Dr. Arjun is an Assistant Professor at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, and has previously earned his M.A. in Economics from the University of Hyderabad and a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Delhi. Before joining GIPE, he served as Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) at the School of Business, UPES Dehradun, and was formerly part of the faculty at Ramdeobaba University (formerly RCOEM), Nagpur.

Dr. Arjun specializes in Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Econometrics, Development Economics, and International Trade. His research interests include public policy, energy economics, climate change, and applied econometrics. He has published 11 research papers in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Scopus, SSCI, and ABDC, including Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Sage Open, Asian Pacific Economic Literature, Natural Resource Forum, and Prague Economic Papers. His research addresses key policy questions related to fiscal sustainability, environmental degradation, economic openness, and governance in emerging economies.

He has presented his research at 7 national and international conferences, including events organized by the Indian Economic Association, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bodh Gaya, and IBS Hyderabad. He has also attended 6 workshops and training programs, focusing on statistical and econometric methods, and data analytics using R, SPSS, and Python. Dr. Arjun has delivered lectures and hands-on training sessions in academic settings, particularly on quantitative methods in the social sciences.

As an active member of the academic community, he serves as a reviewer for journals such as Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Economic Change and Restructuring, and Energy & Environment. Throughout his academic career, he has taken on various institutional responsibilities including placement committee membership and student leadership roles.

Fluent in English and Hindi, Dr. Arjun brings a policy-driven, data-intensive approach to teaching and research, with a commitment to developing critical and empirical skills in his students.

1.Arjun, B.R. Mishra, “Do fiscal Regimes Matter for Fiscal Sustainability in India?” in Asian Pacific
Economic Literature.
2. Arjun, B.R. Mishra, Ranjan A, “Economic openness and behavior of great ratio in G-20 countries” in Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice.
3.  Arjun, B.R. Mishra, and Aviral K. Tiwari, “Exploring the asymmetric effect of fiscal policy instruments in encountering environmental degradation: Proposing an SDG framework for India”
in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
4. Arjun and B.R. Mishra, “External Debt and Economic Growth: Does the Role of Governance Matter in Emerging Countries?”, in Sage open.
5. Arjun and B.R. Mishra, “Asymmetric role of environmental policy stringency, fiscal and monetary policy on environmental sustainability: Evidence from BRICS-T countries” in Natural Resource Forum.

6. Arjun and B.R. Mishra, “Estimating Long-Run Implication of Balanced Growth in the Presence of Structural Breaks: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries”, in Prague Economic
Papers.
7. Arjun, B.R. Mishra, and Aviral K. Tiwari, “Exploring the asymmetric effect of fiscal decentralization on economic growth and environmental quality: evidence from India”, in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
8. Ranjan Aneja and Arjun, “Impact of Terms of Trade on GDP in the Context of Prebisch–Singer Theorem: Evidence from Egypt and Guinea”, in European Journal of Development Research.
9. Ranjan Aneja and Arjun, “Estimating components of productivity growth of Indian high and medium-high technology industries: A non-parametric approach”, in Social Sciences & Humanities
Open.
10. Arjun and Ranjan Aneja “Artificial intelligence and income inequality: Do technological changes and worker’s position matter?”, in Journal of Public Affairs.
11. Naseeb Singh, Arjun, and Priyanka “Linkage between Financial Development and Manufacturing Exports: An Empirical Investigation of the Chinese Economy”, in Empirical Economics Letters,

✓ “Artificial intelligence and Marx theory of surplus value” at the 102nd Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association held at AURO University, Surat During 27-29 December 2019.
✓ “New Technological World: Validity of Marx’s Surplus Theory” in the International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economics (ICCIE 2020) organized by the School of Economics XIM University in association with the Indian Council for Social Science Research
(ICSSR) on 7th February 2022.
✓ “Economic Openness and Behavior of Great Ratios in the G-20 Countries” in the “International Conference on Building a Resilient Global Economy”, organized by the Department of Economics, Manipal University Jaipur, in Collaboration with the Indian Economic Association (IEA), The Indian Econometrics Society (TIES), and International Internship University (IIU) from April 13 to 14, 2022.
✓ “Estimating Long-Run Implication of Balanced Growth in the Presence of Structural Breaks: Evidence from Developing and Emerging Countries” in the International Conference on
Contemporary Issues in Emerging Markets organized by Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya, India on 28-29 October 2022.
✓ “External Debt and Economic Growth: Does Role of Governance Matter in Emerging Countries?” in the “15th Doctoral conference” organized by Indian Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, in Collaboration with IGIDR, Mumbai on 29-30 December 2022.
✓ “Estimating Long-Run Implication of Balanced Growth in the Presence of Structural Breaks: Evidence from Developing and Emerging Countries” in the International Conference on
Contemporary Issues in Emerging Markets (CIEMC 2020) organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya, India on 28-29 October 2022.
✓ “External Debt and Economic Growth: Does Role of Governance Matter in Emerging Countries?” in the “15th Doctoral conference” organized by Indian Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, in Collaboration with IGIDR, Mumbai on 29-30 December 2022.

1. Attended online 14 days workshop “Data Base on Indian Economy (DBIE)” organized by Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum, Chennai, India from 7th June 2021 to 18th June 2021.
2. Attended online One Week workshop on “Data analysis using R (Jamovi)” organized by the Department of Economics, Bhavnagar University, Gujrat, from 23rd September 2021 to 29th September 2021.
3. Attended One Week Online National Workshop on (online mode) Statistical Data Analysis using SPSS & R (SDASR), held from 20 – 24 March 2023, organized by the Department of Statistics, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh under the Aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM).
4. Attended One Week online workshop on “Data Analytics Using R” from 19-23 June 2020 organized by the IIHMR University.
5. Attended One Week online workshop on “Research Methodology” from 3rd to 9th July 2020 organized by the School of Business and Management Studies, Central University Haryana.
6. Attended online 35 hours (3-week) live online instructor-led training/ faculty development programme on “Machine learning & its application using Python” organized by Eduxlabs and IIT
Madras from 10th Oct 2022 to 26th Oct 2022.

• Hands on Training: Quantitative Methods in Humanities and Social Science Research’ in the one Week Workshop, organized by Dept. of HSS, VNIT, Nagpur, March 4-8, 2024.