Dr Debasis Patnaik

Head of the Department of Economics, BITS-Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus; marikesh@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in;

marrikesh@yahoo.com; Off-083202580-429; 09890298440

Ph.D.:

Department of Economics Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500040. INDIA

PhD Thesis: Productivity, Growth and Dispersal of Indian

Industry: 1956-95.

Research interest: Productivity Issues. Applications and Analysis of Sectors,

Industries and Economies, Growth and Development Issues, Algorithmic Finance,

Application of Statistical and Econometric Tools for Economics, Social Sciences and

Management Issues, Theoretical Researches into the Philosophy, Cognitive and

Economics aspects of Artificial Intelligence, Theorization and Application of

Mathematical Techniques into Behavioral Finance and Conventional Finance.

Business IT and Systems Approaches to various aspects of Social Sciences,

Management Information Systems, Audit Economics, Finance and Management,

Krishnamurti Approaches in Conventional Indian and Western Philosophies,

Approaches to Public Policy and International Trade, Issues in Public Finance,

Money and Macroeconomics, Innovation Management and Schumpetarian and Post

Schumpetarian economics, Nature of Reproduction in Marx and Sraffa, Game

Theoretic Applications for Decision Making.

Issues of Equity, Dispersal and Regional Economics, Institutional Issues and

Mechanism Design, Law and Economics, Disaster Insurance, Environmental

Accounting, Energy and Bio Diversity Issues, Health Economics and Management

Information System, Public Health Issues relating to Women’s Health, CSR in

MNCS and Clusters, Role of Non Governmental organizations, Corruption and

Terrorism Financing,, Researches in Economic Philosophy and Economic

Methodologies, Engineering Management, Engineering Psychology, Green Management, Big Data.

Teaching interest: Economic Growth and Development Issues, Public Finance and

Public Policy, Statistics and Mathematical Micro Economics, Econometric

Applications, Financial Economics, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,

Macro economics, Energy economics, Economics of Advanced Manufacturing

Systems, Economic Thought, Economic Statistics, Industrial Engineering

Economics, Public Private Policy, Total Quality Management, Banking, Marketing,

Human Resource and Organizational Development Issues, Issues in International Finance, Industrial and Labor Economics, etc.

Teaching | Taught most of the compulsory and elective and Pre PhD courses in BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa as part of M.Sc. (Hons.) Economics and Finance courses

Some of my Publications:

1- Constitution of Man- The Key to Global Harmony through Global Planning of Productive

Employment and Economic Freedom-published in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical

Research- Vol-20-March April 2002.-Refereed Journal

2- Four papers on ‘Productivity, Growth and Regional Dispersal of All India Industries-1956-95’

published in Conference Volume of 13th Input-Output National Conference in 2005.

3- Role of Women Educational Managers in the Context of New Economic Liberalization in India in

National Education Conference in Baroda Univ in Dec 1995. Pub in Conference Volume.

4- “Growth and productivity Linkages in Indian Industry-1956-95” (2009:Nov) in Vidya sagar

University Journal of Economics

5- ‘Networking Development’ published in Diaspora I journal 2010

6- ‘Phenomenology of Peace’ published in Conference Journal of regional Engineering College,

Bhubaneswar 2010.

7- Published paper ‘Finite dynamic system building in relations in stock market returns’ as Chapter

in a book on Input Output Analysis edited by Somayajulu - -Aug2013-Sage Publications

8- Translation: Interrogating Post Colonial India- in International Journal of Humanities and Social

Sciences August2013

9- CSR and Mental health-in edited book on Corporate Social Responsibility by Rekha Gaonkar and

Vishal chari, Conference Book in nov 2013

10- FDI in India; AN Econometric analysis –Pub in Jan 2014 Jan in RBVRR Management journal

Hyderabad

11- ‘Educational Inequality in Districts of Andhra Pradesh: A Principal Components Study’ in

International Journal of Research in Management and Engineering in 2013.

12- Public finance as Local governmental issue- accepted to be published in Ukraine Journal on

Municipal and Local Finance 2013-14.

13- Testing Markovitz- published in International Journal of Financial management2011-12.

14-Selection Problems for Application of Probit, Tobit, Logit & Maximum Likelihood Estimation:

A Methodological Issue , 2013 vol-3, Issue7-International Journal of computational Engineering Research

15-Role of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Regional Economic Development- in Book

titled- Economic Liberalization in India- Problem of North-East- edited by Prof A C Mohapatro, et.

al. (2002).

