{"id":178,"date":"2021-03-18T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:20:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:20:54","slug":"dr-debdulal-saha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.iisermohali.ac.in\/dept\/hss\/dr-debdulal-saha\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Debdulal Saha"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Name: <\/strong>Debdulal Saha<\/p>\r\n

Designation:  <\/strong>Assistant Professor (Economics)<\/p>\r\n

Email: <\/strong>debdulals@iisermohali.ac.in<\/a>, debdulals@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Telephone: <\/strong>+91-172-2240267<\/p>\r\n

Telefax: <\/strong> +91-172-2240266<\/p>\r\n

Mailing Address:<\/strong> 4F11, Academic Block-1, IISER Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector-81, Punjab-140306, India<\/p>\r\n

Websites<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

ORCiD<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\r\n

ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Ph.D. (Social Sciences), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai<\/p>\r\n

M.A. (Economics), University of North Bengal<\/p>\r\n

B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, University of North Bengal<\/p>\r\n

Employment<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus (June 2013- December 2020)<\/p>\r\n

Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Kassel, Germany (June-November 2012)<\/p>\r\n

Areas of Research<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Applied Labour Economics, Development Economics, Informal Economy, Organisational Economics, New Institutional Economics, Public Economics and Policy Studies.<\/p>\r\n

Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Principles of Economics (HSS646)<\/p>\r\n

Development Economics: Theory, Policy and Practice (HSS648)<\/p>\r\n

Public Policy (HSS650)<\/p>\r\n

Publications (Books and Journal Articles)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Books & Special Issue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

<\/i> Saha, Debdulal. (2017). Informal markets, livelihood and politics: Street vendors in urban India<\/em>. London & New York: Routledge.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i> Bhowmik, Sharit & Debdulal Saha. (2013). Financial inclusion of the marginalised: Street vendors in the urban economy<\/em>. New York & New Delhi: Springer.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i> Xaxa, Virginius, Debdulal Saha & Rajdeep Singha (Eds). (2019). Employment and labour market in northeast India: Interrogating structural changes<\/em>. London & New Delhi: Routledge.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i> Xaxa, Virginius, Debdulal Saha & Rajdeep Singha (Eds). (2017). Work, institutions and sustainable livelihood: Issues and challenges of transformation<\/em>. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i> Scherrer, Christoph & Debdulal Saha. (Eds.). (2013). The food crisis: Implications for labour<\/em>. Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal & Roychowdhury, Anamitra. (2021). (Guest Editors). COVID-19 crisis and its implications on the Indian labour market. Indian Economic Journal<\/em>, 69<\/em>(3): 369-590. (Special Issue<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n

Journal Articles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

<\/i> Saha, Debdulal.(2024). Effects of COVID-19 on Tea Plantation Workers in India: Issues of Labour Market Institutions, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics<\/i>. 10.1007\/s41027-024-00491-8 (Springer).<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

<\/i> Saha, Debdulal, Bhue, Chitrasen, & Sinha, Rajdeep. (2024). Rising wage theft in tea industry: Consequences of ineffective labor market institutions. Labor History, <\/em>65(1): 23-39. <\/span>10.1080\/0023656X.2023.2243472 (Taylor & Francis)<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Segbenya, Moses, Angela Dziedzom Akorsu, Francis Enu-Kwesi & Debdulal Saha. (2022). Organising as a catalyst for improving work conditions among informal quarry workers in Ghana. Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation<\/em>, 16<\/em>(2): 59-81. DOI: 10.13169\/workorgalaboglob.16.2.0059 (Pluto Journals)<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Segbenya, Moses, Angela Dziedzorm Akorsu, Debdulal Saha & Francis Enu- Kwesi. (2022). Exploring gendered perspectives on working conditions of solo self-employed quarry workers in Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences<\/em>, 8:1, 2098624, DOI: 10.1080\/23311886.2022.2098624. (Taylor & Francis)<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal & Roychowdhury, Anamitra (2021). Indian labour market in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: Issues, experiences and policy. Indian Economic Journal<\/em>, 69<\/em>(3): 369-376. (Editorial) (Sage)<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2020). Producer collectives through self-help: Sustainability of small tea growers in India. International Review of Applied Economics<\/em>, 34<\/em>(4): 471-490. (Taylor & Francis).<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Leubolt, Bernhard, Karin Fischer & Debdulal Saha. (2014). Targeting and universalism: Complementary or competing paradigms in social Policy? Insights from Brazil, India and South Africa. International Journal of Labour Research<\/em>, 6<\/em>(1): 75-94. (ILO, Geneva).<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2011). Collective bargaining for street vendors in Mumbai: Toward promotion of decent work. Journal of Workplace Rights<\/em>, 15<\/em>(3-4): 445-460. (Sage).<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2011). Working life of street vendors in Mumbai. Indian Journal of Labour Economics<\/em>, 54<\/em>(2): 301-325. (Springer).<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2010). Decent work for the street vendors in Mumbai\u2014A distant vision. Journal of Workplace Rights<\/em>, 14<\/em>(2): 229-250. (Sage).<\/p>\r\n

