Dr  Kalandi Charan Pradhan

Chromium POD Room No. 518; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; IIT Indore; Simrol; Khandwa Road
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Email: kcpradhan@iiti.ac.in; kcpradhan1989@gmail.com

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Academic Qualification

Bachelor of Arts in Economics-2009 [Utkal University, Odisha]
Master of Arts in Economics-2011 [Utkal University, Odisha]
MPhil in Economics-2013 [Pondichery Central University]
PhD in Economics - 2019 [IIT Bombay, Mumbai]

Position held

1. Working as an Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, from June 2020, till date.
2. Worked as a Project Research Associate (PRA) in NATCOM project, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, from January 2020 to June 2020.
3. Worked as a Research Associate (RA) in Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, from May 2019 to October 2019.

Publications

1. Mandal, B., Pradhan, K. C., Mohanty, P., & Muhammad, T. (2023). Migration status, physical limitations and associated self-rated health: a study of older Indian adults. BMC geriatrics, 23(1), 1-16.
2. George, A., Sharma, P., & Pradhan, K. C. (2023). Spatiotemporal Pattern of Vulnerability to Climate Change in Madhya Pradesh, India. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 1-31.
3. Pradhan, K. C., & Sharma, R. (2022). Assessing the spatiotemporal financial inclusion and its determinants: a sub-national analysis of India. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 6(2), 635-681.
4. Sahoo, P., Pradhan, K. C., & Nayak, T. (2022). Inclusiveness of Poverty Reduction: A Study of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The Indian Economic Journal, 70(1), 158-173.
5. Pradhan, K. C., & Narayanan, K. (2022). Does climatic risk induce labour migration? Evidence from Semi‐Arid Tropics region of India. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1), e2323.
6. Pradhan, K. C., & Narayanan, K. (2020). Weather variation and temporary labor migration: A panel data analysis for select semi-arid villages in India. Migration and Development, 9(2), 291-322.

Experience

My PhD thesis is mainly focuses on Climate Change and Labour Migration. In fact, my Phd students working in the area of Migration and health; migration as adaptive strategy cope with poverty risks and climate risks; and Linkages of Migrants' remittances with reduction of inequality and poverty.

For an instance: Mandal, B., Pradhan, K. C., Mohanty, P., & Muhammad, T. (2023). Migration status, physical limitations and associated self-rated health: a study of older Indian adults. BMC geriatrics, 23(1), 1-16

Area of Specialization

Broadly, my area of research focuses on developmental issues that include migration studies, migration and health, economics of labour migration, financial inclusion, sustainable development, assessing livelihood vulnerability, and socioeconomic impacts and climate change.

Membership of other Professional Associations

Indian Society for Ecological Economics

I am working as an assistant professor of economics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Indore. Broadly, my area of research focuses on developmental issues that include migration studies, migration and health, economics of labour migration, financial inclusion, sustainable development, assessing livelihood vulnerability, and socioeconomic impacts and climate change.