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Jadhav Chakradhar

Jadhav Chakradhar

Assistant Professor

Area:
 International Trade, Economic and Policy Uncertainty, Fisheries Subsidies, Corporate Social Responsibility, Firm Financial Performance, and Labour Market Discrimination.

Qualification:

Ph.D (Economics) 

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Brief Profile

Jadhav Chakradhar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. Before joining CESS Hyderabad, he worked at PES University, Bangalore, as an Assistant Professor of Economics and as a  Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. He has taught at the levels of masters and doctoral programmes at CESS Hyderabad and PES University Bangalore. Some of the main courses which he has taught are microeconomics, macroeconomics, advanced macroeconomics, international trade, development economics, econometrics, and applied econometrics. He was associated with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) for providing consultancy services regarding international trade and fisheries subsidies. He was invited several times as a resource person at UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, for different workshops and training programmes. His area of interest in research includes international trade, economic and policy uncertainty, fisheries subsidies, corporate social responsibility, firm financial performance, and labor market discrimination. He has also published his work in top-rated journals, including Singapore Economic Review, Marine Policy, Business and Society Review, etc. He has presented his research output at several national and international academic forums, including the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu, Vietnam National University (VNU), Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association (APAEA) University of Adelaide (Australia) and UNCTAD/UNESCAP.

He has attended prestigious summer schools and workshops conducted by the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), UNCTAD, UNESCAP, International Growth Centre (IGC), Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), UNCTAD-YSI, Asian Development Bank (ADB), LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore and EXIM Bank and RIS.

Currently, he is in the editorial board member of the International Journal of Business and Economics Research. He is also a reviewer for Singapore Economic Review (SER), Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (Taylor and Francis), Financial Innovation (Springer), and FIIB Business Review (Sage), etc.

He frequently writes to newspapers on contemporary issues focused on international trade, the economics of reservation, innovation, and macroeconomics.

Recently, he received ICMAI best paper award on the theme of Financial Management in a conference held at IIM Jammu and the University of Bradford, UK. He has also received the best paper award at ICBIT- 2022 international conference conducted by Management Development Institute (MDI), Murshidabad.

Areas of Interest

  • International Trade: Trade in agriculture, trade costs, regional trade agreements, fisheries subsidies
  • Labour Markets: Inequalities in employment, caste affiliation and labour outcomes
  • Macroeconomics and Trade: Economic and policy uncertainty, trade flows, and EPU

