Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Senior Fellow

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay is a Senior Fellow at NCAER. He has undertaken a wide variety of studies, including; Railways Passenger and Freight, Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals, Cement, etc. in the Infrastructure Sector; Agriculture Outlook, Convergence of Agricultural Intervention in Maharashtra, National Cooperative Development Council, National Dairy Development Board, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Fishery, Animal Husbandry & Dairying in the Rural Economy Sector and, also in the area of Skill Economy, Direct Benefit Transfer, setting up of a separate office for the Central Registrar of Cooperative Society, amongst others. Dr Bandyopadhyay  started his career at the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi and has more than 25 years of research experience. He has a Ph. D in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

REPORT | NCAER
Making India A Global Power House in the Farm Machinery Industry
Bornali Bhandari, Laxmi Joshi, Ajaya Kumar Sahu, Saurabh Bandyopadhyay, Vaishali Jain, Devender Pratap, Palash Baruah, Nishika Pal and Poonam Dhawan
February 2023

REPORT | NCAER
Study to Assess the Availability of Resources for Creating the Assets and Initiatives taken for Generating Various Own Sources of Revenue
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Anushree Sinha, Soumi Roy Chowdhury,  Laxmi Joshi,  Rajesh Jaiswal, Gautam Kumar Das,  Gargi Pal,  Vaishali Jain
2022

REPORT | NCAER
An Evaluation of India’s Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Anushree Sinha,  Laxmi Joshi,  Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal,  Sanjukta Das, Gautam Kumar Das, Soumi Roy Chowdhury, Sanskriti Bahl,  Vaishali Jain,  Falak Naz
2021

REPORT | NCAER
An Exploratory State-wise Education-Employability-Employment Index for India
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Bornali Bhandari,  Ajaya Kumar Sahu,  Praveen Rawat
Jun 2021

REPORT | NCAER
Economic Impact of the Proposed Ratnagiri Refinery in Maharashtra
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Laxmi Joshi,  Devender Pratap,  Shashanka Bhide,  Tarujyoti Buragohain,  Ajaya Kumar Sahu
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Analysing Socio-Economic Impact of the NDP-I
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Laxmi Joshi,  Shashanka Bhide,  Devender Pratap,  Prabir Kumar Chaudhuri,  Gurucharan Manna,  Tarujyoti Buragohain,  K Subbaraje Urs,  Gargi Pal,  Mohit Pandey, Sameer Kumar Mondal
2020

REPORT | NCAER
Impact Evaluation of the Maharashtra CAIM Programme
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Laxmi Joshi,  Prabir Kumar Chaudhuri, Tarujyoti Buragohain, Animesh Sharma
2019

REPORT | NCAER
Study on Agricultural Diagnostics for the State of Bihar in India
Sanjib Pohit,  Elumalai Kannan, R.K.P. Singh,  Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Avisha Alawadhi, Lavanya Sayal
2019

REPORT | NCAER
Skilling India: No Time to Lose
Bornali Bhandari,  Pallavi Choudhuri,  Mousumi Bhattacharjee, Tulika Bhattacharya, Soumya Bhadury, Girish Bahal,  Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Ajaya Kumar Sahu,  Praveen Rawat, Mridula Duggal, Rohini Sanyal, Jahnavi Prabhakar
2018

REPORT | NCAER
The NCAER State Investment Potential Index (N-SIPI) 2018
Anushree Sinha,  Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Tarujyoti Buragohain, Prerna Prabhakar,  Anupma Mehta,  Astha Sen, Prachi Mittal, Siddharth Verma
2018

REPORT | NCAER
Study to Identify the Gap in Institutional Funding in Agro-Processing Cooperative Sector in India: Overview and Policy Implications
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Tarujyoti Buragohain, Sameer Kumar Mondal,  Palash Baruah,  Yogesh Tanwar
2018

REPORT | NCAER
Factors Impacting Railway Freight Traffic in India
S Bandyopadhyay
February 2016

REPORT | NCAER
Emirates Airlines Operations in India-A Multiplier Approach
S Bandyopadhyay
December 2015

WORKING PAPER | NCAER
Cable Homes in the Small Towns of India: An Analyses of Demand and Behavioral Patterns
S Bandyopadhyay along with Tejinder Singh
August 2015

