AMARESH SAMANTARAYA Professor

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  • Department of Economics
  • School of Management
  • amaresheco@gmail.com

Academic Activity

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Educational Qualification (UG,PG & Higher Order)

S.No Degree Subject/Title of thesis University/Board Year of Passing
1 Ph.D. Transmission Mechanism and Operating Procedure of Monetary Policy in India: An Econometric Analysis University of Hyderabad 2003
2 M.A. Economics University of Hyderabad 1997
3 B.A. Economics (Hons.) Ravenshaw College (Auto.), Cuttack 1995

Area of Specializaion

Monetary policy, banking, applied econometrics

Awards / Prizes Conferred

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Teaching Experience

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1 Reader Economics Pondicherry University
2 Associate Professor Economics Pondicherry University
3 Professor Economics Pondicherry University
4 Associate Professor Economics Madras School of Economics

Research Experience

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1 Research Officer Department of Economic Analysis and Policy Reserve Bank of India Monetary policy, International finance, state finances
2 Assistant Adviser / Assistant General Manager Monetary Policy Department & Dept. of Banking Supervision Reserve Bank of India Monetary policy, Banking regulation and supervision

Industry Experience

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Contribution towards Innovation

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Patent Details

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Papers Published in UGC Approved Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Understanding Trend Inflation in India: What Do Data Speak? Gopinath Tulasi, Amaresh Samantaraya, Varun Tulasi, Mausumi Mohanty IUP Journal of Applied Economics Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 57-71. 2021 NA
2 Understanding Inflation Dynamics in India Gopinath Tulasi, Amaresh Samantaraya, Thangjam Rajeshwar and Abhishek Chaubey Economic and Political Weekly Vol. LVI, No. 2, January 9, pp.42-50 2021 NA
3 RBI's Monetary Policy Performance under Various Governors: Individual Charisma versus Institutional Dominion Amaresh Samantaraya Orissa Economic Journal Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 63-80. 2020 NA
4 Pattern and Determinants of Household Savings in Odisha: An Empirical Analysis of Censored Data using a Tobit Model Amaresh Samantaraya and Suresh Kumar Patra IUP Journal of Applied Economics Vol. XVIII No. 4, pp. 43-70 2019 NA
5 RBI’s Interest Rate Policy and Durable Liquidity Question C. Rangarajan and Amaresh Samantaraya Economic and Political Weekly Vol 52, No. 22, June 3, 2017, pp. 12-16 2017 NA
6 Procyclical Credit Growth and Bank NPAs in India Amaresh Samantaraya Economic and Political Weekly Vol 51, No. 12, March 10, pp. 112-119 2016 NA
7 Determinants of Bank Profitability in the Post-reform Period: Evidence from India K. Seenaiah, Badri Narayan Rath and Amaresh Samantaraya Global Business Review Vol. 16, No. 5S, October, PP. 82S-92S 2015 NA
8 Microfinance for Economic Empowerment of Rural India Amaresh Samantaraya and Aritraa Goswami Journal of Rural Development Vol. 34, No. 4, October-December 2015, pp. 543-566 2015 NA
9 Does Kaldor’s Hypothesis Hold for India A. Sankaran and Amaresh Samantaraya Journal of Developing Areas Vol. 49, No. 4, PP.59-67 2015 NA
10 Has Odisha Become Less Poor in the Last Decade? Amaresh Samantaraya, Arundhati Mallick, Auro Kumar Sahoo and Biswabhusan Bhuyna Economic and Political Weekly Vol. XLIX, No.46, Nov 15, PP.62-67 2014 NA
11 Revisiting the Doctrine of Purchasing Power parity Through Quantile Regression and Wavelets Niyati Bhanja, Arif Billah Dar and Amaresh Samantaraya IUP Journal of Applied Economics 2014 Vol. XIII No.1, PP.34-46 2014 NA
12 The predictive power of yield spread: evidence from wavelet analysis Arif Billah Dar, F.A. Shah and Amaresh Samantaraya Empirical Economics Vol. 46, Issue 3 PP. 887-901 2014 NA
13 Trade Openness, Financial Development Index and Economic Growth: Evidence from India (1971-2012) Dogga Satyanarayana Murthy, Suresh Kumar Patra and Amaresh Samantaraya Journal of Financial Economic Policy Vol. 6 Issue: 4, pp.362-375 2014 NA
14 The Relationship between Stock Prices and Exchange Rate in Asian Markets: A Wavelet based correlation and Quantile Regression Approach Arif Billah Dar, Aasif Shah, Niyati Bhanja and Amaresh Samantaraya South Asian Journal of Global Business Research Vol.3, No.2, PP.209-224 2014 NA
15 • Export Led Growth or Growth Led Export Hypothesis in India: Evidence on Time-Frequency Approach Arif Billah Dar, Niyati Bhanja, Aviral Kumar Tiwari and Amaresh Samantaraya Asian Economic and Financial Review Vol. 3, No. 7, PP. 869- 880 2013 NA
16 An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission Mechanism in India in the Post-reform Period: Relevance of the Banking Channel Amaresh Samantaraya and B. Kamaiah IUP Journal of Applied Economics Vol. X, No. 4, October, PP. 5 - 22 2011 NA
17 Government-Sponsored Development Programs for Rural India: A Case Study of SGSY in Orissa Amaresh Samantaraya and Sanjay Kumar Lenka IUP Journal of Public Finance Vol. VIII, No. 4, November 2010, PP. 21-30 2010 NA
18 An Empirical Analysis of Exchange Rate Pass-Through in India: Relevance for Inflation Management Amaresh Samantaraya ICFAI University Journal of Monetary Economics Vol. VII, No. 2, May, PP. 17 – 31 2009 NA
19 A Monetary Policy Index to Assess the Stance of Monetary Policy in India in the Post-reform Period Amaresh Samantaraya Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 44, No. 20, May 16-22, PP. 46 – 50 2009 NA
20 Do Macroeconomic Indicators Explain India’s Sovereign Ratings? An Empirical Analysis Amaresh Samantaraya and Jeanne Verrier Margin – Journal of Applied Economic Research Vol. 3, No. 3, July-September, PP. 193 – 221 2009 NA
21 An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission Mechanism in India: A Synthetic Approach Amaresh Samantaraya and B. Kamaiah Journal of Quantitative Economics New Series Vol. 7, No. 1, January, PP. 23 – 36 2009 NA
22 Indian Experience of Inflation: A Review of the Evolving Process R K Pattnaik and Amaresh Samantaraya Economic and Political Weekly Vol. XLI, No. 4, January 28-February 3, PP. 349 – 357 2006 NA

