My research area comprises intersection of Advanced Econometric Analysis, Experiment/Quasi Experiment Design, Big data, AI & ML and its use in Rural and Agricultural Finance, Development Policies and Sustainable Agribusiness and Rural Development.
My research focus includes following domain:
- -Fintech in Agribusiness and Rural Development-FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Inclusion, Digital Finance and Rural Economy, Rural Household Finance, Advanced Econometrics
-Big Data, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence-Farm/Non Farm Resource Optimization, Application of Big data Modeling, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence in Agribusiness and Sustainable Rural Development
-Rural and Agricultural Development Policies-Data Driven analysis and Policy Advocacy, Experiment/Randomized Control Trial (RCT) and Quasi-Experiment Research Design for Impact Assessments of Development Policies
-Performance Management of Financial Institutions;-Advanced Benchmarking Techniques and Performance Management of Banking and NBFCs, Role of Social-Network Modeling in Micro Credit Institutions, Quantitative Research Design for Risk Management in Banking and NBFCs
Research group/lab:https://arflab.co.in/
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Understanding factors influencing vegetable farmers choice of marketing channels in India by Bhunia S., Singh P.K. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1-19 (2025)
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Farm efficiency estimation using a hybrid approach of machine-learning and data envelopment analysis: Evidence from rural eastern India by Nandy A., Singh P.K. Journal of Cleaner Production 267 - (2020)
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Intelligent ESG portfolio optimization: A multi-objective AI-driven framework for sustainable investments in the Indian stock market by Gaurav A., Baishnab K., Singh P.K. Sustainable Futures 9 - (2025)
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Producer organizations in the last 25 years: a bibliometric analysis and meta-review of the literature by Bhunia S., Singh P.K. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 12 - (2025)
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Impact of COVID-19 trade suspension on price discovery in FPO-traded agri-derivatives by Baishnab K., Singh P.K. Journal of Modelling in Management 20 537-563 (2025)
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Circular Bio-Nutrient Economy: A Guide to Transforming Rural Indian Abattoirs into Sustainable Eco-Enterprises by Bhunia S., Singh P. K. 2025 AARES Conference - (2025)
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Does Participation in Formal Market Enhance Farm Profitability? Evidence from Eastern India Using a novel DEA-ESR approach by Singh P. K. 2025 AARES Conference - (2025)
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Investigating Price Volatility and Wealth Generation in FPO-Traded Derivative Market using GARCH approach by Baishnab K., Singh P. K. 2025 AARES Conference - (2025)
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Estimating Farmers Intention towards Institutional Credit Adoption by Using Extended Theory of Planned Behavior by Dey S., Singh P. K. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 1-21 (2023)
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Market participation, market impact and marketing efficiency: an integrated market research on smallholder paddy farmers from Eastern India by Dey S., Singh P.K. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 15 311-332 (2023)
- Co-Principal Investigator
Ph. D. Students
Anupama Sharma
Area of Research: Climate Resilient Water Economics
Bhabendra Kumar Dey
Area of Research: Digitization and Sustainability of Community Based Financial Systems
Saugat Das
Area of Research: Finance for Sustainable Rural & Agricultural Development
Suman Patra
Area of Research: Geospatial Flood Risk Analytics for Rural Finance Resilience
