Fellow from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in the area of Economics and Social Sciences, 2010-2015

UGC-NET qualified for Assistant Professor (Economics), 2015

M.A. in Economics, Centre for International Trade & Development (CITD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU Delhi), 2005-2007

B.Sc. in Economics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta, 2002-2005

Journal Publications:

• Bhattacharjee, A., Lahiri, R., & Wei, H. (2023). Inequality aversion and government health expenditure. European Journal of Political Economy, (ABDC A) DOI:/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2023.102425
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Dubey, J. (2023) Can employment empower women in rural India. Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, (ABDC B) DOI: 10.1111/1759-3441.12397
• Gupta, P., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2022). Trade in vaccines and related inputs: a study of the Asia-Pacific region, Asia-Pacific sustainable development journal Vol.29, No.2 (ABDC B)
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Chanda, R. (2023). Trade in health products and population health: A long‐run relation. The World Economy, 46(1), 182-207 (ABDC A) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/twec.13313
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Awasthi, K. (2022). How Does Education Affect Health Beliefs? A Case of Women in India. Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, 41(3), 189-201 (ABDC B)
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2020). Does Population Longevity Attract Foreign Direct Investments in Developing Countries? Global Business Review (ABDC C)
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Joshi, R. (2020). Can Your Neighbour’s Education Affect Your Health?. Journal of Health Management, 22(1), 96-102 (Scopus indexed)
• Bhattacharjee, A., Shin, J. K., Subramanian, C., & Swaminathan, S. (2017). Healthcare investment and income inequality. Journal of health economics, 56, 163-177 (ABDC A*)

Awards/Honours

Bhattacharjee, A., & Awasthi, K. (2022). How Does Education Affect Health Beliefs? A Case of Women in India. Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, 41(3), 189-201 selected for 2022 Best Paper Prize (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17593441)

Research-related Grants/Scholarships

• Research Grant from UNESCAP for a study titled, “India’s FTA with the EU: Opportunities and Challenges in Services Sector” and “India’s FTA with the UAE: Opportunities and Challenges in Services Sector”, 2022-23

• Research Grant from UNESCAP-WHO project titled, “From Lab to Jab: Improving Asia-Pacific’s Readiness to Produce and Deliver Vaccines”, 2021
• Research Grant from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for a report on “Making India a Heath-tech Hub: Vision Plan 2019-2024” for Asia Health Summit 2019
• Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) provided student scholarship to present at the Australian Conference of Economists in Brisbane (2015)
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) full scholarship to attend “Trade Flows and Trade Policy Analysis Workshop” in Bangkok (2013)
• Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) full sponsorship to attend a research meeting at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver (2012)

Book Chapters:

• Bhattacharjee, A., Datta, B., Chanda, R., (2024) Canadian market for health professionals. In India Migration Report 2024. Routledge India (forthcoming) 
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Gupta, P., (2024) Regulatory Framework and Investment in Healthcare Sector in The India Competition and Regulation Report, 2023 by CUTS International 
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Gupta, P., (2023) Analyzing Trade Barriers for Vaccines and Vaccines Inputs: Learnings from Asia and the Pacific in “From Lab to Jab: Improving Asia and the Pacific’s Readiness to Produce and Deliver Vaccines” by ADBI (pp 149-178)
• Bhattacharjee, A., & Gupta, P. Migration of Health Workforce in the South Asian Region. In Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (pp. 57-67). Routledge.
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2022). Analysing Health Professional Mobility from India to Canada. In India Migration Report, 25-42, 
• Gupta, P., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2020). Service Issues Affecting Consumer Behaviour Towards E-commerce Purchases in India. Services Marketing Issues in Emerging Economies, 49-58Bhattacharjee, A., (2018) “Migration of Indian health professionals to the European Union (EU): An Analysis of Policies and Patterns” in I. Rajan (ed.), India Migration Report 2018: Migrants in Europe; Routledge, UK 
• Chanda, R. and A. Bhattacharjee, (2014) “International Movement of Capital in Health Services”, in J. Culyer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Health Economics, Vol 2. San Diego: Elsevier; pp. 108-118, 

Working Papers:

• Dash, A., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2024). India’s FTA with the EU: opportunities and challenges in services sector, UNESCAP Working Paper No. 232
• Bhattacharjee, A., Datta, B., Chanda, R. (2022) Exploring the Canadian Market for Indian Health Workers. IIMB Working Paper No. 669
• Gupta, P., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2022). Trade and trade barriers in vaccines and inputs to vaccine production in the Asia-Pacific region. UNESCAP Working Paper No. 218
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2013) “Migration of Indian health professionals to selected European nations: The Case of Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden” IIMB Working Paper No. 375
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2013) “Migration of Indian health professionals to selected European nations: The Case of Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden”. CARIM-India Research Report 2013/07, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI): European University Institute
• “An Overview of the Medical Tourism Industry in Bangalore, India” with Dr. Prasanna S Saligram, Dr. Valorie A. Crooks, Dr. Ronald Labonté, Mrs. Ashley Schram and Dr. Jeremy Snyder, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (2014), available at: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/13874

Other Works:

• “A fillip to Indo-Europe trade: The India-EFTA agreement can significantly increase services exports to EU” on Financial Express (May’24) 
• “Need for a healthy nutrition for women in India” on ETHealthworld (Apr’24) 
• “Trade in COVID-19 related medical products: The Indian experience” with Gupta, P. on Trade Promotion Council of India (2021)
• “Is India’s Healthcare system prepared for Covid-19?” with D. Mohan, South Asian Voices (Apr’20)
• “Lessons from Bhutan: managing malaria in Assam” with D. Mohan. Asia & the Pacific Policy Society, Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University (Jan’19)
• “In pursuit of Excellence, Efficiency and Equity in India’s Higher Education Landscape” with D. Mohan. South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF Comment 103, Sep’17)
• “Improving India’s Higher Education Landscape” with D. Mohan. South Asian   Voices (Sep’17)
• “Despite the Clinical Establishments Act, Healthcare in India Has a Long Way to Go” with D. Mohan. The Wire (Jun’17)
• “India’s Healthcare System Is Becoming More and More Unequal” with D. Mohan. The Wire (Jun’17)
• “What the latest Human Capital Report means for India” JGBS Business Brief, Vol. 2, Issue 3 (Aug’16)
• “An Overview of the Medical Tourism Industry in Bangalore, India” with Dr. Prasanna S Saligram, Dr. Valorie A. Crooks, Dr. Ronald Labonté, Mrs. Ashley Schram and Dr. Jeremy Snyder, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2014)

2024

• Silvaplana Political Economy Workshop, Switzerland
• Discussant for the Economics and Social Sciences Presentation during IMRDC at IIM Bangalore

2023

• ISB Public Policy Dialogues, ISB Hyderabad Campus
• Australasian Public Choice Conference, Perth, Australia
• Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET) 2023 Conference, Lisbon
• New Technologies and the future of work in the global South 2023, Delhi

2022

• 3rd Ariel conference on The Political Economy of Pubic Policy, at Ariel University, Israel
• Speaker on panel discussion titled ‘Pandemic, Health needs and Supply-Demand Dynamics – A Look at Health Sector Mobility from India' organized by India Centre for Migration, Ministry of External Affairs (India)

2021

• Western Economic Association International (WEAI) virtual conference, March 2021

2020

• GLoHMT, Mauritius in May 2020 (cancelled due to Covid-19)

2019

• 21^st Annual INFER Conference in Brussels, Belgium
• International Conference on Global Health and Medical Tourism: The way forward, IIM Kozhikode

2018

• Discussant for the Economics and Social Sciences Presentation during IMRDC at IIM Bangalore

 2017

• Moderator & Panelist for Conference on Demonetisation and Emerging Challenges organised by O.P. Jindal Global Business School and Queen’s University Belfast, held at O.P. Jindal Global University

 2016

• 4th PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Ahmedabad   
• 5^th Delhi Macroeconomics Workshop, ISI New Delhi

2015

• 11th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, ISI New Delhi  
• 3^rd PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Indore
• Singapore Economic Review Conference, Singapore
• Australian Conference of Economists 2015, QUT Brisbane 
• 3^rd IGC-ISI Summer School in Development Economics, ISI New Delhi
• Health Economists' Study Group Meeting, University of Leeds (accepted, not presented)                                

2014

• International Health Economics Association 10th World Congress, Trinity College Dublin

2013

• 8^th International Conference for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore
• UNESCAP workshop on Trade Flows and Trade Policy Analysis, Bangkok

2012   

• Simon Fraser University Medical Tourism Research Group organised Workshop on Health Equity Impacts of MT in Developing Countries, SFU Vancouver
• Special Mention Award at 1st Public Policy Hackathon in Annual CPP conference, IIM Bangalore