Papers Published in Non UGC Approved Peer Reviewed Journals

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Journal Name Volume, Issue & Page Nos. Year Impact Factor
1 Determinants of Household Savings in India: An Empirical Analysis using ARDL Approach Amaresh Samantaraya and Suresh Kumar Patra Economics Research International Vol. 2014 2014 NA
2 Monetary Policy Committee: What Works and where Michael Debabrata Patra and Amaresh Samantaraya RBI Occasional Papers Vol. 28, No. 2, Monsoon 2007, PP. 1 – 26 2007 NA
3 Growth and Inflation in India: Detecting the Threshold Level Amaresh Samantaraya and A. Prasad Asian Economic Review Vol. 43, No. 3, December, PP. 414 – 428 2001 NA
4 An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on the Volume of Exports: A Case Study of India during the Nineties A. Prasad and Amaresh Samantaraya Journal of Foreign Exchange and International Finance Vol. XIII, No. 4, 2000, PP. 269 – 287 2000 NA

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

S.No Title Name of the Authors as per the order in Paper Details of Conference Publication Page Nos. Year
1 Inflation Dynamics in India: Stylized Facts and Selected Issues Amaresh Samantaraya, Arif Billah Dar and Niyati Bhanja A compendium of Essays in Applied Econometrics NA 2012

Books

S.No Title of the Book Name of the Authors as per the order in Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Conduct of Monetary Policy in India: Changing Dimensions in the Post-reform Period Amaresh Samantaraya TR Publications, Chennai 2015 978-81-8285-024-7

