Prajukta Tripathy

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Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University
NIT Rourkela

Prajukta Tripathy


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Prajukta Tripathy is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University. I received my PhD award in Economics from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NIT Rourkela, Odisha. I received my M.Phil. degree from the School of Economics, Central University of Hyderabad, Telangana. I completed my Post graduation in economics from the Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Utkal University, Odisha. My research interests focus on environmental economics, energy economics, international economics, industrial economics, and econometrics. I have published several research papers in reputed international journals.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Awarded)
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Thesis Title: “Energy Efficiency of Indian Manufacturing Industries: Evidence from Unit-level Analysis”
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Bikash Ranjan Mishra
Assistant Professor, Dept, of HSS, NIT Rourkela.

M.Phil. (Awarded)
School of Economics
University of Hyderabad, Telangana, December, 2017
Thesis Title: “Accessibility and Utilization of District Mineral Foundation Fund in the Mining rich Districts of Odisha”
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Prajna Paramita Mishra
Assistant Professor, School of Economics,
University of Hyderabad

P. G. Department of Analytical and Applied Economics
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, June 2016.
Special Papers: Advanced Econometrics, International Finance, and Mathematical Economics
(76.3% with Honours and Distinction)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Energy, Pollution, Social Sciences
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Scopus Publications

173

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

5

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • Country Risks and Bilateral Direct Investments of Emerging Countries: An Exploration of Source and Host Perspectives
    Pragyanrani Behera, Prajukta Tripathy, Bikash Ranjan Mishra
    Global Business Review, 2026
    This study aims to examine the impacts of country risks on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) of emerging source countries (ESCs). This study disaggregates destinations as developed countries (DCs), emerging countries (ECs) and other developing countries (ODCs). Additionally, country risks are categorized as economic, political and natural risks. Hardly do there exist any earlier studies that have examined the source country’s perspective and segregated destinations as per their level of development. This study uses a gravity model approach for a total of 166 countries and employs the Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) method, which is effective for estimating the FDI gravity model. The findings of this study show that the three risk factors are not responding in a similar manner to the FDI of both source and host countries. It is the nature of country risks of home countries that motivates outward FDI from emerging sources to select their destinations as DCs, ECs or ODCs. The results for bilateral export of ECs show that it is a potential complementary instrument that can be used as a learning mechanism to obtain foreign market-specific knowledge in the presence of country risks.
  • Extraction of Coal and the Local People’s Health Outcomes: Evidence from Talcher Coalfield of Odisha, India
    Nihar Ranjan Mishra, Prajukta Tripathy, Dinamani Biswal
    Journal of Health Management, 2025
    Despite the fact that mining activities are necessary for economic growth, it is imperative that the health hazards connected with them be reduced. The extent to which several factors influence the healthcare cost and health status of the local community in mining locations remains poorly understood. Thus, this article aims to determine the factors that cause a high amount of health expenditure and identify the socio-demographic and economic reasons behind the respiratory illness (RIs) in six mining villages in Talcher coalfield of Odisha. The analysis used estimation techniques like descriptive statistics, ordinary least square (OLS) regression and Probit method. The findings of this article revealed that social infrastructure, such as education of the household head, age group, gender and social categories, along with economic condition, have a significant role in affecting the volume of health expenditure. The findings also highlighted the importance of the socio-demographic indicators for a high level of RIs in this location. Therefore, policymakers need to focus on the health infrastructure and socio-demographic and economic backgrounds in the mining areas to improve proper healthcare utilisation in the mining villages.
  • Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
    Prajukta Tripathy, Mohsen Brahmi, Baiju Pallayil, Bikash Ranjan Mishra
    Economies, 2025
    In this research, the direct and indirect effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India are examined, covering the period from 1980 to 2014. To quantify the indirect outcome of the existence of FDI on CO2 emissions, in this study, the three mediating channels of FDI are considered. The three broad mediating channels of FDI inflows are energy structure, industrial structure, and high-carbon technology, by which foreign direct investments affect India’s carbon dioxide emissions. In this study, the unit root test, the Johansen cointegration, the Granger causality technique, and the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) are used for the empirical analysis. The findings discover a process of cointegration in the long-run and reveal unidirectional causation between FDI inflows and CO2 emissions. The outcomes of the SUR estimation indicate that all the mediating factors substantially contribute to the level of CO2 emissions. In this paper, the findings reveal that FDI inflows affect the level of India’s CO2 emissions mainly via mediating factors compared to their direct effect. Finally, in this research, it is recommended that the concerned authorities should prioritize the redistribution of foreign direct investment from high carbon-intensive technologies to less carbon-intensive and cleaner technologies for India’s carbonless and sustainable future.
  • Does carbon intensity affect technical efficiency? An empirical assessment of manufacturing industries in Maharashtra, Odisha, and India
    Liza Samal, Prajukta Tripathy, Bikash Ranjan Mishra
    Discover Sustainability, 2024
    Technical progress has a tremendous potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by reducing energy consumption, a major concern across production units. However, the existing empirical literature concerning technical efficiency and carbon intensity is scanty. Thus, this paper examines the relationship between technical efficiency and carbon intensity for the organized manufacturing sector of two states, Maharashtra and Odisha, and the all-India level from 2001 to 2018. The paper uses data envelopment analysis to estimate technical efficiency scores. It applies the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Tier 1 methodology for estimating carbon intensity for each 3-digit manufacturing industry in all three sample cases. The study has used static panel regression and fractional logit regression techniques to examine the deterministic relationship between technical efficiency and carbon intensity. The result shows that technical efficiency is highly sensitive to carbon intensity in the Indian manufacturing industries. The findings also addressed that the size of the industries also reduces the technical performance of manufacturing units. This paper also confirmed that increased profit could boost the Indian manufacturing industries’ technical efficiency. Thus, this study addresses that carbon intensity as a proxy for the manufacturing sector’s potential to affect climate change plays a crucial role in explaining the technical efficiency variations across industries. Thus, it calls for better policies aimed at reducing the emissions of industries specifically to achieve sustainable growth for the Indian manufacturing sector.
  • Systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of energy efficiency
    Prajukta Tripathy, Pabitra Kumar Jena, Bikash Ranjan Mishra
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024
  • Study of linkages between productivity, export, and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical perspective of Indian manufacturing industries
    Prajukta Tripathy, Pragyanrani Behera, Bikash Ranjan Mishra
    International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2023
  • Dynamic link between bilateral FDI, the quality of environment and institutions: evidence from G20 countries
    Prajukta Tripathy, Monalisa Khatua, Pragyanrani Behera, Lopamudra D. Satpathyy, Pabitra Kumar Jena, et al.
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022
  • Why do specific regions attract more FDI inflows in India? Role of region-specificities and insights from the dynamic panel econometrics
    Prajukta Tripathy, Pragyanrani Behera, Bikash Ranjan Mishra
    International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2022