Resource Person Engagements

  1. Invited Resource Person: Delivered lectures on “Correlation and Regression Analysis”and “Regression Diagnostics Analysis” at the Ten-Day Research Methodology Course (RMC) for PhD/PDF Scholars in Social Sciences, sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, organized by the Department of Economic Studies and Planning, Central University of Karnataka (CUK), Kalaburagi, on 20 March 2026.
  2. Delivered a Special Lecture on Trade Policy Uncertainty in a Changing Global Order: Implications for India” at the Two-Day National Seminar on “Changing Tariffs – Implications for the World Trade System: Challenges and Opportunities for India and Asian Countries”, organized by A.V. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Hyderabad, in association with the Institute of Asian Studies, on 27 January 2026, Hyderabad.
  3. Chaired a Technical Session at the Two-day International Conference on “Structural Change, Youth Employability, and Inequality”, jointly organised by School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, ICFAI School of Social Sciences, IFHE, Hyderabad, and Young Scholar Initiative (YSI)–INET, New York, held on November 27–28, 2025, Hyderabad.
  4. Delivered a special lecture on Theory and Application of the Gravity Model of Trade at the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, on October 27, 2025.
  5. Invited as a Session Chair for the international conference ”AYUSHGLOBE 2025: AYUSH for Global Well-Being and Exports from India,” held on January 31, 2025, at the IITRAM campus, Ahmedabad.
  6. Guest Lectures for Doctoral Students (DBA) at Aston University, United Kingdom. Topics included: Test of Mean Differences (t-test), Correlation Tests, ANOVA, Chi-Square Test, Linear Regression Analysis, Mediation and Moderation Analysis, and Multivariate Analysis (Dec 2024 – continuing).
  7. Invited as a Session Chair at the Second International Conference on Innovations in Infrastructure (ICIIF 24), organized by the Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, from November 15–17, 2024.
  8. Delivered a guest lecture titled ’Small Open Economies & the Mundell-Fleming Model’, organized by the School of Social Sciences & Humanities (VISH), VITAP University, Amaravati (AP), India, on June 1, 2024.
  9. Delivered 12 lectures on Advanced Macroeconomics II to Master of Science (Economics) students at the Symbiosis School of Online and Digital Learning, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune campus, from April 26 to June 13, 2024.
  10. Delivered a lecture on ’Research Ethics, Plagiarism, and Referencing’ during a ten-day virtual Research Methodology Workshop sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Western Regional Centre (ICSSR-WRC), for teachers and research scholars in Social Sciences from March 1 to 13, 2024. The workshop was organized by Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce, affiliated with the University of Mumbai.
  11. Invited as a Discussant for the panel discussion on ’Digital Inclusion and Exclusion’ at the 19th IUAES WAU World Anthropology Post Congress Conference 2023, themed ’Anthropology and Digital Cultures’, hosted by the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, on October 26–27, 2023.
  12. Delivered 10 lectures on Applied Micro and Macroeconomics to M.A. Public Policy students at the Department of Public Policy, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Bengaluru campus, from September 21 to 29, 2023.
  13. Delivered a lecture at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on ’Women Empowerment and Labor Market Discrimination’ on September 19, 2023.
  14. Invited as a Discussant at the parallel session of the 17th Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking International Conference on Synergy and Innovations in Strengthening Resilience and Economic Revival, organized by Bank Indonesia Institute, on September 16, 2023.
  15. Delivered a lecture on career counseling for the Class of 2022 at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Landiguda, Koraput (Odisha), on July 31, 2022.
  16. Delivered an online lecture on the theoretical and practical applications of the gravity model to the MA Business Economics semester at the Department of Data Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Lavasa, Maharashtra, India, from May 11 to 14, 2021.
  17. Invited as a resource person at the ESCAP/ISO/UNCTADWorkshop on ’Non- Tariff Measures and International Standards for Sustainable Development’, held on March 13–14, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand.
  18. Invited as a resource person for the training program on ’Evidence-Based Trade Policy Making for Sustainable Development’, organized by UNCTAD/ESCAPARTNet, from November 26 to 30, 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Publications

Journal Articles (Including Working Papers)

  1. Kumar, , Kumar, R. R., Stauvermann, P. J., & Chakradhar, J. (2019). The effec- tiveness of fisheries subsidies as a trade policy tool to achieving Sustainable Develop-ment Goals at the WTO. Marine Policy, 100 (June), 132–140. 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.11.034. (Elsevier; ABDC: A; Scopus; Impact Factor: 4.173).
  1. Kumar, , & Chakradhar, J. (2019). An assessment of fishing vessel capacity on subsidies, non-tariff measures, and attaining Sustainable Development Goals. ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No. 184, May 2019. Bangkok: UN ESCAP. Link to paper.
  2. Bairwa, A. K., Chakradhar, J., & Sharma, P. (2020). Employment Discrimination in Indian Manufacturing Industries: A Logit Analysis. The Singapore Economic Review, 65(s1), 233–259. (SSCI; Scopus; ABDC: B). 1142/S021759081944003X.
  3. Chakradhar, , & Bairwa, A. K. (2020). Employment probabilities and workforce distribution in the Indian manufacturing sector: A state-level analysis. Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, 23(1), 55–82. (SSCI; Scopus; ABDC: B). 10.21098/bemp.v23i1.1293.
  4. Kumar, R., Chakradhar, J., & Balchin, N. (2020). Unpacking the possible elements of a future Digital Trade Agreement on digitalization and economic growth: Insights from panel data Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements. UN ESCAP. PDF.
  5. Gupta, R., & Chakradhar, J. (2022). The consequences of mandatory corporate social responsibility expenditure: Empirical evidence from India. Business and Society Review, 127(1), 49–68. (Wiley; Scopus; ABDC: C). 1111/basr.12251.
  6. Chakradhar, J., & Thao, T. T. (2024). The Impact of Participating in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement and Potential Export Markets for Vietnamese Rice: An Application of Augmented Gravity Model. Jour- nal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, 15(02), 2450004. (ABDC: C;Scopus). 1142/S1793993324500042. 
  1. Chakradhar, J., & Manjunatha, A. V. (2024). Navigating the Shifting Tides: A Critical Assessment of International Trade Theory and Policy in the Era of Emerg- ing Trade Agglomerations. ISEC Working Paper No. 646. Bengaluru: Institute for Social and Economic Change. Link.
  2. Chakradhar, J., & Choudhary, P. K. (2024). Inequalities in Computer Literacy in India: Do Caste and Gender Matter? Economic & Political Weekly, Special Article. (ABDC: B;Scopus). Link.
  3. Chakradhar, J., & Gupta, R. (2024). Heterogeneous Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Firm Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from India. Man- agerial and Decision Economics. (Wiley; ABDC: B;Scopus). 1002/mde.4308.
  4. Bairwa, A. K., & Chakradhar, J. (2024). Caste Affiliation and Access to High- Authority Jobs in the Indian Service Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 1–27. (ABDC: B;Scopus). 10.1080/13547860.2024.2401220.
  5. Chakradhar, , Singh, J., & Renukunta, A. (2024). Linder Hypothesis and India’s Services. Economics and Business Review, 10(3). (ABDC: C;Scopus)10.18559/ebr.2024.3.1045.
  1. Chakradhar, J., & Manjunatha, A. (2025). Assessing and Explaining Trade Ag- glomeration in the Context of Global Trade. ISEC Working Paper No. Link.
  2. Padmaja, P., Chakradhar, J., & Revathi, E. (2025). Free Trade Agreements and Impact on Indian Turmeric Trade: A Partial Equilibrium Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing. Link.
  3. Chakradhar, J., & Gupta, R. (2025). Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Financial Performance: The Moderating Effect of Economic Policy Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy. (Scopus Q2). 10.1142/S1793993325500139
  1. Kumar, P., Chakradhar, J., & Devendra, P. (2025). Dissemination of False Informa- tion and Societal Polarization: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (Taylor & Francis). (Scopus)(Q1). 10.1080/19331681.2025.2519053.
  1. Ellanki, R., Chakradhar, J., & Reddy, P. P. (2025). Education and Learning in Andhra Pradesh: Preliminary Findings from the 2023–24 Young Lives Round 7 Survey. Young Lives Factsheet, May 2025. Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) and Young Link.
  2. Ellanki, R., Chakradhar, J., & Reddy, P. P. (2025). Education and Learning in Telangana: Preliminary Findings from the 2023–24 Young Lives Round 7 Survey. Young Lives Factsheet, May 2025. Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) and Young Lives. Link.
  3. Padmaja, P., Revathi, E., & Chakradhar, J. (2025). Determinants and Export Potential of India’s Turmeric Exports: Evidence from an Augmented Panel Gravity IASSI Quarterly: Contributions to Indian Social Science, 44(3), 673–697. Link.
  4. Chakradhar, J., Ganguly, A., Choudhury, R. N., & Jadhav, P. (2025). Trade pol- icy uncertainty and agricultural exports: The mitigating roles of RTA and liberal democracies. Transnational Corporations Review, 17, Article 200160. Link.

Book Chapters

  1. Chakradhar, J., & Choudhary, P. K. (2025). Digital inclusion and women development: Evidence from Indian states. In E. Revathi, S. Chandra, B. Suresh Reddy, & A. Madan (Eds.), Intersecting paths of sustainable development, urbanization, and women’s empowerment (pp. xx-xx). Springer. ISBN 978-981-97-9217-7.

Accepted papers

  1. Jadhav Chakradhar & Alok Aditya. Growth Under Uncertainty – Heterogeneous Impacts of Economic Policy Shocks: Evidence from a Panel Quantile Regression. Economic Change and Restructuring.  Springer (Q1).
  2. Jadhav Chakradhar, Prasanth Kumar & Arun Kumar Bairwa. The Role of Liberal Democracy, Economic and Policy Uncertainty on Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Public Affairs. Wiley (Q1).

Work in Progress (Book)

  1. Chakradhar, J. (2025). Trade Agglomerations: Genesis and Determinants. Oxford University Press, India — Forthcoming.
  2. Chakradhar, J., & Prasanth Kumar (2025). Digital Inclusion and Caste Disparities: A Study of Computer Literacy in India. Work in progress.

Articles Under Review

  1. Jadhav Determinants and Export Potential of Indian Rice: An Ap- plication of Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood and Heckman Gravity Approach. Submitted to Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies. Manuscript ID: MLA-2024-0045.RV1.
  2. Jadhav Chakradhar & Ritika Gupta. Does Economic and Policy Uncertainty Affect India’s Trade Flow? Moderating the Role of Regional Trade Agreements. Submit- ted to Studies in Economics and Finance (SEF). Manuscript ID: SEF-12-2023- R1.
  3. Arun Kumar Bairwa & Jadhav Chakradhar (2025). Assessing Social Diversity Progress in India’s Manufacturing: A Quantitative Study Using a Diversity Index. Submitted to Economic & Political Weekly, Special Ref. No: 43623.
  4. Jadhav Chakradhar & Adrija Ganguly (2025). Trade Policy Uncertainty and Agri- cultural Exports: The Mitigating Roles of RTA and Liberal Democracies. Submit- ted to Transnational Corporations Review. No: RNCR-2024-0143.
  5. Prasanth Kumar & Jadhav Chakradhar (2025). Democratic Backsliding in South Asia: The Role of Disinformation, Hate Speech, and Polarization. Submitted to Economic & Political Weekly.

Articles in Progress

  1. Jadhav Chakradhar and Javeria Maryam – Trade Policy Uncertainty and Economic Growth: Evidence from Impulse Response by Local Projection.
  2. Jadhav Chakradhar and Pravin Jadhav – Determinants of Indian Service Exports with European Union (EU): Application of Generalized Least Square (GLS).

Editorials and Opinion Pieces in Leading Newspapers

  1. Chakradhar, J., & Kumar, R. (2018, Aug 10). Trump’s tariff tantrums: will India benefit or lose? Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panor ama/trumps-tariff-tantrums-will-html
  2. Chakradhar, J., & Bairwa, A. K. (2019, Jan 18). 10% reservation for general category: the fatal Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opini on/fatal-blow-713571.html
  3. Bairwa, K., & Chakradhar, J. (2019, Feb 12). Economics of reservation. Telan- gana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/economics-of-reservation
  4. Chakradhar, , & Medha, A. S. (2020, May 23). 20 lakh crore package: stimulus or frivolous? Hans India. https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/opinion/news-analysis/20-lakh-crore-package-stimulus-or-frivolous-624024
  1. Sastry, L. N., & Chakradhar, J. (2022, Nov 4). India holds immense potential to emerge as an innovation leader. The Pioneer. https://www.dailypioneer.c om/2022/state-editions/india-holds-immense-potential-to-emerge-as-i nnovation-leader.html
  2. Chakradhar, , & Bhushan, B. (2023, Apr 5). . Andhra Jyothi. https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2023/editorial/in-the-kingdom-of-kubera-there-are-more-people-who-cant-join-together-1043409.html
  1. Jadhav, , & Chakradhar, J. (2023, Aug 3). India’s rice export ban to upset global food security. Policy Circle. https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/rice-e xports-ban-disrupts-market/
  2. Chakradhar, J., Choudhary, P. K., & Nayak, J. M. (2023, May 3). Make India digitally inclusive. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-m ake-india-digitally-inclusive
  3. Mishra, , & Chakradhar, J. (2023, Dec 11). The entertainment–inequality nexus. Telangana  Today.  https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-the-entertainment-inequality-nexus
  1. Choudhary, P. K., & Chakradhar, J. (2023, Feb 8). India’s billionaires and billion others. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-perspec tive/india-s-billionaires-and-billion-others-1189321.html
  2. Choudhary, K., & Chakradhar, J. (2023, Nov 14). Why Narayana Murthy is wrong. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-why-narayan a-murthy-is-wrong
  3. Chakradhar, , & Bairwa, A. K. (2024, Nov 14). AI and income inequality. Telan- gana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-ai-and-income-inequal ity
  4. Chakradhar, J., & Bairwa, A. K. (2024, Nov 14). AI’s impact on global trade. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-ais-impact-on-glo bal-trade
  5. Choudhary, K., & Chakradhar, J. (2025, Jan 6). More money for bottom 50 percent. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-more-money-for-bottom-50
  1. Poola, , & Chakradhar, J. (2025, Feb 14). Short-term gain, long-term pain: roll back the freebie culture. The New Indian Express. https://www.newindianexp ress.com/web-only/2025/Feb/14/short-term-gain-long-term-pain-time-t o-roll-back-the-spread-of-freebie-culture
  2. Sharma, , Chakradhar, J., & Jadhav, P. (2025, Feb 14). Tax relief doesn’t resolve structural issues. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-tax-relief-doesnt-resolve-structural-issues
  1. Sharma, , & Chakradhar, J. (2025, Apr 19). US tariffs raise stakes for Indian exporters — but open doors in select sectors. Policy Circle. https://www.policy circle.org/opinion/us-tariffs-raise-stakes-for-exporters/
  2. Chakradhar, , & Nayak, J. (2025, Apr 25). Will trade wars and fiscal austerity derail global growth? Madras Courier. https://madrascourier.com/opinion/ will-trade-wars-fiscal-austerity-derail-global-growth/
  3. Chakradhar, , & Mishra, K. (2025, Apr 28). Services up, goods down: India eyes gains in Trump-era trade order. Policy Circle. https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/india-us-trade-in-services/
