Dr. Sana Tabassum
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sana Tabassum is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Area at TAPMI Bengaluru. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, where her doctoral research examined the socio-economic impacts of migration in India. Her work delves into critical areas such as women’s health outcomes, household consumption patterns, and rural development, highlighting the nuanced effects of migration on these dimensions. Dr. Tabassum’s academic interests span a wide range of fields, including development economics, health economics, labor economics, gender studies, economics of education, and migration studies. Her teaching interests include macroeconomics, microeconomics, development economics, and econometrics. In addition to her academic roles, Dr. Tabassum serves as Co-chair of the Research and Publications Committee at TAPMI Bengaluru. In this capacity, she plays a key role in supporting faculty research initiatives, with a particular focus on identifying and securing research grants.
Qualification: PhD (Economics)
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Co-chair of the Research and Publications Committee for securing research grants for the faculty members of TAPMI Bengaluru.
Date of Joining TAPMI: 2nd September 2024
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Development Economics.
Area of Research
Health Economics, Development Economics, Gender studies, Economics of Education, Labor economics, and Migration studies.
Publication details:
1. Paper titled ‘Away From Home’- A Systematic Literature Review of the Factors and Challenges of Women Migration published in International Journal of Business Economics (ABDC-B).
2. Paper titled ‘The Great Indian Budget: Does Migration Influence Households’ Consumption Proportions’ published in the IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review (ABS-B)
Conferences and Workshops:
Conferences:
1. Presented a Paper titled “Harder being left behind? - An insight into the health status of women in migrant households” at the Research Symposium on Finance and Economics organized by Krea University, 14 June -16 June 2023
2. Presented a Paper titled “Nature of Internal Labor Migration in India: Does Education & Digitalization Matter?” at the Doctoral Symposium, 2020, organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, from 9 December – 11 December 2020.
3. Presented a Paper titled “Nature of Internal Labor Migration in India: Does Education and Digitalization Matter?” at the Digitalization of Society, Economy, Management and Education (DSEME, 2020), organized by the Russian Chapter Association for Information Systems, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 11 November – 12 November 2020.