Areas of Interest/Specialization: Gender studies, Informal Sector. Macroeconomics, Economics of Social Sector

Experience: 13 years

Research Scholars guided:

1. Completed- 1 M.Phil
2. Ongoing- 3 PhD

Academic affiliations

• Life member: (i) Meghalaya Economic Association (ii) North East Economic Association

Publications

1. Determinants Of Dividends Behaviour In Indian Iron And Steel Industry Epra, International Journal of Economic and Business Review, Vol- 5, Issue- 11,November 2017. ( e-ISSN : 2347 - 9671| p- ISSN : 2349 – 0187, UGC Journal No. 47335)
2. National Rural Health Mission and the Interstate Variations in Public Healthcare Spending in India: A Study of the Indian North-Eastern States, Indian Journal of Economic Development, 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-6,: ISSN Print: 2320-9828 Electronic: 2320-9836Doi: https://doi.org/ 10.17485/IJED/v8.149386
3. Thangkhiew, D.W. (2016). Determinants of external finance in Indian iron and steel industry. EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review, 4(6): June 2, 2016: SJIF 5.509
4. Thangkhiew, D.W. (2015). Determinants of inventory investment behaviour in iron and steel industry in India: An Econometric analysis. International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science and Management Studies. (Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2015: 196-208, SJIF 6.047)
5. Thangkhiew, D.W. (2014), Determinants of Fixed Investment Behavior In Iron And Steel Industry In India: An Econometric Analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Applied Finance (online), Vol. III, Issue. 7 (July, 2014).

Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars

• Employment and Main Economic Activities in the Informal Sector: A study of the States in the North Eastern Region of India. 19^th Annual Conference, NEEA, 23^rd-24^th March, 2018
• Size and Sectoral Distribution of Informal Manufacturing Sector: India and the North Eastern States in the webinar on “Celebrating India at 75” organized by Synod College in Collabration with the Department of Arts and Culture, Government of Meghalaya on the 27^th and 28^th May 2021
• How well are the Tribal-Owned Enterprises Faring in India/ Insights from the Non-Agricultural Informal Sector in a two-day international Seminar-cum-webinar “Safe-guarding Tribal Identity: Concept and Implications” organized by the Department of Sociology, Synod College, Shillong on the 9^th-10^th September 2021
• Employment and main Economic Activities in the Informal Sector: A study of the States in North Eastern Region of India. NEEA Conference (2018)

Any Other:

1. Resource Person on Prof. S.C.Dutta Memorial Lecture on the theme “Education and Economic Growth- A Perspective on NEP 2020” on the 14^th December 2021 organised by the Department of Economics, Shillong College in collaboration with Meghalaya Economic Association.
2. Chaired a session on International Conference on Contemporary Researches in Engineering, Science, Management & Arts Transformation (ICCRESMA) organised by Centre for Research & Training, National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on 27-29 January 2022
3. Speakers on “Let’s Talk Budget 2022”, Vartalap- Media Workshop organised by Press Information Bureau, GOI, in association with Shillong Press Club on 19^th March, 2022