Chapters in Edited Books<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2022). Migration, Informality and COVID-19 Pandemic in India. In Chandan Kumar Sharma and Reshmi Banerjee (Eds.). Coronasphere: Narratives on COVID 19 from India and its Neighbours<\/em>, pp. 26-40. London & New York: Routledge.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal (2019). Occupational Health, Risk and Vulnerability: Conditions of Farm Labour on Independent Tea Plantations in India. In Christoph Scherrer and Katja Radon (Eds.), Occupational Safety and Health Challenges in Southern Agriculture, <\/em> 156-170, M\u00fcnchen: Rainer Hampp Verlag.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal, Rajdeep Singha & Padmini Sharma (2019). Beyond Standard Outcomes: State of Employment and Labour in Tea Industry of Assam. In Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha and Rajdeep Singha (Eds.), Employment and Labour Market in Northeast India: Interrogating Structural Changes<\/em>, London & New York: Routledge.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal, Virgnius Xaxa and Rajdeep Singha. (2019). Introduction. In Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha & Rajdeep Singha (Eds.) Employment and Labour Market in Northeast India: Interrogating Structural Changes<\/em>, London and New York: Routledge.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal (2018). Informalisation of Tea Labour: from Plantations to Small Tea Gardens. In Christoph Scherrer and Santosh Verma (Eds.), Decent Work Deficits in Southern Agriculture: Measurements,  Drivers and Strategies<\/em>, Mering (Germany): Rainer Hampp Verlag.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal, Virgnius Xaxa & Rajdeep Singha. 2017. Introduction. In Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha and Rajdeep Singha (Eds.), Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood: Issues and Challenges of Transformation<\/em>, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2016). Social Security for Urban Informal Workers: Street Vendors in Mumbai\u2019 in Anand Kumar, Ashish Kumar Das & Sarada Prasanna Das (Eds.), Chronic Poverty in India: Policy Issues and Challenges<\/em>, New Delhi: Vitasta Publications.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2014). Public Space and Livelihood Security in the Urban Economy: The Case of Street Vendors in Mumbai. In K. Fakier and E. Ehmke (Eds.), Socio-Economic Insecurity in Emerging Economies: Building New Spaces<\/em>, London & New York: Routledge Earthscan.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal. (2014). Decent Work for Urban Informal Economy: The case of Street Vendors in Mumbai. In Sharit Bhowmik (Ed.), The State of Labour: Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on Labour, <\/em>London & New Delhi: Routledge.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Saha, Debdulal & Christoph Scherrer. (2013). Introduction: The Neglected Labor Dimension. In Scherrer, Christoph & Saha, Debdulal (Eds.). The Food Crisis: Implications for Labor<\/em>, Mering (Germany): Rainer Hampp Verlag.<\/p>\r\n

Research Projects<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2022-2024: Project Director, “Employment, Digital Labour and Urban Precarity: Insights from Chandigarh, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai” (Major Project), funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi (Ongoing)<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2018-2020: Team Leader (TL), \u2018Study on Labour Influx under the Civil Works of Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART)\u2019, funded by World Bank and ARIAS Society, Government of Assam. Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2019: Principal Investigator (PI), \u2018Decent Work for Tea Plantation Workers in Assam: Constraints, Challenges and Prospects\u2019, funded by Oxfam Germany (ODE). Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2018-2019: Principal Investigator (PI), \u2018Social Impact Assessment on Corporate Social Responsibility\u2019, funded by ONGC, New Delhi. Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2016-2018: Scientific Project Leader (SPL), \u2018Value Chain and Decent Work: Study of Small Tea Growers in India\u2019, funded by International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD), University of Kassel, Germany. Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2015- 2017: Project Supervisor (PS), \u2018Multidimensional Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment Survey in Selected three Districts of Meghalaya, India\u2019, funded by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu (Nepal). Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2013 \u2013 2014: Researcher, \u2018Combating Inequality in Labour Market and Social Welfare Policies\u2019 funded by Hans-B\u00f6ckler-Stiftung and International Labour Organisation (ILO). Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2011: Project Coordinator, \u2018Financial Accessibility of Street Vendors: Cases of Inclusion and Exclusion\u2019, funded by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), N. Delhi. Completed.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  2009: Project Coordinator, \u2018Street Vending in Ten Cities in India\u2019 funded by National Alliance of Street Vendors in India (NASVI), New Delhi. Completed.<\/p>\r\n

Awards & Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Short-term Visiting Fellowship (23 November- 7 December 2015). University of Kassel funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012). International Centre for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, Germany.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Doctoral Fellow (2010-2012), International Centre for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, Germany.<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Visiting Ph.D. Scholar (February \u2013 March 2010), Research Institute of Law, Politics and Justice, University of Keele, United Kingdom (UK).<\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Visiting Doctoral Fellow (May 2009 \u2013 July 2009), University of Kassel, Germany under \u201cNew Passage to India\u201d<\/i> scheme of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).<\/p>\r\n

Position outside IISER Mohali<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

<\/i>  Associate Editor, Indian Economic Journal<\/em> (SAGE)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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