16-Theorizing Change in Artificial Intelligence: Inductivising Philosophy from

Economic Cognition Processes. Published in Springer Journal of AI and Society,

DOI 10.1007/s00146-013-0524-5- Received: 30 December 2012 /

Accepted: 14 October 2013-Springer-Verlag London 2013; published in November 2013.

17-Economic, Cognitive and Philosophical Implications of AI: the Challenge of Change published

in IJAOR.org ISSN 2320-9186; Issue 8; Vol-1-2013.

18- ‘I-O Structure in Goa’ as Chapter in a book on Input Output Analysis edited by Somayajulu

Aug2013-Sage Publications.

19- Searching for an Alternative Information System- accepted online for publication in

American Journal of Sociology 2013-14

20- Accepted to be published-A Systems approach to Innovation management-

New Zealand Conference Journal on Business Research 2013-14

| Projects | -

Co Investigator in Awarded BITS Grants Project amount of Rs10lakhs max on “ICT In Secondary Schools” in 2013.

Co-investigator in a project tentatively accepted by ICSSR on ‘Mining in Goa’.

Industrial Interaction :

Practice School Facilitator in Bharat Dynamics, Advanced Systems laboratory and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd, Tata Offices in Hyderabad etc. in 2007 and 2008

Assistant Administrative Officer in Mukund Steels, Thane, Mumbai in 1995-6

Study Tour of Japanese Students to Zuari Industries where we Interacted with Officials on company level issues of Supply chain, Strategic management, Securitization, Joint Ventures on Dec23 2013.

Honors & Recognition

Departmental Merit Scholarship in MA economics in Bombay University in 1983-95

Best Prize in Essay on “Role of Youth in Preventing Corruption’ in 2003 in Conference on Philosophy in Uttarakhand

Many prizes for Elocution, Essay, Recitation at School and College Levels.

Chaired many Panels at Paper Presentations at National and International Conferences

Chaired Session on CSR at National Conference at MES College, Goa on March22, 2013.

Part of BITS Goa-Director’s group at The Round Table for Restructuring of Course Content in Humanities and Social Sciences at New Delhi in 2011

Key Note Speaker on ‘Nature of Foreign Exchange Volatility’ in Conference organized by Export Group of Ministry of Commerce, Government of India on May 26, 2012 held in Majorda Hotel, Goa

Invited Speaker and Resource Person on Productivity Issues for Senior Officers’ Skill Development Workshop in January22, 2013 organized by National Productivity Council at Majorda Hotel, Goa

Invited Speaker on “Disruptive Entrepreneurship at Goa Management Day Seminar Organized by Goa Management Association on Feb23, 2013

Served as Secretary of Goa Management Association from 2010-12.

Chief Co-ordinator of Awards Panel of Goa Management Associations for “Young Manager Award” for 2013.

Keynote Speaker on ‘Services Management in a Recession’ at Zantye College in Goa in 2008

Served as Executive Committee Member of Cuttack Lodge of The Theosophical Society in 1997-8

Current Treasurer of Krishnamurti Retreat, Cuttack, Odisha.

Current Treasurer of Goa Management Association

Current Member, Executive Committee, Goa Management Association

General –

Write Poetry, Participate in Masonic, J krishnamurti and Theosophical Activity in India and Asia Pacific region. Interested in Cricket and Cinema as Appreciator and Critic

Duration of Employment: Working in BITS-Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus since April2005

till date.

Administrative experience: worked as sole lecturer and de facto head of economics (when it was

part of Humanities, English, Management, social science group),

Facilitator ,Economic Association of Department of Economics, BITS-Pilani, K KBirla Goa

Campus.

Member, Library Committee, BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

Member, Ethical Committee in Department of Biology, BITS-Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

Nucleus Member of Research, Consultancy and Educational Developmental Division.

Served as Temporary In Charge of RCEDD, BITS- Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus from Dec 16-

2013 to 05/01/2014

Temporary In Charge of University Library BITS Pilani, K K. Birla Goa Campus from Dec 18,

2013 to Dec28, 2013.

Worked as Judge at Student Tech Fest in BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus and Other

Colleges in Goa.

