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B.A. Economics Fergusson College, (Pune);

Masters in Economic History (London School of Economics,
London)

Prof. Deepanshu Mohan

Professor of Practice and Director, Centre for New Economics Studies, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University

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Key Expertise Economic History, Political Economy of Late Development, International Economics.

B.A. Economics Fergusson College, (Pune);

Masters in Economic History (London School of Economics,
London)

Biography

Prof. Deepanshu Mohan is Professor of Economics, and Director, Centre for New Economics Studies at Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University).

He is a Visiting Professor to the School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, and a Visiting Professor to the Department of Economics at Carleton University, Canada, where he teaches courses in areas of Comparative Economic History, Political Economy of Development, and Development Economics: Perspectives from India and China, over the summer term.

He has previously held Visiting Scholar and Academic positions for teaching and research at: Stellenbosch University’s School of Public Leadership (South Africa); FGV (Rio, Brazil); Paragon University (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), and in academic institutions of US, Israel, Colombia, Australia, to name a few.

Prof. Mohan completed his BA. In Economics from Fergusson College, Pune and then pursued an MSc. In Economic History from the London School of Economics. His research work intersects areas of economic anthropology, law and economics, political economy and development economics. He is the author of Strongmen Saviours: A Political Economy of Populism in India, Turkey, Russia and Brazil.

His academic work has been published in international journals like Asian Ethnicity (Routledge), Cities, Asian Journal of Social Sciences (NUS), Asian Journal of Public Affairs (NUS), and with publishers: Oxford University Press (UK), Routledge (London, NY), Springer Nature, Palgrave MacMillan, to mention a few.

He is a regular contributor for editorial platforms like: Mint, Scroll, BloombergQuint, The Wire, Deccan Herald, Fortune (India), The Print, The Hindu (Business Line), India Today’s Mail Today, and East Asia Forum (ANU).

• Labor Markets of India During a Pandemic: Observations from an Ethnographic Survey In Cities of Lucknow (UP) and Pune (Maharashtra) of Daily Wage Workers Across Mazdoor Mandis, Social and Economic Transitions in China and India, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.

• 2022-23. Tracing the Journey of a Craft from ‘Embeddedness’ to ‘Commercialisation’: A Case of Hand Bloc Printing from the Jaipur Region. Asian Ethnicity.

• Understanding the IntraHousehold Decision Making and Bargaining Power of Female Domestic Workers Across Cities of India. Journal of Positive School Psychology. 2022, Vol. 6, No. 5, 5561–5584.

• Examining the informality in urban informal settlements -Evidence from Kapashera. Cities. Volume 123, April 2022.

• Impact of Urban Informality on Street Vendors of Delhi’s Janpath Market. Seybold Report. ISSN: 1533-9211.

• 2022-23. Strongmen Saviours: A Political Economy of Populism in India, Turkey, Russia and Brazil. First published 2023 by Routledge.

• Post-Face. Voices from the Andolan: Interview with Union Leaders and Activists. Social Movement and Transformative Dissent, Routledge. Forthcoming, 2023.

• 2021-22. Governing Dynamics of a Changing Global Economic Order: Case for Developing Economies, Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies, co-edited by Prathivadi Anand. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), UK.

• 2021-22. Narratives of Daily Wage Workers Across Mazdoor Mandis (Labor Markets) of India During a Pandemic: Observations from an Ethnographic Survey in Cities of Lucknow and Pune.

• Viewing embeddedness and ethnic-solidarity in economics of exchange: Reflections from economic and cultural practices of Tibetan community in India, Asian Ethnicity.

• Gauging the impact of a pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of domestic workers across Indian cities. International Journal of Health Sciences.

• Examining the informality in urban informal settlements -Evidence from Kapashera. Cities. Volume 123, April 2022.

Governing Dynamics of Intra-Household Bargaining Relations in Informal Urban Spaces: Reflections from the Case of Female Domestic Help Workers across India, Recognition of The Rights of Domestic Workers in India (Edited Volume), Springer Nature Singapore.

“Inclusive Urban Eco-Systems: A Case Study on Street Vending Businesses in Markets of Kolkata (India)”. Asian Journal of Social Sciences, National University of Singapore (NUS).

• “The Role of Narratives in Analyzing Economic Growth: Reflections from India’s Growth Narrative since 1980s”. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (New Delhi, India).

• “On the Ways of Knowing and Understanding Informality.” Asian Journal of Public Affairs, National University of Singapore.

• “The Invisible Entrepreneurs of Phnom Penh”. East Asia Forum, Australia National University.

• The Macroeconomics of ‘Oil Prices’ and ‘Economic Shocks’: Lessons from the 1970s., Risk Governance & Control: Financial Market & Institutions 5 (3).

• Financial Crises in Historical Perspective: Comparison of the U.S. and U.K. monetary policy responses to the financial crises of 1929 and 2008., World Review of Business Research.
Email dmohan@jgu.edu.in
Key Expertise Economic History, Political Economy of Late Development, International Economics.
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