Our Faculty

Working Papers (Refereed)

• Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of sub-national finance (co-authored). International Center for Public PolicyWorking Paper 13-17, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA), May 2013, 1-41.
• Explaining African economic growth performance: The case of Mauritius (co-authored). Growth Working Paper No.1, African Economic Research Consortium, PO Box 62882-00200 Nairobi (Kenya), 2004, 1-45.

Referee in International Journals

• Referee for Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis, UK(since 2006)

• Explaining African Economic Growth Performance in Africa: Mauritius (27 Countries Project), The Case of Mauritius, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Africa), Funded by Multiple Donor Countries and International Funding Agencies, 2003-2006.
• Saving Small Island Developing States: Environmental and Natural Resource Challenges, Commonwealth Secretariat, London (UK), 2008-2010
• Social Policy Challenges in Small States, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva (Switzerland), 2009-2012

International Conferences & Workshops

• Paper presentation and participation at the 61st Annual Conference of the North American Regional Science Conference, Washington DC (USA), November 12-15, 2014
• Taylor & Francis Group Journals’ Editorial Roundtable 2014, The Author-Impact, Engagement and Social Media, Claridges Hotel, New Delhi,November 10, 2014
• Paper presentation and participationat the International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE) 2013, held in Istanbul (Turkey), June 27-29, 2013
• Paper presentation and participation at the 18thAnnual International Sustainable Development Research Conference (ISDRC), University of Hull (UK), June 24-26, 2012
• Book Launch Session on Saving Small Islands as part of Regional Technical Workshop ISIDSMS (Islands) organised by Indian Ocean Commission and European Union held at La Plantation Hotel, Balaclava (Mauritius), 24-27 January, 2012
• Paper presentation and participation at the 17thAnnual International Sustainable Development Research Conference (ISDRC), Earth Institute, Columbia University (New York, USA), May8-10, 2011
• Paper presentation and participation at the 56th Annual Conference of North American Regional Science Association, San Francisco (California, USA), November 18-21, 2009
• Attended the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) 2nd Annual Science Policy Dialogue on Energy, Sustainability and Societal Change held at Santa Barbara, California (USA), 19-20 June 2008
• Participated in United Nations University / World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) Conference on Country Role Models for Development Success, held at Marina Congress Center, Helsinki (Finland), 13-14 June, 2008
• Participated in Workshop on integrating social and ecological data on a regional scale in the Western Indian Ocean organised by the ARC Centre of excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Australia) and the Coral Reef Conservation Project (Kenya), Mauritius, May 19 –23, 2008
• Attended African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar X: Climate Change and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), April 7-9, 2008
• Participated in Training Course on ‘Environmental/ Natural Resource Economics with focus on analyzing the economic costs of land degradation and the benefits of sustainable land management (SLM)’ organised by UNDP/GEF/GoM, held at Phoenix (Mauritius), 6-17 August 2007.
• Participated in World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Climate Risk Conference, Espoo (Finland), July 17-21, 2006
• Attended AERC Special Senior Policy Seminar on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance held at Kigali (Rwanda), October 24-25, 2006.
• Paper presentation and participation at the 52nd Annual Conference of North American Regional Science International, organised by Nevada State University in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), November 10-12, 2005
• Paper presentation and participation at the Indian Ocean Marine Environment Conference (IOMEC) organised by University of Western Australia, Perth (Australia), February 14-18, 2005.
• Paper presentation and participation at the 51st Annual Conference of North American Regional Science International, organised by University of Washington, Seattle (USA), November 11-13, 2004
• Co-presentation with S. Nath ‘Explaining Mauritian Growth’, paper presented at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, Nairobi (Kenya), May 22-24, 2003
• Presented a paper on ‘Water pricing – Some efficiency and distributional issues’ at a seminar organised by the Economics Department, University of East Anglia (UK), November 1999
• Attended several seminars held in the Economics Department at University of East Anglia (UK) in 1999 and at the University of Alberta (Canada) in 1998
• Participated in a Workshop on ‘Life Cycle Assessment’ held at University of Mauritius (UOM), November 4-5, 2003
• Participated in National Human Dimensions Programme (NHDP) Workshop, organised by the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP), held at UOM, March 25-27, 2002
• Participated in Workshop on ‘Reducing Vulnerability to Weather and Climate Extremes’, organised by the Meteorological Services, held at Flic en Flaq, Mauritius on 23rd April 2002
• Attended ‘Research Methodology Workshop for Social and Management Sciences’, UOM, Jul-Aug 2000

Membership of Professional Societies

• International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), UK; North American Regional Science Council (NARSC), USA; International Water Association (IWA), UK; Royal Economic Society, UK

Supervision of Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Dissertations

• Economics of Health, Environment and Energy, Economic Development

Academic Administration

• Member, Departmental Advisory Committee, African Economic Research Consortium (2007-08)
• Member, Faculty Board, Social Science and Humanities, University of Mauritius (2006-08)
• Editorial Assistant, Economics Working Paper Series (2005-08)
• Member, University Website Committee (2007-08)
• Coordinator, Department of Economics and Statistics Website (2005-07)
• Member, University Students Orientation Committee (2007-08