Taken Work Integrated Learning Programmes (W ILP) classes in Econometrics for MSC Hons

Economics for BITS Pilani, Hyderabad.

Sent as Subject expert for PS-2 Students to Chennai in 2012

Part of Director’s Entourage in Round Table for Reforms in Curricular Design for Humanities

held in New Delhi in 2012.

Chief Co-ordinator of Teacher Training Program in BITS Goa in 2012.

Member of Editorial Review Referee team: Journal of Applied Manpower Research

Published a Book on “Growth, Productivity and Dispersal of Industry” in 2011-12

Papers’ Presented:

1- Presented Paper titled, “Intellectual Yoga: A De-routing through Aurobindo and J Krishnamurti

into a State of Freedom, Creative Thinking and Equality” to National philosophical Conference

held at Goa University in 10-11-Feb 2006.

2- Presented a Paper at State Level Conference at Demphe College, Miramar, Goa on “Industry-

Academic Linkages” in Feb 2006.

3- Chaired two Session in National Philosophy Conference at Goa Univ in Feb 2006 on Philosophy

of yoga”.

4- Chaired a session in state level Economics Conference in Goa Univ on “Economic Data Base

Development in Goa” in March 12-13, 2006.

5- Attended a Workshop in International Conference on Industrial Relations held in Hotel

Golkonda, Hyderabad, March 22-24 where my Industrial Productivity findings were discussed.

6- Presented a Paper on “Savings: Theory and Empiricism in the context of Indian Pension

Reforms” in BITS-Goa Faculty Meeting Seminar in second week of September (Tuesday), 2006.

7- Presented a Paper (PPT) on Sustainable Development and Technological Innovations Seminar as

part of Engineering Day Celebrations in BITS Goa on 22September 2006.

8- Presented a Paper on “Truth-Nature and Dimensions” where we discussed the Evolution of the

National Intellectual Mind in Case studies of South Africa, USA, India, France, Europe, Islamic

World” to The International Theosophical Convention in December 30, 2005.

9- Presented a Paper (PPT) on “Scope of economics in Engineering Disciplines and Modern

Relevance of Economics in a Technological Society” in an Inaugural Economics Association Meet

(FOREX) in BITS Pilani, Goa Campus on 12 Oct 2006.

10- Presented a Paper (PPT) in FOCUS Meet in BITS –Pilani, Goa Campus on 13th Oct 2006 titled, “ A

Perspective on Culture in J Krishnamurti: In the Context of Theosophical Philosophy and Modern

Education”.

11- Presented a Paper on “Industrial growth and TFP in India-1956-95” to 13th IORA Meet in

Rajasthan in April 22-24, 2005.

12- Presented a Paper on “Industrial Disparity in India:1956-95” in 13th National IORA Meet in Pilani

Rajasthan 24th April 2005.

13- Presented a paper on “Growth, Productivity and Regional Dispersal of Indian Industries: 1956-

95” in 13th National IORA Conference on 23th March 2006.

14- Presented a paper on “Universal Brotherhood: A Mountain to Climb” at South Indian Regional

Theosophical Conference at Bellary, Karnataka on Jan 23 , 2005.

15- Presented a talk on “Truth and its many Facets” at Cuttack Lodge, Theosophical society, May

2006.

16- Presented a talk on “Islam’s Regeneration” at Singapore Asia pacific Regional Theosophical

Conference on Nov 6th 2004.

17- Presented a Talk on “Islam’s Regeneration” at Secunderabad theosophical Lodge on Set 25,

2004 as part of Dr Besant Week celebrations.

18- Presented a talk at Hyderabad Lodge, TS on Colonel Olcott and The TS in 2003.

19- Presented a talk on CW Leadbeater at Hyderabad Lodge, TS in 2002.

20- Presented a talk on “Role of Youth in Preventing Corruption” at Goa MPT Meet, Vasco in 2005.

Awarded the First Prize at Haridwar National Philosophical Conference 2002 Nov.

21- Presented a paper on “Pollution due to Animal death” in Blue Cross Society, Hyderabad in Feb

2003.

22- “A Vegetarian Economy” on Feb2003 in Blue Cross Society-Hyderabad.

23- Took ‘Economics of Convergence’ Classes as Guest Faculty in Goa Univ, Econ Deptt in Dec 2006.

