Course Offered: B.A. (Honours) Economics
The Department of Economics at LSR is a well-knit community of accomplished and highly committed teaching faculty and a very vibrant group of student body. The Department in its continual endeavour towards harmonizing excellence with inclusivity and equity draws strength from a dynamic teaching- learning process, where the faculty feels privileged to collaborate with its enthusiastic young scholars as they embark on an enriching and fulfilling life-long learning experience.
The Economics undergraduate programme provides a strong foundation in economic theory and quantitative tools of economic analysis. It also familiarises students with shifts in development paradigms with particular reference to the state of India’s people in pre- and post-independence period. The Department has its distinctive ethos where the faculty continually strives to walk as co-learners with the students on the path of knowledge building. The Department’s continuous emphasis on understanding the principles of Economics within a multidisciplinary framework has been a great motivator to its students to pursue their dreams and aspirations infused with a people-centric approach. These could involve admissions in prestigious institutions and placements in blue-chip companies. Many of them have also been engaged in diverse fields ranging from civil society to policy making through their education, research, field action and extension.
Economics Association Activities 2025- 2026
Lectures and Talks 
The Department of Economics organised enriching academic sessions throughout 2025–26. The Dr. Saroj Gupta Memorial Scholarship Programme (11 September 2025) featured a lecture by Dr. Niti Bhutani on Law and Economics. On 11 February 2026, Dr. Surjit Bhalla, Former Executive Director for India at IMF and Former Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM, delivered a session on the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. A Union Budget Analysis Session (6 February 2026), by Ms. Shubhi Singh, enabled students to engage with contemporary fiscal priorities. Ms. Inoshi Sharma, IRS
Officer, delivered a talk on “Role of Income Tax in Nation Building” on 19 March 2026.
Academic Conference
EconVista, the Department’s flagship annual conference, held on 14–15 October 2025, featured 10 offline competitions and drew over 10,000 registrations from students across India, with 200 participants invited on campus after rigorous selection. Themed “The Economics of Inclusion: Gender Equity and Technology as Drivers of India’s Development,” it was inaugurated with a keynote address by Ms. Mandakini Kaul, Regional Coordinator (South Asia), World Bank. The panel featured Dr. Lekha S. Chakraborty (Professor, NIPFP), Dr. S. P. Sharma (Chief Economist, NNRC), Ms. Mugdha Sinha, IAS (Managing Director, ITDC), Mr. Dipinder Sekhon (Founder, IKITES) and Ms. Supriya Malik (Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance), who collectively addressed policy, innovation and inclusive development.
The Department hosted a landmark International Conference on “Reimagining India’s Development: Growth, Equity and Sustainability in a Transforming Global Economy” on 7 April 2026. The conference opened with an address by Dr. Angela Lusigi, Resident Representative, UNDP and concluded with a keynote by Dr. Indermit Gill, Chief Economist, World Bank. Of over 400 submissions received from across India and abroad, including Kerala, Punjab, Bangladesh among others. 225 researchers across undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels, presented across eight parallel paper and poster presentation sessions spanning diverse themes, chaired by eminent faculty from institutions including the Delhi School of Economics and Jawaharlal Nehru University. The conference was marked by vibrant intellectual exchange and rigorous academic engagement.
Other Association Highlights
The Department’s student clubs contributed actively to academic life. The Finance, Investment and Crisis Understanding (FISCUL) Cell organised Monopoly Mania 3.0 and FISCUL Week 2026 featuring an IRS
officer session, a case competition and an academic visit to the DSE Policy Conclave. The Opportunities Cell hosted Sawaal Jawaab 4.0 and conducted regular UPSCfocused quizzes. The Mentored Research Forum held sessions on Research Methodology and Python and published articles on its blog, Marginally Interesting. The EconWhiz Club (TEC) undertook Silaai se Badlaav, a research project with Singer India, alongside Brown Bag Sessions.
| Dr. Kakali Barua Associate Professor kakali26@gmail.com | Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Agrarian Economics, Labour Economics, Gender Economics, Political Economy, Poverty and Undernutrition Publications and other works click here |
| Ms.Reshmi Ganguly Associate Professor reshmiganguly4@gmail.com | Econometrics, Statistics, Microeconomics, Health Economy, Political Economy Publications and other works click here |
| Dr. Anjana Singh Assistant Professor (Teacher-in-charge) singhanjana91@yahoo.in | Macroeconomics and International Trade Publications and other works click here |
| Dr. Pooja Verma Assistant Professor pooja16eco@gmail.com | Macroeconomics and Indian economy. Publications and other works click here |
| Dr. Har Simrat Kaur Assistant Professor harsimratk.11@gmail.com | Economics of Health & Education, Public Economics, Microeconomics, Financial Economics & Data Analysis. Publications and other works click here |
| Ms. Himani Choudhary Assistant Professor himanichoudhary67@gmail.com | Macroeconomics and Economic Development. Publications and other works click here |
| Ms. Shubhi Singh Assistant Professor shubhisingh@lsr.du.ac.in | Econometrics, Statistics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Environmental Economics. Publications and other works click here |
| Ms. Surbhi Gupta Assistant Professor surabhigupta@lsr.du.ac.in | Game theory, Microeconomics, Mathematical Methods for Economics, Financial Economics, Statistical methods for Economics. Publications and other works click here |
| Dr. Kavita kavitavats112@gmail.com | International Migration, Development Economics Publications and other works click here |
| Dr. Kalpna Negi Assistant Professor kalpna.negi@lsr.du.ac.in | Indian Economy, Economic Development and Policy, Microeconomics, Data Analysis |
| Ms. Anupama Shashni Assistant Professor anupama.shashni@lsr.du.ac.in | Agricultural Economics, Public Policy, International Trade, Indian Economy, Microeconomics, Development Economics Publications and other works click here |
| Ms. Sangeeta Assistant Professor sangeeta@lsr.du.ac.in | Development Economics, Health Economics, Econometrics, International Trade, Microeconomics Publications and other works click here |
| Ms. Akanksha Assistant Professor akankshamann@lsr.du.ac.in | Law and Economics, Public Economics, Econometrics, Microeconomics, Indian Economy |
| Ms. Amrisha Bhardwaj Aggarwal amrisha@lsr.du.ac.in | Macroeconomics and Public Policy, Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Econometrics |
President – Seema Samanta
General Secretary – Akshita Singh
Treasurer – Aanya Kumar
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