NATIONALITY: Indian
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Office Address:
Department of Economics, College of Economics and Business, Hanyang University, ERICA Campus, 1271 Sa-3 Dong, Sangrok-Gu, Kyunggi-Do, 426--791, South Korea.
EDUCATION:
- Ph. D. in Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Awarded in October, 2000.
- M.Phil. (Economics), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Awarded in 1995. Summa cum laude
- M. A. in Economics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, Awarded in 1992. Cum laude
- B.A. Economics (Honours), Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, Awarded in 1990. Cum laude
TRAINING:
- Awarded a certificate of completion for the “Innovation for Economic Development” program at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education on, June 2014. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA.
- Participated in Training/ Workshop on “Introduction to University Teaching” organised by Centre for Higher Education Development, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. June, 2000.
- Centre of Policy Studies and the IMPACT Project, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Practical General Equilibrium Modelling June 23-27, 1997.
CURRENT AFFILIATION
- Current Primary Affiliation: Full Professor (tenured) September, 2013--present, Department of Economics, Hanyang University, Erica Campus, South Korea.
- Adjunct: Hanyang University Seoul Campus, Division of International Studies and Economics
PREVIOUS FULL-TIME WORK EXPERIENCES:
- Associate Professor (September 2008—August 2013), Department of Economics, College of Economics and Business, Hanyang University, Erica Campus, South Korea.
- Assistant Professor (September, 2003—August, 2008), Department of Economics, College of Economics and Business, Hanyang University, Erica Campus, South Korea
- Visiting Professor (September, 2002—August, 2003), School of Economics and Trade, Graduate School of Business, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702—701, South Korea.
- Past Research-only Full-time Experience: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (January 2001-July 2002), School of Forest Resources and Conservation (Resource Economics and Policy), Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Served as resource economics graduate students’ mentor at School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC)/ Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, USA.
VISITING POSITIONS:
- Visiting Scholar (Research Fellow), United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland for August—November 2010.
- Erasmus Mundus Scholar 2009-2010, Visiting Department of Economics, Faculty of Applied Economics. University of Antwerp, Belgium. May 18, 2010 –August 15, 2010. Host: Professor Wim Meeusen.
- Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand for 19th November—10th December 2010.
- Courtesy Assistant Professor (Visiting), Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA. January 9, 2008 – January 30, 2008.
- Visiting Research Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA (Global Development Network Selection), January, 2005-February, 2005.
AWARDS AND HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS:
- Global Labor Organization (GLO) Fellow—An international network and Virtual Platform on Labor, Germany, https://glabor.org/ , (November 2022 onwards), https://glabor.org/fellows/?search_d17e5=das
- Non-Resident Fellow, Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES), Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. https://www.monash.edu/business/cdes/our-people/resident-and-non-resident-fellows#tabs__1856836-03
- Inductee in 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Who’s Who Publication, NY, USA. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320702046_2017_Albert_Nelson_Marquis_Lifetime_Achievement_Award )
- Executive Education Program Attendee with Tuition Assistance Scholarship for the program “Cutting Edge in Development Thinking”. May 15—May 19, 2017. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. (Faculty Chair: Professors Lant Pritchett, Matt Andrews, and Ricardo Hausmann, Centre for International Development)
- Best Researcher Award (September 2016), Hanyang University, South Korea (administered by Hanyang University Research Foundation IUCF-HYU)
- 5th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Transforming Policy, Changing Lives. 13-15 October, 2015. Guadalajara, Mexico. Attendance by Invitation with full expenses.
- Executive Education Program Attendee with Tuition Assistance Scholarship for the program “Innovation for Economic Development”. June 15—June 20, 2014. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. (Faculty Chair: Professor Calestous Juma)
- Scholarship for Economic Modeling Network (EcoMod), Washington DC, USA (March 2012): General Equilibrium Modeling Workshop/Course hosted by EcoMod Network in USA and Europe.
