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(L-R) Prof. Anindya Chakrabarti, IIM Ahmedabad; Prof. Pavel Chakraborty, Lancaster University; Prof. U Dinesh Kumar, Dean Faculty and Chairperson of the Data Centre and Analytics Lab (DCAL) at IIMB; and Prof. Ritwik Banerjee, Chairperson of the Economics Area at IIMB, inaugurated the second edition of the Symposium on Evidence of Economic Development (SEED) on 28 and 29 June, 2025.

Prof. Tarun Jain, IIM Ahmedabad, opened the symposium with compelling findings on ‘When Science Feels Like Math: The Role of Quantitative Framing in Science Gender Gaps’.

Prof. Yatish Arya, Ashoka University, presented findings on the political economy of green policy with ‘Green Spaces for Saffron Growth’.

Prof. Moumita Roy, Ahmedabad University, presented her research study titled, ‘Achieving Peace in Conflicts with Spillovers’.

Prof. Jeevant Rampal, IIM Ahmedabad, delivered his findings on ‘Bureaucrat Assignment Mechanisms: Theory and Evidence’.

Prof. Abhishek Shaw, Azim Premji University, presented his paper, ‘Consumption and Borrowing: Land-holding Inequality and the Impacts of Cash Transfers’. 

Prof. Manini Ojha, O.P. Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, presented her paper titled, ‘Banning the Bottle, Shifting the Balance: Causal Evidence from Bihar's Alcohol Ban’.

Dr. Vidhya Soundararajan, Research Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), presented her analysis on ‘Credit Supply Shocks, Firm Performance, and Aggregate Productivity Growth’.

Prof. Kunal Dasgupta, Chairperson, Admissions & Financial Aid, IIMB, offered insights based on his latest study, ‘Trade Costs and Industrialization’.

Group picture of the participants and presenters at SEED 2025, held at IIMB on 28 & 29 June 2025.