Our Faculty

EDUCATION

• RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Environmental Economics and Policy

  Energy Economics and GHG Emissions

  Transport Economics

  Behavioural Economics

• SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  Gupta, M., Lu, Z., Mahalik, M. K., Padhan, H., Gozgor, G. (2021). Effects of Age Dependency and Urbanization on Energy Demand in BRICS: Evidence from the Machine Learning Estimator. Frontiers in Energy Research.

  Gupta, M. (2021). A Fuzzy Decision-making Approach to Evaluate CO2 Emissions Reduction Policies. Global Business Review.

  Gupta, M., Mahalik, M. K., Villanthenkodath, M. A., Mallick, H. (2021). Assessing the effectiveness of total foreign aid and foreign energy aid inflows on environmental quality in India. Energy Policy, 149.

  Gupta, M., Sinha, A., Shahbaz, M., Sengupta, T. (2019). Impact of Corruption in Public Sector on Environmental Quality: Implications for Sustainability in BRICS and Next 11 Countries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 232, 1379-1393.

  Gupta, M., Bandyopadhyay, K. R., Singh, S. K. (2019). Measuring Effectiveness of Carbon Tax on Indian Road Passenger Transport: A System Dynamics Approach. Energy Economics, 81, 341-354.

  Gupta, M. (2019). Decomposing the Role of Different Factors in CO2 Emissions Increase in South Asia. Studies in Business and Economics, 14(1), 72-86.

  Gupta, M., Minai, M. H. (2019). An Empirical Analysis of Forecast Performance of the GDP Growth in India. Global Business Review, 20(2), 368-386.

  Gupta, M., Singh, S. K. (2016). Factorizing the changes in CO2 emissions from Indian road passenger transport: A decomposition analysis. Studies in Business and Economics, 11(3), 67-83.

  Gupta, M. (2016). Willingness to pay for carbon tax: A study of Indian road passenger transport. Transport Policy, 45, 46-54.

• CONFERENCES

  Gupta, M. (Author & Presenter), Sinha, A. (Author & Presenter), IAEE International conference, “Modelling the impact of Weather Conditions on Passenger Mobility,” IAEE. (June 9, 2021).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), NACRA, 2019 Conference, “Clean Environment Cess in India: Cess or Mess,” North American Case Research Centre, Tempe, Arizona, USA. (October 2019).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), 27th EBES International Conference, “Environmental and Economic Implications of British Columbia’s Carbon Tax for India,” Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) and Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret (FEB- UNS) in Indonesia with the support of the Istanbul Economic Research Association, Bali, Indonesia. (January 2019).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), 41st IAEE International Conference, “Measuring Effectiveness of Carbon Tax on Indian Road Passenger Transport: A System Dynamics Approach,” International Association for Energy Economics, Groningen, Netherlands. (June 2018).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), 2nd XUB Sustainability Summit, “Decomposing the CO2 Emission Increase from Road Passenger Transport in India Bhubaneswar,” Xavier University Bhubaneswar at Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), Bhubaneswar. (August 2016).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), Winter School 2015, “A Review on Implementation of Carbon Tax in Mitigating CO2 Emissions from Road Transport Sector: A Contingent Valuation Approach,” Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi. (December 2015).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), 2nd Pan-IIM World Management Conference, “Forecast Performance of GDP growth in India,” Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kerala. (November 2014).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), 7th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2014, “Contingent Valuation Method and Carbon Tax in Mitigating CO2 Emissions from Road Transport Sector: A Literature Review,” Ministry of Urban Development, GoI and Institute of Urban Transport, New Delhi. (November 2014).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), XLRI Doctoral Consortium, “Determinants of India’s Current Account Deficit and its Relationship with Fiscal Deficit in India”,” Xavier Labor Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur. (October 2014).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), Annual European Conference on Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment, “An Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in South Asia,” The International Academic Forum, Brighton, United Kingdom. (July 2014).

  Gupta, M. (Presenter), AIB India-MENA 2014, “An Empirical Study of Cartelization in Indian Cement Industry,” Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, Udaipur. (February 2014).

• PERIODICALS

  Gupta (2019). Is it time to impose a carbon tax? Financial Express.

  Gupta (2021). Maharashtra Budget 2021– 22: Expectations in the aftermath of the Pandemic in the Maharashtra Economic Development Council (MEDC).Economics Digest.

• WORKING PAPERS

  Use of Fuzzy Linguistic Approach in Evaluating Policy Options for CO2 Emission Reduction from Road Transport (On-Going). (Under Review in Research in Transportation Economics)

  A Review of Carbon Tax and a Pathway for India (On-Going).

  An Empirical Study of Rebound Effect Estimation for the Transport Sector in India (On-Going).

  Demand Curve Estimation for a Carbon tax in Road Passenger Transport (On-Going).

  The Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax of British Columbia and its Implications for India (On- Going).