- Best ( Distinguished) Researcher Award (2010), Hanyang University, South Korea (administered by Korea National Research Foundation via Hanyang University)
- Recipient of ‘The Royal Economic Society, U.K.’ (RES) Small Conference Grant Fund, September 2009.
- Recipient of Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, European Commission (administered by University of Antwerp, Belgium), 2009-2010. Visiting University of Antwerp, May-August, 2010.
- Featured in Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2009—2014/15, 26th /27th Edition—current edition, N.Y. USA (entry in page 594 in 26th Edition).
- Award Finalist for the Global Development Awards Competition for 2006, Global Development Network, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Awarded International Monetary Fund/Global Development Network "Visiting Scholarship" in an open competition during January 2005.
- Postgraduate Publications Award, 1999-2000, Monash Research Graduate School, Monash University, Australia
- Overseas Post-graduate Research Scholarship (OPRS/IPRS), 1996-1999, Monash University and DEETYA, Australia (Full-tuition Scholarship).
- University Grants Commission- National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in Colleges and Universities (Master's Level), Government of India. December, 1993.
- National Merit Scholarship awarded by Government of India, 1984/5-1989/90 for being Rank Holder in the State of West Bengal, India.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
- Junior Research Associate, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Project and Department of Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia. January, 2000-July, 2000 (extended till October, 2000).
- Research Scholarship (PhD), Department of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. March, 1996-January, 2000.
- Research Associate, International Management Institute, New Delhi, India. July, 1995-Decmber, 1995.
- Research Assistant (1995), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India. February, 1995-May/June, 1995.
- Project Associate (1994) for the Embassy of the U.S.A., New Delhi, India. November, 1994-December, 1994.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Associate Editor, Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics (Academic Journals), Editorial Board Member, Research in Applied Economics (Macro think Institute, USA), Journal of Modern Economy, African Journal of Business Management. Guest Editor: ‘Special issue on Technological Economics’ in the Journal of Modern Economy.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
- Member of Royal Economic Society, UK.
- Member of the American Economic Association, USA.
- Global Development Network (GDN) (Featured Researcher)
- Center for Global Trade Analysis and Project (GTAP), Purdue University, USA. Featured Researcher: https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/access_member/profile/profile_display.asp
RESEARCH NETWORKS:
- Research Gate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gouranga_Das3
- Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?hl=en&user=tFQoj1EAAAAJ
- Academia.edu: https://hanyang.academia.edu/GourangaDas
- Munich Personal RePEc Archive: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/view/people/Das=3AGouranga=3A=3A.html
- RePEc: http://ideas.repec.org/cgi-bin/htsearch?q=gouranga+gopal+das
INVITED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (1998—PRESENT):
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (September 29, 2023). Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective. Invited Speaker for International Conference in ‘Economics, Law and Government (ELG 2023)—Accelerating Inclusive Green Transition in Developing Countries, Sept. 28—29, 2023, Vietnam.
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (June 2023). Finance, Trade, Man and Machines: A New Ricardian Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Model. African Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES 2023) Conference Contributed Session (Hybrid mode).
- -----(July 2023). Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES 2023) Conference Contributed Session (Hybrid mode) at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (February 2023). Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective. Invited Speaker for International Conference in Honor of Path-Breaking Conference on 50 years of Specific-Factor Model in General Equilibrium Trade. St. Xaviers College, Kolkata, India. 5th-7th February 2023
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (19th-20th January 2023). Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective. 19th Annual Conference of Shanghai-Hong Kong Development Institute Annual Conference, SHKDI.
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (6th-7th January 2023). Pandemic, Contact-intensity, and Wage Inequality: A General Equilibrium Approach.. Sixth International ASTRIL Conference von “The Labor Market in a Time of Crisis, Inflation and Deglobalization”.
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (Dec 3rd, 2022). Contact-intensity, Disruptions in the Cultural Sector and Wage Inequality: A Model of Covid-19 crisis and its impacts. Contributed Paper Session VI. Presented at the Global Labor Organization (GLO) Global Conference. Session Chair and Presenter
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (Oct 8th, 2022). Pandemic, Contact-intensity, Cultural Sector, and Wage Inequality: A General Equilibrium Approach. Presented at the Asia Pacific Productivity Conference, National Taiwan University and Taiwan Efficiency and Productivity Association, International Society for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis.
