GAURI SREEKUMAR

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Area:

Accounting, Economics and Finance

Education:

PhD, MPhil, MA, BA

Date of Joining:

2025-05-15

Assistant Professor in the Accounting, Economics and Finance Area at TAPMI. I hold a PhD in Economics area from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, with the thesis titled “Climate Change, Migration and Wellbeing of Farm Households in India: An Empirical Analysis”. With a strong foundation in Applied Microeconometrics, I specialize in analysing the intersection of climate shocks, migration decisions and household resilience. My work delves into how households adapt to environmental stressors, the role of social and political networks in migration decisions, and the broader socioeconomic implications of climate-induced mobility. Before pursuing the doctoral studies, I completed MPhil in Applied Economics from the Department of Econometrics, University of Madras; MA in Applied Economics from Central University of Pondicherry and BA in Economics from Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai.

  1. Sreekumar, G., & Mandal, S. K. (2025). Confidence or corruption? Assessing the impact of political connections on confidence in public institutions in India. Applied Economics Letters, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2025.2466750
  2. Sreekumar, G., Mandal, S. K., & Drall, A. (2024). Does Local Non-Farm Income Moderate the Intensity of Climate Change Induced Migration in India?. Journal of Policy Modeling, 46 (6), pp. 1125-1145. Doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2024.07.005.
  3. Sreekumar, G., & Mandal, S. K. (2024). Impact of Drought on Out-Migration among Rural Farm Households in India: Does Participation in Non-Farm Activities and Access to Irrigation Make Any Difference?. Indian Economic Review, vol. 59 (2), pp. 525-558. Doi:10.1007/s41775-024-00233-z.
  4. Sreekumar, G., & Mandal, S. K. (2024). Impact of Social Connections on Flood-induced Migration Among Rural Agricultural Households: Empirical Evidence from India. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 8 (3), pp. 513–539. Doi:10.1007/s41885-024-00158-0

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  • Micro Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Environment and Resource Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Applied Microeconometrics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Migration
  • Development Economics

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  • Recipient of Institute Research Award from IIT Madras for the period of January-May 2025 on recognition of the quality and quantity of the research work done
  • Recipient of Post-Doctoral Equivalent Fellowship (PDEF) by IIT Madras for successfully submitting the PhD thesis within four and half years
  • Received the Best Paper Award (First) for the paper titled “Disaster induced (Im)Mobility? Examining Alternative Coping Mechanisms to Migration” at the India Labour Conference held by the Centre for Employment Relations and Labour Studies held at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kerala during January 19-20, 2024
  • Received the Travel awards for presenting paper at the 7th Adaptation Futures International Conference hosted by Ouranos, the Government of Canda and the World Adaptation Science Programme taking place October 2-6 at Palais des congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada