Dr. Chandralekha Ghosh has earned her graduation and post graduation degree in Economics from Jadavpur University in 1998 and 2000 respectively. She started her research career as a research associate in Planning and development Unit at Department of Economics at Jadavpur University. She has received Research Fellowship under West Bengal state government scholarship scheme in 2002. She has completed her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Ajitava Raychaudhuri at the Department of Economics at Jadavpur University in 2008. She has worked as a UGC appointed lecturer in Umeschandra College under University of Calcutta before joining West Bengal State University till January, 2009. Her area of research is agriculture economics, rural credit with application of advanced econometric-modeling.

At present she is working on self help groups and rural financing in West Bengal. Her expertise lies in advanced econometric modeling and working with various econometric softwares, dealing with primary level data as well as large data sets.

Area of Interest

Agriculture economics, mainly productivity and efficiency measurements and issues related to globalization of agriculture. She is also working on issues like self help groups, microfinance and rural credit market.

Current Projects:

Working as co- investigator of the UGC funded   research project titled “Evaluating Economic and Social Impact of Joining SHG”.

Working as one of the co-directors of ICSSR sponsored major research project titled “Borrowing Patterns in a Rural Economy – A selective Study”.

Publications:

International

1. “Does Political Identity Matter in Rural Borrowing? Evidence from a Field Survey” (with Tanmoyee Banerjee and Malabika Roy), accepted for publication in the special issue on the Informal Sector in India of Journal of South Asian Development, Sage Publications.
   Print ISSN: 0973-1741 Online ISSN: 0973-1733  
2. “Borrower’s in a Village Economy: an Analysis of Credit Contracts across Rural Households", (with Tanmoyee Banerjee and Malabika Roy) accepted for publication in June 2010 issue of Asia Pacific Social Science Review. (Indexed in Scopus Elsevier  Bibliography Data Base) ISSN: 0119-8386.

National

1. “Agriculture Growth in Two Major Rice Producing States in India: A Comparative Study of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh” (with Ajitava Raychaudhuri), to be published in Issue No-358, Jan 2010, Indian Journal of Economics. ISSN: 0019-5170
2. Ghosh ,Banerjee and Roy(2009), “Different Persons Different Needs: An Analysis of various types of Loans in a Village Economy”,  The ICFAI University Journal of Managerial Economics, Vol-VII, Nos-3& 4, pp:94-108. ISSN: 0972-9305.
3. Paper titled “Measurement of Cost Efficiency in case of Rice Production in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh”(2010), in The ICFAI University Journal of Agriculture Economics, Vol-VII , Nos-1&2, pp.30-47. ISSN:0973-2276.
4. Paper Titled “A Model of Contract Farming and Price Risk with Special reference to Indian Agriculture”   submitted to Artha Vijana (under revision).
5. “Who lends to the poor : An analysis of credit contracts across households.”, - Coauthored with Dr Tanmoyee Banerjee (Chatterjee) and Dr. Malabika Roy, Working Paper,# January 2008 (CAS 06032008), Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.
6. “Impact of Price Change on Supply and Demand for Rice in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal” - Coauthored with Dr Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Working paper#07-07, March, 2007, Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.
7. “Globalization and Liberalization of Indian Agriculture: Some Related Issues” in Essays on International Trade (Ed. Dr. Rajat Acharya) with Dr Ajitava  Raychaudhuri (Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University),  Allied Publishers Private Limited, Jan 2005.
8. “Indian Agriculture under Globalization (2001)” with late Prof. Biplab Dasgupta, Eminent Economist and Head, Planning and Development Unit, Jadavpur University. Published as a Mimeo.

Paper titled “Measurement of Cost Efficiency in case of Rice Production in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh” accepted for publication in The ICFAI University Journal of Agriculture Economics.

Paper Titled “A Model of Contract Farming and Price Risk with Special reference to Indian Agriculture”   submitted to Artha Vijana (under revision).

“Who lends to the poor : An analysis of credit contracts across households.”, - Coauthored with Dr Tanmoyee Banerjee (Chatterjee) and Dr. Malabika Roy, Working Paper,# January 2008 (CAS 06032008), Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.

“Impact of Price Change on Supply and Demand for Rice in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal” - Coauthored with Dr Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Working paper#07-07, March, 2007, Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.

“Globalization and Liberalization of Indian Agriculture: Some Related Issues” in Essays on International Trade (Ed. Dr. Rajat Acharya) with Dr Ajitava  Raychaudhuri (Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University),  Allied Publishers Private Limited, Jan 2005.