24- Attended a Workshop on Natural Disasters in Indian Institute of Engineers, Hyd in 2003.

25- Workshop on “Rehabilitation in Mining Disasters” Regional Public Administration, Chapter,

Bhubaneswar, June2006.

26- Best Essay Award on “Role of Youth in Preventing Corruptions in Society” in Bhavananda Datta

Memorial Essay Competition Award at Gurukula Kangri University on Nov 1-2001.

27- Presented a paper titled “Time Series Analysis of 10year Growth and productivity variables in All

India Industries-1956-95 on Feb 23-2003 at University of Hyderabad on occasion of 12 Input

Output Research Association Conference.

28- Delivered a talk on “Importance, Orientation and Practice of Group Discussion as a

Methodological Tool in Expertise Judgement” to students of BITS Pilani Goa Campus in Oct 2005.

29- Many other talks, of which no record is kept.

30- Chairman for Session on Retail Management and Its Corporatisation I State Level Conference on

FDI in Retail Sector in India at Zantye College of Commerce, Bicholim, Goa o 09-12-2006.

31- Presented a Paper (PP) in BITS Pilani Goa Campus on National Budget 2007 on March 6-2007

32- Presented a paper on Reflections on Methodology for Policy Science Research in a national

Conference in Philosophy conducted by Deptt of Philosophy in Goa University on March13-2007

33- Presented a paper on ‘Developing a Dynamic Framework to test the relationships among stock

market returns, assuming production and consumption in finite time’ in Fourteenth National

Conference of Input-Output systems at University of Hyderabad on March 25-27-2008.

34- Devising Bases of Indigenous Knowledge for Pro-poor Agriculture Systems: Bio tech Co-

operatives-delivered at University of Manchester on 6 aug 2013 as part of IUAES Conference

held in UK.

35-Philosophical, Cognitive and Economic Aspects of Artificial Intelligence delivered at

NISTADS, 22 April2012.

34- Paper Presented on ‘Innovation Management System Approach’ at Auckland in a International

conference on ‘New Research Frontiers in Business and Economics’ on 25 October 2013.

35- Presented a Paper on ‘Climate Change Financing’ in Goa International Centre’ in a National

Conference on IT, Accounting and management’ held by Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce in

Association with research group from Jaipur on September 22, 2013

36- Presented a Paper on ‘ Role of Labor Factor in Industrial Planning’ on November 11, 2013 at

New Seminar Building, Goa University in an International Conference on “Indian Economy:

problems and Prospects” conducted by Goa Economic Association in collaboration with Indian

economic Association and Department of Economics, Goa university.

37- Presented a Paper on ‘Deciphering the Political Economy of Unbalanced Industrial Development

in India” in a National Conference on ‘A Nation in Transition’ conducted by The Department of

Political Science, Goa University.

38- Presented a talk on ‘Indian National Budget: 2013-14’ in Department of Economics, Goa

University on April 6, 2013.

39- Assessing River Water Pollution in Goa: A GIS Approach- Presented this paper in a National

Conference on Environmental Economics: EIA at Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar

on June10, 2012.

40- Philosophical and Cognitive Implications of Artificial intelligence- Paper presented at National

Conference at National Institute of Science, Technology and Development (NISTADS) on April

22, 2012.

Miscellaneous activities:

1-Attended many workshops and Seminars in many areas like Mathematics, Cognitive Science,

Philosophy, Economics, GIS, Disaster management, Futurology of education, International and

National women’s Conferences, Content Based Image retrieval Systems, etc. over the years.

2-Attended and participated International Conference on accounting and Finance at ICFAI Business

School at Hyderabad from 23Dec-24Dec, 2006.

3-Voluntary blood Donor in many Blood Bank Camps.

4--Manager and Rapporteur of XII National Input Output Research Association Conference in Univ of

Hyderabad in 2003.

5-Taken one Semester course in Advanced Logic under Prof Goswani in deptt of Philosophy, Univ of

Hyd.

6-Regular evaluator of many research papers from many researchers in many fields of philosophy,

sociology, Economics, etc.

7-Most of papers presented in Tech Fest in BITS Pilani Goa in 2005 were in Economics and related

quantitative areas when I was the sole Economics faculty and heading the department informally.

8-Participated in Clean and Green Campaign in Ranga Reddy District organized by NSS Unit of Univ

of Hyderabad from March 23rd to March29th 2002.