  1. Chakradhar, , & Choudhury, R. N. (2025, Jul 7). How policy uncertainty is rewriting Asia’s economic future. Madras Courier. https://madrascourier.co m/opinion/how-policy-uncertainty-is-rewriting-asias-economic-future/
  2. Chakradhar, (2025, Aug 5). Trump, tariffs & trade wars.    Madras Courier. https://madrascourier.com/opinion/trump-tariffs-trade-wars/
  3. Chakradhar, , & Bairwa, A. K. (2025, Aug 12). Who pays the cost of Trump’s India tariff? Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-who-pay s-the-cost-of-trumps-india-tariff
  4. Chakradhar, , & Bairwa, A. K. (2025, Aug 14). Tariff turmoil: how a hike on Indian imports could shift U.S. consumer habits. Madras Courier. https://madrascourier.com/opinion/tariff-turmoil-how-a-hike-on-indian-imp   orts-could-shift-u-s-consumer-habits/
  1. Jadhav, P., & Chakradhar, J. (2025, Aug 17). Trump tariffs mark revival of 18th- century mercantilism. Policy Circle. https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/trump-tariffs-india-us-trade-2/
  1. Chakradhar, , & Gupta, R. (2025, Aug 27). India’s agriculture sector struggles amid WTO paralysis, tariff hikes. Policy Circle. https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/agriculture-sector-wto-tariff-hurdles/
  1. Chakradhar, , & Gupta, R. (2025, Aug 28). WTO@30: trade, tariffs & lessons from India’s agrarian struggles. The Secretariat. https://thesecretariat.in/ article/wto-at-30-trade-tariffs-and-lessons-from-india-s-agrarian-s truggles
  2. Chakradhar, J., & Mishra, K. (2025, Sep 3). The 1/3 problem in India’s poverty estimation. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-1-3-problem-in-india-s-poverty-estimation-3709237
  1. Chakradhar, , & Ganguly, A. (2025, Sep 18). Indian economy: declining invest- ment, household savings drag growth. Policy Circle. https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/indian-economy-declining-investments/
  1. Chakradhar, , (10 October 2025). Why India buys more than it sells. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/why-india-buys-more-tha n-it-sells-3758958
  2. Chakradhar, , & Thomas, M. (2025, Oct 29). BRICS’ quiet challenge to the dollar. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-brics-quiet-challenge-to-the-dollar
  1. Chakradhar, , & Thomas, M. (2025,Nov 30). The great mineral rush — can India break free from its critical mineral dependence?. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/rewind-the-great-mineral-rush-can-india-break-free-from-its-critical-mineral-dependence
  2. Chirayu Sharma & Chakradhar, J., (17 December 2025). AI market turbulence: Bubble or a correction?. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opini on/ai-market-turbulence-bubble-or-a-correction-3833505
  3. Chakraadhar, , & Tagade, N. (26 December 2025). Ambedkar’s lessons for the falling Rupee. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/opinion-ambed kars-lessons-for-the-falling-rupee
  4. Chakradhar, (2026). India–EU FTA: Carbon rules, value chains, and export competitiveness. Policy Circle. https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/iindi a-eu-fta-cbam/
  5. Choudhary, K., & Chakradhar, J. (1 March 2026). Growth lifts millions, but inequality deepens in India. The Hans India. https://www.thehansindia.com/b usiness/growth-lifts-millions-but-inequality-deepens-in-india-10527 16
  1. Chakradhar, J. (27 March 2026). In a fractured world, WTO matters more than ever. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in-a-fractur ed-world-wto-matters-more-than-ever-3947089

Media Coverage

  1. “Inequalities in Computer Literacy in India’ cited in The New Indian Express. Article: Only 12 per cent Indians over 15 years are computer literate, Published on [04 Nov 2024].
  2. “Caste affiliation and access to high-authority jobs in the Indian service sector” featured in [Deccan Chronicle]. Article: Caste not pass´e; need for state intervention, Published on [28 November 2024].

