IITKGP

Research Areas

  • Energy Economics
  • Industrial Ecology
  • Environmental Economics
  • Natural Resource Economics
  • Development Economics
My research interests include Industrial Ecology, Energy Economics, Resources and Environmental Economics, Climate Economics, and Applied Economics. I teach Microeconomics I, Microeconomics II, Primary Research Lab, and Econometrics to BS, MS, B.Tech, and Ph.D Scholars(Coursework).
  • Can the performance, achieve, and trade scheme help Indian manufacturing achieve its net-zero goal? by Bagchi P., Sahu S. K. Economic Change and Restructuring 59 1-32 (2026)
  • Technology, price instruments and energy intensity: a study of firms in the manufacturing sector of the Indian economy by Sahu S. K., Bagchi P. , Kumar A. , Tan K. H. Annals of Operations Research 313 1-21 (2022)
  • Innovating for Sustained Growth: The Impact of R&D and Intangible Assets on the Performance of Indian Companies by Murali M., Kayal P. , Bagchi P. Journal of Emerging Market Finance 25 114-143 (2026)
  • Energy intensity policies should be measure-specific: a learning from Indian manufacturing by Bagchi P., Sahu S. K. Environmental Claims Journal 37 518-548 (2025)
  • The conundrum of porter hypothesis, pollution haven hypothesis, and pollution halo hypothesis: evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector by Bagchi P., Sahu S. K. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 27 205-217 (2025)
  • Climate change and tourism: Assessing the nexus and climate-related disasters in diverse economies by Ghosh A., Kayal P. , Bagchi P. Journal of Cleaner Production Online First 14197- (2024)
  • IFDI, OFDI, and divestment: a global level analysis by Sahu S. K., Bagchi P. Journal of Social and Economic Development 25 72-100 (2023)
  • Waste from production: an analysis at the firm level by Sahu S. K., Bagchi P. Quality & Quantity 57 2641-2656 (2023)
  • Analysis of carbon productivity for firms in the manufacturing sector of India by Bagchi P. K., Sahu S. K., Kumar A. , Tan K. H. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 178 1-21 (2022)
  • An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Power Sector of India by Sahu S. K., Manaloor V. , Bagchi P. Energy RESEARCH Letters 3 - (2022)

Principal Investigator

  • The Conundrum Between Choice of Fuels and Energy Poverty: A Socioeconomic Analysis for Rural West Bengal Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC)

Ph. D. Students

Neha Kumari Mishra

Area of Research: Development Economics

Sritama Kar

Area of Research: Industrial Ecology