9-Launched a massive all world Animal welfare Campaign against Increasing Meat Export Proposals

of 10th Plan Proposals of Govt of India in 2003.

20-Recipient of Departmental Merit Scholarship for 2years in MA in Univ of Mumbai from 1983-85.

11-Taught one semester on Growth Economics in Deptt of Economics MA , Univ of Goa 2006-

2007(dec-Jan).

12-Received many awards in Debates, Essay writing Competitions in School.

13- Delivered 2 hour lecture on Ramanuja’s Philosophy to Philosophy Class in BITS Pilani Goa

Campus on 25th April 2007.

1- Presented paper on Peace in Workshop on Peace conducted by Regional Engg. College in

Bhubaneswar in Jan 10-2010.

2- Presented a Paper on Regional dispersal in Goa Univ , Economics Department-Feb17, 2010

16- Delivered 4hour series of lectures on information Economics at Goa Univ in march 6-7 2010 for

economics Faculty of All India colleges. Took their presentations as Supervisor

17- Delivered an 1-hour lecture on Social Infrastructure in MA Class in Economics Deptt in Goa Univ

in Aug 2009

18- Attending Round table discussion in Rome on Universal Brotherhood in Theosophical congress in

July11-15-2010. Talk delivered on ‘Functions on Gods’.

19- Deliver 4 talks in Glasgow at 39th Regional Science Association Conference on 25-27 aug2010.

20-Participated in Conference on ‘Business in Rural Markets’ at Goa Institute of Management, Goa

on 19-08-2011

21- Participated on Supply Chain in Microsoft Systems: Internal and external- nov 2013, Department

of Computer Science, Goa University

Students –

Over 150 students successfully completed study oriented projects, Special Projects, First Degree Thesis, etc. since 2006 till date

On Topics cited below:

Mergers and Acquisitions

Hedge Funds

Cochin International Airport-PPP

Venture Capital- Retail

Economics of Information Technology and E commerce

Techno Economic Implications in Value Engineering- A Comparative Study of a Private Sector Firm

and a Public sector Firm

Intellectual Property Rights and Instrumentation Industry

Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing

Analysis of Discretionary Accruals prior to IPOs

Mergers and Acquisitions

Perturbations in Stock Market: Physics and Economics.

Evolution of Ideas, Ethics and Art: A comparison between Greek Philosophers and J Krishnamurti

Mechanism Design and modeling of Labor Markets

Knowledge Systems and their applications (user access to Encyclopaedic elements and its extension

to interlinked knowledge base in Urban space)

Hedge Funds and Its Implications for Indian Economy

A Mathematical Analysis of Chaos theory signifying model characteristics for Institution building

Pricing Model Based on Characteristics of Cross Licensing

Economics of Education

Small Business Entrepreneurship and Business Opportunity Identification

A study of water management in Goa- Based on case study of demand projection of an educational

institution like BITS

Carbon trading as a Mechanism to reduce Green house Gas Emissions

Optimal Currency Areas

Developing Infrastructure-Environment Linkage Indices

IMF reforms

Power Sector Reforms and Lighting Devices

Foreign exchange modeling

Indian Power Sector

A study on Macro-econometric Modeling: Determination of GDP using Private Consumption by

Role of an Engineering Firm in a Product specific supply chain management

Bayesian Networks: Application in Portfolio Optimization

Analysis of Indian Stock Market By using Fibbonacci Method

Analyzing and modifying an existing financial instrument for funding a chemical firm

Application of Mathematical Techniques in Valuation Analysis

Debt Securitization and Special purpose Vehicles in India

Analytics of Decision Making Using game Theory

An Integrated Approach to Supplier Selection using Analytical hierarchy Process in a production Firm

An integrated approach to supplier selection and order allocation using multiple objective linear

programming in a manufacturing firm

Bayesian Network Modeling of Portfolio Risk and return

Market Valuation of R&D in Indian Firms

Virtual Stock Market-Modeling SR Investor Reactions (Developing a Software )

Financial bubbles- Understanding a Forecasting Model

Developing a model for mitigating financial crisis

Developing economic methodology from Russellian mathematics

Developing a Systems model for Innovation Management using Graph theoretic approach and

