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.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PTn8CdMAAAAJ&hl=en

Published papers

  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

Conferences

  • Participated and presented paper titled “Sustainable Pathways: Understanding the Moderating Role of Local Non-Farm Income on Climate Change Induced Migration” at the 4th Development Economics Conference (DEC 2024) organized and hosted by the Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom during 24-26 June, 2024.
  • Participated and presented paper titled “Climate Change and Migration in the Semi-Arid Tropics and Eastern Regions in India: Role of Local Non-farm Income and Irrigation” at the 58th Annual Conference of Indian Econometric Society held at Central University of Agartala during 22-24 February, 2024
  • Participated and presented 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.
  • Participated and presented paper titled “Unravelling the Dynamics of Natural Disasters, Migration and Resilience of Rural Farm Households in India: Exploring the Role of Non-Farm Income and Irrigation” in the Third Annual Conference on Migration “Migration in a changing climate” held by The Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru and The International Institute of Migration and Development during December 20-21, 2023.
  • Participated and presented paper titled “Climate Change and Migration In The Semi-Arid Tropic And Eastern Regions Of India: Exploring Alternative AdaptationStrategies” in the 7th Adaptation Futures International Conference hosted by Ouranos, the Government of Canda and the World Adaptation Science Programme during October 2-6 at Palais des congrès de Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Participated and presented the research paper titled “Adapting to Climate Change: Interplay of Local Non-farm Income, Irrigation and Migration among Agriculture Households in India” in the Doctoral Colloquium on Economics and Development Studies organized by Madras Institute of Development Studies during 23-25 June, 2023
  • Presented the research paper titled “Exploring the Linkages between Political Connectedness and Migration of Agricultural Households in the event of Natural Disasters in India" in the workshop at the summer school program "Climate Change-Impacts, adaptation and political constraints" conducted by the Paris School of Economics during 12-16 June, 2023
  • Participated and Presented the research paper titled “Climate Change and Migration in the Semi-Arid Tropic and Eastern Regions of India: Role of Irrigation and Local Non-Farm Income Diversification” in the International Conference on Labour Migration and Sustainable Development in Asia: Opportunities Challenges and Way forward organized by South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants (SALAM) and International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) held during 1-3 June, Mumbai, 2023
  • Participated and Presented the research paper titled “Climate Change and Farmers’ Migration in the Semi-Arid Tropic and Eastern Regions of India: Role of Irrigation and Local Non-Farm Income Diversification” in the International Conference on Innovations to Transform Drylands organized by the International Crops Research Institute For the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) held during 21-23 February, Hyderabad, 2023

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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