Dr. Manu Sharma is presently working as an Assistant Professor in Economics at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur Campus, Rajasthan, India. Prior to joining Jaipuria Institute of Management, he served as Assistant Professor at Alliance School of Economics, Alliance University, Bengaluru. 

He has completed his Ph.D. in Economics from BITS Pilani and is UGC-NET/JRF and SRF qualified. He is an active researcher with publications in reputed ABDC-ranked, Scopus, and Web of Science indexed journals, including Applied Economics, Applied Economics letters, Environment, Development and Sustainability.

PhD (Economics)

Research work

Kumar, N. N., & Sharma, M. (2025). Nonlinear growth and cyclical effects of energy: evidence from Fiji with a Fourier NARDL model. Applied Economics, 1-17. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) rank ‘A’ and Scopus Q2

Kumar, N. N., Kumar, S., Sharma, M., & Sisodia, G. S. (2024). Modelling the growth and cyclical effects of international remittances in Fiji. Applied Economics Letters, 1-6., Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) rank ‘B” and Scopus Q2 

Sharma, M., Mohapatra, G., Giri, A.K., Wijeweera, A. and Wilson, C., (2025). Examining the tourism-induced environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp.1-20. [Springer Nature, Scopus Q1]

Kumari, M., & Sharma, M. (2025). Does Innovation promote Tourism? Empirical Evidence from India. Building Sustainable Tourism Communities: A Blueprint for the Future, 205. (Book chapter-Taylor and Francis)

Sharma, M., Mohapatra, G., & Giri, A. K. (2023). The Determinants of Inbound Tourism Demand in India: New Evidence from ARDL Co-Integration Approach. Business Perspectives and Research, [Scopus Q2, ABDC] 22785337221148545.

Sharma, M., Mohapatra, G., & Giri, A. K. (2022). Assessing the role of ICT, governance, and infrastructure on inbound tourism demand in India. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences [Emerald Publishing, indexed in EBSCO, Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus Q2, Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) rank ‘C’]

Sharma, M., Mohapatra, G. and Giri, A.K. (2022), "Is tourism pro-poor in India? An empirical investigation using ARDL approach", Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences. [Emerald Publishing, indexed in EBSCO, Scopus Q2, Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) rank ‘C’]

Sharma, M., Mohapatra, G., & Giri, A. K. (2022). Examining the macro-determinants of tourist arrivals in India. SN Business & Economics, 2(8), 113. Scopus [Springer Nature]

Sharma, M., Mohapatra, G., & Giri, A. K. (2020). Beyond Growth: Does Tourism Promote Human Development in India? Evidence from Time Series Analysis. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 7(12), 693–702. [Indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), H-index=14, Q2 (0.37)]