Monisankar Bishnu
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I started my career in a managerial position in industrial banking under the Government of India. Presently I am a Professor at the Economics and Planning Unit (EPU) of the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (ISI-Delhi). Before joining ISI-Delhi, I was a Senior Lecturer (equivalent academic ranks) at the Research School of Economics (RSE) at the Australian National University (ANU). My main research interests are Macroeconomic aspects of Public Finance including Old age Pensions, Credit market and also Macro aspects of Female labor force participation.

I am also associated with the following research centres as

  • an Associate with the Centre for Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Australian National University (ANU), Australia,

  • an Affiliate of Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW, Australia,

  • a Senior Reserach Fellow at the Environment for Development (EfD), University of Gothenburg, Sweden (CECFEE).


    Also I handle the peer review process for papers for

  • Journal of Asian Economics as an Associate Editor since June 2020,

  • Frontiers in Political Science as a Review Editor since April 2023,

  • Economic Modelling as an Associate Editor since April 2023.

  • Contact Address: Room Number 212, Academic (Faculty) Block, Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi Centre, 7 SJS Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi 110016, India
    Phone: 91-11- 41493936
    Email: mbishnu@gmail.com / mbishnu@isid.ac.in