Renjith R

+91 431 2505081    renjith@iimtrichy.ac.in

Economics & Public Policy

Ph.D. (IIT Madras)

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Dr. Renjith is an Assistant Professor in the Economics & Public Policy area at the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli. Prior to joining IIM Tiruchirappalli, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. His research focuses on economic geography and international trade. His work has been published in reputed international journals such as World Economy, Journal of Policy Modeling, Economic Systems, The Indian Economic Journal, Economic & Political Weekly, and Transnational Corporations Review. Dr. Renjith has also received external research projects from the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Asian Development Bank Institute and the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation. His current research interests include foreign direct investment, global value chains, economic geography, MSMEs, and innovation.

Journal Articles

Mallick, Abhinanda & Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2026

Gender, geography and access to finance: Rethinking the urban advantage for women entrepreneurs in India. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.

Ramachandran, R., Sasidharan, S., & Thangavelu, S. M. | Year – 2026

GVC Participation and Labour Market Disparities: Exploring the Effects on Employment and Wage Inequality. World Economy.

Choudhary, Divya & Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2025

Nature of Operation and Access to Finance: Evidence from Indian Agricultural Enterprises. Economic & Political Weekly.

P, Jithin & Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2025
Towards sustainable energy access: Investigating the relationship between renewable energy consumption and energy poverty. Energy Policy.

Kumari, K., & Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2024
The never-ending debate: Do FDI promote institutional change? Evidence from India and partner countries. Journal of Policy Modeling.

Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2024
Caste affiliation of establishment owners and access to finance: Evidence from Jharkhand. Asian Economics Letters.

Pallayil, B., Ambrammal, S. K., & Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2023
In-house R&D, importing technology and R&D tax credit on the productivity of manufacturing industry: Evidence from India. Studies in Microeconomics.

Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2022
Booming foreign direct investment in R&D: Sectoral and regional composition. Economic & Political Weekly.

Ramachandran, R., & Sasidharan, S. | Year – 2022
Country of origin and industry FDI agglomeration of MNEs: Evidence from India. Transnational Corporations Review.

Ramachandran, R., & Sasidharan, S. | Year – 2021
Co-location of formal and informal manufacturing and firm’s performance: Evidence from India. The Indian Economic Journal.

Ramachandran, R., Reddy, K., & Sasidharan, S. | Year – 2020
Agglomeration and productivity: Evidence from Indian manufacturing. Studies in Microeconomics.

Ramachandran, R., Sasidharan, S., & Doytch, N. | Year – 2020
Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from India. Economic Systems.

Edited Book Chapters

Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2024
Persisting industrial concentration and signs of industrial dispersion: Evidence from formal and informal manufacturing sector. In Informal Economy and Sustainable Development Goals: Ideas, Interventions and Challenges (pp. 99–126). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Articles in Magazines/Newspapers

Hindustan Times | Year – 2025
Can the UK FTA alleviate US-tariff pain for textiles? Hindustan Times, 6 October 2025 (with Amarendu Nandy).

The Statesman | Year – 2023
Re-igniting the NE. The Statesman, March 23, 2024 (with Amarendu Nandy).

Others

Sasidharan, S., Thangavelu, S. M., & Ramachandran, R. | Year – 2024
Global value chains, employment, and wage inequality: A study of Indian manufacturing. ADBI Working Paper No. 1469.

Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Managerial Economics
Econometrics

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