The 18th Edition of the IMR Doctoral Conference IMRDC 2027 11 & 12 January 2027

ABHIROOP MUKHOPADHYAY is a Professor of Economics at the Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute- an Institution of National Importance funded by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI, Govt of India).Abhiroop works in the area of education and health in the context of India. He uses econometrics and experimental design- both natural experiments as well as Randomized-Control-Trial field experiments to explore the link between innovative pedagogies, school access and mother’s bargaining power within households on human capital outcomes-both cognitive as well as non-cognitive dimensions of education. He also works on the macro-dimensions of human capital -growth linkage. His work in health focusses on household impacts of life threatening diseases like AIDS and Cancer as well as issues related to the health of the elderly from Non Communicable Diseases like Hypertension. Abhiroop has also contributed to issues in public policy- on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India as well as issues related to efficiency and equity of the public education and health systems-designing rules for the spatial distribution of public teachers and doctors. His work has been published in reputed journals like The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, World Development, Social Science and Medicine and the Journal of Quantitative Economics to name a few.  He was, till recently, an editorial board member of PLOS ONE Read more

The eighteenth IMR Doctoral Conference (IMRDC 2027) is being organised by IIMB Management Review (IMR) and the Office of the Doctoral Programme on 11 & 12 January 2027, at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).

IMRDC remains a benchmark doctoral colloquium in Management Sciences and seeks to facilitate collaborative work among researchers from across institutions in India and abroad. It provides a forum where focused feedback from eminent faculty could help improve the quality and rigour of doctoral student research. The conference has been commended by students and academics alike for the thorough and constructive feedback provided through its “one exclusive discussant per paper” format.