Chapters in Books

S.No Title of the Chapters Name of the Authors Title of the Book Publisher Year ISBN No.
1 Conduct of Monetary Policy in India: The Journey so Far and Contemporary Challenges Amaresh samantaraya India's Contemporary Macroeconomic Themes Springer Nature 2023 978-981-99-5728-6
2 Monetary Policy Accommodation and Banking Risks: An Indian perspective Amaresh Samantaraya and Mausumi Mohanty Studies in International Economics and Finance Springer Nature 2022 978-981-16-7061-9
3 Role of Monetary Policy to Sustain High Growth in India: Lessons from the Recent Dynamics in Determination of Bank Credit Amaresh Samantaraya Reviving Growth in India Cambridge University Press 2015 978-1-107-09033-0
4 An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission in India in the Post-reform Period: Relevance of the Banking Channel Amaresh Samantaraya Select Issues in Macroeconomics: A Quantitative Approach IUP Publications 2014 9788131427958

Edited Books

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Ongoing Projects

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Completed Projects

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Career Guidance Offered to students

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List of capability enhancement such as Soft skill development, Remedial coaching, Language lab,
Bridge courses, Yoga, Meditation, Personal Counselling and Mentoring etc.,

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Research Guidance - PG

S.No Year Degree No. of Students Awarded Department/Centre
1 2017 M.SC 8 Economics
2 2016 M.SC 4 Economics
3 2015 M.SC 10 Economics
4 2014 M.SC 6 Economics
5 2013 M.SC 6 Economics
6 2012 M.PHIL 5 Economics
7 2012 M.SC 5 Economics
8 2011 M.PHIL 4 Economics
9 2011 M.SC 5 Economics

Research Guidance - Ph.D

S.No Student Name Registration Date Registration No. Thesis Title Thesis Submitted Status Thesis Submitted Date Vivavoce Completed Status Date Awarded
1 T. Gopinath 01-08-2017 20173108007 Understanding Inflation Dynamics in India: An Atheoretical Approach YES 08-04-2021 YES 12-10-2021
2 Mausumi Mohanty 07-08-2017 20171108005 NA NO NO
3 Arif Billah Dar NA PU/CE/E9/PhD/2010-11/584 Three Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics YES November 2013 YES August 2014
4 Niyati Bhanja NA NA Dynamics of Exchange Rate Behaviour and its Pass-through YES December 2013 YES August 2014
5 Dogga Satyanarayana Murthy NA R24043 Financial Development and Economic Growth in India YES August 2014 YES July 2015
6 Suresh Kumar Patra NA R27276 An Empirical Analysis of Household Savings in India YES July 2015 YES August 2016
7 R. Ganesasubramaniam NA R25893 Regional Disparity in the Post-reform Period: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu YES July 2016 YES February 2017

Research Guidance - Post Doctoral

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Financial assistance availed to attend conferences / workshops and to pay membership fee
of professional bodies during the year

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Invited Talks in Conference/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme

S.No Title of the Paper Conferences/Seminar/Workshop/Training Programme Organized by Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 Conduct of Monetary Policy in India: Changing Dimensions in Theoretical Underpinnings and Practices 52nd Annual Conference of Odisha Economic Assoiciation Odisha Economic Association State 07-02-2020 08-02-2020 2020
2 Conduct of Monetary Policy in India: Issues and Challenges 35th Annual Conference of Rajasthan Economic Association Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan National 23-01-2015 24-01-2015 2015

Conferences/Seminars Organized

S.No Title of the Programme Sponsors Venue & Duration Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 2nd Symposium in Money, Banking and Finance RBI, Indian Bank, Union Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, IDBI Bank Pondicherry University, 2 days National 03-01-2020 04-01-2020 2020
2 Symposium on Money, Banking and Finance RBI and Indian Bank Pondicherry University, 2 days National 22-02-2019 23-02-2019 2019

Workshop Organized

S.No Title of the Programme Sponsors Venue & Duration Whether International / National / State / Regional / College or University Level From To Year
1 Workshop on Basic Econometrics Participation Fees Pondicherry University, One Week National 10-12-2018 14-12-2018 2018

Administrative Responsibilities in the Government and Quasi Government Agencies

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Affiliation in Academic Bodies/Societies

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1 Orissa Economic Association Member 2020
2 The Indian Econometric Society Member 2006
3 Indian Institute of Banking and Finance CAIIB 2005

Participation & Extension Activities (Academic/Administraion)

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1 Head May 2018 onwards Administration and Cordination

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