  What Matters for the Environmental Quality in India? The Role of Remittances, FDI and Foreign Aid (On-Going). (Target to submit soon in Energy Policy)

• COURSES

  Microeconomics

  Managerial Economics

  Principles of Economics

  Public Finance: Theory and Policy

  Economic Environment of Business

  Managerial Economics

• AWARDS & HONOURS

  Scholarship/Research

  WIPRO-XUB Best Paper Award, Xavier University Bhubaneswar at XIMB. (2016)

  Paul R. Lawrence Fellowship ($2275) by North American Case Research Association (NACRA) to attend a program on case research, writing, and teaching during the Annual Meeting and Conference of NACRA held in Arizona, USA in October 2019

  Ecomod Scholarship Award ($1500) to attend EcoMod Modeling School organized by EcoMod Modeling School in cooperation with National University of Singapore (NUS) in January 2018

  Awarded with a scholarship ($2000) from PwC and System Dynamic Society to attend System Dynamics Summer School at MIT Sloan School of Management in July 2017

  WIPRO-XUB Best Paper Award at 2nd XUB Sustainability Summit organized by Xavier University Bhubaneswar at XIMB in 2016

  Awarded with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Economics by University Grants Commission in December 2009

  Qualified National Eligibility Test (Economics), a national level test to determine eligibility for college and university level lectureship

  Qualified for the post of Assistant Manager in Central Bank of India (Public Sector Bank) in 2010

  Gold Medal for standing the first rank in M.A. Economics at Lucknow University

  Gold Medal for obtaining the highest percentage of marks at M.A. part 2 Examination 2009 in Economics

  Gold Medal for being the best student in M.A. in the Economics & Sociology department in 2009

  Awarded with Bronze Medal in graduation first year for obtaining third highest marks in the college

• WORK EXPERIENCE

  Academic Faculty

  Assistant Professor, S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research. (Jan 2020 – Present)

  Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Pilani Campus. (Apr 2017 – Jan 2020)

  Visiting Faculty, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Pilani Campus. (Jul 2016 – Apr 2017)

  Academic Assistant, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. (Jul 2015 – Nov 2015)

  Assistant Professor, Isabella Thoburn College. (Apr 2010 – Nov 2010)

  Lecturer, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Girls Degree College, Lucknow. (Jul 2009 – Feb 2010)

• CONSULTING

  Academic – Research Project, BITS Pilani. (April 2017 – April 2019)

• MDPS/FDPS

  Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Crafting an Effective Student Learning Experience” 5-7, 11-12,16 January 2021 organised by SPJIMR

  SIMS Workshop – Experiencing, teaching with, and researching the impact of Simulations in the classroom, 27th – 29th and 30th July 2020 organised by SPJIMR

  Admission interview & selection process training, 7th July 2020 and Admissions Workshop, 8 Jan 2021

  Case-Based Learning (CBL), Feb 27th, 2020, organised by SPJIMR

  Workshop on Social Network analysis organised by SPJIMR and conducted by Prof. Israr Qureshi in February 2020

  A program on case research, writing, and teaching during the Annual Meeting and Conference of NACRA held in Arizona, USA in October 2019

  A Course on Energy and Environmental CGE Modeling with GAMS organised by EcoMod Modeling School in cooperation with the Singapore Institute of Statistics c/o Dept of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore (NUS)

  System Dynamics Summer School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in July 2017

  Teaching Learning Workshop (part 1 and 2) on pedagogical tools at BITS Pilani

  Workshop on Team-Based Learning conducted by Dr. Preman Rajalingam from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and organised by BITS Pilani in March 2019

• REVIEWER EXPERIENCE

  Theoretical Economics Letters

  International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

  Transportation in Developing Economies

  Case Studies on Transport Policy

  Management of Environmental Quality

  Management and Labour Studies

  Metamorphosis – A Journal of Management Research

  Technology in Society and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

• TEACHING INTEREST

  Macroeconomics

  Indian Economy

  Managerial Economics

  International Economics

  Econometric Methods

  Environmental Economics and Policy

  Behavioural Economics

• PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  Committee Head (2020-21, 2021-22) of Business Environment and Policy Committee, SPJIMR

  Students’ co-instructor during Practice School Programme at Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), SPJIMR

  Chaired a session in 3rd International Conference on Evidence-Based Management (ICEBM)- 2019, BITS Pilani

  Member of Department Research Committee (DRC), BITS Pilani

• PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  Member, International Association of Energy Economics. (Nov 19, 2019 – Present)

  Member, The Indian Econometric Society. (Sept 2014 – Present)

  Member, Eurasia Business and Economics Society. (Jan 2019 – Jan 2020)

• CONTRACTS, GRANTS AND SPONSORED RESEARCH

  Received Research Initiation Grant from BITS Pilani for the project: “Environmental and Economic Implications of British Columbia’s Carbon Tax for India” (Completed).

  Role: Primary Invigilator; Amount: INR 2,00,000; Funding agency: BITS Pilani; Duration: 2017-2019.

  Seed Money Grant from SPJIMR for the project: “Criticality of Fiscal Marksmanship in Improving Fiscal Integrity of Indian States” (Ongoing).

  Large money grant from SPJIMR corresponding to the project: “Analysing the impact of Collaborative Community: A case of Koli community in India” (Ongoing).