Sacchidananda Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi. Before joining NIPFP, he was with International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Hyderabad and World Wide Fund for Nature-India, New Delhi. He is working on public finance, environmental economics and water resources management issues in India for last one decade. Dr. Mukherjee has studied at the Madras School of Economics, Chennai (Ph.D. in Economics from University of Madras) and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (M.A. in Economics). His area of doctoral research is on Agricultural Non-point Source Groundwater Pollution. He has conducted research projects funded by the Planning Commission, Government of India; IWMI, Colombo and published his research papers in national and international journals. He has been consulted by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi and Madras School of Economics, Chennai. Dr. Mukherjee is a life member of Indian Society for Ecological Economics and a reviewer (ad hoc) of Water Resources Management, Urban Water Journal, Water Policy and International Journal of Global Environmental Issues.
Articles
How do Trade and Investment flows affect Environmental Sustainability? Evidence from Panel Data (with Debashis Chakraborty Dr.), Environmental Development (2013)
The inter-linkage between trade and investment flows and environmental sustainability is a widely researched area....
Economic valuation of a multiple use wetland water system: a case study from India (with M. Dinesh Kumar), Water Policy (2012)
In the Gangetic floodplain of West Bengal, multiple use wetlands (MUW) play a significant role...
Is There Any Interdependence between Economic Growth and Human Development? Evidence from Indian States (with Debashis Chakraborty), Indian Journal of Human Development (2011)
This paper attempts to analyse the evolving relationship between economic growth and human development for...
Is environmental sustainability influenced by socioeconomic and sociopolitical factors? cross-country empirical evidence (with Debashis Chakraborty), Sustainable Development (2010)
The current study attempts to understand the relationships among Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development(HD) and...
Nutrient-Based Fertiliser Subsidy: Will Farmers Adopt Agricultural Best Management Practices?, Economic and Political Weekly (2010)
The new nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy policy provides implicit incentives to farmers to test soil samples...
Books
Groundwater Pollution and Emerging Environmental Challenges of Industrial Effluent Irrigation in Mettupalayam Taluk, Tamilnadu (2007)
Industrial disposal of effluents on land and the subsequent pollution of groundwater and soil of...
Contributions to Books
Issues and Options to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution: A Case Study from India, Environmental Scenario in India: Successes and Predicaments (2012)
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Role of Farmers in Protecting Groundwater in Lower Bhavani River Basin of Tamil Nadu, India, Interlacing Water and Human Health: Case Studies from South Asia (2011)
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Economic Growth, Human Development and Protection of Common Property: Cross-State Analysis of Forest Sector in India (with Debashis Chakraborty), Common Property Resource Management: A Focus on Forestry (2011)
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Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth of Indian States after Liberalisation (with Debashis Chakraborty), Human Development: Dimensions and Strategies (2009)
Economic growth does not necessarily ensure environmental sustainability for a country. The relationship between the...
A Cross-State Analysis on the Relationship between Environmental Quality and Human Development in India (with Debashis Chakraborty), Collected Essays on Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Prof. Asok Barman (2008)
The article attempts to analyze the relationship between Environmental Quality (EQ) and Human Development (HD)...
Popular Press
Unpublished Papers
Relationship between Trade, Investment and Environment: A Review of Issues (with Debashis Chakraborty) (2010)
The inter-linkage between economic openness and environmental repercussions is a widely researched area. The current...
Is there any relationship between Economic Growth and Human Development? Evidence from Indian States (with Debashis Chakraborty) (2010)
The paper attempts to analyse the relationship between economic growth and human development for 28...
Is there any Relationship between Environment, Human Development, Political and Governance Regimes? Evidences from a Cross-Country Analysis (with Debashis Chakraborty) (2010)
The current study attempts to understand the relationships among Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD)...
Presentations
Wetland Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Management, West Bengal Biodiversity Board (2013)
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Economic Valuation of a Multiple Use Wetland Water System in the Gangetic Floodplain of West Bengal, India, 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm (2012)
Conference: 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm
Duration: August 26-31, 2012
Venue: Stockholm International Fair,...
Increasing Role of Large Reservoirs in Sustaining Urban Water Supplies in India, 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm (2011)
Conference: 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm
Duration: August 21-27, 2011
Venue: Stockholm International Fair,...
Determinants of Farmers’ Willingness To Protect Groundwater from Nonpoint Sources of Pollution in the Lower Bhavani River Basin, Tamilnadu, India., 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm (2010)
Conference: 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm
Duration: September 05-11, 2010
Venue: Stockholm International Fair,...
Do Non-Economic Factors Influence Environmental Performance of a Country? Recent Empirical Evidence (with Debashis Chakraborty), Asia Pacific Economic Association Sixth Annual Conference (APEA 2010), July 08-09, 2010. (2010)
The current study attempts to understand the relationships among Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD)...
Other
Does Political Competition Influence Human Development? Evidence from the Indian States (with Bharatee Bhushan Dash Dr.) (2013)
Recently, it has been argued that political competition may have similar effects on economic performance...
Negative Influence of Fiscal Subsidies on Environment: Empirical Evidence from Cros-Country Estimation (with Debashis Chakraborty Dr.) (2013)
It has been observed that a number of developed as well as developing countries provide...
Environmental Scenario in India: Successes and Predicaments (with Debashis Chakraborty) (2012)
India has moved along an impressive growth path over the last decade, marked with a...
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF A WETLAND IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA (2008)
In the Gangetic flood plain of West Bengal, wetlands are used for multiple purposes, and...
Water, Human Development and Economic Growth: Some International Perspectives (with M. Dinesh Kumar, Z. Shah, and Arun Mudgerikar) (2008)
The recent years have seen renewed interest in understanding how growing threats to water security...