Faculty at School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- B.A.(Eco.)-1973, St. Stephens College, Delhi University
- M.A. (Eco.)-1975, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University,
- Ph.D. (Eco)--1982, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
- 1975-1985- Asst. Prof. of Economics, Delhi University.
- 1985-2017- Prof., Deptt. of Economics, CITD, SIS, JNU
- 2016-2017—Dean, School of International Studies, JNU
- 2017-Nov. 2022- Vice Chancellor and Prof. of Economics, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (deemed university), Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
International Trade, Development Economics
- 2017- Kautilya award for Best Economist for the year 2017, Uttar Pradesh Economics Association.
- April, 2022 - Distinguished Alumnus award, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University.
- Member, Board of Management, Hyderabad Central University,
- Member, Board of Management, IGIDR, Mumbai,
- Member, Governing Body, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University
- Terms of Trade, Welfare and Growth in an Open Monetary Economy-- Economic Record,June 1982.
- A financial Model of the Multinational Corporation--Indian Economic Review,Dec.1989.
- On Export Diversification and Earnings Instability: Theory and Evidence---with S.K.Das, Indian Economic Journal, Jan-Mar,1989.
- Technical Progress, Tariffs and Welfare in a Model of Monopolistic Competition-- with S.K.Das,presented at a seminar at the University of Sussex, May,1988. Indian Economic Review,Vol.XXVI, Jan-Jun,1991.
- The Green Revolution and Agricultural Growth: A Micro-Theoretic Approach - with S.K.Das, Sept.1988. Presented at a National Seminar at the University of Calcutta,India in Mar.1989, Journal of Quantitative Economics,Vol.7,No.1,1991.
- Foreign Collaborations, Foreign Investment and Taxation of Foreign Companies in India-- Working paper no.11, 1991,National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India.
- Export performance, Transnational Corporations and the Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of India-- Indian Economic Review, v.XXVIII,no.1, Jan-June,1993.
- Internal Liberalisation and Entry in a General Equilibrium Model with Oligopoly, Vol.32,No.2, Kieo Economic Studies, 1996
- " Setting Priorities in Forest Research ", with J.C. Nautiyal and William Gamble, World Bank-Indian Council of Forestry Research and Extension, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India, July, 1996.
- " India’s Rupee Devaluation, Trade Balance and Unemployment : A Producer Theory Approach", with Prof. S.K.Das, Journal of Asian Economics, v8, No. 1,1996, pp. 51-66.
- “Forecasting Exchange Rates: A Times Series Analysis”, paper presented at the Conference of the International Statistical Association, India International Centre, Dec 30—Jan 2, 2001.
- “ Millenium Round of Trade Negotiations: A Developing Country Perspective”, International Studies, July-Sept,2002.
- “ Does Openness Promote Competition—A Case Study of Indian Manufacturing”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XL, NO. 39, Sept. 24, 2005.
- “ Incentives for Attracting FDI in South Asia: A Survey”, with Prof. S.K.Das, International Studies, V. 43, no.1, Jan-Mar, 2006.
- Measuring Market Imperfection in the Manufacturing Sector: A Case Study of India” (with S.K.Das), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, vol. 15, No.1., March 2006.
- “ India and the WTO: Time to Identify Offensive Interests”, Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol. 1, NO.4, Oct-Dec,2006.
- “Report on Competition in Indian Manufacturing Sector: Pesticides and Cement Industries”, Competition Research Studies Series, Competition Commission of India, New Delhi, March, 2007.
- “Insider Ownership and Firm value: Evidence from the Indian Corporate Sector”, Economic and Political Weekly” ,Vol. XLII, No. 16, April2007.
- “North Eastern Region: Vision 2020”, (co-author), Ministry for the Development of the North East Region, Government of India, May, 2008.
- Financial Intermediation and Employment--- with P. Roy Chowdhury and Gurbachan Singh--- Review of Market Integration, vol. 1. ,no. 1, Jan-April, 2009.
- “Does Regionalism Hinder Multilateralism: A Case Study of India”, with Amit Sadhukhan, Journal of Economic Integration, v.24, no.2, June, 2009.
- “Should South Africa Join the SADC-EPA?”, Trade Negotiating Insights, Vol.9, No.1, Feb. 2010, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Brusells, Belgium.
- “ Corporate Governance, Competition and Firm Performance: Evidence from India”, with M. Pattanayak, Journal of Emerging market Finance, v.9,no.3, December, 2010.
- “Regional Trading Arrangements and Developing Countries: Understanding the Phenomena”, International Studies, v.47 (2-4), April-Oct.,2010.
