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Souvik Dey

Brainware University, The Unlock Insights Private Limited, University of Burdwan

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3160-2560
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Souvik Dey is an economist and doctoral researcher working in the areas of human development, gender inequality, environmental sustainability, and regional development in India. He completed his M.Phil in Economics and qualified for the NET and West Bengal SET exams. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Economics, with a strong quantitative and policy-oriented research focus, particularly on sustainable human development, gender parity, crime and economics, and spatial econometrics. He holds postgraduate degree in Economics and has been actively engaged in academic research, teaching, and data-driven policy analysis. His scholarly work talks about issues related to education, health, livelihood, social inclusion, and inequality, and draws attention broadly on advanced econometric and spatial methods. His research works have been published in the journals like Sustainable Futures, Indian Journal of Human Development, International Journal of Sustainable Economy, and International Journal of Exergy. He has authored a book chapter in In the Quest of Human Development, Springer India Studies in Business and Economics, Springer. He has over two years of research experience working on state funded projects related to Human Development, Migration, and Governance, primarily as a Research Analyst and Research Assistant. He has been associated with multiple projects under the supervision of Prof. Rajarshi Majumder, University of Burdwan, and has also contributed to ICSSR-sponsored field surveys and applied data analysis, along with short professional experience in a private research sector.

His expertise includes statistical research, research analysis, spatial econometrics, development economics analysis, and human development analysis. Also has proficient in various technical tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, SPSS, MS PowerPoint, STATA, EViews, QGIS, GeoDa, ArcGIS, and Photoshop, which enable him to perform complex data analyses and develop regional economic policies effectively.

He has accumulated valuable experience in the field of economics through various roles. He worked for two years as a Research Analyst on a State Government project under the supervision of Prof. Rajarshi Majumder at the Department of Economics, Burdwan University, and also gained some industry experience as an Associate Research Executive at Unlock Insights Private Limited in Kolkata from November 2022 to January 2023.

Employment

  • Brainware University Assistant Professor
    2026 - Present
  • The Unlock Insights Private Limited Associate Research Executive
    2022 - 2023
  • University of Burdwan Research Analyst
    2018 - 2020

Education

  • University of Burdwan Post Graduation
    2015 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)