MA 2024-26 Batch
Abdulla M. K | Abhipsha Khuntia | Adarsh Kumar | Aditya Kumar Rajak | Alphons Rose Jery | Anagha Roy | Apu Kundu | Ardra M Sunoj | Aritra Mazumdar | Chandrakant Pisda
Chitra Ranjan Gogoi | Dhinesh M | Ganesh Padhan | Gouri Gayatri Devaraj | Hasavath Santhosh Naik | Hefzeeba Jose | Jeffry Priyadharshan J | Nausheen Qureshi
Navneet Kumar | Nilima Bhowmik | Rakshit kumar Tiwary | Raunak Maitra | S.M. Muzammil Afroz | Samadrita Haldar | Saptarshi Ghosh | Saptarshi Mondal

Email ID:
abdullaabdu1221@gmail.com
Educational Qualification: BA Economics, Kannur University
Projects:
Time Series Analysis: Forecasting the inflation rate of india using SARIMA mode
Skills: Excel, Stata

Email ID:
ellorakhuntia@gmail.com
Educational Qualification: B.A. Economics, G. M. University, Sambalpur
Projects: State wise analyses of GDP, sectoral composition and population in India from 1990 to 2020
Internship: Research Intern- under the guidance of Dr. Chandra Shekhar, CDS (Topic: The industrial clustering and its impact on firm’s performance)
Skills: Stata, R-studio

Email ID:
adarshkumar24ma@cds.ac.in
Educational Qualification: B.A(Hons) Economics, St Xavier’s College, Ranchi
Projects: A study into adolescent fertility rates in India- a time series approach (term paper)
Certificate Courses: Data Visualisation: Empowering Business with Effective Insights
Skills: Intermediate Excel, STATA ,Python, R

Email ID:
rajakaditya2002@gmail.com
Educational Qualification: B.Sc Economics, Narasinha Dutt College, University of Calcutta
Projects – Trends: A Time Series Study about Impact of 2024 Indian General Election on Financial Market
Skills: STATA ,Python

Email ID:
alphons24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://acesse.one/lVsVa
Educational Qualification: BA (Hons) Economics, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi
Projects: 1. Project on Economics of Terrorism, 2. Philosophy of Business Ethics in Indian Startups
Internship: Teaching Internship (Shades of Happiness NGO)
Skills: STATA, R, Excel

Email ID:
royanagha04@gmail.com
Educational Qualification: BSc Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics
Projects:
1. Research work on understanding the platform economy in India.
2. A study into adolescent fertility rates in India- a time series approach (term paper)
3. State wise analyses of GDP, sectoral composition and population in India from 1990 to 2020″
Internships: Worked as Research assistant at Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation
Skills: Excel, STATA, R

Email ID:
apukundu24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://l1nk.dev/edTzl
Educational Qualification: BA(Hons.) Economics, Visva-bharati University
Projects: 1. Role of Green Finance in Green Growth in Global South 2. Time Series Forecasting of U.S. Inflation Using ARIMA Model
Skills: STATA, SQL (Beginner), Python (Beginner), Microsoft Office: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

Email ID:
ardra24ma@cds.ac.in
Educational Qualification: B.A. Economics , Govt College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram
Projects: 1. Country’s Risk Analysis. 2. Dynamics between global value chain participation, carbon emissions and economic growth in India.
Skills: Stata, Excel, PowerPoint

Email ID:
aritmaz03@gmail.com
Linkedln ID:
https://acesse.one/6EsQB
Educational Qualification: BSc. Economics (Hons.), St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, West Bengal
Projects:
1. Co-authored a paper titled – “Financial De-Dollarization in a Tobin-Walras-Jones model”, Selected for presentation by St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, among 6 selected out of 350 applicants for their annual paper presentation and later published
2. Worked with Panchayat level data for West Bengal on more than 20 indicators to understand voting tendencies and aggregate development to come up with a measure of anti-incumbency. Work done with Jyoti Basu Centre for Social Science Research
3. Wrote paper that explores the theoretical framework of exceptionally stable political regimes in a backdrop of illicit activities titled – “The Economics of Clientelism and Corruption: Inspecting Political Stability and Development in West Bengal” Won best undergraduate dissertation.
4. Worked on game theoretic analysis of policy level interventions and voting tendencies
5. Presently working with ESDA to analyse booth level election data for West Bengal and analyse it to understand the impact of several factors such as minority presence,
age, sex, violence, etc on voting patterns and result. Objective of the study is to come up with a measure for politically-motivated violence and study the political climate of the state.”
Skills: Programming: Python, SQL, Stata, Latex; Econometric modeling; Game-theoretic modeling; Comparative General Equilibrium Models; Micro-theoretic Models

Email ID:
chandrakantpisda111@gmail.com
LinkedIn ID:
https://acesse.one/HSPZo
Educational Qualification: BA(Hons.) Economics, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur
Projects: Stata project – The Impact of CPI, Exports, Imports, and GFCF on GDP: An Econometric Analysis Using Quarterly Data
Internships: Internship on mushroom production (WELLINEX PRIVATE LIMITED & MIRACLE MUSHROOM )
Skills: STATA, MS EXCEL, MS WORD, MS POWER POINT

