Education

• Ph.D. in Economics from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (2025).
• M.A. in Economics from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India (2018).
• B.A. in Economics from Shillong College (Affiliated to North-Eastern Hill University), Meghalaya, India (2015).

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor: Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai (July 2025 onwards)
• Research Associate: IIT Madras, Chennai (1st January, 2025 – 31st June, 2025).

Area of Research

Micro Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Water Economics, Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics.

Fellowships / Awards

• Half-Time Research Assistantship at IIT Madras from 1st January 2020- 31st December 2024.
• Qualified National Eligibility Test (UGC- NET), for Lectureship and Assistant Professor 2019.
• Has been awarded the 42nd All India Economic Conference prize for securing the First Rank in M.A. Economics Degree Examination (Batch 2016-2018).

Papers Published

1. Nongbri, R. W., Sarkar, A., & Mandal, S. K. (2025). Impact of temperature shocks on household water poverty in India. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 16618.
2. Nongbri, R. W., & Mandal, S. K. (2023). An assessment of multidimensional water poverty in India: an application of Alkire–Foster dual cut-off approach. Indian Economic Review, 58(2), 433-456.

Papers Presented in Seminars/Conferences/Workshop

1. Presented a paper titled “Resilience and vulnerability: Analyzing the influence of political connections in mitigating water poverty caused by climate-induced natural disaster in India” at the 58th Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES) organized by the Tripura University (Central University) from 22nd to 24th, 2024.
2. Presented a paper titled “Impact of Climate Change Induced Natural Disasters on Water Poverty in India: Moderating Impact of Political Connectedness” at the Winter School 2023 from 14th to 16th December 2023 at Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, organized by the Centre for Development Economics Delhi School of Economics and The Econometric Society.
3. Presented a paper titled “Navigating water poverty in India: Unraveling the interplay of climate-driven disasters and political influence” at the 9th International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE 2023) from 21st to 24th November 2023 at Matsue (Japan), organized by WRE and co-organized with I-Shou University.
4. Presented a paper titled “Impact of climate change induced natural disasters on water poverty in India: Moderating impact of political connectedness” at the International Conference on Water Security and Climate Adaptation Conference from 4th -7th October 2023, at IIT Madras, organized by DAAD Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre (ABCD-Centre) in collaboration with IIT Madras.
5. Presented a paper “A Comprehensive Assessment of Household Water Poverty in India” at the World Water Summit International Conference and Exhibition, New Delhi, from 25th and 26th August 2023, organized by the Energy and Environment Foundation.
6. Presented a paper on “Environmental Evaluation on The Impact of Coal Mining in Meghalaya” in the National Seminar on Impact of Business and Industry on Environment, organised by the Department of Economics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, on the 27th &28th March 2019, sponsored by the UGC-SAP-DRS-III.
7. Presented a paper on “Culture, Conservation and Preservation of Forest Resources in Meghalaya” in the National Seminar on Environmental Issues: Protection, Conservation and Management, organized by the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Annamalai University on 22nd & 23th March 2019, sponsored by the UGC-SAP-DRS.
8. Presented a paper on “Water Crises and Water Management in Meghalaya” at the International Conference on Sustainable Management of Water Resources in India, organized by the Department of Economics, Annamalai University, on the 22nd & 23rd February 2019, sponsored by UGC- SAP-DRS-II.

Participated in Seminars/Conferences/Workshop

1. Attended the first International Conference on Circular Economy for Sustainable Water Management (SuWaM2022) from 23rd to 25th March 2022, organized by the Centre for Continuing Education on Water Sustainability, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
2. Attended a training workshop on “How to Measure Water Security: Using the Water Security Assessment Tool (WATSAT)” on the 3rd October 2023, at IIT Madras, organized by DAAD Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre (ABCD-Centre) in collaboration with IIT Madras.
3. Attended a 3-day workshop on “Preparing Technical Documents Using LaTeX from 2nd to 4th April 2020, organized by the CDC-R, IIT Madras 2022.
4. Attended the Research Methodology workshop held on 31/03/2021 organized by the RSD IIT Madras.
5. Attended the Springer Author – Manuscript writing held on 28/03/2021 organized by the RSD IIT Madras.
6. Attended a three-days Online International Workshop on Methods of Research in Social Science and Humanities, organized by the Centre for Development Economics Studies (CDES) from 11/06/2020 to 13/06/2020.
7. Attended the 8-week online course from July-September 2020 on Introduction to R Programming, organized by Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology.
8. Attended the online course on COVID-19, organized by the Department of Economics of Annamalai University from 22 -31 May 2020.
9. Attended a day regional workshop on “Writing of research article with SPSS & AMOS application for (Web of Science & Scopus) Journals” organized by the Department of Commerce, Annamalai University on the 30th & 31st August, 2019.
10. Attended two-day research methodology workshops on “Hands-On experience in statistical software tools” conducted by Dr. Ambedkar Chair, Annamalai University on the 13th & 14th February, 2019.

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