PARTICIPANT DETAILS:

Name: Avik Sinha

Area: Economics

Email ID: f11AvikS@iimidr.ac.in

Mobile No: +91-9713340444

PARTICIPANT PROFILE:

EXPERIENCE

Assistant System Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services 2008 – 2011 (Functional Consultant at the
project level)

Projects handled:

 Consolidated Financial Statement, for SBI group

 Balance sheet Consolidation, for all CBS branches of SBI
 Balance sheet Consolidation, for all associate banks of SBI
 Risk Management reporting module designing
 Merger of SBI and SBIN
 Quality control of Annual Closing activities
 Account Reconciliation

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

 PGDM (Finance & Service Operations), Institute for Technology and Management, Mumbai,
2008
 B.E. (Electronics and Communication Engineering), National Institute of Technology,
Durgapur, 2005

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

ACH[1] Organizing committee member of 4th Conference on Excellence in Research and

Education, 2012, in IIM Indore
ACH[2] Member of IT Committee in IIM Indore (2012-13)
ACH[3] Awarded as TCS GEM three times in 2010 for distinguished services in different
areas
ACH[4] National level award winner for National Entrepreneur Cell logo designing
ACH[5] National merit scholarship owner in 1999 for SSC
ACH[6] National level award winner for painting and music
AREAS OF INTEREST

Environmental Economics Energy Economics

Development Economics Econometrics

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

J[1] Bhattacharya, J., & Sinha, A. (forthcoming). Inequality in Per Capita Water Availability: A
Theil’s Second Measure Approach. Desalination and Water Treatment. [SJR 2013: Q2]
J[2] Sinha, A. (2015). Modeling Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth: Evidences from
India. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 5(1), 54-68. [SJR 2013: Q1]
J[3] Sinha, A., & Bhattacharya, J. (2014). Is Energy-Led Economic Growth Is Causing Climatic
Shift? A Causal Analysis For India. International Journal of Green Economics, 8(2), 120-
133. [SJR 2013: Q3; ABDC 2013: C]
J[4] Sinha, A. (2014). Carbon Emissions and Mortality Rates: A Causal Analysis for India
(1971-2010). International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories, 4(4), 486-492.
[ABDC 2013: C]
J[5] Sinha, A., & Bhattacharya, J. (2014). Is Economic Liberalization causing Environmental
Degradation in India? An Analysis of Interventions. Journal of Applied Business and
Economics, 16(5), 121-136. [ABDC 2013: C]
J[6] Sinha, A. (forthcoming). Conceptualizing Service Export Price Optimization. International
Journal of Commerce and Management. [ABDC 2013: C]
J[7] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2014). Causal Analysis of India’s Energy-led Growth and CO2
Emission (1960-2010). Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 13(1), 81-89. [ABDC
2013: C]
J[8] Sinha, A. (2013). Utility to Expected Utility – Glimpses of History. Asian Economic
Review, 55(1), 153-168.
J[9] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Accounting Communication in Reducing Information
Asymmetry in Primary Market: A Conceptual Modeling. Asian Journal of Managerial
Science, 1(2), 33-43.
J[10] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Evolution of Birth Rate in India: Post liberalization (1991-
2006). Sydenham Management Review, 1(2), 6-15.

CASE COMMENTARIES

CC[1] Saha, T., & Sinha, A. (2012). Commentary on “Employee Background Verification
Systems: Implementation Challenges”, Indore Management Journal, 3(4), 59-61.
CC[2] Shrivastava, H., & Sinha, A. (2011). Commentary on “Career of Ram”, Indore
Management Journal, 3(3), 41-43.