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (June 2022). Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective. Presented at the 17th meeting of the Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS) 2022, University of Tokyo, Japan. June 25-26, 2022.
- Das, Gouranga G and Sugata Marjit (March 12, 2022). Immunity-Driven Comparative Advantage and its Palliative Effect on Social Health and Inequality - A Theoretical Perspective. Artho-Bisleshon Journal, a Webinar on “ Indian Economy in the Post-Pandemic Era”, Women’s Christian College jointly with Society for Economic Research in Bengali (SERB).
- Das, Gouranga G (2022). Trade, Globalization, and Development: A New View in the Era of Covid and Digitalization. Invited Speaker for the 1st Workshop on: Recent Trends in Development, Economics, Finance and Management Research in Eastern Africa. Maputo, Mozambique, March 24-25, 2022. Under the auspices of Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Development (EID), Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), University of Rwanda (CBE), Makerere University (CoBAMS), Addis Ababa University (CBE), University of Dar Es Salaam (UDBS, Dep. of Economics) and University Eduardo Mondlane (Faculty of Economics).
- Das, Gouranga G., Jean-Claude Maswana, and Yumeka Hirano (December 2021). "Germs, Globalization and Trade Spillovers: How could Covid-19 affect African Economies and AfCFTA” Paper presented at the First Virtual African Productivity Conference, Dec 16, 2021—Dec 18, 2021. Hosted by International Society for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (ISEAPA). Jonkoping University, Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden.
- Ranajoy Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata), Gouranga Das, (Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea) & Sugata Marjit (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata): "Contract Farming in an Open Competitive Economy: Growth, Distribution, and Government Policy"16th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development 20-22 December, 2021 Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
- Das, Gouranga G., R. Bhattacharyya, and Sugata Marjit (26th June 2021). "The Effect of Contract Farming in a Small Open Underdeveloped Economy: General Equilibrium Analysis. Paper presented at the Virtual Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, June 25, 2021—June 27, 2021. Hosted by The Econometric Society.
- Chaired a Session on 'Trade and Emerging Issues’ in 7th Annual Conference-Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance (EITTF) Conference on Trade, Finance and Development: Contemporary Issues. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), India, December 16-17, 2021.
- Invited Participant: ‘Roundtable Organized by UNDP Seoul Policy Centre, Ministry of Environment and Korea Environment Cooperation (collaboration) on UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG Roundtable on Goal 6), December 2017.
- Das, Gouranga G., Jean-Claude Maswana, and Yumeka Hirano (January 2021). "Germs, Globalization and Trade Spillovers: How could Covid-19 affect African Economies and AfCFTA” Paper presented at the American Economic Association (AEA), ASSA Meeting, Jan 3, 2021—Jan 5, 2021. Hosted by National Economic Association and African Finance and Economic Association. Theme: Disease, Uncertainty and African Economies.
- Das, Gouranga G. and R. Bhattacharyya (July 2021). "Contract Farming in Agriculture and Host-Country Effects: Spillover effects and Development Policy Insights”, International Economic Association IEA World Congress 2020 (Indonesia). Postponed due to Covid-19 to Virtual IEA World Congress in 2021.
- Das, Gouranga G., R. Bhattacharyya, and Sugata Marjit (December 2020). "The Effect of Contract Farming in a Small Open Underdeveloped Economy: General Equilibrium Analysis. 1st Development Economic Conference at IGIDR December 17—19, 2020. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India.
- Das, Gouranga G. and R. Bhattacharyya (December 2019). "Contract Farming in Agriculture and Host-Country Effects: Development Policy Insights from Alternative models on Land Deals”, 10th International Conference on “"Issues in Economic Theory and Policy.” 26th—27th December, 2019.Presidency College (University, Kolkata) (invited, but not participated).
