International Trade, Microeconomics, Industrial Economics, Indian Economy

International Trade, Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization, Advanced Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics

Journal Publications

· Sawhney, A., Majumder, P (2026), Trade in recyclable waste for circularity: the case of ferrous scrap import in India. Indian Economic Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-025-00256-0 [ ABDC- C, Scopus Indexed]

· Goldar, B., & Majumder, P. (2025). Spatial Heterogeneity in Carbon Emissions Intensity and the Role of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Indias Organised Sector Manufacturing Plants. Climate Change Economics. DOI https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010007825500095

[ ABDC- B; 2023 Cite Score: 5.1 2023 Source Normalised Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.683]

· Majumder, P., Chaudhary, E., & Dey, S. (2024). Exposure to ambient PM2. 5 and its association with the loss of labour productivity of manufacturing plants in India. Environmental Research Letters. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6ea4 [ Q1, Impact Factor: 5.8 and citation score: 11.9]

· Doddamani, C., Majumder, P., & Manoj, M. (2024). Analysis of household car and two-wheeler ownership considering spatial dependency. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 133, 104314. DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2024.104314 [ ABDC- A, Scopus Indexed]

· Goldar, B., & Majumder, P. (2022). What factors drive industrial plants in emerging economies to adopt ISO 14000 environmental management standards: Evidence from the Indian organised manufacturing sector. Environmental Development, 100771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2022.100771  [ Q1, Impact Factor: 4.7 and citation score: 8.4, Scopus Indexed]

· Majumder, P., Sawhney, A. (2020). Manufacturing agglomeration and export dynamics across Indian states. Indian Economic Review 55, 3–26 Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-020-00083-5  [ ABDC- C, Scopus Indexed]

  BUSINESS CASE STUDIES

· Mondol, Rima, & Majumder, Piyali (2026), Caring for life or attaining the Innovation frontier? – Cipla Ltd. navigating its market and non-market environment, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Access here: https://www.iimcal.ac.in/case-studies-lists#accordion-1

 OPINION ARTICLES (OP-EDS)

· Majumder, P. (2026, March 26), Oil shocks and energy sovereignty https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/oil-shocks-and-energy-sovereignty-3944877

· Pohit, S., Majumder, P. and Bose, R. (2026, February 16), Deep deals, deeper strategy: India’s bilateral dynamism and trade diplomacy, https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/deep-deals-deeper-strategy-indias-bilateral-dynamism-and-trade-diplomacy-3899840

· Ray, S. and Majumder, P., (2023, September 17) Climate Action: ‘Geography’ Of Coal Transition — A Tale Of Two Indian States, https://news.abplive.com/blog/climate-action-geography-of-coal-transition-lessons-from-two-indian-states-jharkhand-chhattisgarh-g20-delhi-declaration-1636462

·  Majumder, P., Mathur, S., & Pohit, S. (2023, August 4). Smoky Affair. EU’s CBAM is unfair in principle. The Hindu Businessline.

· Quoted by Janarthanan, Janani (2023, November 5), Rise of FTAs In India: Whats Changed and Why Now? — BQ Explains: https://www.ndtvprofit.com/economy/rise-of-ftas-in-india-whats-changed-and-why-now-bq-explains-10050149

· Quoted by Janarthanan, Janani (2023, December 17), How The Oman Trade Agreement Could Offer India A Better Crude Bargain; https://www.ndtvprofit.com/economy-finance/how-the-oman-trade-agreement-could-offer-india-a-better-crude-bargain

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· Ongoing Work:

Co-investigator (Co-I), SANJEEVANI - Strategies for Actions to Jointly address climate change and air pollution for achieving health benefits in India (CAR-2024-01-000529), funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with Professor Sagnik Dey, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi

 · Associate Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New     Delhi (December   2022- April 2024)

 · Post-Doctoral Fellow; Department of Humanities and Social Sciences; Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (December 2021- 2nd December 2022)

· Worked as an External Consultant, Indian Council for Research on International Economic

Relations, Project: ‘Study Clean and Just Transition’ (July 2021-December 2021).

·Consultant, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Trade and Fiscal Policy Division, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India (July 2019- July 2021)

· Worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Research Division (January 2018- December 2018)- Projects:

•  Rationalisation of Export Promotion Councils in India (sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India)

•  Export Strategy Plan for Increasing Export of Spices and Value-Added Products of Spices from India (sponsored by the Spice Board of India, Government of India)

• Study on Developing India’s Service Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) (sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India).

· Worked as a Research Associate at the Centre for Regional Studies and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with the Indian Council for Social Research (ICSSR) (June 2016-April 2017); Project: 

‘Employment Behaviour of the Engineering Industry: A Study of Indian Organised Sector’.