Submitted and Ongoing Projects

  1. Diversity in the Indian Labour Market: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing In- dustry. Funded by ICSSR, New Delhi, India. Status:
  2. Second Round of Social Audit of PM POSHAN in Selected Schools across 33 Dis- tricts of Telangana. Funded by Director, School Education, Government of Telan- gana, India. Status:
  3. Telangana Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political and Caste (Com- prehensive Household) Survey 2024 (TGSEEEPCS 2024). Funded by Planning Department, Government of Telangana. Status:
  4. Young Lives (YL) Round 7 – Longitudinal Study of Poverty and Inequality. Funded by Department for International Development (DFID). Status:
  5. Enhancing Export Potential of AYUSH Products for Global Well-being: Strategies and Funded by ICSSR, New Delhi, India. Status: Submitted.
  6. Study on Chemical Fertilizers Consumption in Andhra Pradesh (2024). Funded by Rythu Sadhikara Samastha (RySS), Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. Status:
  7. Internal Police Reform in India. Funded by Indian Police Foundation (IPF), New Delhi. Status:

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Jadhav Chakradhar, Arun B. Chandran, & Aneesh Chitgupi. ”An Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Rice Yield in Andhra ” Presented at the Inter- national Conference on Climate Change and Food Security: The Global and Indian Contexts, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR), ISEC Bangalore, in association with the University of Sydney, Australia. February 18, 2015, India.
  2. Jadhav Chakradhar, & A. V. Manjunatha. ”Market Integration and Measurement of Potential Agricultural Trade: An Application of the Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model.” Presented at the International Conference on WTO, Trade, and Agricul- ture: Issues and Challenges for Developing and Least Developed Countries. October 20–21, 2016, New Delhi, India.
  3. Jadhav Chakradhar, & A. V. Manjunatha. ”Democracy and Trade: An Applica- tion of the Gravity ” Presented at the National Conference on Finance and Applied Economics, TIES, Pune, India. October 6–8, 2017.
  4. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Radika Kumar. ”Disciplines of Fisheries Subsidies Nego- tiations: An Assessment of Fishing Vessel Capacity on Subsidies and Non-Tariff Measures.” Presented at the Regional Workshop on Evidence-Based Trade Pol- icy Making for Sustainable Development, UNCTAD/ESCAP-ARTNeT, Bangkok, Thailand. November 26–30, 2018.
  5. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”The Effect of Economic Distance and Trade Costs on India’s Trade Flows: An Application of the Modified Panel Gravity ” Presented at the CESS Seminar Series, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, India. May 14, 2019.
  6. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Arun Kumar. ”Zone-wise Variations in Employment Prob- abilities and Occupational Choices in the Indian Manufacturing Sector.” Presented at the 13th BMEB International Conference, in collaboration with the Asian De- velopment Bank (ADB) and APAEA, Bali, August 29–30, 2019.
  7. Radika Kumar, Jadhav Chakradhar, & Neil Balchin. ”Unpacking the Possible Elements of a Future Digital Trade Agreement on Digitalization and Economic Growth.” Presented at the Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic, UNESCAP-ARTNet, WTO & CUTS. Bangkok (Online). June 8–23, 2020.
  8. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Ritika Gupta. ”Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Financial Performance: A Moderating Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty.” Pre- sented at the First Virtual International Conference on Sustainable Finance, Eco- nomics, and Accounting in the Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era. July 30–31, 2021. [Awarded ICMAI Best Paper Award in Financial Management]
  9. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Ritika Gupta. ”The Nexus Between Firm Financial Per- formance and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Moderating Effect of Economic Policy ” Presented at the XVI International Conference on Public Pol- icy and Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India. August 23–24, 2021.
  10. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Ritika Gupta. ”Economic Policy Uncertainty and Firm Fi- nancial Performance: Empirical Evidence from India.” Presented at the 3rd Rajagiri Conference on Economics and Finance (RCEF 2021), Rajagiri Business School & Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), November 19–20, 2021.
  11. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Ritika Gupta. ”Heterogeneous Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Firm Financial Performance: Evidence from NIFTY 100 ” Presented at the Journal of Asian Economics Special Issue Conference on Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges for Asian Economies, APAEA, Indonesia (Virtual). December 16–17, 2021.
  12. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Trinh Thanh Thao. ”The Impact of Participating in the RCEP Agreement and Potential Export Markets for Vietnamese Rice: An Appli- cation of the Augmented Gravity Model.” Presented at the International Confer- ence on International Economic Integration: Journey to the New-Generation FTAs (CIECI 2022), VNU University of Economics and Business, November 25, 2022.
  13. Jadhav ”Does the Linder Hypothesis Hold for India’s Services Trade? An Application of the Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) Method.” Presented at the International Conference on Business, IT, and Enterprise Archi- tecture (ICBIT 2022), MDI Murshidabad, India. December 16–17, 2022. [Awarded Best Paper Award]
  14. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”Does Economic and Policy Uncertainty Affect Trade Flows? Moderating the Role of Regional Trade Agreements.” Presented at the 17th BMEB International Conference, Bank Indonesia Institute (BI), Indonesia. September 5,
  15. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”Trade Flows, Levels of Democracy, and Rule of Law in Emerging Economies.” Presented at the International Conference on Legal and Economic Synergy for an Equitable Society. February 1, 2024.
  16. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”Inequalities in Computer Literacy in India: Do Caste and Gender Matter?” Presented at the Economics Workshop, Lab for Economic Be- haviour in Organizations (LEO), Plaksha University, Punjab, India. April 26–28,
  17. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”Computer Literacy and Discrimination Between Scheduled and Non-Scheduled Groups in India: A Fairlie Decomposition Analysis.” Presented at Colloquy, Kautilya School of Public Policy, GITAM University, Hyderabad, India. September 21, 2024.
  18. Jadhav Chakradhar, & Arun Kumar ”Access to Workplace Authority and Restricted Pathways to Power: A Case of the Indian Service Sector.” Presented at the Jobs and Development Conference, World Bank, UNU-WIDER, ILO, hosted by J-PAL MENA, American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. October 8–9, 2024.
  19. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”Growth Under Uncertainty: Heterogeneous Impacts of Eco- nomic Policy Shocks—Evidence from a Panel Quantile Regression.” Presented at the 8th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC 2025), Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 22–24, 2025.
  20. Jadhav Chakradhar. ”Digital Inequality by Social Group: A Study of Computer Literacy in India’s Working-Age Population.” Presented at the LEO Economic Con- ference, Plaksha University, Punjab, India. April 25–27, 2025.
  21. Jadhav ”Do Democracy and Rule of Law Matter for Manufactur- ing Exports? Evidence from Emerging Economies.” Presented at the International Conference on Law, Economics and Contemporary Challenges, School of Law, Ben- nett University, New Delhi, India. August 28–29, 2025. [Awarded Best Paper Award]
  22. Revathi, E. and Chakradhar, Jadhav (2026). “Persisting Inequalities: Digital Skills and Female Employment & Wages in India.” Paper presented at the National Seminar on “Women and the Future of Work in the Age of Digital and Climate Transitions”, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, 5–6 March

