Faculty & Research

Errol D'Souza

Biography

Errol D'Souza is a Professor of Economics and former Director at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Errol studied Economics and Statistics at the University of Mumbai where he was awarded the Kashinath Trimbak Telang gold medal for obtaining the first rank in his M.A. (Economics) degree. He obtained his Ph.D. as a University Grants Commission National Research Fellow from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

He has held appointments such as the IFCI Chair Professor at the University of Mumbai, India Chair Professor at the University Sciences Po in Paris, as a Visiting Professor of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, as an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, and as a Visiting Professor at the Turin School of Development of the ILO. He has worked on academic committees of the University Grants Commission and the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and has been associated with the Planning Commission of India and the Reserve Bank of India in various capacities, including as a Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy. He is on the Academic Council of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, the Institute for Human Development, Delhi, and on the Advisory Board of the International Centre for Development and Decent Work at Kassel, Germany. He was a Director of the National Housing Bank and is currently on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, the Rajasthan Shram Sarathi Association, Udaipur, and the India Gold Policy Centre.

He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Quantitative Economics (Springer), the Indian Journal of Labour Economics (Springer), and Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies (Taylor & Francis). He is engaged in research in the areas of macroeconomics, development finance and public policy.

Area

Primary Area : Economics

Contact

Email : errol@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152 4866

Secretary : Priyal Patel

Phone : +91-79-7152 7926

Website : Personal Website

Education

Ph.D. , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Research Area

Besides consulting to industry and commercial banks is engaged in research in the areas of macroeconomics, development finance and public policy.

Current academic interests include tax reforms and fiscal/monetary policy, the structure of corporate finance, social security and livelihood issues in the informal sector, personnel economics and governance issues.

Academic Experience

IFCI Chair Professor Department of Economics, University of Mumbai

Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, New York

Visiting Senior Fellow , Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore

India Chair Professor at Sciences , Po in Paris in, 2009

Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Shimla, 2009

Visiting Professor, Turin School of Development.

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Professional Experience

Member Indian Econometric Society, Indian Society of Labour Economics, and Econometric Society

Has worked on academic committees of the University Grants Commission and the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and has been associated with the Planning Commission and the Reserve Bank of India

Consultant to industry, the banking sector, UNDP, ILO, and Government.

Former Director on the board of the National Housing Bank

He is currently on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, the Rajasthan Shram Sarathi Association, and the India Gold Policy Centre.

Other Publications

The WTO and the Politics of India's Textiles 8611errol9980.pdf

Budget 2004 Presentation errolpdf12d9c2.pdf

Contractual Arrangements in Academia errolpdf11a293.pdf

The Pervasiveness of Self Employment errolpdf10c45d.pdf

Employment & HR in Public Sector Banks in the 90s errolpdf906e0.pdf

Secure Livelihoods errolpdf85a83.pdf

Collusion in Government & Corruption errolpdf7e4dd.pdf

Wage disparity & Human capital accumulation errolpdf6d40e.pdf

Labour Market Institutions in India errolpdf52f4e.pdf

Are Retrenchment Laws Inefficient? errolpdf4bd98.pdf

Community Failures errolpdf3e157.pdf

Public Investment Reversals, Inequality & Borrowing errolpdf20f48.pdf

Capital Flows and Monetary Policy errolpdf17ca8.pdf

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Awards & Honors

Member Indian Econometric Society, Indian Society of Labour Economics, and Econometric Society

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