Zakir Husain
Professor, Economics · Presidency University
Research Interests
Environment, Microeconomics, Macroeconmics, Mathematical Economics
Biography
My schooling took place in La Martiniere for Boys and St. Lawrence High School. After completing my graduation from Presidency College in 1989 with Honours in Economics, I enrolled in Calcutta University in the M.Sc. programme in Economics, where I secured Second position in the Merit list. Subsequently, I completed my Ph.D. from Calcutta University in 2003 in Environmental Economics. I have been actively engaged in UG teaching (since 1994) and in PG teaching (since 1998). In the last ten years, I have offered courses in Econometrics (Theory and Laboratory), Microeconomics, Advanced Economic Theory, General Equilibrium, Health Economics & Policy, Macroeconomics and Environmental Economics. I was also actively associated with the public policy domain, serving in the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee chaired by Justice Rajinder Sachar, and as a Member of the State Planning Board, West Bengal (2007-2011).
Education
1989: B.Sc. (Economics Major) Presidency College 1991: M.Sc. (Economics) Calcutta University 2003: Ph.D. Calcutta University (Attitudes and Institutions: Sustaining the commons)
Recent Scopus Publications
- Bonding, not bridging: LPG use and reallocation of time saved in rural India
- Spatial Data Analysis: Application to Child Malnutrition in India
- Social Dimensions of Human Development: Trends of Union Dissolution in India
- “Cruel Fathers,” Assortative Matching and Spousal Violence: Does Witnessing Spousal Violence as a Child Increase the Chances of Adult Victimhood?
- Online Network Formation Among Students During COVID-19: Analysing Path Dependency in a Natural Experimental Setting
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-1399
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7005198598