Email ID:
gogoi.cds@gmail.com
LinkedIn ID:
https://acesse.one/dzEJe
Educational Qualification: BA Economics, Cotton University
Projects:
1) Micro Research on “Floriculture in Guwahati, Assam – An Economic Evaluation”.
2) Project on “Modeling and Forecasting NIFTY 50 daily returns : A comprehensive ARIMA analysis with diagnostic adequacy (2015-25)”.
3) Projects on “Identifying fragilities and growth prospects of Ireland for managing it’s business and Investments”
Certificate Courses:
1) Google Data Analytics through Great learning.
2) Python for data Science; Coursera
3) Artificial Intelligence for Economics, IIT Kharagpur
Work Experiences:
1) Data Entry operator in Caring hive Pvt limited; Jun 2022- Feb 2023.
2) Co-founder of Merarooms.com; July 2023- Dec 2025.

Email ID:
vjdinesh26@gmail.com
LinkedIn ID:
https://l1nk.dev/PUIyd
Educational Qualification: B.A. Economics, Central University of Tamilnadu
Projects: Country Risk analysis, Time series Analysis using ARIMA modelling.
Internships: NGO based Internship (fieldwork, data collection & analysis, data cleaning)
Skills: Stata, R programming, Jamovi, MS Excel, MS Word

Email ID:
padhganesh@gmail.com
Educational Qualification: B.A. BEd (Economics), Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur
Projects:
1. Analyzing the Relationship between Fertilizer Use and Rice Production in Odisha.
2. The Hidden Cost of Shrinkflation: Impacts on Consumers.
Skills: MS Excel, Stata, Python

Email ID:
gouri24ma@cds.ac.in
Educational Qualification: BA Economics, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum
Projects:
1. Study on Gender based disparity on asset holdings.
2.Time Series Analysis: Tracing South Asian Growth Spillover- A Sectoral View with VAR-based Approach.
Skills: Stata, Excel, PowerPoint

Email ID:
hasavathsantoshnaik@gmail.com
LinkedIn ID:
https://l1nk.dev/3IAf3
Educational Qualification: B.A.TTM, Silver Jubilee Government College, Cluster University
Internships: 1) Shorterm internship – Pension Schemes , 2)Long term Internship- Employability Skills
Skills: Stata Medium, MS Office

Email ID:
hefzeeba24ma@cds.ac.in
Educational Qualification: BBA Economics, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha
Projects: 1. Consumer perception towards Electric Vehicle with Special Reference to MUVATTUPUZHA Municipality.
2. Capturing the Dynamic Relationship Between Gross Savings and GDP Growth in India.
Skills: Stata, MS Excel

Email ID:
jeffry24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://l1nk.dev/4mB6m
Educational Qualification: BA Economics, Gandhigram Rural Institute (DTBU)
Internship: Ahimsa Santhai (Non-Violent Economy)
Certificate Courses: R language, Certification in Applied Economics and Statistics, Certified in English typing (50 WPM)
Skills: R language, MS Excel , Stata
Work Experiences: Research Assistant under Prof. Rajendra (ORI) – dead; Research Assistant under Prof. Mohana Sundaram (PSC) studying Indian agriculture and climate change impact on primary sector, a countrywise analysis respectively; Presented Paper: Impact of climate change on country’s share of exports in raw materials, a cross-country analysis

Email ID:
nausheenq06@gmail.com
Linkedln ID:
https://acesse.one/4IV2d
Educational Qualification: B.A.(Hons.) Economics , University of Delhi
Projects:
1.Just transition: Needs and Opportunities for Skilling and Reskilling for Green Jobs in Odisha.
2. Time Series Analysis: Modeling Volatility and Long-Run Linkages in Commodity Futures Prices of European Commodity Futures (2000-2023).
3. Co-authored a group research paper titled “The Harris-Todaro Model in the Digital Era: Can Technology Mitigate Urban Unemployment?””
Internship: Research assistant at iForest.
Certificate Courses: 1.Data Analytics Job Simulation 2.Data Visualisation: Empowering Businesswith Effective Insights
Skills: MS Excel , Stata , Canva , Power BI , Python.

Email ID:
navneetkumar24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://l1nk.dev/B3Pti

Email ID:
nilimabhowmik111@gmail.com
Linkedln ID:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilima-bhowmik-863a0a229/
Educational Qualification: BA(Hons.) Economics, Visva Bharati University
Projects:
1. Time Series Analysis : “Modeling and Forecasting Monthly Tourists Arrival to India Using ARIMA Time Series Model”
2. Understand Canada’s economic fragility and growth potential through macroeconomic analysis.
Internship:Research intern in CDS under a project by Prof Vinoj Abraham.
Certificate Courses: 1. Google Data Analytics by Google 2.Crash Course on Python 3. Foundations of Project Management
Skills: Proficient in Google Data Analytics tools and techniques, including data cleaning, visualization, and interpretation, Programming & Tools Project Management: Strong foundation in project planning and execution. ,Technical Tools:Skilled in Microsoft Excel for data handling and reporting.

