Humanities

Name : Dr. Auro Kumar Sahoo
Designation : Assistant Professor (Economics)
Phone No. : +91-9853872991
Email Id : aksahoo_hum@vssut.ac.in
Date of Birth : 17-05-1989
Date of Joining : 21-09-2017
Google Scholar : Browse

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar), M. Phil (Pondicherry Central University), M.A (Utkal University)

Productivity and Efficiency, Applied Econometrics, Micro Economics

06 Years

Graduate Level : Engineering Economics
Post Graduate Level : Economics and Costing

Productivity and Efficiency, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics, Agriculture and Climate Change

Ph. D. Candidates : 01
M. Tech. Candidates : NIL
  1. Vice-chancellor’s Gold medal for outstanding performance in M Phil
  2. Qualified the UGC- NET and JRF in June 2012
  1. Life Member of The Indian Econometrics Society (TIES)
  2. Student Member of Orissa Economics Association
  1. "Modelling of Urban flooding in Sambalpur town & its mitigation measures". A multidisciplinary project funded by the World Bank jointly with Prof A. K. Kar & Prof P. C. Swain (Project Ongoing)
  2. "Regional and subregional analyses of macroeconomic policy strategies for growth and equality in Southern Africa", project funded by the UNU-WIDER:Helsinki jointly with Prof. Dukhabandhu Sahoo, Dr. Diptimayee Mishra, Ms. Phendulwa Zikhona Makunga and Ms. Jayanti Behera (Project completed)
  3. Worked as a Research Associate in an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) sponsored research project on “Impact of Joint Forest Management(JFM)on Livelihood and Stress Migration in Odisha: A Case Study”in association with Dr.Naresh Chandra Sahu, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

International Publications

    2023
  1. Mohapatra, S., Sahoo, D., Sahoo, A. K., Sharp, B. & Wen, Le (2023). Heterogeneous climate effect on crop yield and associated risks to water security in India, International Journal of Water Resources Development, (Early View).
  2. Mohapatra, S., Das, A., Sahoo, D., Sharp, B., & Sahoo, A. K. (2023). How climate-included variations in crop yields affect migration in India. International Journal of Social Economics. (Early View).
  3. Sahoo, B., Sahoo, M., & Sahoo, A. K. (2023). Does Gender Equality Influence Climate Change in Emerging Market Economies?. Asian Economics Letters, 4 (Early View).
  4. Mohapatra, S., Sharp, B., Sahoo, A. K., & Sahoo, D. (2022). Decomposition of climate-induced productivity growth in Indian agriculture. Environmental Challenges, 7(1), 1-15
  5. Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, D. & Sahu, N. C. (2020). Productivity Growth and Policy Changes: A Decomposition Analysis of Indian Metallic Mining. Journal of Public Affairs, 20(3), 1-12
  6. Sahoo, A. K., Sahu, N. C. & Sahoo, D. (2018), Impact of Policy Reforms on the Productivity Growth of Indian Coal Mining: A Decomposition Analysis. Resources Policy, 59(3), 460-467.
  7. Sahu, N. C., & Sahoo, A. K. (2017). Determinants of Household Participation in Forest Protection in Odisha State, India: An Empirical Investigation. International Journal of Business and Management Studies, 6(2), 313-320.
  8. Sahoo, A. K, N. C. Sahu and B. B. Pradhan (2017), "Determinants of Financial Inclusion in Tribal Districts of Odisha: An Empirical Investigation", Social Change, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 45-64
  9. Sahoo, A. K., D. Sahoo and N.C. Sahu (2017), “Productive performance of Indian mining industry: A stochastic frontier decomposition”, Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management: Current Issues, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 80-88
  10. Samantaraya, A., A. K. Sahoo, A. Mallick and B. Bhuyan (2014), "Has Odisha Become Less Poor in the Last Decade?", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 49, No. 46, pp. 62-67
  11. Sahoo, A. K., D. Sahoo and N. C. Sahu (2014), “Mining export, industrial production and economic growth: A cointegration and causality analysis for India”, Resources Policy, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 27-34.
  12. Sahoo, A. K., N. C. Sahu, D. Sahoo and B. B. Pradhan (2014), “Mineral Export and Economic Growth in India: Evidence from VAR model Analysis”, Mineral Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 51-58.
  13. Sahoo A. K. and N. C. Sahu (2014), “Investigating the presence of resource curse hypothesis in mining sector of India”, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-5.