CONFERENCES

C[1] Sinha, A., & Rastogi, S. (2014). Collaboration between Central and State Government
and Environmental Quality: Evidences from Indian Cities. Paper presented at Winter
School 2014, December 2014, to be held at Delhi School of Economics.
C[2] Sinha, A., & Bhattacharya, J. (2014). Economic Liberalization And Environmental
Degradation In India: A Causal Analysis Of Interventions. Paper presented at Antibes
13th International Academic Conference, organized by the International Institute of Social
and Economic Sciences, September, 2014, held in Antibes, France.
C[3] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2013). Finance and Accounting Lab: Visualization of a Dream.
Poster presented at 3rd Indian Academy of Management biennial conference (IAM 2013),
December, 2013, held in IIM Ahmadabad.
C[4] Sinha, A. (2013). Encountering Environmental Degradation at Various Stages of
Economic Development: A Case of India. Paper presented at 7th Doctoral Colloquium,
December, 2013, held in IIM Ahmadabad.
C[5] Sinha, A. (2013). In Search of EKC for Indian States. Paper presented at 13th Consortium
of Students in Management Research, November, 2013, held in IISc Bangalore.
C[6] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2013). Export Price Optimization: A Conceptual Modeling for
Service Industry. Paper presented at National Conference on Trade in Services in India
and Inclusive Growth Paradigm: Emerging Opportunities and Future Challenges, August,
2013, held in IIFT Delhi.
C[7] Sinha, A., & Saha, T. (2012). Organizational Productivity and Absorptive Capacity: A
Conceptual Modeling. Paper presented at 5th Conference on Excellence in Research and
Education, May, 2013, held in IIM Indore in collaboration with Universiti Tun Abdul
Razak.
C[8] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Useful Life of Asset: An Optimization Model. Paper
presented at International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics
(CFE 2012), December, 2012, held in IIT Kharagpur.
C[9] Saha, T., & Sinha, A. (2012). The Partition of India: through the eyes of a woman. Paper
presented at 4th Conference on Excellence in Research and Education, May, 2012, held in
IIM Indore.
C[10] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Strategic Software Quality Control: A case of Indian
corporate banking. Case presented at 15th Annual Convention of Strategic Management
Forum, May, 2012, held in IIM Indore.
C[11] Sinha, A., & Rai, P. (2008). M&A…an HR perspective. Paper presented at 4th Annual HR
Conference, February, 2008, held in ITM Business School, Mumbai.
C[12] Sinha, A., Vijayan, N., & Shetty, P. (2007). Mutual Funds...An Approach towards
Quality. Paper presented at International Quality Conference, August, 2007, held in
Mumbai.
C[13] Sinha, A., & Halder, S. (2006). E-Learning in HR. Paper presented at 3rd Annual HR
Conference, November, 2006, held in ITM Business School, Mumbai.

ARTICLES

A[1] Sinha, A. (2014). Is India attaining a sustainable energy led growth? Article published in
The Socio-Economic Voices, August 2014, in Indiastat.
A[2] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2013). Sustainability of Financial Health of India. Article
published in The Financial Bulletin, July 2013, in ICFAI Business School Hyderabad.
A[3] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Managing Attrition in I.T. Sector - Through the Eyes of
Adam Smith. Article published in MBASkool, May 2012.
A[4] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Futuristic quality control in PSU Banks: A case of SBI
corporate banking. Article published in Pratibimb, March 2012, in T. A. Pai Management
Institute.
A[5] Mehta, A., & Sinha, A. (2011). Net Elasticity: A thought beyond ceteris paribus. Article
published in Management Canvas (ISSN: 0975-5012), December 2011, in IIM Indore.

BOOK CHAPTERS

BC[1] Saha, T., & Sinha, A. (2014). Impact of Partition on Women’s Empowerment: Delineated
Through Sidhwa’s Novel Cracking India (in Bhowmik, D., Pandey, J. K., Chintu, A.K.,
& Ranjan, R., The Lightning Of Empowerment: Gender Equality Development and
Women Empowerment, Delhi: Globus Press), 160-176.
BC[2] Sinha, A., & Saha, T. (2014). Sustainability Of Financial Health Of India: A Domar
Model Approach (in Bansal, M., & Insan, P., Emerging Dimensions of Commerce and
Management, Delhi: International Research Publication House), 7-17.
BC[3] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2013). Useful Life of Asset: An Optimization Model (in Pradhan,
R. P., An Application on Computational and Financial Econometrics, Delhi:
Bloomsbury), 1-15.
BC[4] Sinha, A., & Mehta, A. (2012). Elasticity to Sensitivity of Demand – a Journey beyond
ceteris paribus, (in Contemporary Business Practices: an Overview, Bangalore: Archers
& Elevators), 8-14.

REVIEWER

R[1] Economic Modeling (Elsevier)

R[2] Environment and Ecology Research (Horizon Research Publication)