ECONOMIC RESEARCH UNIT

Estimating Poverty at the District Level: A Methodological study, funded by United Nations Development Programmes and Government of India (UNDP - GOI), Principal Investigator Professor Amita Majumder (2007 - 2010, Completed).
ISI-ERU & SINP-CAMCS Collaboration, funded by Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Principal Investigator Professor Manipushpak Mitra, (2007 - 10, Completed). 
Development of Methodology Towards Measurement of Poverty, funded by  Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India (MOSPI, GOI), Principal Investigator Professor Manoranjan Pal (2007 - 11, Completed).
Construction and Analysis of Regional Variations of Social Development Indices in India, funded by  Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India (MOSPI, GOI), Principal Investigator Dr. Buddhadeb Ghosh (2007 - 11, Completed).
Study on Developing a Methodology for Indexing Railway Fare and Freight Structure to its Operating Cost-Fuel Price, funded by South Eastern Railway, Kolkata, Principal Investigator Dr. Chiranjib Neogi, (2007 - 08, Completed).
Survey of Present Status of Model Steel Villages (MSVs) -Evaluation and Monitoring, funded by Steel Authority of India Principal Investigator Associate Professor Snigdha Chakrabarti, (2008 -10, Completed).
A Demand Forecasting Model for Construction  Equipments  Marketed  by L & T, funded by Lurson & Toubro, Principal Investigator Professor Nityananda Sarkar, (2008 - 09, Completed).
Impact of Economic Reform on Tribal Poverty funded NABARD, Principal Investigator Dr. Kunal Chattopadhyay, (2008 - 14, Completed).
 Socio-Economic Conditions of Five Minority Communities in the District of Murshidabad, West Bengal, funded by Government of West Bengal, Principal Investigator Professor Pulakesh Maiti, (2010 - 13, Completed).
Linkages between Disperse Urbanization and Rural Industrialization A case Study from West Bengal, funded by South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANERI), Principal Investigator Dr. Subhendu Chakraborty, (2011 - 12, Completed).
The Diagnostic Survey of Closed Industrial under Micro & Small Scale Enterprises, West Bengal, funded by Government of West Bengal, Principal Investigator Professor Pulakesh Maiti, (2011 - 13, Ongoing).
Evaluation Study on Boarder Area (BADP) Cluster - B, funded by Planning Commission, Government of India, Principal Investigator Dr. Buddhadeb Ghosh, (2011 - 12, Ongoing).
Evaluation Study on Boarder Area (BADP) Cluster - C funded by Planning Commission, Government of India, Principal Investigator Dr. Buddhadeb Ghosh, (2011 - 12, Ongoing).
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): All India Coordination Report, funded by Planning Commission, Government of India, Principal Investigator Dr. Buddhadeb Ghosh, (2012 - 13, Ongoing).
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand, funded by Planning Commission, Government of India, Principal Investigator Dr. Buddhadeb Ghosh, (2013 - 14, Ongoing).
Informal Insurance Under Group Lending with Individual Liability: Evidence from India, funded by IGC, London School of Economics, London, Principal Investigator Professor Abhirup Sarkar, (2014 - 15, Ongoing)
• The Diagnostic Survey of Closed Industrial under Micro & Small Scale Enterprises, West Bengal, funded by Government of West Bengal, Principal Investigator Professor Pulakesh Maiti (Completed 2014 - 2015)
• Efficient Allocation of Funds and Performance Evaluation of Urban Local Bodies: A Case for West Bengal, funded by 4^th State Finance Commission Government of West Bengal, Principal Investigator Professor Amita Majumder (Completed 2015 - 16)
• Price Escalation Verification Project, funded by Coal India Limited, Principal Investigator Amita Majumder (Completed 2016)
• Gender Violence in India: Its Roots, Nature and Extent ,funded by ICSSR, Government of India, Principal Investigator Dr. Chaiti Sharma Biswas (2016 - 2018, On-going)
• Updatation of District Human Development Report Hooghly, funded by District Magistrate & the Collector, Hooghly, (Planning  Section), Govt. of West Bengal, Principal Investigator  Professor Amita Majumder 2017, On-going)
• Children's World: An International Survey on Child Well-being, funded by JACOBS Foundation, Switzerland, Principal Investigator Dr. Saswati Das( 2017, On-going)
• Baseline Survey Project of Development of Horticulture in Paschimanchal , funded by Director of Horticulture, Technical, Government of West Bengal, Principal Investigator Professor Manoranjan Pal, (2018, On-going)

• Pilot Survey of the Informal ----Strategy (2017 - 18), under the supervision of Professor Amita Majumder
• Bayesian Incentive Compatible Mechanism (16-17), under the supervision of Dr. Souvik Roy
• Mechanism Design in Internet Economics under the supervision of Dr. Souvik Roy, (Completed 2015 - 16)
• Mechanism Design in Internet Economics (2014 -15 )  under the supervision of Souvik Roy >>> contact: souvik_roy2004@yahoo.com, souvik.2004@gmail.com

Agricultural growth in Assam since independence (2005-2006) under the supervision of Manash Ranjan Gupta. >>> contact: manas@isical.ac.in   
Poverty and household decisions an exploration of possible interdependence (2005-2006) under the supervision of Dipankor Coondoo. >>> contact: dcoondoo@isical.ac.in
Valuation of Deepor Beel : an environmental economic approach (2005-2006) under the supervision of Dr. Kunal Chattopadhyay. >>> contact: kunal@isical.ac.in
Political Economy of well-being in West Bengal (2003-2004) under the supervision of Professor Abhirup Sarkar. >>> contact: abhirup@isical.ac.in
Study on Some Health Economic Issues in the North-East (2003-04) under the supervision of Dr. Sandip Mitra. >>> contact: sandip@isical.ac.in
Economic problem of illiteracy (2000-01) under the supervision of Professor Manas Ranjan Gupta and Dr. Diganta Mukherjee. >>> contact: manas@isical.ac.in