Shekhar Tokas

Affiliation

Assistant Professor , School of Global Affairs
Deputy Director , International Affairs Division

Email

shekhar@aud.ac.in

Orcid

0000-0001-8470-3392

Qualification

Qualification	College/ University/Institution	Year
Ph.D. (Economics)	Jawaharlal Nehru University	2017
M.Phil. (Economics)	Jawaharlal Nehru University	2011
M.A. Economics	Jamia Millia Islamia	2008
B.A. (Hons.) Economics	Hansraj College, University of Delhi	2006

Past Experience

Institute	Designation	Course/Subject/ Other Responsibilities	Year
Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University (SGTU), Gurugram, Haryana	Assistant Professor	To UG and PG Students: Managerial Economics, Economics of Education, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Health Economics and Indian Economy. Other Responsibilities/Work: Member- NEP 2020 Implementation Committee, Member- Committee on Institutional Development Plan, Member- Task Force on Weekly Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue, University Coordinator - Coursera for Campus Learning, Co-convener – SYNERY 2022 –Annual Tech Fest.	2020 – 2023
Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi	Assistant Professor	Economics of Migration	2023
Delhi Technological University (DTU)	Assistant Professor	Development Economics I and II	2019-2020
NCWEB, University of Delhi	Assistant Professor	Macroeconomics	2019-2020
University of Delhi, Ambedkar College	Assistant Professor	Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Data Analysis, Research Methodology, and Understanding Union Budget and Economic Survey	2017-2019
University of Delhi, Kalindi College	Assistant Professor	Microeconomics	2012
IMDS, JNU in collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (SPFL), Switzerland	Research Assistant	Report Writing and Survey	2011-2012
United Nation Conference on Trade and Development, New Delhi (UNCTAD)	Intern	Data Extraction and Representation	2007

Area of Expertise

Teaching: Economics of Migration, Economics of Education, Development Economics, Public Economics, Urban Economy and Labour, Urban Management and Finance, and Research Methodology.
Research Expertise: International Migration of Students and Knowledge Workers, Human Capital Investment: Education, Health and Migration, and Internationalization of Higher Education (IoHE).
Research Interest: Forced Migrant Students, Urban Refugees, and Migration, Urbanization and Marginalization.

Awards

Awarded Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), 2015.
Qualified UGC NET in Economics, 2012.
Awarded Certificate of Patronage by United Nations (UN).

Publications

Mapping ICT-based internationalization of Indian higher education: Evidence from the National Capital Region of India. AIP Conf. Proc. 8 October 2024; 3220 (1): 030026, (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0234945
The relationship between economic freedom and growth: Evidence from the Next Eleven (N-11) countries. Journal of Social Economics Research, 2024, 1(2), 188–199, (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.18488/35.v11i2.3664
Democracy and child mortality: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Asian Development Policy Review, 2024, 12(2), 91–99, (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.55493/5008.v12i2.4996
A Systematic Literature Review of Digital Transformation through E-commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises. Empirical Economics Letters, 2024, 23(December Special Issue 2), 187–204 (ABDC indexed).
Thinking Bharatiya, Acting Vaishwik in Internationalization of Higher Education, HRC Journal of Economics and Finance, 2024, 2(1), 37-42. https://www.hansrajcollege.ac.in/uploads/researchinnovation/callforpapersposter/issue1_vol2/Paper%204.pdf
Teachers’ preparedness and professionalism for online teaching during COVID-19: Evidence from India. 2024, AIP Conf. Proc. 2909 (1): 120001, (Scopus) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0182114
Non-Economic Motivations behind International Student Mobility: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Journal of International Students, 2023, School of Education, University of Louisiana, USA (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13i2.4577
Does Economic Freedom Promote Financial Development? Evidence from the EU Countries, Statistics in Transition, 2023. Published jointly by the Polish Statistical Association (PTS) and Statistics Poland (GUS), (Scopus). https://sit.stat.gov.pl/Article/758
Aspirations of Health Professionals in India for Migration Abroad: A Pre-Covid and Covid-time Comparison of Nurses, book chapter in India Migration Report 2022: Health-Professionals-Migration, Routledge: Taylor & Francis, 2022. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003315124-11/aspirations-health-professionals-india-migration-abroad-binod-khadria-shekhar-tokas?context=ubx&refId=c5f8eda3-365b-4bf4-aeb9-7cc646f39424 (Scopus).
Institutional Quality and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the EU Countries, Economics and Business Letters, Vol 11, Issue 2, June 2022, Published by University of Oviedo Spain, (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.11.2.2022.70-78
Dynamics of India as an Emerging Destination for International Students, Educational Quest, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 103-120, April 2017, ISSN-0976-7258 (UGC).
Education and Social Capital, Learning Community, Vol.7, No.3, December 2016, pp. 257-266, ISSN No. 09763201 (UGC).
International Students in India: Access to Sustainable Education, International Migration and Diaspora Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Vol No. 97, September, 2016, pp.1-14, ISSN No. 0976271X.
Nature, Changing Perspectives and Financing in Higher Education, RESEARCHPAEDIA, Vol. 2 No.2, July 2015, pp.40-49, ISSN 2347-9000 (UGC).
Neo-liberalism and Marketization of Higher Education, NAM TODAY, Vol. XXXV, No.3, March 2015, pp. 22-26, ISSN 2347-3193 (UGC).
Motivations of International Students: Augmenting the Human Capital Framework, NAM TODAY, Vol. XXXIV, No.2, January 2014, pp.36-40, ISSN 2347-3193 (UGC).

