Area of Research Interest:

Rural growth linkages, entrepreneurship in rural non-farm sector, socioeconomic development of marginalised groups, and state finances.

Selected Publication:

2004: Rural Industrial Entrepreneurship: The Case of Bardhaman District in West Bengal, Wageningen (The Netherlands): Wageningen University.

1. Folmer, Henk, Subrata Dutta, and Han Oud (2010): “Determinants of Rural Industrial Entrepreneurship of Farmers in West Bengal: A Structural Equations Approach”, International Regional Science Review, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 367-396, (Arizona State University, USA).
2. (2007), “Non-farm Entrepreneurship of Farmers in West Bengal: A LISREL/Logit Analysis,” Indian Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 231-253, (Delhi School of Economics publication).
3. (2002), “Urbanisation and Development of Rural Small Enterprises: Studying the Linkage with Focus on West Bengal,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 37, No. 30, July 27, pp. 3181-3189.

1. (2009): “Trade Liberalisation and Indian Farm Sector: Understanding the Situation from Available Evidence,” India Economy Review, Vol. 6, Quarterly Issue, pp. 46-52, (Indian Institute of Planning and Management publication).
2. (2008), “Vulnerability of Widows and Responsibility of the State: A Review of Rajasthan Budgets,” India Economy Review, Vol. 5, Quarterly Issue, pp. 132-143, (Indian Institute of Planning and Management publication).
3. (2008), “Dalits are Not Getting Their Due Shares through Budgetary Allocations: A Case Study on the Special Component Plan Budgets in Rajasthan,” India Economy Review, Vol. 5, Annual Issue, pp. 250-269, (Indian Institute of Planning and Management publication).

Conference/seminar participated:

1. Participated in an international conference on “Budget Monitoring” organised by the International Budget Partnership (Washington) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in October, 2008;
2. Participated in an international seminar on “Human Rights and Budgets” organised by the Human Rights Law Networks (HRLN) in Shimla in May, 2008;
3. Participated in a national conference on “Budget Analysis and Expenditure Monitoring” organised by Samarthan Centre for Budget Studies in Pune in February, 2008;

4. Paper on Social Security Budgets for Widows was accepted in an international seminar organised jointly by the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway, and the Baltic Conference Organisers, Lithuania. The seminar was held in Lithuania in February, 2008;

5. Participated in a seminar at London School of Economics in June, 2007, on “Legislative Budget Advocacy” organised jointly by the International Budget Partnership, Washington, and the Department of Governance, London School of Economics;
6. Participated in an international conference on “Budget Analysis” organised by the International Budget Partnership (Washington) in Cambodia in October, 2006;
7. Participated in an international conference on “Gender Budgeting” at Mukono, Uganda in June, 2006. The conference was organised by the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) and the Eastern Africa Gender Budget Network (EAGBN).

Contact:

Email: sdutta@spiesr.ac.in /subratacalcutta@hotmail.com
Telephone: +91-79-26850598, 26851428 (O); Cell: 9712550019
Fax: +91 79 26851714