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Country Risks and Bilateral Direct Investments of Emerging Countries: An Exploration of Source and Host Perspectives
    P Behera, P Tripathy, BR Mishra
    Global Business Review, 09721509261430052 , 2026
    2026
  • Extraction of Coal and the Local People’s Health Outcomes: Evidence from Talcher Coalfield of Odisha, India
    NR Mishra, P Tripathy, D Biswal
    Journal of Health Management 27 (3), 444-453 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
    BRM Prajukta Tripathy, Mohsen Brahmi, Baiju Pallayil
    Economies 13 (1), 18 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 19
  • Systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of energy efficiency
    P Tripathy, PK Jena, BR Mishra
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 200, 114583 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 88
  • Does carbon intensity affect technical efficiency? An empirical assessment of manufacturing industries in Maharashtra, Odisha, and India
    L Samal, P Tripathy, BR Mishra
    Discover Sustainability 5 (1), 115 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Study of linkages between productivity, export, and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical perspective of Indian manufacturing industries
    P Tripathy, P Behera, BR Mishra
    International Journal of Finance & Economics , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Dynamic link between bilateral FDI, the quality of environment and institutions: evidence from G20 countries
    P Tripathy, M Khatua, P Behera, LD Satpathy, PK Jena, BR Mishra
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29 (18), 27150–27171 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 32
  • Why do specific regions attract more FDI inflows in India? Role of region-specificities and insights from the dynamic panel econometrics
    P Tripathy, P Behera, BR Mishra
    Int. J. Economics and Business Research 23 (4), 411-434 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • The Directionality of Outward FDI and Its Determinants: Findings From Asian Emerging Countries
    P Behera, T Prajukta, BR Mishra
    Asian Economics Letters 3, 1-6 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Economy and Education: the Post COVID Scenario of Odisha
    P Tripathy, S Patra, SS Panda
    COVID-19 Migration and Sustainable Development; ISBN: 978-93-89224-65-8, 211-227 , 2020
    2020
  • Do export, financial development, and institutions affect FDI outflows? Insights from Asian developing countries
    P Behera, P Tripathy, BR Mishra
    Theoretical and Applied Economics 623 (2), 175-190 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 11
  • The Resource Curse Problem: Evidence from Odisha
    P Tripathy, PP Mishra
    International Conference on "Socio-Economic Impact of Climate Change and … , 2019
    2019

