Department of Economics

Dr. Anna RovinaFerrao e Fernandes,

Designation: Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Economics

Department: Economics

Type of Appointment: Regular

Educational Qualifications: MA, (SET), Ph.D

Years of Teaching Experience: 20 years

Email id: [email protected]

PAPER PUBLICATIONS

1. Published a paper titled, Health Care System in Goa: Analysis of Role in Sustainable Development, Ushus Journalof Business Management. Vol 4, No2, 2005. ISSN 0975-3311

2. Published a paper titled, ‘An Assessment of Market Orientation of Pharmaceutical Companies Registered in Goa,’ in the Book titled, ‘Research in Management and Technology,’ (2009, Gian Jyoti-Institute of Management and Technology, Mohali, Chandigarh. ISBN 978-81-8450-082-0

3. Published a paper titled, ‘Market Dynamics and Marketing Constraints’ in an edited book titled, ‘Goan Economy-An Analysis of Select Issues’.(2014) ISBN No. 978-93-80837-97-0

4. Published a paper titled, ‘Product Profile and Market Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Companies Registered in Goa’ in an edited book titled, ‘Goan Economy- An Analysis of Select Issues’ (2014) ISBN No. 978-93-80837-97-0

5. Published a paper titled, ‘The GoanEconomy: -Features, Trends, Opportunities’, in the Conference Journal, ‘Goa Economics Review’(2012)published by ParvatibhaiChowgule College, Margao.

6. Published a paper titled, The Paradox of Female Educated Unemployment in Goa in the National Peer-Reviewed Journal ‘Kruti’ ISSN No. 2349-8358, published by Carmel College of Arts, Science and Commerce for Women.

7. Published a Paper titled, ‘Sustainable Management of Goa’s Coasts-Issues and Challenges’ in Business Sciences, InternationalResearch Journal Vol 4 Issue 1, ISSN 2321-3191

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

1. Presented a paper titled ‘Goa’s industrial sector and its contribution to the Goan Economy’ at the State Level Seminar on Goa’s Industrial Economy since Liberation organised by the Department of Economics, Goa University on February 27^th, 2004.

2. Presented a paper titled, ‘Health Care System in Goa-Analysis of role in Sustainable Development’ at the State Level Seminar on the role of the Tertiary Sector in the Economic

26^th-27^thJanuary, 2005.

3. Presented a paper titled, ‘Marketing Practices and Problems of Pharmaceutical Companies Registered in Goa’ at the Doctoral Thesis Conference organized by the ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad on 9-10 March, 2007.

4. Presented a paper titled, ‘An Assessment of Market Orientation of Pharmaceutical Companies Registered in Goa’ at the International Conference on Research in Management and Technology, organized by the Gian Jyoti Institute of Management, Chandigarh.

5. Presented a paper titled ‘Globalisation and TRIPS: Impact on the IndianPharmaceutical Industry’, at the International Seminar on ‘Globalisation: Consequences in the Indian Context’ organized by Department of Geography, Smt. ParvatibaiChowgule College, Margao-Goa, in association with Institute of Indian Geographers, Pune on 1^st October,2007.

6. Presented a paper titled ‘SEZs in India’, at the one-day State Level Seminar on ‘Problems and Prospects of Special Economic Zones’ organized by Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sanquelim, on 9^th October,2007.

7. Presented a paper titled ‘Special Economic Zones in India: – Lessons from China,’ at a National Seminar on ‘SEZs: – Pros and Cons in the Indian Context’, held at Ness Wadia College of Commerce, Pune, on 18^th& 19^th February, 2008.

8. Presented a paper, on ‘Marketing Problems of Pharmaceutical Companies Registered in Goa, at the International Conference on the theme, ‘Global Shifts and Local Effects’ organized by Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, in association with EGADE Business School, Mexico City, on 15-16, Dec.2011.

9. Presented a paper, on ‘Marketing Problems of Pharmaceutical Companies’ at the Staff Research Colloquium held at Carmel College on 27^th March, 2010.

