Prof. (Dr.) Hemachandra Padhan completed his PhD and Post-Doc Equivalent Fellowship (PDEF) from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. MA in Applied Economics and PG Diploma in Statistics and Research Methodology from Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry. He was awarded as Post-Graduate Merit Fellowship for University Rank Holder (2014-2016); National Fellowship for OBC (2018) and CBSE-UGC NET. Before joining IIM Sambalpur, he has been associated with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai and Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE) Pune as an Assistant Professor in Economics. His research interest is in the areas of Energy Economics, Finance & Strategy, Environmental Sustainability, Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics. His work has appeared in top-tier journals including Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Resources Policy, Renewable Energy, Frontier in Energy Research, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Energy and Environment, Environment, Development & Sustainability, International Review of Economics and Journal of Public Affairs. He has reviewed papers for Journal of International Economics, Economic Modeling, Technology Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Cleaner Production, Resources Policy, Journal of Public Affairs, etc. One of our paper got awarded as SPRINGER AWARD in Resilience and Sustainability Summit: Vision 2047 (RESSUMMIT2047) organized by Ministry of Home Affairs and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), New Delhi.
1. Macroeconomics Analysis (MBA)
2. Advanced Applied Econometrics (Ex-PhD)
3. Energy Markets and Pricing Strategies (Ex-PhD)
Research :
- Henri N., Padhan, H., & Tiwari, AK. (2024). From Aid to Resilience: Assessing the Impact of Climate Finance on Energy Vulnerability in developing countries, Energy Economics (Forthcoming)
- Liu, S., Padhan, H., Jithin, P., & Jose, A. (2024). Do green trade and technology-oriented trade affect economic cycles? Evidence from the Chinese provinces. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, 123334.
- Wang, E., Padhan, H., Pruseth, S. K., & Ma, J. (2024). Government efficiency, green technology, and ecological footprint: Strategic framework for natural resource management efficiency targets. Resources Policy, 91, 104826.
- Padhan, H., Behera, D. K., Sahu, S. K., & Dash, U. (2024). Examining the dynamic synthesis between environmental quality, economic globalization, and economic complexity in OECD countries. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-19.
- Fang, M., Njangang, H., Padhan, H., Simo, C., & Yan, C. (2023) Social Media and Energy justice: A Global Evidence, Energy Economics.
- Mahalik, M. K., Padhan, H., Patel, G., Mishra, S., & Chyrmang, R. (2023). The role of gender life expectancy in environmental degradation: new insights for the BRICS economies. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-30.
- Padhan, H., Ghosh, S., & Hammoudeh, S. (2023). Renewable energy, forest cover, export diversification and ecological footprint: A machine learning application in moderating eco-innovations on agriculture in BRICS-T economies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
- Padhan, H., Behera, D. K., Sahu, S. K., & Dash, U. (2023). Does Corruption Hinderance Economic Growth Despite Surge of Remittance and Capital Inflows Since Economic Liberalization in an Emerging Economy, India. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 14(1), 426-449.
- Fang, J., Gozgor, G., Mahalik, M. K., Mallick, H., & Padhan, H. (2022). Does urbanisation induce renewable energy consumption in emerging economies? The role of education in energy switching policies. Energy Economics, 106081.
- Lu, Z., Gozgor, G., Mahalik, M. K., Padhan, H., & Yan, C. (2022). Welfare gains from international trade and renewable energy demand: Evidence from the OECD countries. Energy Economics, 106153.
- Padhan, H., Sahu, S. K., & Dash, U. (2022). Economic globalization and environmental quality: a study of OECD economies. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-20.
- Padhan, H., Behera, D. K., Sahu, S. K., & Dash, U. (2022). Examining the cyclical pattern of remittances flows, migrants stock, and income of 31 pairs of countries with India from 2010-2016, Migration Letters
- Mahalik, M. K., Mallick, H., & Padhan, H. (2021) Do educational levels influence the environmental quality? The role of renewable and non-renewable energy demand in selected BRICS countries with a new policy perspective. Renewable Energy (Elsevier), 164, 419-432.