- Barua A. and Pant, M., “Trade and wage inequality: A Specific Factor Model with Intermediate Goods, International Review of Economics and Finance 33 ,pp.172– 185, Sept. 2014.
- Sanghita M. and Pant, M,” FDI and Firm Competitiveness: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing “, Economic and Political Weekly, September, 20, 2014 vol XlIX no.38, pp. 56-64.
- -Manoj Pant and Arun K. Attri, “Index of Industrial Production: Coincident Indicators and Forecasting “, Economic and Political Weekly (special article), Vol. LIII No. 17, April 28, 2018, pp.97-104.
- Manoj Pant and Anusree Paul, “ Why do Developing Countries Contract FTAs: A Case Study of India”, Journal of Economic Integration, vol. 33, NO.3, September,2018, pp.538-571.
- Sugandha Huria and Manoj Pant- “Foreign Direct Investment, Welfare and Wage Inequality in a Small Open Economy: Theory and Empirics, Indian Economic Review, October 16, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-018-0025-z
- Sugata Marjit, Manoj Pant and Sugandha Huria, “Unskilled Immigration, Technical Progress and Wages- Role of the Household Sector”, Review of International Economics, Oct. 8, 2019.
- Manoj Pant and Sanghita Mondal, “FDI Spillovers on Technical Efficiency of Indian Manufacturing Firms”, Economic and Political Weekly, Feb. 15, 2020, pp.42-49.
- Manoj Pant and Sugandha Huria, “Quantification of Service Trade Restrictions”, Economic and Political Weekly, March 5, 2022, pp.49-57. Manoj Pant and Sugandha Huria, “Cost-reducing technologies and labour supply in a Krugman-type model where consumption is time-constrained: Some New Results.”, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Feb. 2023. .
- Foreign Direct Investment in India: The Issues Involved, Lancer Books, New Delhi, India, 1995.
- Indian Economy in Transition: Environment and Development Issues (ed.) with, M. Agarwal, S.K.Das and A.Barua. Har-Anand Publications, New Dehi, India, 1998.
- India’s Foreign Economic Policy and the Way of Reinforcing Economic Cooperation Between Korea and India (ed), with Tae Hwan Yoo, Yoon Jung Choi and V. Balaji, Korea Institute of Economics and Policy, South Korea, 2005.
- Evolution of the Indian Economy since 1991: Parrot Reads Publishers, New Delhi, 2010
- FDI in India: History, Policy and the Asian Perspective- with Deepika Srivastava, Orient Blackswan, 2015. 2nd edn, 2017.
Chapters in books.
Sanghita Mondal and Manoj Pant, “ Firm Capabilities and Productivity Spillovers from FDI:Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms, in Globalisation of Technology (ed), N.S.Siddharthan and K. Narayanan, Springer, India, 2018.
- Foreign Direct Investment and the Developing Countries-- in The Global Economy (ed.), A.Barua, Lancer Publications, New Delhi, India, 1992.
- " Balancing Environment, Efficiency and Equity Issues in Research: Case Studies in Forestry", in Indian Economy in Transition: Environment and Development Issues (ed.), M.Agarwal et.al., Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 1999
- "Japanese FDI in India: A Behavioural Study", in Japan-South Asia: Security and Economic Perspective, (ed.), K.V. Kesavan and L.Verma, Lancer Books, New Delhi, 2000.
- 'Why the case for a Multilateral Agreement on Investment is Weak", with P.Nunnenkamp, Working Paper no. 400, Kiel Institute for World Economics, 24105 Kiel, Germany, February, 2003 published in Bridging the Differences (ed.)—Alan Winter and P.Mehta, CUTS, Jaipur, September, 2003.
- “Indo-US Trade Relations: A Strategic Approach”, in India-US Relations: Addressing the Challenges of the 21st Century, (ed), N.S. Sisodia, Peter R. Lavoy, C. Samuel and Robin Walker, Magnum Books Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, India, Sept., 2008.
- Does Openness Promote Competition: A Case Study of Indian Manufacturing
- ”,with Manoranjan Pattanayak, in Readings in Indian Agriculture and Industry (ed), K.L.Krishna and Uma Kapila, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2009.
- “The Developing Countries and Trade Negotiations: A Developing Country Perspective”, in The WTO and India: Issues and Negotiating Strategies,(ed.) A.Barua and Rbert M.Stern, Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd, India, 2010.
- Trade Liberalisation, Export Diversification and Growth--with S.K.Das. In Liberalisation,Industrial Structure and Growth (ed) by Ashok Guha,Oxford University Press,Delhi,1990.
- “North Eastern Region: Vision 2020”, (co-author), Ministry for the Development of the North East Region, Government of India, May, 2008.