- Keynote Speech (5th October 2019): In Search of Peace and Prosperity: Legacy of Gandhi and Contemporary Thinking. Relevance of Gandhiji in Today’s Korea. 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Gandhiji, Organized by The Asia Institute, Seoul, South Korea.
- Das, Gouranga G. and R. Bhattacharyya (September 2019). "Contract Farming in Agriculture and Host-Country Effects: Development Policy Insights from Alternative models on Land Deals”, 10th International Conference on “Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, factor Mobility and Development.” 8th—10th September, 2019. University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Italy.
- Das, Gouranga G. and R. Bhattacharyya (January 2019). "Contract Farming in Agriculture and Host-Country Effects: Development Policy Insights from Alternative models on Land Deals”, Paper/Poster prepared for the American Economic Association/2019 ASSA Annual Meeting Conference, Atlanta, USA, January 4- January 6, 2019.
- 6th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: The Future of Well-being. Incheon, South Korea, 27-29 November 2018. Attendance by Invitation
- Das, Gouranga G. (2018). " Endogenous Skill Choice as Source of Productivity Dispersion, and Export Margins”, Paper/Poster prepared for the American Economic Association/2018 ASSA Annual Meeting Conference, Philadelphia USA, January 5- January 7, 2018.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2017). " Food–feed–biofuel trilemma: Biotechnological innovation policy for sustainable development”, Paper prepared for the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) 21st ICABR International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: International Trade and Domestic Production, University of California Berkeley, USA, May 30- June 2, 2017.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2017). " Productivity spillovers and absorptive capacity: an analysis in a heterogeneous firm CGE model" --Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, Organised by Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA. June 7-9, 2017.
- 5th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy: Transforming Policy, Changing Lives. 13-15 October, 2015. Guadalajara, Mexico. Attendance by Invitation with full expenses.
- Policy Conference “Food Security in the Context of climate Change” under the Project “EU-Asia Dialogue – Shaping a Common Future for Europe and Asia”. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Germany, East Asia Institute of the National University of Singapore, Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), 19—21st March, 2014.
- Das, Gouranga G. and Imed Drine (June 2013). How Far away is Africa? Technology Catch-up in Africa—invited presentation at the ‘L2C—Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa’ United Nations University—World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 24—25 June 2013.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2012). “Technology Adoption and Land Grab”—research work presented at the 9th edition of Institute for Study on Employment and Occuation (ISEO) Summer School Workshop (organised by the ISEO Institute, Brescia, Italy, Founded by Nobel Laureate Professor Franco Modigliani and currently presided by Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Solow), 23rd—30th June, 2012.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2011). “That far-off land”: A Production Model of Land-deal and Host country effects”-- Paper presented for the Oikos Young Scholars International Economics Academy: Management of Natural Resources and International Trade (organised by University of St. Gallen and Oikos foundation for economy and ecology). John Knox Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, August 28-31, 2011.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2010). "What role 'Learning'? A North-South Model of Technology Transmission, Enrichment Effect and Absorption"-- Paper presented for the 4th Technology and Economic Development (TED) International Conference on Industrial Dynamics, Innovation Policy and Growth, Izmir University of Economics-EKOLIDER and Middle-Eastern Technical University-TEKPOL, Turkey, May 21-22, 2010.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2009). "What role 'Learning'? A North-South Model of Technology Transmission, Enrichment Effect and Absorption"-- Paper presented for the 3rd All China Economics (ACE) International Conference, City University of Hong Kong, December 14-16, 2009.
