Faculty & Staff
Contact
- Email shrutishuvam.ss@msruas.ac.in
- Phone 080 4536 6666
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Dr. Shruti Shuvam
Assistant Professor
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School/College
School of Social Sciences
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Department
Department of Economics
Dr. Shruti Shuvam holds a PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. Her research focuses on women's economic engagement in India, particularly examining the interlinkages among informal women entrepreneurs, empowerment, and social capital. Her work explores the dualistic nature of women’s entrepreneurship, analyzing necessity-driven and opportunity-driven entrepreneurial activities and the socio-cultural and policy factors that influence them.
Dr. Shuvam has published her research in reputed peer-reviewed journals, including Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), and has contributed to book chapters and newspaper articles. She has presented her work at distinguished international academic forums.
Beyond her research, Dr. Shuvam is actively involved in developing educational resources. She helped design an AICTE-approved NPTEL course titled Handling Large-Scale Unit Level Data Using STATA, aimed at equipping students and researchers with essential data analysis skills, demonstrating her expertise in empirical research and data management.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. (Economics)
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2024
- MA in Economics
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2015
- BA (Hons.) in Economics
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2013
Experience
NA- Informal Economy, Gender Disparity, Entrepreneurship, Empowerment and Social Capital
- Maurya, P., Mohanty, P.C. & Shuvam, S. (2022) ‘Mapping up empowerment of women entrepreneurs in India’, in Diversity and Transition in South and South East Asia: Essays in Honour of Professor Antonia Marika Vicziany, Steps Books-India.
- July 2019- June 2022: Senior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
- 2019: Good International Conference Grant – IIT Roorkee
- July 2017-June 2019: Junior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
- 2016: Qualified National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professorship conducted by University Grant Commission, India
National Conference Presentations
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2024) ‘Regulatory reforms for the MSMEs in India in the post-COVID-19 periods’, 28th Annual Conference of the Indian Political Economy Association on the Past, Present and Future of ‘Inclusive Development’, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India, December.
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2019) ‘Positioning of female in Indian unorganized enterprises: Evidences from latest NSS rounds’, National Seminar on the Subjects Covered During 72nd and 73rd Rounds of NSS, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, India, August.
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2019) ‘Structural dynamics and determinants of female participation in Indian unorganized enterprises’, 12th Doctoral Thesis Conference (12th DTC), IBS Hyderabad, India, April.
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2018) ‘Are female-owned informal enterprises marginalized? Evidences from latest NSS rounds’, 60th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), IGIDR Mumbai, India, December.
International Conference Presentations
- Chopra, S., Muriithi, B.W., Kataria, P., Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P.C. (2024) ‘Women empowerment in agriculture: Catalyst for transformation towards sustainable agri-food systems in rural India’, 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), New Delhi, India, August.
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2019) ‘Marginalization of female in Indian unorganized enterprises: Dynamics and determinants’, The Tenth International Conference on Economics (EconWorld2019@Budapest), Budapest, Hungary, June.
- Shuvam S., Mohanty P. (May 2019), “Structural Dynamics and Determinants of Female Participation in Indian Unorganized Enterprises”, 15th Comparative Analysis of Enterprises Data Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
National Journal Papers
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2024) ‘Navigating the post-Covid landscape: Assessment of the regulatory framework and budgetary measures for MSMEs in India’, Economic & Political Weekly, 59(44-45), pp. 40-45.
International Journal Papers
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P.C. (2023) ‘Necessity or opportunity driven: Gender differentials and structural changes of proprietorship in the Indian unorganized enterprises’, Global Business Review, 24(2), pp. 295-316. doi:10.1177/0972150919895090.
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P. (2019) ‘Mapping of female participation in Indian unorganized enterprises’, Empirical Economics Letters, 18(2), pp. 159-168.
Newspaper article
- Shuvam, S. & Mohanty, P.C. (2023) Holistic growth impetus to MSMEs in budget’, The Pioneer, 19 February.
- Indian Society of Labour Economics: 2018-19
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