Research Interest
General Areas of Interest: Economics of Innovation; International Economics
Specific Areas of Interest: Patent Policy; Technology Transfer (FDI and licensing)
 
Sponsored Research Project (Completed)

PD of the research project funded by Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi. The project title was The Impact of Patent Policy on India Innovativeness and Technology transfer. (Completed)

 

PD of the project titled Knowledge Spillovers of Foreign Patenting on Indian Firms: Econometric Analysis Using Patent Citation Data funded by Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi. (Completed)
 
PI of the project titled "R&D and Patenting by Foreign Firms in India," with Co-PI Aparna Sharma. The project is funded by NSTMIS, DST, Government of India. (Ongoing)

 

PI of the project titled, Exploring patenting behaviour of the firm, with Co-PI Dr. Puneet Gupta, Dr. Madan Dhanora and Janak Nabar funded by ICSSR. Sanctioned amount 15 Lakhs. (Sanctioned)

 
 
Dissertations Supervised

PhD Dissertations Supervised

 

Mohd. Shadab Danish: Essays on Patent Valuation in India. Defended on 14 July 2021.

 

Manu Jose: R&D Tax incentives and innovations: Evidence from manufacturing firms in India. Defended on 4 May 2021.

 

Sidheswar Panda: Essays on patent rights protection, technological efforts, and exports. Defended on 11 February 2021.

 

Madan Dhanora: Thesis title: Innovation and market structure: Exploring the feedback effect, the role of policy regime and types of innovation. Defended on 26 November 2019.

 

Aakriti Jain. Thesis title: Innovation by Higher Academic Technical Institutions and its Determinants: An Empirical Study of Indian Academia, as Co-Supervisor. Defended on 25 January 2019.

 

Ab. Qayoom Kachoo. Thesis title: FDI and its Spillovers on Domestic Firms Innovation. Defended on 2 January 2018.

 

Mr. Sanjaya K. Lenka. Thesis title: Financial Development and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from India. Defended on 25 May 2017.

 

Mr. Sunil Kumar Ambrammal. Thesis title: R&D, Patenting and Performance in Indian High and Medium-High Technology Industries. Defended on 31 July 2015.

 

 

Masters

 

Yogesh Sonwal. 2014. Technology Transfer Process in Oil Industry: A Recipients Perspective. With Dr. Shuchi Sinha (IIT Delhi).

 

Deepa Kapil. 2014. Revenue Generation in Open-Source Software: An Exploratory Study. With Dr. Smita Kashiramka (IIT Delhi)

 

Narendra Singh.2013. Research and Innovation in Consumer Electronic Sector: A Case Study of Samsung and LG

 

Uttam Kumar.2013. Project Evaluation: A Case Study of National Health Mission

 

Ashok Thakur. 2013. A Case study of ONGC

 

Undergraduate

 

Rashmi Singh. 2021. Comparison of Medical Product Trade of India & USA.

 

Vijay Sonone. 2018. Study of India stand in Industry 4.0 era with IoT as a key enabler

 

 

PhD Dissertations On-going

Aparna Sharma. Thesis topic, Foreign Patenting

Mohd. Danish,. Thesis topic, Knowledge Spillovers