Education:
- PhD (Economics): Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- MPhil (Economics): University of Hyderabad
- MA (Economics): University of Hyderabad
Research Interests:
- Monetary Policy
- Financial Economics
- Firm Innovation
Experience:
- May-2022 to Till Date: Assistant Professor at Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
- Dec-2019 to May-2022: Assistant Professor at Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
Publications:
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2025). Gender Equality and Firm Innovation. Industrial and Corporate Change (https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtaf033)
- Chundakkadan, R., Sasidharan, S. & Chaudhuri, K. (2025). Automation, firm performance and employment: Evidence from developing countries. Journal of Evolutionary Economics
- Chundakkadan, R., Sasidharan, S. & Reddy, R. (2025). The Role of Export Incentives and Bank Credit on the Export Survival of Firms in India During COVID-19.Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 61(10), 3110–3127
- Reddy, K., Sasidharan, S. & Chundakkadan, R. (2024). Firm automation and global value-chain participation: cross-country analysis. Applied Economics
- Chundakkadan, R. (2023). Monetary policy and gender discrimination in the credit market. Journal of Government and Economics, 12, 100095?
- Chundakkadan, R., &s Sasidharan, S. (2023). The role of government support on E-commerce and firm innovation during pandemic crisis. Economic Analysis and Policy, 78, 904-913
- Chundakkadan, R., Natarajan, R. & Sasidharan, S. (2022). Small Firms amidst COVID-19: Financial Constraints and Role of Government Support. Economic Notes, 51(3), e12206
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2022). Gender gap and access to finance: a cross-country analysis. Review of Development Economics, 26(1), 180-207.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Nedumparambil, E. (2021). In search of COVID-19 and stock market behaviour. Global Finance Journal, 54, 100639
- Reddy, K., Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2021). Firm innovation and global value chain participation. Small Business Economics, 57, 1995–2015.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2021). Monetary Policy Announcement and Stock Returns: Evidence from Long-Term Repo Operations in India. Asian Economic Letters.
- Chundakkadan, R., (2021). Light a lamp and look at the stock market. Financial Innovation, 7, 19.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2021). Central bank's money market operations and daily stock returns. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 26, 136-152.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Ravindran, R. (2020). Information Flow And COVID-19 Recovery. World Development, 136, 105112.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2020). Central bank's liquidity provision and firms' financial constraints. Economic Modelling, 89, 245-255.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2020). Financial constraints, government support, and firm innovation: empirical evidence from developing economies. Innovation and Development, 10(3), 279-301.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2020). Innovation and Exports: Evidence from Indian Enterprises, in Prabir De (ed.), World Trade and India: Multilateralism, Progress and Policy Response, New Delhi: Sage.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2019). Liquidity pull-back and predictability of government security yield volatility. Economic Modelling, 77, 124-132.
- Chundakkadan, R., & Sasidharan, S. (2019). Firm Size, R&D and Innovation: Evidence from India. Asian Research Policy, 10(2), 39-46
- Globelics
- Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing
- International Economics
- Money and Banking
- Mathematics for Economics
- Principles of Economics
- Prof MJ Manohar Rao award from The Indian Econometric Society (TIES)
- C1973 Faculty Award for Research Excellence from IIT Bombay
- Young Faculty Award from IIT Bombay
- Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Economics