- “India and the BRICS countries: Issues of Trade and Technology”, in BRICS: Trade Policies, Institutions and Areas of Deepening Cooperation, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, IIFT Bhavan, New Delhi, March 2013.
- India-Pakistan Trade: An Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Sector””- (with Devyani Pande), in India-Pakistan Trade Normalisation::The Unfinished Economic Agenda (ed).Taneja, Nisha and Dayal, Isha, Springer, New Delhi, Germany, December 2016.
- Capabilities and Productivity Spillovers from FDI: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms”, (with Sanghita Mondal) in Globalisation of Technology, (ed.) by Siddharthan N.S. and Narayanan,K., Springer, India, 2017.
- Sanghita Mondal and Manoj Pant, “ Firm Capabilities and Productivity Spillovers from FDI:Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms, in Globalisation of Technology (ed), N.S.Siddharthan and K. Narayanan, Springer, India, 2018.
- Trade Theories and Their Relevance to South-South Trade-- Dec. 1987, Presented at a faculty Seminar, National University of Singapore, Feb. 1988.
- "TRIPS,TRIMS and the Uruguay Round: India's Threat Perceptions," Paper presented at an International Conference on Challenges of Development, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, April 17-18, 1995.
- “Forecasting Exchange Rates: A Times Series Analysis”, paper presented at the Conference of the International Statistical Association, India International Centre, Dec 30—Jan 2, 2001.
- “ South Korean FDI in India: A Behavioural Analysis”, paper presented at the NCAER-KIEP Seminar, Seoul, South Korea, July 30-31,2003
- “ Millenium Round of Trade Negotiations: A Developing Country’s Perspective”, paper presented at International Conference on Concerns of the developing Countries in the WTO Regime, ICAI-UNCTAD Conference, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, August 2001, New Delhi, India.
- Seminars on EU-India Trade Network In Brussels, Geneva and Washington sponsored by CUTS and European Commission, Feb. 2002, Feb. 2003 and March,2003.
- “ Services and the WTO: Case of Higher Education”, World Bank sponsored seminar, Bangalore, Mar, 2003.
- South Korean FDI in India: A Behavioural Study”, presented at International Seminar in Seoul. South Korea sponsored by Korean Institute for Economic Policy, South Korea and NCAER, India, July 29-31, 2003.
- “ India’s Post Cancun Concerns”, lecture at a Conference in London, U,K., Feb. 19,2004 sponsored by the Consumer Association of the UK.
- “India’s Competition Policy: An Exploratory Study”, paper presented at a Conference sponsored by TRALAC and IDRC, Cape Town, South Africa, Mar. 16-17, 2004.
- “ The Role of Universities for Policy Advice and their capacity to Relate Academic Research to Political Needs”, presented at UNCTAD XI Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 17, 2004.
- “ FDI in South Asia: Understanding the Issues”, paper presented at a workshop of the Virtual Institute, UNCTAD, Geneva, July 10-16, 2005
- “GATS: The Case of Education in India”, UNCTAD-Government of India conference on “Pre-Hong Kong Ministerial Consultations”, New Delhi, India, Aug 8-9, 2005.
- “Measuring Market Imperfection in Manufacturing Sector: Theory and Evidence from IIndia”, with S.K.Das presented at the ASSA Conference in Boston, USA, Jan. 6, 2006.
- “ Alternative Sources of Funding the Millenium Development Goals”, presented at UN Secy. General Colloquium, Princeton University,USA, Feb. 14-16, 2006.
- Multilateral Trade Negotiations:Coalitions and Developing Countries”, delivered at UNCTAD Training Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda, Institute for International Trade and Development, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 12-Dec 1,2006.
- “ Global Recession and its Impact on the Real estate Sector”, International Seminar, organized by Iskan Investment Company and Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Feb. 28, 2009, Muscat, Oman.
- “Should South Africa Join the SADC-EPA?”, Trade Negotiating Insights, Vol.9, No.1, Feb. 2010, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Brusells, Belgium.
- “Why Do Developing Countries Contract RTAs?”, Conference of UNCTAD and University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 2-4, 2010.
- “ Anti Trust and the Civil Aviation Industry in India”, Chair and presenter at Second International Conference on Current Developments in Air & Space Law, National Law University, New Delhi, India, Nov. 13-14,2010.
- “ Understanding RTAs and the Indian Context: An Analytical Study”, Special Address at Conference on Korea-South Asia Cooperation in an Era of Rising South Asia, organized by Korea Institute of Economic Policy, Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 25, 2010.
- “Indian Economic Reforms: Second Stage Imperatives”, Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea, Dec.9-10, 2011.
- “RTAs: IS BRICS Trade Sustainable? “, National Conference, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai, Oct. 23, 2013.