- Bhattacharya, S. K. and Gouranga G. Das (2009). “Do South-South Trade Agreements enhance member countries’ trade? Evaluating Implications for Development potentials in the context of SAARC.” Paper presented at the United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and UNU-Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) International Workshop organised by the UNU, 5-6 November, 2009.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2009). " Role of Agricultural Biotechnology and Induced Productivity in Tackling Food and Fuel Trade-offs: A Tale of Twin Crisis” Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Trade Economists’ Conference (Trade-led Growth in times of Crisis), Bangkok, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), November 2-3, 2009.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2008). "Technology Diffusion and Trade Facilitation in a model of Northern hub vis-à-vis Southern spokes--A Tale of Two Souths" --Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Theme: Future of Global Economy, Organised by UNU-World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), Helsinki, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA and Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Finland. June 12-14, 2008.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2007). "Who leads and who lags? Technology Diffusion, E-commerce and Trade Facilitation in a model of Northern hub vis-à-vis Southern spokes" --Paper presented in the Shanghai Forum 2007, Theme: Economic Globalization and the Choice of Asia, Organised by Fudan University, China. May 25-27, 2007.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2006). "Cross-Country Inequality Convergence: An Inquiry into the role of Trade and Technology in reducing the Poverty of Nations." –Paper accepted for 6th Global Conference on Business and Economics, Organised by Association for Business and Economics Research and International Journal of Business and Economics, Gutman Conference Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. October 15-17, 2006.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2004). "Information Age to Genetic Revolution: Embodied Technology Transfer in Agriculture and its Assimilation—A Tale of Two Technologies", Paper prepared for the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) 8th ICABR International Conference On Agricultural Biotechnology: International Trade and Domestic Production, Ravello (Italy), July 8-11, 2004.
- Das, Gouranga G., and Soamiely Andriamananjara (2004). “Hub-and-Spokes FTAs in the Presence of Technology Spillovers: An application to the Western Hemisphere” Paper presented for the 7th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis "Trade, Poverty and the Environment" (organised by The World Bank and the Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA June 17-19, 2004.
- Timko, T., J.R.R. Alavalapati, J.Zhang, and G. Das (2004). "Effect of Environmental Tax and Incentives for Silvopasture on Florida’s Ranching Industry: A CGE Approach." Southern Forest Economics Workshop, St. Augustine, Florida, USA, March 14-16.
- Das, Gouranga G., H. K. Nath and H. M. Yildiz (2003). “Does foreign direct investment reduce inequality among countries in productivity?” Paper presented for the 50th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association
International (organised by the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC)), Philadelphia, November 20-22nd, 2003. - Das, Gouranga G. (2002). “Trade, Endogenous Technology Capture and Induced Productivity: A Numerical Analysis” Paper published in the Refereed Conference Proceedings in CD for The 2002 International Business and Economics Research Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, October 7-11, 2002.
- Das, Gouranga G. and J. R. R. Alavalapati (2001). “Biotechnological Innovations in the Forestry Sector and their Economic Impacts on Other Sectors via Embodied Technology Transfer: An Investigation within Dynamic GTAP Framework” Paper presented to the Fourth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, June 27-29 2001, the Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA.
- Alavalapati, J. R. R. and Gouranga G. Das (2001). “Socio-economic Impacts of Biotechnological Innovations in the Forestry Sector: A Dynamic Applied General Equilibrium Analysis” Paper presented at the International Conference on Social and Economic Perspectives of Boreal Forest Ecosystem Management, held at Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-8 June, 2001.
- Wu, L., J. R. R. Alavalapati, D. R. Carter, D. Wear, and Gouranga G. Das (2001). “Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy and Technology Changes in the U.S. Forestry Sectors.” 31st Southern Forest Economics Workers Annual Meeting on “Forest Law and Economics”, March 27-28, 2001, Atlanta, USA.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2001). “Trade, Technology Capture and Productivity: A Numerical Analysis” Paper accepted for the Canadian Economics Association Conference 2002, 36th Annual Meeting of the Economists, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 30-June 2, 2001.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2000). “Embodied Technology Transfer via International Trade and Disaggregation of labor payments by skill level: A Quantitative Exploration in GTAP Framework” Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, June 27-30 2000, organised by The Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, Australia in conjunction with The Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2000). “Embodied Technology Spillover via International Trade and Absorption Capacity: A Quantitative Exploration in a Computable General Equilibrium Framework” Paper Presented to the Young Economists’ Conference 2000, 5th Spring Meeting of the Young Economists, Oxford University, U.K., 27-28 March 2000.
