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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.
Prof. Tanika Chakraborty, IIM Calcutta, presented her paper titled, ‘The Roads to Hospital and Healthcare Access’ on day 2 of SEED 2025, held on 29 June.
Prof. Shilpa Aggarwal, ISB, presented her paper titled, ‘A Road for all Seasons: Market Access and Inter-temporal Arbitrage in Rural India’.
Prof. Debi Prasad Mohapatra, UMass Amherst, presented his paper titled, ‘Spillover effects in complementary markets: A study of the Indian cellphone and wireless service markets’.
Prof. Akhil Ilango, Young Faculty Research Chair, IIMB, presented his paper titled, ‘Identity, Market Access, and Demand-led Diversification’.
Prof. Pavel Chakraborty, Symposium Co-chair and Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Department of Economics, Lancaster University, delivered the closing remarks at the two-day Symposium on Evidence of Economic Development (SEED), organized by the Economics area at IIMB on 28 & 29 June 2025.
A snapshot of the Q&A session at the Symposium.