Unpublished Work

PhD thesis ‘International Students in India: A Study of Motivations and Mobility Experiences’, 2017, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
M.Phil. Dissertation ‘Policies and Practices in Immigration of Foreign Students in India: Case Studies Covering Three University Areas in Delhi’, 2011, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Other Academic Documents

NEP 2020 Implementation - Thematic Concept Paper: Theme: Quality: Sub-theme: Capacity Building of Faculty, Education Department, Government of Haryana, 2021.
Policy document on NEP Implementation Strategies, SGT University, 2021.
Institutional Development Plan (IDP), SGT University, 2020.
Sample Scheme for Choice Based Credit System under University Umbrella – NEP 2020, SGT University, 2020.
Course Curriculum for BA Liberal Arts, SGT University, 2022.
Course Curriculum for BA (H) Economics with specialization in Health Policy and Research, SGT University, 2020.

Seminar/Conferences

Presented a paper on A bibliometric analysis of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Trends and Insights at the 7th International Conference on ICT Integration in Technical Education (ETLTC2025), The University of Aizu, Japan (2025, January).
Invited for an expert talk on Comparative Perspective on Internationalization of Higher Education, at Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA (15th February, 2024).
Invited as a distinguished speaker on Universities of the Future: A Global Partnership for Social Justice and Sustainable Development, at World Universities Summit (Virtual), O.P Jindal Global University, Sonepat (19-20th February, 2024).
Presented a paper on Internationalizing Higher Education in the Context of NEP 2020: A Study of Stakeholders and Institutional Readiness in Delhi NCR at International Seminar on Internationalization of Higher Education, organized by NIEPA and British Council, Delhi (2024, February).
Presented a paper on Mapping ICT-based Internationalization of Indian Higher Education: Evidence from the National Capital Region of India at the 6th International Conference on ICT Integration in Technical Education (ETLTC2024), The University of Aizu, Japan (2024, January).
Invited as a speaker on Internationalizing Indian Higher Education: Tracing Evidences, Debating Myths and Pathways for Destination India, at Hansraj College, Delhi University, Delhi (10 April, 2023).
Invited as a distinguished speaker on Motivations and Mobility Experiences of International Students in India: An Evidence Based Approach to Internationalizing Indian Higher Education (IIHE), at Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (7th December, 2023).
Presented a paper on Internationalization of Higher Education and International Student Mobility to India: A Systematic Literature Review. Paper presented at Star Global Conference 2023: Transformative Education for an interconnected and Equitable World, Organized by STAR Scholars and University of Vigo UNESCO Chair, Spain (2023, October).
Participated as a speaker in a panel discussion of Internationalizing Indian Higher Education: Tracing Evidences, Debating Myths and Pathways for Destination India, at Hansraj College, University of Delhi, 10th April, 2023.
Participated as a speaker in the one week online FDP on Professional Skills and Intellectual Property Rights on the topic Migration and Innovation at SGT University Gurugram from 15th-19th May, 3023.
Participated in ALAP - Academic Leaders Alignment Programmme, organized by AICTE for Institutional and Academic Leaders, New Delhi, on 13-14th September 2022.
Participated as a speaker CARFMS22: Crisis and Forced Migration: Manifestations of power in a changing world, November 4, 2022. The 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) was hosted virtually in collaboration with The Human Rights Program at United College at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Participated as speaker in a webinar on Motivations and Mobility Experiences of International Students in India, organized by the Centre for Comparative and Global Education under the aegis of The International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) on 18th August 2022.
Participated in a two day conference on Gandhi's Concept of Education and NEP 2020, organized by SGT University on 20-21st July 2022 at Nehru Memorial Library.
Participated in a one day workshop on A constant state of flux: Ethnography, qualitative methods, and migration research in the post-Covid era organized by Border Criminologies, University of Oxford, 21st June 2022.
Participated as a speaker in the ‘iHED - International Higher Education Dialogue Conference 2022’ organized by AIU, GOI and DAAD, on ‘Short-Term Mobility and Investment in Social-Emotional Skills by International Students in India, 4th May 2022.
Attended Five-day's Online FDP on Design, Develop and Deliver Online/Blended Learning Courses from 4th April - 8th April, 2022 with NIEPA.

Organised

Coordinator, Higher Education Lecture Series - Expert Talk on Higher Education: Is it making us Civil? SGTU, 21st June, 2022.
Co-convener, Two-day Tech-Fest - SYNERGY, organized by SGT University, 10-12th November 2022.
University Coordinator, ‘Coursera for Campus' with Coursera as the University Coordinator on 17th August 2022, at SGT University.
University Coordinator, Workshop on ‘Start-up Manthan: Path to Entrepreneurship’ in collaboration with Delhi University on 27th May, 2022 at SGT University.
University Coordinator, Five-day's Online FDP on Design, Develop and Deliver Online/Blended Learning Courses from 4th April - 8th April, 2022 with NIEPA.
Coordinator, Expert Talk on ‘Building the Competencies of Teachers in Blended Teaching & Learning Environment: A Step-by-Step Practical Approach’, Prof. K Srinivas, NIEPA, 30th March, 2022.
Coordinator, ‘Campus to Corporate: Building Soft Skills’, on 29th April 2022, SGT University.
University Coordinator, ‘Master class on Profile Building & Networking Strategies’ with LinkedIn on 27th April, 2022.
Coordinator, One-day workshop on ‘Leveraging Coursera for Campus to Enhance Student Employability, on 11th March, 2022.
Coordinator, One-day ‘Workshop on Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Awareness and Emotional Fitness’ on 24th February 2022, SGT University.
Coordinator, Five-Day Workshop on Teaching Online: Modality, Design and Assessment, 16th-21st December 2020 at SGT University.
University Coordinator, Eight - One week Faculty Development Programme on Contemporary Socio-Economic and Teaching-Learning Methods, 12 October-12, December, 2020, at SGT University.
Coordinator, International Workshop on Education, Migration and Global Development Agendas: MDGs and SDGs, held on 18-19th February, 2016, JNU.
Coordinator, International Conference on ‘Globalization, Educational change and Reforms: Comparative Perspective’ organized by Comparative Education Society of India, held on 15th-17th November, 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Coordinator, International Workshop on Education, Migration and Global Development Agendas: MDGs and SDGs, held on 18-19 February, 2016, JNU.
Coordinator, International Conference on ‘Globalization, Educational change and Reforms: Comparative Perspective’ organized by Comparative Education Society of India, held on 15th-17th November, 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Projects

Co-Director, ICSSR Major Project - on Motivations and Experiences of International Students: An Evidence-Based Approach to Internationalization of Indian Higher Education, 14 lakhs (In-progress).
Co-Director, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Internal Grant for Major Project - on Motivations and Experiences of International Students: An Evidence-Based Approach to Internationalization of Indian Higher Education, approximately 13-15 lakhs - (In-progress).