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Mousumi Dutta

  • Professor and Head of the Department
  • Presidency University

Roles

Researchers

Mousumi Dutta is currently the Professor and Head of Department at Presidency University, Kolkata. Previously, she has been appointed as Lecturer in Economics, West Bengal Education Service and has taught in institutions like Bethune College and Presidency College. She has done her PhD in Economics from Calcutta University. Her research interests are in Application of econometrics to development issues, in health, gender, environment.

Projects

Herself and her children: How worse off are they? Impact of COVID-19 in rural Bihar

Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta, Saswata Ghosh, Kaushik Chaudhuri 28 Feb 2021 Completed
Project

Can peer and neighbourhood effects improve maternal health outcomes in rural Bihar: Assessing the role of formal and informal networks

Mousumi Dutta, Zakir Husain 30 Dec 2020 Completed
Project

All contributions

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Ensuring food security during pandemics: Lessons from the COVID-19 lockdown in Bihar

Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh, Mousumi Dutta
Policy brief
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Saas, bahu, and ASHA: Information diffusion and behavioural change in rural Bihar

Mousumi Dutta, Saswata Ghosh, Zakir Husain
Policy brief
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Herself and her children: How worse off are they? Impact of COVID-19 in rural Bihar

Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh, Mousumi Dutta
Project report
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IGC India conference: The impact of COVID-19 on health and wellbeing

Harlan Downs-Tepper, Mousumi Dutta, Sunil Kumar Mishra, N Vijaya Lakshmi, Pronab Sen, Shahid Vaziralli
Video

The impact of COVID-19 in India and pathways to recovery

4–6 May 2021
Past Event