- Das, Gouranga G. (1999). “What is assumed in the GTAP Database’s Disaggregation of Labor By Skill Level?” Paper Presented to the Faculty of Business and Economics Doctoral Research Conference, Monash Mt. Eliza Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13-14 December 1999.
- Das, Gouranga G. (1998). “Absorption Capacity, Structural Similarity and Embodied Technology Spillovers in a Macromodel: An Implementation within the GTAP Framework.” Paper presented in Canberra at the [national] Annual Ph.D Conference in Economics and Business under the aegis of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra and Economic Research Centre, Department of Economics, University of Western Australia, 4-6 November 1998. Published in Conference Proceedings.
ROLES IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
- Chaired a Session on 'Economic Growth in Asia' in 20th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Theme: Global Economic Analysis in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities, Organised by Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA. June 7-9, 2017.
- Invited Conference Participant: International conference on ‘Korean Area Studies. India-ASEAN Economic Ties. Organized by Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) October 20, 2017.
- Invited Conference Participant: 2017 Convention International conference on ‘Seoul International Conference on Trade and Industry: A New Cooperation Paradigm for Realizing Free and Inclusive Trade’. Organised by Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), KITA and MOTIE, Seoul, South Korea. 6th November 2017.
- Invited Conference Participant: One-day International conference on ‘The Economic Crisis and the Process of European Integration’. European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. 2nd June 2010.
- Technical Discussant in APEC Capacity-Building Workshop on Quantitative Methods for Assessing Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) and Trade Facilitation” 8—10 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by the United States International Trade Commission and Australian Productivity Commission with funding support from the APEC Trade and Investment Liberalization Fund.
- Discussant and Reviewer of Paper titled 'Manufacturing Productivity in Indian States: Does Investment climate matter? By C. Veeramani and B. Goldar in 7th Annual Global Development Conference on 'Institutions and Development: At the Nexus of Global Change. January 19-21 2006, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Chaired a Session on 'Economics/Finance' in 6th Global Conference on Business and Economics, Organised by Association for Business and Economics Research and International Journal of Business and Economics, Gutman Conference Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. October 15-17, 2006.
- Discussant of a paper titled: 'An Empirical Study of Price dispersion in Homogeneous Goods Markets.' in 6th Global Conference on Business and Economics, Organised by Association for Business and Economics Research and International Journal of Business and Economics, Gutman Conference Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. October 15-17, 2006.
- Chaired a Session on 'Poverty' in 11th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Theme: Future of Global Economy, Organised by UNU-World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), Helsinki, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, USA and Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Finland. June 12-14, 2008.
- Invited Conference Participant: One-day International conference on ‘The Economic Crisis and the Process of European Integration’. European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. 2nd June 2010.
- Department for International Development (DFID), The United Kingdom (dfid.gov.uk), Invited in Roundtable Discussion, 22nd July 2010, on Innovation and Growth in Low Income Countries: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2010/Online-consultation-on-innovation-and-economic-growth-in-poor-countries/
Invited Seminars:
- Das, Gouranga G. (2014). “Why some countries are slow in acquiring new technologies? ”, Seminar Paper presented in Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata, India, 21st January, 2014
- Das, Gouranga G. (2010). “Land Grab and Host-country Effects”, Seminar Paper presented in United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland September 23, 2010.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2010). “Why some countries are slow in acquiring new technologies? ‘Ideas’ and Anti-learning Syndromes”, Seminar Paper presented in Department of Economics, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 3rd December, 2010.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2008). “Trade-mediated Technology Diffusion and its Effective Absorption”, Seminar Paper presented in Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA, January 15, 2008.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2000). “Embodied Technology Transfer via International Trade and Assimilation: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis”, Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia, Graduate Staff Seminar, May 2000.
- Das, Gouranga G. (2000). “Modelling Embodied Technology Transfer and Assimilation within the GTAP Framework: Current Results and Scope for Development”, Seminar Paper presented in Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII), Paris, France, October 2000.