1142-1158. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-03-2017-0081

21. Das, Tiken,; Guha, Pradyut. Direction of Uneven Health-Care Expenditure: Evidence from Northeast India. Indian Journal of Public Health 61(2):p 81-85, Apr–Jun 2017. | DOI: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_315_15

22. Das, Tiken (2015): Informal Finance- A Case Study of North East India. Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 34 No. (1) pp. 17-30. https://nirdprojms.in/index.php/jrd/article/view/93231/69084

23. Das, Tiken (2014): Financial untouchability vis-à-vis prime minister Jan Dhan Yojana in Assam. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Volume 10, Issue 4. https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijed1&volume=10&issue=4&article=012

Research Papers (UGC-CARE)

1. Das T, Ahmed A. Evaluation of Postharvest Losses of Banana Growers in North East India: An Ordered Probit Analysis. Curr Agri Res 2023; 11(2).. doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.11.2.10

2. Das, T. (2015): Are the Rural Credit Policies of Mainland India Suitable for Assam? Dialogue. Volume 17, No. 1.

Research Papers (Peer Reviewed Journal)

1. Das, Tiken (2023): Assessing the postharvest losses incurred by banana cultivators- A study of North East India. Journal of Research in Agriculture and Animal Science. Volume 10 ~ Issue 4 (2023) pp: 21-26

2. Das, Tiken (2013): A Comparative Analysis of Participation of Women Self Help Group in Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme- Between Southern and North Eastern Region of India. International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies.

3. Das, Tiken (2013): A Step towards Searching Alternative Method for Evaluating Welfare Loss Caused By Development-Induced Displacement. The International Journal Of Engineering And Science (IJES) ||Volume||2 ||Issue|| 6 ||Pages|| 102-105||2013||

4. Das, Tiken; Guha, Pradyut (2015): A Study on the Differences in the Banking Parameters Between Pre- and Post-Financial Inclusion Periods: Some Evidence for India. IUP Journal of Bank Management . Feb2015, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p39-56

5. Tiken Das & Manesh Choubey (2015): Measurement of Financial Inclusion- A Case Study of Assam. Journal of Economic Policy and Research. Volume 10 No 2.

6. Tiken Das & Pradyut Guha (2018): Inequality and Incidence of Poverty among Labourers in Tea Plantation Sector: A Study of Dibrugarh District of Assam. Journal of Economic Policy & Research ISSN 0975-8577 Vol.12 No.2 & Vol.13 No.1, April 2017 - March 2018, pp. 43-56

7. Das, Tiken (2016): Financial Inclusion in Assam: Evidences from District/ Village Level Data. The Microfinance Review, Volume VIII, No 1.

8. Das, Tiken (2015): Supply Driven Financial Inclusion of India- An Interstate Analysis. URI: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/66658

9. Das, Tiken (2013): An Analysis of Non-Performing Assets and Recovery Performance of Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme: Unique Preference to North Eastern Region of India. IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF) e-ISSN: 2321-5933, p-ISSN: 2321-5925.Volume 1, Issue 1 (May. – Jun. 2013), PP 05-14

Books

1. Walter Fernandes, Tiken Das, Zaw Goan , Than Naing Lin, Furzee Kashyap (2015): Relations Across Borders: Communities Separated by the Indo-Myanmar Border. Publisher: North Eastern Social Research Centre, ISBN-13978-8192606231

2. Das, Tiken (2012): A Region-Wise Analysis of Microfinance Program in India: Backwardness of Microfinance Program in North East India. Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic PublishingISBN: 978-3659254338

Research Project Report (Published)

1. Pramanik, S, Ghosh, A, Goswami, A, Das, T, Nanda, R, Forth, P and Albert, S, 2020. Impacts of the Stimulate, Appreciate, Learn and Transfer community engagement approach to increase immunization coverage in Assam, India, 3ie Impact Evaluation Report 130. New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). Available at: https://doi.org/10.23846/TW10IE130

2. Ghosh R, Pde Y, Jana I, Das T, Jain S, Chauhan A, Albert S. Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Hypothermia Detection Devices (BEMPU, ThermoSpot and Fever Watch) for Premature and Low Birth Weight Neonates in India. Indian Institute of Public Health Shillong and Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 2019

Research Project Report (Unpublished)

1. COVID 19 and Postharvest Losses of Banana Farmers across Value Chain Stages: A Study of Assam and Meghalaya 2022-04 to present | Grant| Indian Council of Social Science Research (New Delhi, IN)