Dr. Parag Dutta

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Dr. Parag Dutta

MA,PhD
Associate Professor
paragdutta7@gmail.com
Economics

Parag Dutta started his career as a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Haflong Government College in November 2005. After serving one year, he joined Bapujee College as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics on 16/07/2007. Later, he joined Dispur College on 26/12/2013 as an Assistant professor in Economics. Presently, he is associated with Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University as an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Economics under Surya Kumar Bhuyan School of Social Sciences since 31/12/2019. As a teacher, he basically teaches Economics and does research on his area of interest i.e.; Public Economics. In his research work, he uses both time series and panel analysis extensively to carry out both theoretical and empirical research work. He is well-versed with statistical software such as SPSS, STATA, E-Views and RATS and participated in several workshops on time series analysis as a resource person. Now, he focuses on Self Learning Material, Audio-visual material and open and distance learning technology. Besides that, he was a trained Associate NCC officer commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant by the Ministry of Defense, Government of India.

Field of Specialisation

Econometrics, Financial System and Operation Research

 

Scholarly Interest

Issues related to Public Economics

 

  1. Deputy Director, Centre for Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), KKHSOU — Since 17th January 2025
  2. Member, Research Council, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University — Since 29th May 2020
  3. Member, Academic Council, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University — Since 28th May 2020
  4. Assistant Officer-in-Charge, Examination Branch, Dispur College — June 2014 to May 2017
  5. Assistant Coordinator, IQAC, Dispur College — 1st January 2018 to 30th December 2019
  6. Treasurer, North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA) — 2017 to 2021
  1. Joint Secretary, North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA) — Since December 2021
  2. Secretary, North Eastern Economic Association (NEEA) — Since December 202

President, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Teachers’ Association — Since 2024

  1. Received Best Paper Award in the ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Vision for Vikshit Bharat@2047: Opportunities and Challenges, organized by Department of Banking in collaboration with IQAC, CKB Commerce College, Jorhat from 06/05/2025 to 07/05/2025.
  2. “Best Teacher Award” by the Institute of Advanced Management for the Year 2019.
  3. Received AAOU-COL fellowship 2022 to attend the 35th AAOU Annual Conference.
  4. Selected for ICSSR fellowship to present a paper in “INFER 18th Annual Conference” from 8-10 June, 2016 that was held in Catalonia, Spain.
  5. Received UGC “Travel Grant” to present a paper 15th Annual Conference of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER), University of Orleans, France held during May 29 to June 1, 2013.