Obtained MA in Economics from the University of Burdwan in 1986 and awarded Ph.D degree from Vidyasagar University in 2003. He has 20- year teaching experiences and 16- year research experiences. He has published a lot of papers in the international as well as national referred journals and conference proceedings. He received teacher fellowship from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for two years’ (1999-2001).

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Individual Research Project conducted (02)

1. Title of the UGC Research Project (2002-2004): Institutional Credit and Credit Markets in Rural West Bengal: A Case Study during the liberalization Period.
2. Title of the UGC Research Project (2005- 2007): Micro Finance and Women Empowerment: A Case Study in Rural West Bengal.

On-going Research Project (01)

1. Title of the ICSSR Research Project (2010 – 2012): Adaptation to Climate Change and Household Economy: A Study on Forest Dependant Communities in Drought, Coastal and Mountain regions of West Bengal.

Research Report (03)

1. Title of the Report (2003): The Socio-economic Survey of the Rural Poor in the two Forest Based Tribal Villages, Bankura District, West Bengal. The report was submitted to the Principal Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal.
2. Title of the Report (2008): Forest for the Rural Poor: A Socio-economic Study in the two Villages in the Drought prone District of Bankura, West Bengal. The report was submitted to the Principal Raja Peary Mohan College, Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal.
3. Title of the Report (2009): Success Story of Mango Grafting Activities under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act  in Deganga Block in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. The report was submitted to the District Magistrate, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

Academic participation across the country

Publications in the International Journal (05)

1. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2011). “Climate Change Vulnerability and Household level Adaptation: A study on the forest dependent communities in drought prone area of West Bengal, India”, IUFRO World series, Vol.29, ISSN 1016-3263, ISBN 978-3-902762-05-4(Viena, Austria).
2. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2010). “Adaptation to Climate change and Non-timber Forest Products: An Empirical Study in West Bengal”, IUFRO World Series, Vol. 27.  ISSN 1016-3263,
ISBN 978-3-901347-96-2(Viena, Austria).
3. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2010). “Efficiency in wholesale, Retail and Village Markets: A Study of Potato Markets in West Bengal” Journal of South Asian Development, Sage Publication
4. (2010): 85–111.
5. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2009). “Adaptation, Non-timber Forest Products and rural livelihood: an empirical study in West Bengal, India”, Earth and Environmental sciences, Vol. 6, No.382011.
6. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2007). “Cointegration and Market Integration: An Application to the Potato Markets in Rural West Bengal, India”, published in the Department of Applied Economics,University of Minnesota,USA
http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-in/pdf_view.pl?paperid=22101

Publications in the National Referred Journals (07)

1. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2008). “Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and labour Productivity in China and India: An application to the Cointegration model”, Vidyasagar University Journal of Economics, Vol.VVV.
2. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2006). “Micro Finance in Rural West Bengal: A Case Study of Hooghly District”, Artha Beekshan, Vol. 15, No.1, June, pp.69-77.
3. Basu, Jyotish Prakash and Dinda (2003). “Market Integration: An Application of Error Correction Model to Potato Market in Hooghly District, West Bengal”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 58, No.4, October-December, Mumbai, pp. 742-757.
4. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2002). “Is Potato Market Efficient? An Analysis of Village Survey Data for Hooghly District,West Bengal” , Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, Vol.16, No.3, September-October, Nagpur, pp.147-158.
5. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2002). “Inter-State Disparities in Social Sector Expenditure in the 1990s”,   Artha Beekshan  , Vol.11, No. 3.
6. Basu, Jyotish Prakash and Mukhopadhaya (2001). “Price Structure of Potato in West Bengal”, Artha Beekshan, Vol. 10, No. 2, December, pp. 67-76.
7. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2000). “Credit-marketing Link of Agricultural Cash Crop: A Study with Special Reference to Potato in Rural in West Bengal,” Vidyasagar University Journal of Economics, Vol.VII.

• Basu, Jyotish Prakash  (2008): “Marketing Efficiency and Marketing Channels: An Analytical Perspective to a Less Developed Region”, by Minerva Publication (Associates)  Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Publications in the Chapter of Edited Books (04)

1. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2010). Forest Landscape Restoration and Local People Participation: A Socio-economic Perspective of Drought Prone Area in India, Modern Indian Economy, Raj Kumar Sen (Ed), Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
2. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2009). Impact of foreign aid on social sector: The Indian Case, India’s
    Development Scenario-Challenges and Prospects, Yatindra Singh Sisoda(Ed), Rawat Publications, Jaipur, India. ISBN 81-316-0208-7 pp: 69-91.
3. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2007). Does a woman’s participation in a credit program raise her Empowerment in a Household? A study in the District of Hooghly, West Bengal, India, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation and Social Disadvantage: Analysis, Case studies and Policies , Clem Tisdell(Ed.), Serials Publication, New Delhi, India. ISBN 978-81-8387-111-2. pp. 518-531.
4. Basu, Jyotish Prakash (2005). Globalisation and Rural Credit Markets in India, Globalisation and World Economic Policies: Effects and Policy Responses of Nations and their Groupings Vol.2, Clem Tisdell (Ed.) Serials Publications, New Delhi, India. ISBN 81-86771-81-6. Chapter 49, Pp. 752-778.

Publications in Conference Proceedings (23)