Economics Department

OUR DEPARTMENTS

Dr Deepika V. S.

[email protected]
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Designation

  • Assistant Professor

Department

  • Economics

Edu. Qualifications

  • MA, PhD

Areas of Interest/Specialisation

  • Development Economics, Behavioral Economics and Environmental Economics

Courses/subject Taught

  • Labour migration and Climate Change

Experience

  • UG -3 years
  • PG- 1 month

International Publications:

1. Employers’ Perception of Labour Performance: A Study from the In-migration Context

of Kerala, IASSI Quarterly Contributions to Indian Social Science, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2020

(UGC-CARE).

2.     “Employers’ Preference for Labour and Empirical Investigation from Kerala’s Inmigration Context”, Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, eISSN: 2395-6518, Vol. 7, No 5, 2019, pp870-880 (UGC-CARE).

3.     . Poverty and Impermanent Migration: A Study on the Status of Interstate Migrant Workers in Trivandrum District, Zenith International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research, ISSN-2231-5780, Vol. 9(2), February (2019), pp-43-57 (Peer-reviewed).

National Publications:

1. “Labour Market Changes and In-migration in Kerala: Reasons and Status” , Think India-Quarterly, ISSN: 0971-1260, Vol. 22- Issues-4 October-December-2019 (Peer-reviewed).

2. Labour Migration in India: A New Phase, Think India- Quarterly ISSN: 0971-1260, Vol. 22- Issues-4 October-December-2019(Peer-reviewed) .

3. Reasons for Extensive In-migration in Kerala: A Study from the Employers’ Perspective, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol. 6(2), February 2018. ISSN (online)- 2320-9836 (Peer-reviewed).

Books Published (Include ISBN/ISSN Number):

“Labour Migration to Kerala: The Employers’ Perspective” (2021), Serials Publications (P) Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-950760-5-5.

·       “India and Climate Change: Issues and Challenges (2023), Serials Publications (P) Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-91844-61-5

 

Papers Presented
National:

1. Presented a paper in the National Seminar on “Migrant Labourers in Kerala: Implications on Economy” organized by the Research and Postgraduate Department of Economics, Maharaja’s Ernakulum sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education Government of Kerala on February 10-11, 2016.

International:

1. A paper presented on the topic- “Labour Market and Women Workers in India during

COVID-19 Pandemic” in ‘One Day International E-Conference’ conducted by Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s R Z Shah College of Arts, Science and Commerce on Post Covid Challenges in Education, Industry and Digital Economy” held on 12th June 2021.

2. Presented the paper entitled ‘Socio-economic Background and Livelihood Sustainability of In-migrant Workers in Kerala: A Case Study of Two Villages in Trivandrum District’ in the Second International Conference and Doctoral Colloquium on “Transformative Social Science Research: Disciplines, Collaborations and Thin Tanks, organised by the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, during 3-4 March 2015

Invited Talks/Public Talks
1.        Resource Person for the webinar entitles “ Climate Change and its impacts”, organized in collaboration with IQAC, SNM Training College, Moothakunnam on 24th April,2023.

Orientation Courses Attended
1.        Attended Faculty Induction Programme at UGC HRDC, University of Kerala from 6th September to 5th October 2021.

Short Term Courses Attended

1.      Attended NEP Sensitization Course conducted UGC-MMTTC, University of Kerala

2.      Attended short-term course organized by the University of Kerala

Seminars/Conferences Attended
1. Attended FIP by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA NATIONAL MISSION ON TEACHERS AND TEACHING (successfully completed a 4-Week Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” from May 18 – 17 June, 2021

2. Attended 7-days Online Faculty Development Programme on “DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT ON E-LEARNING” on 13- 19 June 2021 conducted by SN College for Women, Kollam in academic collaboration with Kerala State Higher Education Council.

3. Attended a webinar on “Descriptive and Inferential Statistics for Social Science Research” on 14/06/2021 organized by PG & Research Department of Commerce in Association with IQAC, The Quaide Milleth College for Men, Medavakkam, Chennai.

4. Attended a Webinar on Union Budget 2021-22 Organized by the Department of Economics in Association with Malayala Manorama on February 5, 2021 at Fatima Mata National College (Autonomous), Kollam.

Workshops Attended

1. Participated in the Two-Day National Workshop on Methods and Approaches for Health Research in Social Sciences organized in virtual mode on 26th- 27th June, 2021 by Central University of Karnataka.

2.     Attended and completed One-Week online Capacity Building Program on ‘Advanced Research Methodology’ from 14th December to 19th December, 2020, organized by Western Regional Centre, ICSSR in association with Department of Commerce, University of Mumbai.

3.     Participated in the short-term course on ‘Time Series and Panel Data Analysis using Eviews and STATA’ held from January 25th-30th 2016 at National Institute of Technology, Thiruchirappalli.

4.     Participated in the Workshop on ‘Applied Statistics’ held during 15-19 October 2015 organised by Central University of Karnataka.

5.     Attended a training programme on ‘Migration and Development: Issues and Perspectives’ held during July 13-16, 2015, organised by the V. V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida.
Role and Responsibilities undertaken

  1. Equal Opportunity Cell (Convenor) (
  2. Music and Arts Club (Convenor)
  3. Research Promotion and Development Council (member)
  4. Committee for Remedial Coaching
  5. Career Guidance and Placement Cell (member)
  6. Counselling Cell (member)
  7. Discipline Committee (member)
  8. Project Monitoring Committee (RUSA)- member
  9. Planning Forum (member)
  10. Nature Club (member)

Economics Department