Faculty at School of Management and Entrepreneurship

Sujana Kabiraj

Sujana Kabiraj

Associate professor

School of Management and Entrepreneurship


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My primary research interests include economic growth, regional economics, convergence, and the Indian economy. My current research focuses on growth and convergence in Indian districts using satellite night light data.

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Louisiana State University, USA, August 2017 Dissertation Title: “Essays on Regional Development in India” advised by Dr. Areendam Chanda
  • M.Sc. in Economics, Louisiana State University, USA, May 2014
  • M.A in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India, June 2010
  • B.Sc. in Economics, Calcutta University, India, July 2008

  • July 2025 – current Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University, India
  • August 2023 – June 2025 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA
  • August 2017 – August 2023 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA
  • April 2011 – July 2012 Research Associate, Indian School of Business, India
  • September 2010 – March 2011 Project Associate, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India

Graduate Certificate in Econometrics, Louisiana State University (Fall 2015)

  1. Jha, K., Joshi, S. & Kabiraj, S. Do racist attitudes and behaviors impede economic growth? Cross-national and regional evidence. Public Choice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-025-01263-8
  2. Bandyopadhyay, , Kabiraj, S., & Majumder, S. (2023). Subnational governments and COVID management. Economic Modelling, 124, 106299.
  3. Chanda, , & Kabiraj, S. (2020). Shedding light on regional growth and convergence in India. World Development, 133, 104961.
  1. Kabiraj, S. (2020). Analyzing the Sources of Misallocation in Indian Manufacturing: A Gross-Output Asian Development Review, 37(2), 134-166.

 

Invited Presentations

  1. Open Seminar Series, QuaRCS Network, Japan, September 2021
    Title: Shedding Light on Regional Growth and Convergence in India
  1. Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, January 2020
    Title: Shedding Light on Regional Growth and Convergence in India
     
  2. Central Wisconsin Economic Research Bureau (CWERB), Stevens Point, December 2018
    Title: Economic Growth Patterns in Wisconsin: The View from Outer Space

Select Conference Presentations

  1. Southern Economic Association (SEA) Meetings, New Orleans, November 2023
    Title: Regional growth and heterogeneous convergence in India
  1. Wisconsin Economic Association (WEA) Meetings, Stevens Point, October 2022
    Title: Racist Attitudes and Economic Growth
  1. Ahmedabad University’s 3rd Economics Conference, India, March 2022
    Title: Effect of Credit Supply Shock on Growth: Evidence from India
  2. Southern Economic Association (SEA) Meetings, Atlanta, November 2021
    Title: Racist Attitudes and Economic Growth
  1. Wisconsin Economic Association Meetings, Stevens Point, November 2021
    Title: Performances in COVID-19 Management Across Countries: Do Sub- national Finances Matter?
  1. Wisconsin Economic Association, Stevens Point, November 2019
    Title: Economic Growth Patterns in Midwest: A View from Outer Space
  1. Southeastern International Development Economics Workshop (SIDEW), Atlanta, March 2017
    Title: Local Growth and Convergence in India (2000-2010)
  1. Southern Economic Association (SEA) Meetings, Washington DC, November 2016
    Title: Local Growth and Convergence in India (2000-2010)

  1. Journal of Asian Economics, 2024
  2. Asian Economic Journal, 2023
  3. Journal of Economic Growth, 2022
  4. The Journal of International Development, 2020, 2021
  5. SN Business & Economics, 2021
  6. Economic Inquiry, 2020
  7. Asian Development Review, 2020
  8. Economic Modelling, 2019
  9. Journal of International Development, 2019
  10. Journal of Labor Research, 2016