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WP 521- When Attention Matters Most: Investor Focus, Returns, and Volatility during COVID-19

Souvenir commemorating Prof Raj’s Centennial Celebrations

Selection of candidates is based on their percentile score in the CUET exam

25-26 September 2026

Last Date: 21 July 2025

Dr. K. Chandra Shekar, Assistant Professor at the Centre has won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Finance for Development

The award was conferred for the research paper titled “Impact of Digitalisation on Financial Inclusion and Firm Performance of Informal Sector in India: Pre and Post COVID Analysis”, co-authored with Dr. K. Vidyarani, CDS.
New Working Paper has been published

WP-521 titled 'When Attention Matters Most: Investor Focus, Returns, and Volatility during COVID-19' authored by Ms.Devika Dileepkumar
New Research Articles Published

Amartya Paul, Ishan Anand & Sarika Chaudhary, "Chronic Unemployment in India", The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 04 May 2026, Volume 69, pages 53–81 (2026)

Choorikkadan, Veeramani. “Indiaʼs Integration Into Global Value Chains: Policy Approaches to Growth and Industrial Upgrading.” Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, 2026. Wiley Online Library

Mani, Sunil. “The Guarantee Bridge : How Loan Guarantees Fuel India’s Corporate Global Ambitions.” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 61, No. 21, May 2026, pp. 18–21.
New Books Published

Sunil Mani, India's High Tech Leap, Industrial Policy and Future of Innovation, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, Mass.,: USA,

Santhakumar, V., Ritika Jain, Muralee Thummarukudy. Land Restoration: A Rational, Grounded and Pragmatic Approach. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026.

The K N Raj – CDS Research Fellowship
The Fellowship seeks to strengthen research linkages, promote joint scholarly work, and provide opportunities for collaboration between faculty members in Kerala and the academic community at the CDS. Fellowship Provisions Each fellowship will be awarded for a duration of one year and will provide support under the following heads: • Reimbursement of expenses: Travel between the Fellow’s […]
Endowment for Award on Adaptation to Climate Change
The Ramesh and Tara Mody Endowment on Climate Change at the Centre for Development Studies represents a significant initiative to foreground one of the most urgent yet under-addressed challenges facing India today: adaptation to climate change. Established through a Memorandum of Understanding between Dr Ashoka Mody—a distinguished alumnus and former Research Associate of CDS—and the […]