Dr. Sayan Chakrabarty

Country of current residence

Australia

Current position

Associate Professor of Economics

Current institute employer

University of Southern Queensland

Since

2014

Previous positions

2012 - 2013 Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Other activities

UN research project with ILO "Does Micro Credit Increase Bonded Child Labour in Absence of Micro Insurance?: The Case of Bangladesh in Presence of Climate Risk" UN research project with FAO "Food Poverty and Consequent Vulnerability of Children: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Minorities and Monga-affected Households in Bangladesh" International and National consultant for the World Bank ( Dhaka) and ILO (Dhaka and Geneva)

Awards

USQ publication excellence award, Australia. 2014. Vice chancellor's award in Social Science and Business for outstanding research performance, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. University Grants Commission (UGC) award in Social Science (public and private universities), Bangladesh. Award from the State Department, USA for presenting a paper at the Harvard University. DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship; Carlo-Schmid Fellowship at United Nations (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.

Profession

Economist

Specialisation

Child labor, labor standards, renewable energy, poverty, health.

Degrees / expertise

Doctor in Economics, University of Giessen, Germany.

 

MSS (Economics), Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

 

BSS (Economics), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Professional experience

Professor and Head (2012- ), Department of Economics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology,Sylhet, Bangladesh.

 

Associate Professor of Economics (2008 - 2012), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology,Sylhet, Bangladesh.

 

Carlo Schmid Fellow (2006-2007), International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland.

 

Research Fellow (2002-2006), Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany.

 

Assistant Professor of Economics (1998-2002), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

 

Research Officer (1997-98), Study on Sick Industries Project, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2016

Hamawand, Ihsan and Sandell, Gary and PIttaway, Pam and Chakrabarty, Sayan and Yusaf, Talal and Chen, Guangnan and Seneweera, Saman and Al-Lwayzy, Saddam and Bennett, John and Hopf, Joshua.  2016.  Bioenergy from cotton industry wastes: a review and potential.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 66   : 435-448   .
Pavel, Md Sadik and Chakrabarty, Sayan and Gow, Jeff.  2016.  Cost of illness for outpatients attending public and private hospitals in Bangladesh.  International Journal for Equity in Health, 15 (167)   : 1-12   .

2015

Chakrabarty, Sayan.  2015.  A nexus between child labour and microfinance: an empirical investigation.  Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, 34   : 76-91   .
Chakrabarty, Sayan and Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur and Khanam, Rasheda.  2015.  Economics of e-learning: indicators of comparative cost analysis in higher education.  Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, 11 (3)   : 142-150   . (Open Access)  
Pavel, Md. Sadik and Chakrabarty, Sayan and Gow, Jeff.  2015.  Assessing willingness to pay for health care quality improvements.  BMC Health Services Research, 15 (1)   : 1-10   .

2014

Kelly, Nick and Reushle, Shirley and Chakrabarty, Sayan and Kinnane, Anna.  2014.  Beginning teacher support in Australia: towards an online community to augment current support.  Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (4)   : 68-82   .
Yusaf, Talal and Hamawand, Ihsan and Schmidt, Erik and Binnie, James and Rees, Steven and Chakrabarty, Sayan.  2014.  Coals seam gas (CSG) in agriculture - a review: technical and market analysis for Australia..  Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 8   : 149-158   .

2013

Chakrabarty, Sayan and Boksh, F. I. M. Muktadir and Chakraborty, Arpita.  2013.  Economic viability of biogas and green self-employment opportunities.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 28   : 757-766   . Further Information

2012

Chakrabarty S..  2012.  Does Micro Credit Increase Child Labour in Absence of Micro Insurance?.  Microinsurance Innovation Facility Research Paper, 12   . Further Information

2011

Chakrabarty, S. and T. Islam.  2011.  Financial viability and eco-efficiency of the solar home systems (SHS) in Bangladesh.  Energy, Volume 36, Issue 8   : 4821-4827   .
Chakrabarty, S., Grote, U. and Lüchters G.  2011.  Does social labelling encourage child schooling and discourage child labour in Nepal?.  International Journal of Educational Development, 31 (5)   : 483-489   . Further Information

2009

Chakrabarty S. and U. Grote.  2009.  Child Labor in Carpet Weaving: Impact of Social Labeling in India and Nepal.  World Development, 37 (10)   : 1683-1693   .

2007

Chakrabarty, S. and Grote, U.  2007.  Impact of Social Labeling on Child Labor in the Indian Carpet Industry.  Leibniz Universität Hannover, Faculty of Economics and Management, Discussion Paper No. 366, ISSN: 0949-9962 Further Information

2006

Chakrabarty, S.  2006.  Does 'Social Labeling' Displace Child Labour and Increase Child Schooling? : Evidence from Nepal.  Thesis at 
Chakrabarty, S.  2006.  Do Social Labeling NGOs have any Influence on Child Labor? Empirical Evidence from Nepal.  In: Grote U., Basu A. and Chau N. (eds.): New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.   Download [PDF]
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Chakrabarty, S..  2006.  Does ‘Social Labeling’ Displace Child Labor and Increase Child Schooling? : Evidence from Nepal.  Doctoral thesis at  Faculty of Economics, University of Giessen.  Download [PDF]
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2005

Chakrabarty, S.  2005.  Nutrition and Child Labor Supply in Nepal.  Consumer and Market Demand Conference, Canadian Agricultural Policy Research Network, Banff, Canada Download [PDF]
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2004

Chakrabarty, S.  2004.  Questionnaire for Field Research in India and Nepal.  Download [PDF]
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Pittaway Pam, Lewis Larry, Chakrabarty Sayan, Caldwell Justin, Eberhard Jochen, Chakrabarty Arpita.  Waste management in the meat processing industry: Conversion of paunch and DAF sludge into solid fuel.  Waste Management, .

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
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Research themes
  • Science Policy
  • Renewable energy
  • Methods
Research countries
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Nepal
Research projects
UN research project with ILO "Does Micro Credit Increase Bonded Child Labour in Absence of Micro Insurance?: The Case of Bangladesh in Presence of Climate Risk" UN research project with FAO "Food Poverty and Consequent Vulnerability of Children: A C
Working groups

Trade and Macroeconomics

Professional experience
Professor and Head (2012- ), Department of Economics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology,Sylhet, Bangladesh. Associate Professor of Economics (2008 - 2012), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology,Sylhet, Bangladesh. Carlo Schmid Fellow (2006-2007), International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland. Research Fellow (2002-2006), Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany. Assistant Professor of Economics (1998-2002), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh Research Officer (1997-98), Study on Sick Industries Project, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Degrees

Doctor in Economics, University of Giessen, Germany.

 

MSS (Economics), Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

 

BSS (Economics), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Funding institutions

BMZ via DAAD & GTZ, ILO, FAO

Doctoral research funded by

DAAD and GTZ

Cooperation partners

GTZ (Eschborn, Kathmandu, New Delhi).

ILO - IPEC (Geneva), ILO (Dhaka, New Delhi, Kathmandu).

UNICEF (Dhaka), UNICEF - ROSA (Kathmandu).

CDPS, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, India.

Sayan Chakrabarty

Former Junior Researcher

Former Division/Group:
Economic and Technological Change

Office E-Mail:
Sayan.Chakrabarty(at)usq.edu.au

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