Email ID:
rakshitkumar24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://l1nk.dev/UCna9
Educational Qualification: BA Economics, Banaras Hindu University
Projects:
1. Time Series Analysis: Forecasting First-Innings Scores in the IPL Using ARMA /ARIMA Models (2008-2024).
2. Impact of COVID-19 on Household Consumption – Conducted a field survey collecting primary data on changes in food consumption patterns, income sources, and household spending during the pandemic to analyze its socio-economic impact
Skills: MS Excel, Python(Basic) , R studio and STATA.

Email ID:
raunak24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://l1nk.dev/FF7Ee
Educational Qualification: BSc (Honours) in Economics, Presidency University, Kolkata
Projects:
1) Country level Risk analysis (both macro and business environment) of United Kingdom,
2)An Optimal Portfolio Construction in a Shock-Transmissive and Interdependent Global Financial Market: A Time Series Econometric Analysis of International Stock Indices
Major projects in Bachelor’s :
1)Finding the casuality between the growth of the overall economy’s income and the growth of the income of the poorer section of the income distribution.
2) Analysed different Socio-economic (Caste-Gender-Age-Region) Scenarios on Statistical Software STATA using household level data from both the rounds (2004-05 and 2011-12) of the India Human Development Surveys (IHDS) for the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal.
3) n this Financial Economics project, I utilized data from Yahoo Finance on Tech Mahindra to evaluate the firm’s health through various financial ratios and revenue analysis from different segments. A Power BI dashboard was developed to visualize the data effectively.
Internship: Summer Fellow at the Department of Humanities and Social Science (2025) at IIT Madras
Certificate Courses:
1) Managing Investment and Risk in Financial Market (Value added course – Presidency University)
2) Create and use analytics reports with Power BI (Microsoft)
3) Financial Econometrics (Value added course -Centre for Development studies)
4) Introduction to Python (Value added course -Centre for Development studies)
Skills: Stata , R , Python and Microsoft Office
Work Experiences: HR recruiter at Greenbhumi

Email ID:
muzammil24ma@cds.ac.in
Linkedln ID:
https://acesse.one/KOvBJ
Educational Qualification:
Projects:
- Business Data Management Capstone Project
- Investment Risk Analysis of Ireland and Computing MVI Ranking
- Early Warning System for System Icbanking Crises
- Ml Projects and App Development Projects
Skills: Python • MS Office • SQL • R , Tableau • Shell • GIS • C++ • Java . Flask • Vue.js • Redis • Celery • REST
API • Full Stack Web Development
Work Experiences:
1. CHEGG INC. | Economics Subject Matter Expert
2.GEEKSFORGEEKS | Technical Content Writer
3. RAMANUJAN SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH | Core Member

Email ID: h.samadrita@gmail.com
Linkedln ID: https://l1nk.dev/WS5p4
Educational Qualification: Bsc Economics, Presidency University Kolkata
Projects:
1.Time series analysis of Inflation and Stock returns using Stata
2.Conducted regression analysis using Stata to interpret the determinants of unemployment in five districts of West Bengal during the second wave of Covid-19.
3. Created a finance portfolio to track price movements in FMCG, Healthcare, and IT sectors based on Sensex data using MS Excel.
4. Worked on a research paper analyzing development-centric measures using GDP per capita of developing countries.
5. Prepared a report comparing the real estate sectors of Madagascar and Mauritius.
6. Developed a Power BI dashboard to serve as a tracker for projects implemented by the State Government of Tamil Nadu.”
Internships: Summer Fellowship at IIT Madras.
Certificate Courses: Python, PowerBi
Skills: Programming – Stata, R, Python. Financial modelling (Excel), Data visualisation using PowerBi
Work Experiences: PwC, Kolkata — Executive Trainee August 2023 – December 2023

Email ID:
rishighosh49@gmail.com
Linkedln ID:
https://acesse.one/ZiGtm
Educational Qualification: Bsc Economics, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Calcutta University
Projects:
1.Socio-Economic Condition of Women in the Handloom Sector in India, 2. Identifying Fragilities and Growth Prospects of Ireland for Managing Business and Investments, 3. Tourism-Led Growth or Inflationary Erosion? A Time-Series Analysis of Kerala’s Economy (2002–2023)”
Skills: Microeconomics, Econometrics, Statistics, Mathematical Economics Basic Programming skills: R, Python, C, C++, Unix

Email ID:
saptarshimondal1234@gmail.com
Linkedln ID:
https://acesse.one/VjoZ7
Educational Qualification: B.A. Economics (Hons.), Indira Gandhi National Open University
Projects:
1.The Role of informal sector enterprises in Bridging traditional and modern economics.
2.Country level Risk analysis of Canada by capturing the Fragility index of Canada.
Internship: Research Intern – ISID
Certificate Courses: R language – Udemy 2. Python
Skills: R , C++, Stata , MATLAB , MS Office