Design matrix

Micro finance modeling

Developing an application oriented Systems model for reverse Logistics in supply chain management

using Graph Theoretic approach and design matrix

Brand management and generic brand : Finding elasticity of demand a case study

Mergers and acquisitions using event model

Option pricing for pre and post crisis of 2008

Economic analysis of Electricity sector of Madhya Pradesh

Regional dispersal analysis of Indian industries for 1996-2004

Growth and Productivity relationship of Indian Industries 1996-2004

Mathematical modeling of credit risks

Democracy and communalism-primary survey of students-

Socio-economic consequences of judicial inefficiency

Farmers’ suicides and responsibility of political representatives

Buyback of shares in Indian companies

Assessing multipliers in Indian economy

Devising a global financial regulatory architecture- systems approach

Searching Tax bases through Neural Networks approach

Performance forecasting of Indian Stock Markets through Neural Networks

Information Choices for Social Welfare

Multi modal structure for Electricity reforms in India- case study of Madhya Pradesh

Bayesian analysis for portfolio analysis for infrastructure financing

Forecasting performance for Indian industry

Mechanism design for principal agent relationship through reverse game theory

Bayesian approach to fraud detection in telecom industry-an economic and technical analysis

Price-consumption relationship in illegal goods- a behavioral economics approach

Trade restrictions and expansions for economic integration in European union: an empirical

approach

Economic sustainability –exploring relationships in energy efficiency, economic growth and

environment sustainability

Finance and growth relationships in India

Game theory in Power sharing

Hedge fund modeling

Input output analysis for Goa Economy

Wavelet analysis

Membership in professional bodies

1- Life Member of Indian Institute of Public Administration

2- Life Member of IORA(Input-Output Research Association)

3- Life Member of Indian Physics Association

4- Life Member of Regional Science Association

5- Life Member of Odisha Environmental Association.

6- Member of Kriya Yoga Society.

7- Life member of Systems Society of India.

8- Life Member of Goa Management Association.

9- Trustee- Self Exploration Retreat Krishnamurti Group.

10- Life member of The Theosophical Society

11- Life Member of ‘Beauty Without Cruelty’,

12- Life Member of Voluntary Health Association of India-Goa Chapter

13- Life Member of Midwifery Society of India

14- Life Member, Goa Economic Association

15- Life Member, SANDEE, Nepal.

16- Member, Regional Science Association, United Kingdom.

17- Life Member, International Union of Anthropological and ethnological Sciences.

Additional Areas of research interest:

Social Sciences, Political Economics, Religion, Philosophy, Management, J Krishnamurti, Regional

Economics, Productivity Economics, Green Management and Organizational Design, Audit Economics

and International Financial Reporting System, Environment Accounting Approaches, Public Health

Economics and Management Information system, Application of Bayesian, Markowitz and Optimization

models in Finance, Behavioral Finance and Behavioral Economics, Algorithmic Finance, Diagnostic

Psychology, Island International trade, Innovation Management, Systems Methodology, Local self

Government Issues, Telecom and Infrastructure, Equity and Dispersal Economics, Statistical and

Econometric Applications in Economics, Finance, Management, Entrepreneurship, Business and Social

Sciences, etc.

Some interesting Articles/ Lectures:

An Obituary to Caste -Searching for an Alternative Information System –Presented in National Conference on Caste at MES College in 2011

Role of Youth in Preventing Corruption

Management Information System for Health and Self Awareness

Information Economics delivered in Goa University,

Technology and Economics delivered in Goa University,

Philosophy of economics delivered in Goa University,

Growth Economics delivered in Goa University.

‘Scope of Economics in Engineering Disciplines and Modern Relevance of

Economics in a Technological Society’ in an Inaugural Economics Association Meet

(FOREX) in BITS Pilani, Goa Campus on 12 Oct 2006.

Philosophy of Economics

‘The Relevance of Theosophical Philosophy and J Krishnamurti Approaches in

Modern Education System’ delivered in BITS Pilani Goa Campus in 2006

Rethinking Islam in Asia pacific Theosophical Conference in Nov 5, 2004.

‘Self Esteem: Risk Preference and Risk Propensity in Behavioral Finance’ in New

York University in Sept21 2012.

Other Lectures on Religion and Theosophical Philosophy delivered in Hyderabad,

Bellary, Cuttack, Goa, Chennai, Singapore, Rome.