Workshops and Training Programmes

  1. Attended virtual workshop on General Equilibrium Analysis with the Gravity Model: Theory and Applications, conducted by the School of Economics of the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA) from November 28 to December 2, 2022.
  2. Participated in UNCTAD YSI Summer School (2022) on Globalization and Development Strategies, jointly organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Institute of New Economic Thinking’s Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) held virtually from August 1-5, 2022.
  3. Participated in a five-day virtual workshop on input-output analyses, organized by the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held from April 04 to April 08, 2022, in Beijing, China.
  4. Participated in a six-day long online workshop on ’Panel Data Analysis’ organized by the Department of Humanities, Delhi Technological University, held from 17th–22nd August 2020, New Delhi, India.
  5. Participated in one week 2nd IGC Patna Summer School in Development Economics, organized by the London School of Economics (LSE) and University of Oxford, along with the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram and Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (IIM S), from 9th–14th August 2020.
  6. Attended UNESCAP/ISO/UNCTAD Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures and International Standards for Sustainable Development from 13–14th March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.
  7. Participated in ESCAP-ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop on A Short Course on Trade Analysis Using R Studio, 29–30th November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
  8. Participated in Regional Workshop on Evidence-Based Trade Policy Making for Sustainable Development from November 27, 2018, to November 30, 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand.
  9. Participated in Capacity Building Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures: Economic Assessment and Policy Options for Development, organized by UNCTAD/ESCAP-ARTNet, 3-6 July 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
  10. Participated in a one-day Contemporary Rural Issues in India workshop on March 27, 2018, organized by the Economic Analysis Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre.
  11. Participated in the Regional Conclave on ASEAN@50 and India-ASEAN Relations, organized by the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme of the National Institute of Advanced Studies and Southeast Asia Research Group of the University of Delhi at NIAS, Bengaluru, India from 7-8 December 2017.
  12. Participated in the EXIM Bank and RIS (Research and Information System for Developing Countries) Summer School on International Trade Theory and Practices, held in New Delhi from 19-24 July 2017.
  13. Participated in the 10th South Asian Training Program on CGE (Computable General Equilibrium) Modelling from August 12–16, 2017, organized by the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM), Dhaka; South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics, and Environment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu; and the Centre for WTO  Studies (CWS), New Delhi, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
  14. Participated in the RIS Summer School (Research and Information System for Developing Countries) on International Trade Theory and Practices, held in New Delhi from June 6–10, 2016.
  15. Participated in the Orientation Programme for Research Scholars and Faculty Members in Social Sciences, organized by GIDS (Giri Institute of Development Studies), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, from May 23–26, 2016.
  16. Participated in the workshop on Climate Change and Agriculture in India, held at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore Centre, on March 28, 2016.

Best Paper Awards

  1. Jadhav Chakradhar & Ritika Gupta. ”Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Financial Performance: A Moderating Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty.” Pre- sented at the First Virtual International Conference on Sustainable Finance, Eco- nomics, and Accounting in the Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era, July 30–31, 2021. [Best Paper Award – ICMAI, Financial Management]. Link
  2. Jadhav ”Does the Linder Hypothesis Hold for India’s Services Trade? An Application of the Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) Method.” Presented at the International Conference on Business, IT, and Enterprise Archi- tecture (ICBIT 2022), MDI Murshidabad, India, December 16–17, 2022. [Best Paper Award]
  3. Jadhav ”Do Democracy and Rule of Law Matter for Manufactur- ing Exports? Evidence from Emerging Economies.” Presented at the International Conference on Law, Economics and Contemporary Challenges, School of Law, Ben- nett University, New Delhi, India, August 28–29, 2025. [Best Paper Award]

Achievements

  1. Awarded a mini-grant of USD $1,200 by UNESCAP, Bangkok for a project on assessing fishing vessel capacity, subsidies, and non-tariff measures in relation to Sustainable Development Goals (September 2017 – January 2018).
  2. Qualified the State Eligibility Test (APSET) in Economics for Assistant Professor and Lectureship, July 2013.
  3. Awarded the ICSSR Doctoral Research Fellowship to pursue a D. in Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru.
  4. Qualified the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in Economics, December
  5. Received a travel grant of USD $1,000 to attend the 13th BMEB International Con- ference, organized in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association (APAEA), held in Bali, Indonesia, on August 29–30, 2019.

Reviewer Experience

Reviewer for top rated journals: Singapore Economic Review, FIIB Business Review, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Millennial Asia, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Economics and Business Review, Int. J. of Applied Management Science, Int. J. of Monetary Economics and Finance, Int. J. of Corporate Governance, Global Business and Economics Review, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy

Membership in Professional Bodies

  1. Indian Agricultural Economics Association
  2. Telangana Economic Association (TEA) 
  3. The Indian Econometric Society (TIES)
  4. Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), India Working Group

Recent Roles/Appointments

  1. Research Progress Committee (RPC) Member of Mr. Saravanan Sengunthar, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management(IITRAM), Gujrat.
  2. Subject Expert for Sivanthi S (MSc in Agricultural Economics) for a Two-Year Master’s Dissertation, Department of Dairy Economics and Business Management, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, Punjab.
  3. Visiting Faculty, Department of Public Policy, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bangalore.
  4. Member of Internal Protocol Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting of PhD scholar, Saghar Ada, Manipal University, Bangalore.
  5. Convenor, Computer and Website Committee, Centre for Economic and Social
    Studies (CESS), Hyderabad (since 2020).
  6. Member, Annual Report Committee, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS),
    Hyderabad (since 2021).