National Publications

  1. Sahoo, A. K. and N. C. Sahu (2013), “Pre land acquisition conflict, displacement and livelihood problems: A case study of lower Suktel irrigation project of Odisha”, Orissa Economics Journals, Vol. 45, No. 1 & 2, pp. 59-71

International Conferences

  1. Sahoo, A. K., Pradhan, B. B. &Sahu, N. C., Determinants of Financial Inclusion of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Odisha: An Empirical Investigation, Golden JubileeConference of The Indian Econometric Society, IGIDR, Mumbai, India, December 22-24, 2013.
  2. Sahoo, A. K., Sahu, N. C. & Sahoo, D., Mining and Development in India: an empirical investigation. Presented during the Research Scholar Day of IIT Bhubaneswar, February 28th, 2014.
  3. Sahoo, A. K., Sahu, N. C. & Sahoo, D., Mineral Production and Economic Growth in Indian States: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis, International Conference on ShiftingParadigm in Applied Economics and Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University,Jammu, India, August 1-2, 2014.
  4. Sahoo, A. K., Sahu, N. C. &Sahoo, D., Productivity and Efficiency in Indian Mining Sector.Presented during the Research Scholar Day of IIT Bhubaneswar, February 28th, 2015.
  5. Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, D. &Sahu, N.C.,Decomposition of Productivity Growth in Indian Metallic Mining Industry: Panel Estimation of Stochastic Production Frontier. 15th PhD Consortium of School of Management. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India November 24-25, 2015.
  6. Sahoo, A. K. &Mohapatra,M. K., Financial Inclusion and its Determinants: An Empirical Investigation on Odisha. 52nd Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society(TIES), IIM Kozhikode, India, January4-6, 2016.
  7. Sahoo, A. K., Sahu, N. C. &Sahoo, D., Productivity and Efficiency in Indian mining Sector. Presented during the Research Scholar Day of IIT Bhubaneswar, February29th, 2016.
  8. Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, D. &Sahu, N.C.,Productive Performance of Indian Mining Industry: A Stochastic Frontier Decomposition. 5th World Conference on Business, Economics and Management, Antalya, Turkey, May 12-14, 2016.
  9. Sahoo, A. K., Sahu, N. C. & Sahoo, D., Technical Efficiency in Indian Non-metallic Mining: An Empirical Analysis. International Conference for Business and Economics, University of London, U.K., November 08-11, 2016.
  10. Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, D. &Sahu, N.C.,Productivity Growth Decomposition for Indian Coal Mining. 53rd Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES), NISER Bhubaneswar.India. December22-24, 2016.
  11. Sahoo, A. K. &Sahu, N. C., Investigating the Presence of Resource Curse Hypothesis in Mining Sector of India, International Conference on ACSEE, Zurich, Switzerland, October 12-13, 2013.
  12. Sahoo, A. K., Samantaraya, A. &Sahu, N. C., Economic Growth and Disparity in the Post-reform Period: A Case Study of Odisha, 10th Annual Conference of IASSH onHealth, Environment and Sustainable Development, JNU, New Delhi, November21-23, 2012.
  13. Sahoo, A. K. &Sahu, N. C., Pre land Acquisition Conflict, Displacement and Livelihood Problems: A Case Study of Lower Suktel Irrigation Project of Odisha, 45th Annual Conference of Orissa Economics Associations, NISER Bhubaneswar, India, January 09-10, 2013

Workshops

  1. Refresher Course in Economics" through Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT)-2021, Swayam Platform 1 December 2020-31 March 2021
  2. QIP short term course on Stock Market, Portfolio management and Trading" IIT Bhubaneswar, 24-28 May 2021
  3. QIP short term course on Frontier areas on Econometrics & Trade with special emphasis on machine learning and firm level trade" IIT Kanpur, 15-21 March 2021
  4. Orientation programme for Faculties in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education" under PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Education 11 February 2021 to 13 March 2021
  5. • FDP on "Advanced Pedagogical Technique" under PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Education 13-19 September 2021
  6. FDP on Managerial Economics" NPTEL Online Certification Programme September-December, 2020
  7. Refresher Course in Public Economics" held at National institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi during 09-20 Dec., 2019
  8. Participated in the Workshop on “Theory Building and Testing using Structural Equation Modeling” held at GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam, India during 15-17 November, 2018
  9. Successfully completed the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) sponsored short-term course on “Productive Efficiency: Theory and Practice” held at IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during 30th May to 08th June, 2016
  10. Participated in the Workshop on “Practical Aspect of Communication Lab: The RoadAhead”, held at IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 16thApril, 2013.
  11. Participated in the Workshop on “Workshop on Ethics and Integrity” held at IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India on 16th April, 2013.
  12. Participated in the Workshop on “Approaches to Social Science Research” held at JamiaMiliaIslamia, Department of Social Work, New Delhi, India during 19-20 November, 2012.
DATA TO BE UPDATED...
  1. Mohapatra, S., Sharp, B., Sahoo, A. K., & Sahoo, D. (2022, May). Seasonal Weather Sensitivity of Staple Crop Rice in South India. In International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (pp. 130-146). Cham: Springer International Publishing
  2. Sahoo, A. K., N. C. Sahu and D. Sahoo (2015) "Mineral Production and Economic Growth in Indian States: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis" in Research Issues in Applied Economics (eds.), K. Majumdra & P. K. Jena Tata-McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi.
NIL
Assistant Warden, Pulasthya Hall of Residence
  • Referee of Journals
    1. Economic Modelling, Elsevier
    2. Resources Policy, Elsevier
    3. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, Taylor & Francis
    4. Mineral Economics, Springer
    5. International Journal of Development Issues, Emerald Insight
Present Address : 
Department of Humanities, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla Sambalpur Odisha, India
  Permanent Address : 
‘Tapobana’ At/Po Khuntasamalai Via-Patnagarh Dist.-Bolangir Odisha, India