- Padhan, H., Sahu, S. K., & Dash, U (2021). Non-linear analysis of international reserve, trade and trilemma in India. The Journal of Economic Asymmetries (Elsevier), 23, e00191.
- Fang, J., Gozgor, G., Mahalik, M. K., Padhan, H., & Xu, R (2021). The impact of economic complexity on energy demand in OECD countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-10.
- Zhou Lu., Mahalik M.K Padhan, H., Gupta, M., Gozgor, G. (2021) Effects of Age Dependency and Urbanization on Energy Demand in BRICS: Evidence from the Machine Learning Estimator. Frontiers in Energy Research, section Sustainable Energy Systems and Policies
- Padhan, H., Sahu, S. K., & Dash, U (2021) Economic globalization(s) and pattern of energy consumption in OECD economies. Energy and Environment.
- Gozgor G., Mahalik, M.K., Demir, E., & Padhan. H. (2020). The Impact of Economic Globalization on Renewable Energy in the OECD Countries, Energy Policy (Elsevier)
- Junior, P. O., Tiwari, A. K., Padhan, H., & Alagidede, I. (2020). Analysis of EEMD-based quantile-in-quantile approach on spot-futures prices of energy and precious metals in India. Resources Policy (Elsevier), 68, 101731.
- Khalfaoui, R., Padhan, H., Tiwari, A. K., & Hammoudeh, S. (2020). Understanding the time-frequency dynamics of money demand, oil prices and macroeconomic variables: The case of India. Resources Policy (Elsevier), 68, 101743.
- Tiwari, A. K., Padhan, H., Alhassan, A., & Bekun, F. V. (2020) Investigating the stationarity hypothesis of Gross Domestic Product per capita in Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent State countries: Evidence using Fourier based panel KPSS test. Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley), e2104.
- Padhan, H., Haouas, I., Hammoudeh, S., & Tiwari, A. K. Nonlinear analysis of government expenditure and tax rate on income inequality in India. Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley), e2518.
- Mallick, H., Mahalik, M. K., & Padhan, H. (2020) Does globalization exacerbate income inequality in two largest emerging economies? The role of FDI and remittances inflows. International Review of Economics (Springer), 1-38.
- Padhan, H., Padhang, P. C., Tiwari, A. K., Ahmed, R., & Hammoudeh, S. (2020). Renewable energy consumption and robust globalization (s) in OECD countries: Do oil, carbon emissions and economic activity matter?. Energy Strategy Reviews (Elsevier), 32, 100535.
- Mallick, H., Padhan, H., & Mahalik, M. K. (2019). Does skewed pattern of income distribution matter for the environmental quality? Evidence from selected BRICS economies with an application of Quantile-on-Qauntile regression (QQR) approach. Energy Policy (Elsevier), 129, 120-131.
- Padhan, H., Haouas, I., Sahoo, B., & Heshmati, A. (2019). What matters for environmental quality in the Next Eleven Countries: economic growth or income inequality?.Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), 1-20.
- Mahalik, M. K., Mallick, H., Padhan, H., & Sahoo, B. (2018). Is skewed income distribution good for environmental quality? A comparative analysis among selected BRICS countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), 25(23), 23170-23194.
1. Presented a paper entitled "Corporate Green Investment and Digital Finance on Growth Capacity: A study on Chinese Heavy Polluting Industries" at Policy Lessons for a post-COVID Recovery, 7-8 March 2024 ADBI Tokyo, Japan. For this paper, I received a cash money of 40,000 JPY for a policy-driven paper with Economic class travelling with accommodation.
2. Received a Project from ICSSR, with Prof. Sujit Kumar Pruseth (Faculty in Public Policy, IIM Sambalpur) that costs 70,00,000 (70 Lakhs). The project entitled " A Critical Study of Folk Tradition, Cultural Heritage, Cultural History & Unknown Aspects of Armed and Non-Violent Freedom Struggle in Western Parts of Odisha"
