MJ

Megha Jacob

Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, TERI School of Advanced Studies, Madras School of Economics, KDS Delhi, A Socio-Economic Research Institute, Sri Venkateswara College

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6626-4629
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Ms. Megha Jacob is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Economics from the TERI School of Advanced Studies, Delhi. She also taught as a Visiting Faculty a course on Simulation and Modelling in Business Management at the Department of Finance and Business Economics, Delhi University, to the MBA (Business Economics) students of the final year in 2025. Her areas of specialisation are Development & Health Economics, Econometrics, Modelling, Public Finance, and Environmental Economics. Her research interests include Public Health, Education, climate change, MSMEs and Local Governance.
She is the recipient of the SAARC Education Award for her outstanding contribution in the areas of Environmental Education. She has worked on several Indian Government Funded Projects for NHRC, Ministry of Labour, NIEPA, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, CSO, Government of India. She was a co-investigator in the first study of India on Human Rights of Transgender sponsored by NHRC for the Government of India. Her International Publications include a book which is being referred to in the library of Deakin University, Australia which is titled,“ Local Governments and Public Health Delivery System in Kerala: Lessons of Collaborative Governance” published by Cambridge Scholars Press, London. She also has an e-lesson published for the International Council of Sciences and the World Bank on “Shadow Prices and Market Prices”. She has also published widely in International and national Scopus indexed journals and books.

Employment

  • University of Delhi Visiting Faculty
    2025 - 2025
  • Jesus and Mary College Assistant Professor
    2017 - Present
  • KDS Delhi, A Socio-Economic Research Institute Research Associate
    2015 - 2017

Education

  • TERI School of Advanced Studies Ph.D. in Economics
    2021 - Present
  • Madras School of Economics M.Sc. Economics
    2013 - 2015
  • Sri Venkateswara College B.A. (Hons.) Economics
    2010 - 2013

Projects & Funding

  • Education of children of migrant workers and RTE Act, 2009 NIEPA
  • Inter-regional migration from Eastern states to Kerala: a socio-economic analysis Ministry of Labour
  • A study on Human Rights of Transgender as a Third gender NHRC
  • Documentation of the Governance Arrangements in Non part-9 areas of North Eastern states Ministry of Panchayati Raj
  • Economic Development and Income Generation through Panchayats in Rural Areas Ministry of Panchayati Raj
  • Study on Finances of Private Higher Educational Institutions in India NIEPA
  • A study on Social Security and Human rights of Migrant Workers in India NHRC
  • An Assessment study on community guarantee/mutual credit guarantee scheme SIDBI

Publications (8)