Our Faculty

  • Assistant Professor (Grade – II)

Renjith R

Assistant Professor (Grade – II)
  •  PhD in Economics from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
  •  Masters in Economics from Central University of Kerala (CUK)
  •  Bachelors in Economics from St.Pius X College affiliated to Kannur University

Dr. Renjith R is working as Assistant Professor of Economics in Indian Institute of Management Ranchi. His area of interest includes Economic Geography, Foreign Direct investment and Industrial Economics. His research papers have been published in different national and international journals.

Teaching Areas

  • Microeconomics
  • Industrial Economics
  • International Finance and Trade

Research Area

  • Economic Geography
  • Industrial Economics
  • International Finance and Trade

Publications

    Publication:
  • Renjith Ramachandran, Subash Sasidharan, and Nadia Doytch (2020). Foreign Direct Investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from India., Economic Systems, 44(4),100777 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2020.100777
  • Renjith Ramachandran, Ketan Reddy, and Subash Sasidharan (2020). Agglomeration and productivity: Evidence from Indian manufacturing., Studies in Microeconomics, 8(1) 75-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/2321022220923211
  • Renjith Ramachandran, and Subash Sasidharan, (2021). Colocation of Formal and Informal Manufacturing and Firm Performance: Evidence from India., The Indian Economic Journal (Accepted)
    • Working Papers:
  • Renjith Ramachandran, and subash Sasidharan, (2020). FDI agglomeration In India: Role of country of origin and industry peers. Working Paper
    • Conference Presentation:
  • Presented a paper titled “Foreign Direct Investment and industrial agglomeration:Evidence from India” at 12thWorld Congress of Regional Science International Association hosted by BITS Pilani, Goa, 29th May to 1st July 2018.
  • Presented a paper titled “Foreign Direct Investment and industrial agglomeration:Evidence from India” at Global Conference on Economic Geography, hosted by Cologne University, Germany on 24-28 July 2018.
  • Invited for the Seminar series of IGIDR, Mumbai on the topic “Spatial distribution of Foreign Direct Investment and industrial agglomeration in India”
  • Presented a paper titled “Agglomeration and productivity: Evidence from Indian manufacturing” at workshop on ’Growth and Productivity of Indian Economy: Contemporary Issues’, hosted by Delhi School of Economics, on 11-12 February 2019.
  • Presented a paper titled “FDI Agglomeration in India: Role of country of origin and industry peers” in the Lipsey Panel Sessions at the 15th Western International Economic Association Conference, hosted by Keio University, Tokyo, on 21-24 March 2019.
  • Presented a paper titled “Coagglomeration of Formal and Informal Sector and Productivity: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector” in the 56th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), hosted by Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, on 8-10 January 2020.
    • Workshops/Schools/Internships:
  • Certificate programme on Advance panel data and time series models hosted by IFMR, Chennai, 9-12 January 2016.
  • Econometric modeling of human development and capabilities conducted by IIT Madras, 4-6 February 2016.
  • Workshop on Modern approaches of analysing panel data, hosted by IIT Madras, 10 April 2016.
  • RIS-EXIM Bank Summer school on International trade theory and practices, hosted by RIS, Delhi, 19-24 June 2017.