ARTICLE l Margin
Issues on the Impact of Efficiency Indicators on the Growth of Productivity: A Survey and Empirical Evidence from India
2015
S Bandyopadhyay

REPORT | NCAER
Report of the Sample Survey of Crop Outlook
S Bandyopadhyay with Shashanka Bhide and others
December 2014

JOURNAL| The Indian Economic Journal
Textiles and Clothing: Challenges to be the Dynamic Sector of India
S Bandyopadhyay
January-March 2012

REPORT  | Draft Report Submitted to the Planning Commission
India Infrastructure: Current Policy and Regulatory Environment for Attracting Investments 
S Bandyopadhyay
March 2009

BOOK | NCAER
Future Capital Research: The Next Urban Frontiers in India
R Shukhla, R Purushothaman, A Roy, S Bandyopadhya, P Kakkar and J Abraham
July 2008

CHAPTER |
Beyond the Transition Phase of WTO: An Indian Perspective on Emerging Issues Implications for MFA Phase Out
S Bandyopadhyay
February 2006

OPINION | QRIUS
Budgetary push for the allied sector growth in Agriculture: A pecuniary glance for the dairy development
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay, Jigisha Sharma and Shalini Aggarwal
August 8, 2024  |  NCAER

OPINION | The Hindu Business Line
Raw deal for women in the fisheries sector
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay and Laxmi Joshi
April 12, 2024  |  NCAER

OPINION | QRIUS
Consumer Awareness on Health Benefits of Fish
Laxmi Joshi and Saurabh Bandyopadhyay
April 05, 2024  |  NCAER

OPINION | QRIUS
Technology Plays a Crucial Role in Driving Change
Laxmi Joshi and Saurabh Bandyopadhyay
April 04, 2024  |  NCAER

OPINION | The Hindu Business Line
E-comm in fisheries
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay and Laxmi Joshi
March 13, 2024  |  NCAER

OPINION | The Financial Express
The right track to growth: Infrastructure is key driving force for realising India’s vision of $40 trillion economy by 2047
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay
January 31, 2024  |  NCAER

OPINION | Aquapost
Fish consumption in India in 2022-23 and future prospects
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay, Laxmi Joshi and Nijara Deka
November 1, 2023  |  NCAER

OPINION | The Financial Express
Chattogram Port: A win-win for India and Bangladesh
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay
October 23, 2023  |  NCAER

OPINION | QRIUS
Nutritional security: Fishery demand in India could have been better managed
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay, Nijara Deka, Palash Baruah, Laxmi Joshi, and Falak Naz
April 5, 2023  |  NCAER

OPINION | The Pioneer
Gandhian philosophy inspires rural development
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay, Anupma Mehta & Laxmi Joshi
June 9, 2022  |  NCAER

OPINION | The Korean Institute for International Economic Policy
Economic Effect Indian e-commerce taxation will have on industry
S Bandyopadhyay
May  2016  |  NCAER

ARTICLE | East Asia Forum
Indian manufacturing lacks logistics
S Bandyopadhyay
April 2016 l NCAER

ARTICLE | Deccan Derald
Missed Opportunity for a Big-Bang Reforms
S Bandyopadhyay
February 2015

JOURNAL | The Indian Economic Journal
Textiles and Clothing: Challenges to be the Dynamic Sector of India
S Bandyopadhyay
January-March 2012

OPINION l Macro Track
India Steel and Cement Sector: A reflection of India’s growth fundamentals
S Bandyopadhyay
May 2009

OPINIONl Macro Track
The Pharmaceutical Industry: Policies and Prospect
S Bandyopadhyay
August 2006

Education

  • PhD Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1996
  • MPhil Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1991
  • MSc Economics, University of Calcutta, 1986
  • BSc Economics, University of Calcutta, 1984

Work Experience

  • April 2022-Present: Senior Fellow, NCAER
  • April 2018-March 2022: Fellow, NCAER
  • October 2008-March 2018: Associate Fellow, NCAER
  • October 2006-September 2008: Senior Economist, Future Group, Mumbai
  • April 1996-September 2006: Economist, NCAER
  • October 2002-April 2003: Economic Advisor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, New Delhi
  • November, 1995-March 1996: Consultant, NCAER, New Delhi
  • January 1993-October 1995: Research Associate, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi