Dr. Ghanshyam Pandey

Dr. Ghanshyam Pandey is an esteemed academic and researcher, currently serving as Associate Professor of General Management at Jaipuria Institute of Management. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in Economics at SRM University AP, Guntur. He earned his Ph.D. from Punjabi University, Patiala and holds degrees in Economics and Mathematics from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Dr. Pandey specializes in agricultural economics, rural development, and livelihoods, with notable contributions to the study of climate change and health economics. His expertise includes roles as a Post Doctorate Research Associate at the ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, Senior Researcher at Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi and Research Fellow at the Delhi School of Economics. He has led major projects funded by ICSSR and NABARD and has published extensively.

Achievements and Awards

Best Researcher awarded for social sciences (2024) by SRM University AP, Gold Medal for best paper presentation by SRM University AP 2020, Best paper publication in Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2019. Editorial Board Member of SN Business and Economics (Springer nature) and Nurture.

Best paper award for research paper presentation by BITs PIllani (2025)

Ph.D. Economics

10 Years (5 years academics and 5 years Teaching)

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Pandey, G. (2017). States of Farmers in Rural India' Mittal Publications, Delhi, ISBN 81-8324-812-8

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Pandey, G, and Mohanty, B (2025). Perception and adaptation to climate change among Tribal Farmers in Odisha, India. Indian Growth and Development Review, Forthcoming

Pandey, G., Darbhamulla, T., Athe, R., & Dwivedi, R. (2025). Healthy menstruation: myth or reality? insights into urban slums of Vishakhapatnam city, India. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2025.247. Vol. 15, No. 4, 274-286. Scopus Q2,

Gebrehiwet, D. L., & Pandey, G. (2025). Unlocking the potential of small-scale irrigation for small farmers in Northwestern Ethiopia. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-05-2024-0157. Scopus Q1, Forthcoming

Das, K., Puppala, H., Pandey, G., Mondal, M., Pathak, P., Dey, U., ... & Kumar, P. (2025). Community level vulnerability of groundwater fluoride contamination and exposure by the application of multi-criteria model. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 100555. Scopus Q1, IF 5.5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2024.100555 . Vol. 17, 100555. Scopus Q1

Pandey, G, Bansal, S. and Mohpatra, S. (2025). Market integration of chickpea crop: an evidence of India. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-12-2022-0273.  Vol. 15 No. 1, 2025 pp. 1-18. Scopus Q1

Das, K; Dey, U; …..Pandey, G…….(2024). Potential threat of microplastic pollution on coastal-marine ecosystem– An emerging economic setback and question to blue economy?.  Earth Systems and Environment.  Scopus Q1, IF 5.5, DOI: 10.1007/s41748-024-00485-y, Scopus Q1.

Pandey, G and Jaiswal, J (2024). Tenancy and Credit Issues of Farmers in Rural Andhra Pradesh. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol 59, No 23, pp 36-43. ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846. Scopus, Q2.

Pandey, G (2024). Unveiling the Debt Dilemma: Insights into Tenant Farmers' Financial Strain in Andhra Pradesh. Research Chronicle (Policy Paper published by NABARD. April 2024. https://www.nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/tender/2604245734research-chronicle_april-2024.pdf

Pandey, G, Kumari, S. and Parmjeet (2024). Bifurcation and Agricultural Development in Jharkhand. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 59 (10): 17-22. ISSN (Print) - 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846. Scopus, Q2.

Pandey, G and Devi, B (2023). Determinates of Rural Households' Income Inequality in India". Agricultural Economics Research Review. Vol, 36(2), 213-225. https://DOI: 10.5958/0974-0279.2023.00034.4

Pandey, G, Bansal, S. and Mohpatra, S. (2023). Market Integration of Chickpea Crop: An Evidence of India. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-12-2022-0273. Forthcoming

Pandey, G, Jaiswal, J. and Kumari, S. (2022). Impact of institutional credit on the agricultural output in India. Indian Journal of Economics and Development. Vol. 18 (3): 700-706. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/22213 . ISSN 2277-5412 (online) 2322-0430 (print). Scopus Index.

Birthal, P. S., Joshi, P.K., Roy, D. and Pandey, G. (2022). Transformation and sources of growth in Southeast Asian agriculture. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies (JSEAE). August 2022, Vol. 39, No. 2. DOI:10.1335/ae39-2d. Online ISSN: 2339-5206. Scopus Index.

Pandey, G; Moghal, S; Barodhia, R and Carey W (2022). COVID-19 and its effects on the mental health of people living in urban slums in India. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management. Vol, 21, No. 1, pp. 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219649222400032 . ISSN (print): 0219-6492 | ISSN (online): 1793-6926. Scopus Index.

Pandey, G and Kumari, S (2021). Understanding agricultural growth and performance in Bihar, India. SN Business and Economics. Vol 1 (10), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-021-00150-w. Springer Nature. ISSN: 2662-9399

Birthal, P. S., Hazrana, J., Negi, D. S. and Pandey, G. (2021). Assessing benefits of irrigation against heat stress in agriculture: Evidence from wheat crop in India. Agricultural Water Management.  Vol 255 (1 Sept 2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106950. ISSN 0378-3774. Scopus Index

Pandey, G and Kumari, S. (2021). Dynamics of agricultural growth and diversification in eastern India. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. Vol. 11 (2), pp 105-120. ISSN 2044-0839 https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-06-2020-0131 (Listed in ABDC) Scopus Index

Hazrana, J., Birthal, P.S., Negi, D.S., Mani, G., and Pandey, G. (2019). Spatial Spillovers, Structural Transformation and Economic Growth in India. Agricultural Economics Research Review. Vol. 32 (2), Pp 145-158. ISSN 0971-3441 (print) 0974-0279 (online). DOI:10.5958/0974-0279.2019.00028.4 (Listed in ABDC) (best paper award 2020).

Pandey, G., Khan, R. M., and Kumari, S. (2019). Pathways of agricultural transformation: a comparative analysis of Punjab and Bihar. Agricultural Economics Research Review. Vol. 32 (conference issue), Pp 1-11. ISSN 0971-3441 (print) 0974-0279 (online). DOI: 10.5958/0974-0279.2019.00013.2 (Listed in ABDC)

Birthal, P. S., Joshi, P.K., Roy, D. and Pandey, G. (2019). Transformation and sources of growth in Southeast Asian agriculture. Discussion Paper 01834, International Food Policy and Research Institute, (IFPRI) Washington D.C. May 2019 Scopus

Birthal, P. S, Pandey, G., Jumrani, J and Harzana, J. (2019). Supply response of Indian dairying. Indian Journal of Animal Science. Vol. 89 (4), Pp 103-109. April 2019 ISSN: 0367-8318. Scopus

Ranganathan, T., and Pandey, G. (2018). Who leaves the farmland fallow and why? An Empirical Investigation using Nationally Representative Survey Data in India. The European Journal of Development Research. Springer Nature Publication. Vol. 30 (5), Pp 914-933. December 2018. ISSN: 0957-8811 (print version) ISSN: 1743-9728 (electronic version) https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-018-0139-2. Scopus (Listed in ABDC)

Pandey, G. (2018). Tackling poverty and inequality among farm households in Bihar: implications for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). Agricultural Economics Research Review. Vol. 31 (conference issue), Pp 17-24. November 2018. ISSN 0971-3441 (print) 0974-0279 (online). http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-0279.2018.00018.6. Indexed/Abstracted: J-Gate, Agricola, Google Scholar, Indian Journal.com (Listed in ABDC)

Pandey, G., and Ranganathan, T. (2018). Changing land-use pattern of India: Has there been an expansion of fallow lands?. Agricultural Economics Research Review, Vol. 31 (1), Pp 113-122. January -June 2018. ISSN 0971-3441 (print) 0974-0279 (online). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-0279.2018.00011.3. Indexed/Abstracted: J-Gate, Agricola, Google Scholar, Indian Journal.com (Listed in ABDC)

Ranganathan, T., and Pandey, G. (2017). Tenancy and fallow land. World Development Perspectives, Vol.7-8, Pp. 28-31. November 2017. Elsevier Publication ISSN 2452-2929. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2017.11.002. Scopus (Listed in ABDC)

Ranganathan, T., Tripathi, A., and Pandey, G. (2017). Income mobility among social groups. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 52, Issue 41, Pp. 73-76. October 2017. ISSN 2349-8846. Scopus (Listed in ABDC)

Ranganathan, T., Rao, N. C., and Pandey, G. (2017). Pilot project to ascertain the use of diesel for irrigation. Agriculture Situation in India, Vol. LXXIV, No. 3, pp. 42-44. June 2017. Ministry of Agri. & FW, GoI ISSN 0002-1679.

Pandey, G. K. (2016). Extent, magnitude and determinants of indebtedness among farmers in Eastern India: A survey-based study. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 73, No. 4, Pp. 450-462. December 2016. ISSN 0019-5014. Scopus (Listed in ABDC)

Pandey, G. K. (2016). Income and Inequality among Farming Community: A Field Based Study of Bihar, India. Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development. Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 97-115. December 2016. Sage Publication, EISSN: 20740131 ISSN 1018-5291. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1018529120160205. Scopus (Listed in ABDC)

Pandey, G. (2016). Level of income, pattern of expenditure and poverty among farming community in rural Bihar. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, NAAS Score: 4.01, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 283-292. April 2016. ISSN 2277-5412 (online) 2322-0430 (print). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2322-0430.2016.00137.2. Web of Science

Pandey, G. K. (2016). Income and livelihood issues of peasants: Evidence from Bihar. Indian Journal of Economics. Vol. XCVI, pp. 507-533, January (Special Issue) 2016. ISSN 0019-5170. (Listed in ABDC)

Ranganathan, T., Tripathi, A., and Pandey, G. (2016). Income mobility among social groups in Indian rural households. Working Paper 368, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, July 2016.

Pandey, G. K. (2015). An inter-districts analysis of income and inequality among farmers in rural Bihar. Agriculture Situation in India (Special Issue), Vol. LXXII, No. 9, pp. 90-100. December 2015, ISSN 0002-1679.

Pandey, G. K. (2012). Backbone of Bihar economy on backfoot. Mainstream, Vol. 50, No. 34, pp. 28-30. August 2012. ISSN 0542-1462.

Pandey, G. K., and Singh, D. (2012). Working environment in SEZs (A Case Study of DLF Cyber City Developers Ltd., Gurgaon Info Space Ltd., and Reliance Haryana SEZ Limited in India. Emerging Trends in Social Sciences, Vol. 1, and Issue. 1, pp. 47-53, October 2012. ISSN 2277-8624.

Kohli, S., and Pandey, G. K. (2011). Flow of institutional credit and indebtedness among farmers in India. Nava Arthiki, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 37-44, July-Dec 2011. ISSN 2277-259

Pandey, G. (2017). How to Double the Farmers' Income Under livelihood crises? ISMP Quarterly, Vol.1, No. 1, pp. 81-85, 2017.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Birthal, P S and Pandey, G (2020). 'Structural transformation and sources of Growth in South Asian agriculture' in Mishra, A K; Kumar, A and Joshi, P. K (eds): Transforming Agriculture in South Asia: The Role of Value Chains, Routledge Taylor and Francis Publication. DOI: 10.4324/9781003024996-5

Pandey, G. (2018). 'Rural credit and financial penetration by farmers: A Zone-wise analysis of Bihar' in Mehta, N., and Arya, A (eds): Role of Public Policy in Development Process, Academic Foundation, New Delhi. Pp 117-136. ISBN 9789332704213.

Pandey, G. (2016). 'An analysis of access and utilization of credit by farmers in rural Bihar' in Verma. S. (eds.): Rural Indebtedness in Punjab and other States: Problems and the way Out. CRIID Chandigarh. ISBN 978-81-385835-81-0.

Pandey, G. (2015). 'Question of sustainability of peasant and agrarian distress of Punjab economy' in Ansari, I.A, (eds): Environment Development: Issues and Challenges, Raj Publication, New Delhi 2015. ISBN 978-93-82281-43-6.

Pandey, G., and Kumari, S. (2014). 'Trends in Indian agricultural growth (Changing Structure, Performance, Agrarian Distress and Reforms' in Shastri, R. K and Tripathi, R (eds): Dimension of Public Policy: Changing Scenario, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi. ISBN 978-93-8842223.

Pandey, G. (2013). 'An analysis of district-wise farm household income: A case study of Bihar' in Chandra, S.K, Babu V.S and Nath, P.K (eds) from NIRD Hyderabad: Agricultural Crises in India: A Way Out, Academic Foundation, New Delhi. ISBN 978-93-3270032-1.

MEDIA PUBLICATIONS

Article published in Deccan Business "Understanding Evolving Household Spending Dynamics in Rural and Urban India" https://deccanbusiness.com/understanding-evolving-household-spending-dynamics-in-rural-and-urban-india/?fbclid=IwAR1SvXTm6VbyXZCYCS2RPniS5j_UXYEGepgL5Yul0JKLH83Sqz1AGxOLU60

Article published in Prabhat Khabar - Leading Hindi Newspaper of Jharkhand and Bihar entitled "बिहार की अर्थव्यवस्था में पशुधन का महत्व" https://epaper.prabhatkhabar.com/c/73500162

Article published in Prabhat Khabar - Leading Hindi Newspaper of Jharkhand and Bihar entitled "कृषि क्षेत्र का विकास झारखंड के लिए जरूरी है" https://epaper.prabhatkhabar.com/c/72807343

"Budget 2023-24 is not a complete package for the Agricultural sector" Economic Times Edge, February 3, 2023. https://etinsights.et-edge.com/budget-2023-24-is-not-a-complete-package-for-the-agricultural-sector/

"Budget 2023-24: Will it help to boost agriculture sector?". Rising Kashmir, February 7, 2023. http://epaper.risingkashmir.com/News/Get/D0EC21FC-05F4-4DD4-B3A3-553EF9E53877