🎙️ Proud moment!
Dr. Mini Thomas P & Dr. Sunny K. Singh spoke at the 6th Economics Conclave hosted by the University of Hyderabad.
Topics:
📈 Tariffs & Trade Tensions
💹 Inflation Targeting: Review, Risks & Roadmap
@SinghSunny__@minithomasp_phd#bitshyd
🌎🌱 Super Excited to share 🍃
Thrilled and honoured to receive a research grant from the International Growth Centre (IGC, LSE) under the India Sustainable Growth Hub for our project:
“Climate-Responsive Monetary Policy: Integrating Climate Shocks into Inflation Modelling and Forecasting.” Our project, with Sunny Singh (@SinghSunny__ ) from @BITSPilani, @EcoFinHyderabad combines machine learning, statistical methods, and climate risk analysis to study how climate risks and uncertainties shape inflation dynamics in India.
Last date for submitting papers for 5th Annual Conference in Economics and Finance-BITS Hyderabad is December 24, 2023. This year's special focus is on climate change.However, submissions in all areas of economics and finance are welcome.Visit conference website for details.
@policybazaar@PBHelpDesk Pathetic experience while renewing my policy...They have a useless renewal team..It's been more than 20 days, and they could not resolve my queries. Finally, I had to do it myself. Hence, I'm discontinuing their service next time. #saynotopolicybazaar
Why Academic Econ is so CLIQUISH🧵:
Research shows: 3 U.S. ZIP codes account for >40% of articles in Top-5 econ journals; these articles garner 1/2 of all citations in these journals. No such concentration in other fields, even those like chemistry relying on special labs. 1/n
Instead of waiting for enough resources, countries should start working on either developing the financial system or ensuring its stability. #EconTwitter
Are financial development and financial stability complements or substitutes in poverty reduction? https://t.co/44KmlJ6gQQ
Ashoka University has launched the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala School of Economics and Finance in recognition of the support received over the years from the Late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, a philanthropist and ‘Big Bull’ of the modern investment era.
https://t.co/IDsal7DvAR
#AshokaUniversity
The India Rising story posits that the next decade will see India displace China as the growth engine of the world. That may or may not be true, but the Hindenburg short selling thesis on the Adani Group tests the weakest links in the India story. https://t.co/X9ZsWUouQw
Over 7 years as (Managing) Editor of the Review of Finance, I had to reject 1,000 papers given our increase in standards. "Lessons From 1,000 Rejections" aims to use them constructively by distilling common reasons for rejection to guide future research. https://t.co/w6EzBQn9mJ
BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.”
#NobelPrize
A typical question I get from many people, especially parents of students who have successfully cleared JEE(Advance), is why IIT Kanpur offers an undergraduate program in Economics. Apart from being a Social Science, Economics has many characteristics of Science and Engineering.
1/ Peer review is in trouble! So much of the knowledge we produce & share rests on the idea that our work goes through a rigorous review by experts. After serving as an editor-in-chief for 5 yrs. & an associate editor for 3 yrs., I'm worried that our system is in trouble:
As Women's History Month comes to an end, @shreyas_nl & I write in @scroll_in on the contributions of some brilliant female economists that have broken barriers and played a role in shaping India’s economic policy. 🧵 1/n https://t.co/hr1HVN1Urr
This is PURE GOLD❤️❤️
नोएडा की सड़क पर कल रात 12 बजे मुझे ये लड़का कंधे पर बैग टांगें बहुत तेज़ दौड़ता नज़र आया
मैंने सोचा
किसी परेशानी में होगा , लिफ़्ट देनी चाहिए
बार बार लिफ़्ट का ऑफ़र किया पर इसने मना कर दिया
वजह सुनेंगे तो आपको इस बच्चे से प्यार हो जाएगा ❤️😊
Very unethical marketing by @BYJUS . In mussoorie held a day long camp,targetting poor kids . My house help ,who cannot afford a 400 RS fee at Shishu mandir for her daughter thought it was a free prog. She told me the ‘school’ will give daughter a ‘laptop’
Currency in circulation during #Diwali has not risen despite Rs1.25 trillion record purchases. @TheOfficialSBI chief economist @kantisoumya culls data showing @UPI_NPCI transaction doubling this diwali & debit card transactions dropping. Fundamental shift in customer behaviour