14 August, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar titled, ‘Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy Transmission in India’, on August 24 (Friday), 2018, from 02.30 pm, at Classroom C21. The talk will be delivered by Professor Shesadri Banerjee, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS).

Speaker Profile: Shesadri Banerjee, Assistant Professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai, is an applied macroeconomist. Prior to his engagement with MIDS, he was a Research Consultant at the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy (CTRPFP) unit of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), and held a research position as an Associate Fellow in the division of Macroeconomics and Economic Policy at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER).

Professor Banerjee has been specializing in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) modelling. His research includes various issues related to inflation dynamics, business cycles, and fiscal and monetary policies in advanced and developing countries. He is leading a Development Research Group (DRG) Study for the Reserve Bank of India on financial shocks to the banking sector and business cycle outcomes in India. He taught courses on Advanced Macroeconomics and International Finance at the University of Durham, Newcastle University Business School, and Reserve Bank Staff College (Chennai). He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Durham, UK.

For more details visit: http://www.mids.ac.in/shesadri.htm

Topic: Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy Transmission in India

Speaker: Professor Shesadri Banerjee, Madras Institute of Development Studies

Date: August 24 (Friday), 2018

Time: 02.30 pm onwards

Venue: Classroom C21