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of energy efficiency
    P Tripathy, PK Jena, BR Mishra
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 200, 114583 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 88
  • Dynamic link between bilateral FDI, the quality of environment and institutions: evidence from G20 countries
    P Tripathy, M Khatua, P Behera, LD Satpathy, PK Jena, BR Mishra
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29 (18), 27150–27171 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 32
  • Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
    BRM Prajukta Tripathy, Mohsen Brahmi, Baiju Pallayil
    Economies 13 (1), 18 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 19
  • Do export, financial development, and institutions affect FDI outflows? Insights from Asian developing countries
    P Behera, P Tripathy, BR Mishra
    Theoretical and Applied Economics 623 (2), 175-190 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 11
  • The Directionality of Outward FDI and Its Determinants: Findings From Asian Emerging Countries
    P Behera, T Prajukta, BR Mishra
    Asian Economics Letters 3, 1-6 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Study of linkages between productivity, export, and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical perspective of Indian manufacturing industries
    P Tripathy, P Behera, BR Mishra
    International Journal of Finance & Economics , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Why do specific regions attract more FDI inflows in India? Role of region-specificities and insights from the dynamic panel econometrics
    P Tripathy, P Behera, BR Mishra
    Int. J. Economics and Business Research 23 (4), 411-434 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • Does carbon intensity affect technical efficiency? An empirical assessment of manufacturing industries in Maharashtra, Odisha, and India
    L Samal, P Tripathy, BR Mishra
    Discover Sustainability 5 (1), 115 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Extraction of Coal and the Local People’s Health Outcomes: Evidence from Talcher Coalfield of Odisha, India
    NR Mishra, P Tripathy, D Biswal
    Journal of Health Management 27 (3), 444-453 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Country Risks and Bilateral Direct Investments of Emerging Countries: An Exploration of Source and Host Perspectives
    P Behera, P Tripathy, BR Mishra
    Global Business Review, 09721509261430052 , 2026
    2026
  • Economy and Education: the Post COVID Scenario of Odisha
    P Tripathy, S Patra, SS Panda
    COVID-19 Migration and Sustainable Development; ISBN: 978-93-89224-65-8, 211-227 , 2020
    2020
  • The Resource Curse Problem: Evidence from Odisha
    P Tripathy, PP Mishra
    International Conference on "Socio-Economic Impact of Climate Change and … , 2019
    2019

Publications

Mishra, N.R., Tripathy, P., & Biswal, D. (2023). Extraction of coal and the local people’s health outcomes: Evidence from the Talcher coalfield of Odisha, India. Journal of Health Management. (Accepted).

Tripathy, P., Behera, P., & Mishra, B. R. (2022). Why do specific regions attract more FDI inflows in India? Role of region-specificities and insights from the dynamic panel econometrics. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 23(4), 411–434.

Tripathy, P., Khatua, M., Behera, P., Satpathyy, L. D., Jena, P. K., & Mishra, B. R. (2022). Dynamic link between bilateral FDI, the quality of the environment, and institutions: evidence from G20 countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(18), 27150–27171.

Tripathy, P., Behera, P., & Mishra, B. R. (2021). Study of linkages between productivity, exports, and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical perspective of Indian manufacturing industries. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(2), 1527–1548.

Behera, P., Tripathy, P., & Mishra, B. R. (2021). The Directionality of Outward FDI and Its Determinants: Findings from Asian Emerging Countries. Asian Economics Letters, 3(1).

Behera, P., Tripathy, P., & Mishra, B. R. (2020). Do exports, financial development, and institutions affect FDI outflows? Insights from Asian developing countries. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 623(2), 175–190.