- “Why do Developing Countries contract FTAs?”, paper presented at an international conference on “Indo-Japan Economic Partnership Amidst the Trend for Mega FTAs”, Tokyo, Japan, March 27, 2014 organised by ICRIER, India and Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan.
- “FDI in Developing Countries: The main Concerns”, lecture to bureaucrats of 18 developing countries, -- Foreign Services Institute ,New Delhi, March 2015.
- “Trade Policy in Developing Countries” -lecture to delegates of Myanmar, June 9, 2015, Research and Information Studies for Developing and Non-Aligned Countries (RIS), Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
- “ASEAN 2015 and the Way Forward”, paper presented at the Fourth Roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think-Tanks (AINTT), August 7-8, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- “PPP in India-History and Problems”, paper presented at ADBI-ERIA Conference, Tokyo, April 25, 2016.
- “Food Security and Sustainable Development”, Keynote address, International Symposium on Sustainable Development, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dacca, Bangladesh, Nov. 16, 2016.
Columnist for Economic Times, 9192-2010. Column “Occasional papers”, articles in Financial Express, Mint ,Business Standard etc
- Economic Advisor to Govt. of Nagaland, 2001-2010
- Expert, Committee on Trade and Environment, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, 2002-03
- Consultant, Competition Commission of India.
- Member, Consultative Committee on External Sector, Planning Commission, Government of India, 2004.
- Member, Technical Committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India for WTO and Trade in Educational Services
- Chairman, Project Review Committee of Department For Scientific and Industrial Research for Centre for International Trade in Technology, IIFT, New Delhi, 2005-2007.
- 1988-89.India's Trade Policies:Theory and Practice. Sponsored by Ford Foundation and The Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations.
- 1990-91--- Consultant (Senior Fellow), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,New Delhi. Project relating to a study of Taxation of Foreign Companies.
- Fall 1993-- Fulbright Scholar, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA and Columbia University, New York, USA. August to November,1993 Project relating to U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in India.
- Jan- June 1994-- Project on "FDI in India: A Comparative Study", prepared for a USAID sponsored project.
- June-Dec.1995-- Project on " An Alternative Strategy of Development for NorthEast India", sponsored by International Development Research Council for India (IDRC), Canada.
- May, 1996-May, 1997. Project on "Research Priority Setting in Forestry Research", World Bank-ICFRE, India.
- Oct.- Nov. 1997, Project on " Social and Educational Impact of Zoos in North India", for Central Zoo Authority, Government of India, New Delhi.
- Project Director, SBI Project, Forecasting Financial variables, March 2000 onwards.
- April-May,2001— Socio-Economic Evaluation of Forestry Projects, ICFRE-World Bank, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
- The MAI and the WTO: The Prospects of Multilateralism",Aug. 2002April,2003.Funded by CUTS, Jaipur, India and Institute for Development Studies,Sussex, UK.
- Promoting Competition in the manufacturing Sector—sponsored by the Competition Commission of India, 2006-2008.
- “Should South Africa join the SADC-EPA?”—study conducted for DFID-London, March, 2010
- District Human Development Reports for three districts of Nagaland—, Govt. of Nagaland, May 2011.
- India and the BRICS Countries: Issues of Trade and Technology, Aug-Dec,2011, for CWTOS and Ministry of Commerce, Govt. Of India.
- Normalizing India-Pakistan Trade - Case Study of The Pharmaceutical Industry- Aug 2013-March, 2013, ICRIER, New Delhi.
- District Human Development Reports for eight districts of Nagaland—, Govt. of Nagaland, January, 2014.
- Impact of the Free Trade Agreements on the Manufacturing Sector in India: Analysis of Selected issues—Lead author for the study conducted by the Association for Environment and Development Research (AEDR), New Delhi commissioned by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), GOI, New Delhi, Aug 1, 2014Dec. 31, 2014.
- India’s Free Trade Agreements: A Quantitative Study of the ASEAN, Japan and South Korean Agreements- Centre for WTO Studies, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India- March-June, 2015
- Assessing the Impact of the EPCG Scheme on India’s Exports and the Capital Goods Sector, Centre for WTO Studies, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, JuneAugust, 2015.
- Evaluating India-Asean RTA- For Ceentre for WTO Studies, Min. of Commerce, IIFT, Dec. 2015.
- Foreign Investment and Investment Regimes: A Case Study of China, Centre for WTO Studies, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, October, 2016.
- Evaluating STRIs for Countries: A Critical Analysis of the OECD technique, for Ministry of Commerce, GOI, 2018
- “Global Growth and EMEs-Why Developing Countries Matter”, paper presented at an Internattional Conference, Delhi School of Economics, Dec. 2022.