10. Presented a paper titled, ‘Industrial Growth &Employment Generation in Goa-A Trend Analysis’, at a State-Level Conference on the theme, ‘The GoanEconomy: -Features, Trends, Opportunities’, organized by Chowgule College, in association with Goa Economics Association, on 24^th March, 2012.

11. Presented a paper titled, ‘Problem of Educated Unemployment among Women in Goa-Causes, Consequences and the Future’ at an International Seminar on the theme, ‘Emerging Challenges and Prospects of the Indian Economy’, organized by the Indian Economic Association in association with the Goa Economic Association and the Department of Economics, Goa University on November 11^th and 12^th, 2013

12. Invited to chair the Social Science Session at an International Conference organized by the International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, Thailand Chapter, supported by the UNESCO, on November 2-3, 2015 at Thailand. Presented a paper titled, ‘Sustainable Development of Goa’s Coasts-Issues and Challenges’, at the Conference.

13. Presented a paper, on ‘Issues on Sustainability of Goa’s Coasts’ at the Staff Research Colloquium held at Carmel College on 6^th April, 2016.

14. Presented a paper titled, ‘Gender Gaps and Women Educated Employment- A Study of Goa’ at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Knowledge Partnerships to Advance UN Sustainable Development Goals on November 17-18, 2017 at St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru, India.

15. Presented at the Panel Discussion at the ‘Niti-Samvad’- A National Level Research Colloquium for UG students, organized by Damodar College on 28-29^th September, 2018.

16. Presented a paper titled, ‘Women’s Health in Goa- Issues and Challenges’ at the Inter-disciplinary National Conference on Health Sector and Sustainable Development organized by Government College, Sanquelim-Goa in association with DHE, Government of Goa on 15-16 January, 2020.

Other Highlights

• Taught Value Education to students since the first year of joining till date and is presently the Value Education Coordinator for BA.
• NSS Program Officer-in charge from 2018 onwards
• Member of Professional Bodies – GEA and IEA.

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Economics

Type of Appointment: Permanent

Educational Qualifications: M.A.

Years of Teaching Experience: 24 years

Email id: [email protected]

Research Papers Published/Presented (Paper title, Publication Name/Conference Name, page number, volume, month and year):

Eco Tourism in Goa – Problems and Prospects.

Extracurricular activities/hobbies: Reading, gardening, social service, cooking, listening to music.

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Economics

Type of Appointment: Permanent

E-mail:[email protected]

Educational Qualifications: MA, SET

Years of Teaching Experience: 10 years

Research Papers Published/Presented (Paper title, Publication Name/Conference Name, page number, volume, month and year):

Publication:

Gender Differences in the perception of Quality of Work-life in Goa.
Kruti Vol.1,No.1 ISSN 2349-8358, Oct 2014, Pg.No.99-104

Dias, R. (2023). Comparing the Catastrophic Health Expenditures on Different Non-Communicable Diseases Among Households in Goa, India. Millennial Asia, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09763996221141494

Rivya Dias. (2022). Cost Burden of the Disease on the Indian Health Sector and the Healthcare Utilization Patterns among Households in Goa. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 9(4), 145–150. Retrieved from https://apjhs.com/index.php/apjhs/article/view/2768

 Papers Presented:

1. Presented a paper titled, ‘Women Entrepreneurs: Problems and challenges’ at a UGC sponsored National Conference on “Education and Women Empowerment” on 12^th and 13^th September 2013 at St. Ann’s College of Education, Mangalore.
2. Presented a paper titled, ‘Tourism in Goa: Need for a prudent approach’ at a UGC sponsored national conference on, “Recent trends in Tourism, Population and Geoinformatics” on 11^th and 12^th October 2013 at BhogavatiMahavidyalaya, Kolhapur.
3. Presented and published a paper titled, ‘Gender Differences in the perception of Quality of Work-life in Goa’ at a two-day National Seminar on “Women leadership and Capacity Building in the Political and Economic Spheres” organised by Carmel college for Women, Nuvem on 28^th and 29^th March 2014.
4. Presented a paper titled, ‘Non –Communicable diseases: A burden to our economy’ at a one-day National seminar on “Human Development in India: Progress and Challenges”, organised by Damodar college of Commerce and Economics on 24^th February 2020.
5. Presented a paper titled, “Non-Communicable Diseases: A burden to our economy” at a one-day National Seminar, organised by the department of Economics and Banking VVM’s Shree Damodar college of Commerce and Economics on 24^th February 2020.
6. Participated and presented a paper titled, “Examining the impact of Hospitalisations due to selected NCDs and evaluated the Direct Cost Burden of the Disease for Households in Goa” at the 10th International Conference on Recent Developments and Challenges in Global Business, Economics, Finance, Education, Environment and Social Sciences on 23rd and 24th December 2021. This conference was organised by SSG Pareek PG Girl’s College Jaipur Rajasthan and INSPIRA Research Association.
   Was awarded the First place (Day 2) as the best paper presenter for the conference.
7. Participated and presented a paper titled, “Challenges in the Indian Health Sector in the Light of the Cost Burden of Disease and Healthcare utilisation patterns” at a virtual international conference on “Sustainable and Inclusive Economy: Path to the Next Normal” organised by the Department of Economics, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore in collaboration with the Indian Economic Association and Dhaka School of Economics on 26^th April 2022.
8. Participated and presented a paper titled, “The Impact of Incidence of an NCD on the uptake of Medical Insurance and Government Schemes among the Households of Goa” at a 5-day National Research Paper Writing Workshop and Competition (Edition1), organised by Quantum School of Business, Roorkee, Dehradun from 22^nd February – 26^th February 2022. Was awarded the 2^nd Place for the best Research Paper at this event.
9. Participated and presented a paper titled, “Disease-Specific Direct and Indirect Cost and Healthcare utilization patterns among Households in Goa” at a One-day state level seminar on “Development Challenges in Contemporary India” organised by Goa Business School on 26^th April 2022.
10. Participated and presented a paper titled, “A Historical Perspective on India’s health sector and Current Evidence from the NFHS Survey (2019-21)” at a Two-day state level seminar on “Indian Economy @75: Retrospect and Prospect” organised by Goa Business School on 5^th and 6^th August 2022.
11. Participated and presented a paper titled, ‘Catastrophic Health Expenditures and Distress Financing among NCD patients: A Household Level Study in the state of Goa’ at an International Conference on Economics, Business and Sustainability (ICEBS 2023) organised by the Department of Economics, Kristu Jayanti College, Autonomous Bengaluru on 13th January 2023.

Research:

Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Goa Business School, Economics Discipline on, “Non- Communicable Disease Burden and its Economic Impact on Households in Goa”.

Training

Completed training Programme on “Training of Field Trainers for the Census of India 2021-Phase-I”, organised by the Directorate of Census operations, Goa.

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Economics

Type of Appointment: Contract

E-mail: [email protected]

Educational Qualifications: MA, SET

Years of Teaching Experience: 4 years

Research: Registered for Ph.D at Goa University on the topic ‘Fiscal Policy and its Impact on Income Redistribution in Goa.’

Hobbies: Reading, Singing, Listening to music

Designation: Assistant Professor

Email id: [email protected]

Department: Economics

Type of Appointment: Contract

Educational Qualifications: M.A. , SET

Years of Teaching Experience:  04 Years

Subjects Taught:  Microeconomics, Entrepreneurship Development, Managerial Economics, Macroeconomic, Labour Welfare and Industrial Relations, International Trade, Indian Monetary and Financial System, Indian Economy and Growth and Development.

Areas of Interest: Labour Economics and Agricultural Economics

Extracurricular activities/hobbies: Gardening, Reading and Cooking

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Economics

Type of Appointment: Substitute Lecture Basis

E-mail: [email protected]

Educational Qualifications: MA in Economic

Years of Teaching Experience: 3 years

Subjects Taught:

1. Economics of Resources
2. Indian Capital Market
3. Public Finance
4. Introduction to Mutual Funds
5. Microeconomics
6. Entrepreneurship Development- I
7. Entrepreneurship Development- II
8. Indian Economy
9. International Economics

Areas of Interest:

1. Macroeconomics
2. International Economics
3. Environmental Economics

Hobbies: Traveling, Cooking, Reading