Faculty
Prof. Payel Dutta
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Payel Dutta holds an MSc. in Economics from Burdwan University (2006), West Bengal and has completed MBA in Marketing from Burdwan University (2013). She has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in December 2019. She has 15 years of teaching experience. She has worked with Asansol Girls’ College, West Bengal as lecturer and ICFAI Business School, Bangaluru as Assistant Professor in Economics department. She was the visiting faculty in the Law department at Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal. She is pursuing her Ph.D. from Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag in Economics. Her areas of interest are Microeconomics, Development Economics and International Economics.
Research articles & book chapters published:
- “Dimensions of digital divide in India: An extensive study of issues involved”. Journal of Critical Reviews. 7(19): 4227-4223.
- “India’s Digital Acceleration during COVID-19.” Disadvantaged Groups and the COVID- 19 Crisis in India: No One Left Behind. Jaipur: Authorpress. (ISBN 978-93-90891-47-4)
- “COVID-19 and Gender Digital Divide in India: Towards Sustainable Solutions”. Sustainable and Sturdy Development in India: Challenges and Strategies (ISBN- 978-93- 90462-20-9)
- “Digital Gender Divide: A Feminist Economic Take on Coronavirus Pandemic” Pandemics Beyond National Boundaries: A Historical Overview (ISBN- 978-93-90674-42-8)
Awards :
- She stood First in the Ph.D. entrance exam and was awarded Inspire Fellowship.
Papers Presented:
- Title: “Human Rights Education”. Organized by Asansol Girls’ College and The Legal AID and Advance Society, West Bengal (UGC Sponsored National Seminar), 2011.
- Title: “In search of the true world- experiencing from the field”. Organized by Asansol Girls’ College, West Bengal (UGC Sponsored National Seminar), 2012.
- Title: “Swami Vivekanander Aloy Nari (Women Vivekananda’s Perspective)”. Organized by Asansol Girls’ College, West Bengal (UGC Sponsored National Seminar), 2013.
- Title: “Feminist Economics in the Third World and Gayatri C. Spivak” organized by Durgapur International Business Studies Academia, West Bengal, India. 5th All India Conference on Business Studies, 2016.
- Title: “Beyond Beijing Declaration: Women and Higher Education in India” Organized by Asansol Girls’ College, West Bengal (accredited ‘A’ by NAAC) with financial support from UGC, 2017.
- Title: “Rethinking Homoeconomicus: Maslow’s Self Actualization and Purushartha” Organized by Asansol Girls’ College, West Bengal (UGC Sponsored National Seminar), 2017.
- Title: “Gender, Decision and Development: A research into the lives of housemaids from Asansol (Talpukuria)” organized by Kazi Nazrul Islam Mahavidyalaya, Churulia, Burdwan, West Bengal, India (UGC Sponsored National Seminar),2017.
- Title: “Global CRM and Banking Sectors in India ” organized by Kazi Nazrul Islam Mahavidyalaya, Churulia, Burdwan, West Bengal, India (National Seminar), 2018.
- Presented: “Feminist Economics, Digital Gender Divide and cases of BPL women from Asansol” organized by Department of Economics, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal (International seminar), 2020.
- Presented: “The conditions of Digital Gender Divide: Questioning BPL women’s socio- economic agency in Asansol (West Bengal, India)” organized by Diamond Harbour Women’s University, South 24 Parganas (International Seminar), West Bengal, 2020.
- Presented: “Digital Gender Divide: A Feminist Economic take on Coronavirus Pandemic” organized by Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (International Webinar), 2020.
- Presented: “Gender Digital Divide and COVID-19 Crisis: An Indian Development Perspective” organized by Alipurduar University, North Bengal (National Web based Conference), 2021.
- Presented: “COVID-19 and Gender Digital Divide in India: Towards sustainable Solutions” organized by Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, North Bengal (National webinar),2021.
