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Indervir Singh

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Affiliation

  • Associate Professor , School of Liberal Studies

Email

    isingh@aud.ac.in

Orcid

ORCID:  0000-0003-4792-5564

 

Qualification

  • PhD in Economics from Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), 2019 Thesis title: Law, Social Norms and Contracts: A Few Essays
  • MPhil in Applied Economics from Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), 2009 Dissertation title: Social Norms and Individual Decision Making: An Empirical Investigation of Occupations in Punjab
  • MA in Economics from Punjabi University, Patiala, 2006

Past Experience

Area of Expertise

  • Law & Economics, Institutional Economics, Rural Informal Credit Market, Employment

Awards

 

Publications

Journal Articles

Chapter(s) in Edited Books

  • Baruah, A. & Singh, I. (2023). Gender-Caste Overlap and Employment Participation of Women in Rural Punjab. In BS Shergill & S. Mehta (Eds.), Challenges to Punjab Economy: A Regional Perspective from India. Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342304 (ISBN 9781003342304)
  • Baruah, A. & Singh, I. (2021). Employment Participation of Rural Women in Punjab: A Need for Policy Retrospect. In S. Singh, L. Singh & K. Vatta (Eds.), Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development: Emerging Public Policy Lessons for Indian Punjab (pp. 125-138). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4442-9_11 (ISBN: 978-981-16-4441-2)
  • Singh, I. (2016). Imperfect Information and Contract Enforcement in Informal Credit Market in Rural Punjab. In L. Singh and N. Singh (Eds.) Economic Transformation of a Developing Economy: The Experience of Punjab, India (pp. 183-214). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0197-0_9 (ISBN 978-981-10-0196-3)
  • Singh, I. (2013). Economics of Contract Law in India, In V. Santhakumar & S. Gangopadhyay (Eds.). Law and Economics: Practice, Volume II (pp. 51-76). Sage Publication, New Delhi. (ISBN: 9788132110095)
  • Sharma, R. & Singh, I. (2010). Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development of Agriculture: An Examination of Major Indian States. In S. S. Gill, L. Singh & R. Marwah (Eds.), Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the Asian Region (pp. 101-123). Routledge, New Delhi. (ISBN: 978-0-415-58144-8)

Other Articles

Seminar/Conferences

  • Paper titled “Whistleblower Incentives, Information Disclosure and Corruption” presented at the Sixth International Conference on Development and Governance in the BRICS organised by the Indian Institute of Management Raipur on 6-8 March 2024.
  • Paper titled “Gender Norms, Crime Against Women and Female Employment” presented in a session sponsored by the Internation Association for Feminist Economics at the ASSA 2024 Annual Meeting organised by the American Economic Association held on 5-7 January in San Antonio, Texas, USA (the paper was presented by Dr Ashapurna Baruah in offline mode)
  • Paper titled “Women in High-Skill Occupations in India”, presented at an International Conference on Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability organised by the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, in collaboration with the Society for Pathways to Sustainability on 29-30 November 2023 (the paper was presented by Ms Ankita in offline mode).
  • Presented paper titled, “Economic Analysis of Breach Remedies in Indian Contract Law” at a National Seminar on India's Economic Development and Self Reliance Since 1947 organised by the School of Economics in collaboration with DSW office, University of Hyderabad on 18-19 March 2022.
  • Presented paper titled, “An Enquiry into the Gender Differential of Workforce Participation Across Indian States” at an International Conference on Asian Development Experience in 21st Century organized by Planning Commission Chair, CDEIS, Punjabi University, Patiala and Association of Asia Scholars, New Delhi and held at Punjabi University, Patiala on 11-12 June 2019. (written with Ashapurna Baruah)
  • Presented paper titled, “Imperfect Information and Contract Enforcement in Rural Credit Market in Punjab” at International Conference on Rejuvenation of Punjab Economy held at Punjabi University, Patiala on 21-23 March 2014.
  • Presented paper titled, “Compulsory CSR: Good or Bad” at National Seminar on Economic Reforms in India held at Government P.G. College Dharamshala on 8-9 March 2014. (written with Kamal Singh)
  • Presented paper titled, “Nehruvian Vision of Development and Growth of Steel Industry in India” in a seminar on ‘Nehruvian Economic Philosophy and its Relevance to Contemporary India: A Revisit’ organized by Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh during 28-30 September 2012.
  • Presented paper titled, “Economic Analysis of Breach Remedies under Indian Contract Law” in the 8th Annual Conference of Asian Law and Economic Association (AsLEA) held at Shandong University (Jinan, China) during 11-12 July 2012.
  • Presented paper titled, “Peace Process and Economic Development: An Empirical Evidence from Indian States” at International Conference on Peace, Security and Economic Development in South Asia, 4-6 March 2011, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. (organized by Punjabi University, Patiala in collaboration with Association of Asian Scholars)
  • Presented paper titled, “Rule-Based Fiscal Control and Public Service Spending- Is there a Trade-off?”, at 7th Development Convention (supported by ICSSR), 20-22 February 2008, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad, India.

 

Projects

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • “Food and Nutritional Security among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Evidence from three Indian States.” sponsored by National Human Rights Commission (India) (PI: Dr Amit Kumar Basantaray, Co-PI: Dr. Indervir Singh]
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