Raised in Mumbai, Pooja joined Gokhale in 2019 after she completed her PhD in Economics from the University of Mumbai. She graduated in Economics from the D G Ruparel College.

International trade and foreign direct investment are the areas of her research. She believes it is important for students to develop the ability to apply their knowledge to solving existing problems in our society. The focus of her teaching and research is to make students learn through this holistic approach.

In addition to teaching and research, Pooja likes to read books that deal with varied socio-cultural aspects of society, preferably in Marathi. She loves origami, gardening and travelling.

Research gate Profile: pooja.thakur04@gmail.com

• Thakur, P. (2025). जागतिक रोजगार आणि सामाजिक दृष्टिकोन अहवाल (सप्टेंबर २०२४) – सारांश. Shramkalyan Yug, 4(5), 32–35.

• Thakur, P. (2025). जागतिक रोजगार आणि सामाजिक दृष्टिकोन अहवाल – सारांश. Navbharat, 34–37.

• Thakur, P. (2025). Export spillovers from multinational enterprises to domestic firms in India: A study of selected services. Foreign Trade Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00157325251333471
• Thakur, P. (2024). अर्थशास्त्रातील संधी. Saptahik Sakal.

• Thakur, Pooja. and G. Lele (2024). ‘अनसंग हिरोज्’ना समजून घेताना. Andhashraddha Nirmulan Vartapatra.

• Thakur, P. and R.Srivastava (2023). An analysis of India’s export of services: 2010–2020. Journal of Economics and Trade, 8(1), 1–18.

• Thakur, P., H. K. Kelkar and L. G.  Burange(2017). Foreign direct investment and intra-industry trade in the manufacturing sector of India: A causal relationship. Foreign Trade Review, 52(4), 260–275.

• Thakur, P. and L. G. Burange (2016). Productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment in India’s services sector. Foreign T rade Review, 51(4), 271–286.

• Thakur, P. and L. G. Burange (2015). Productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment in the manufacturing sector of India. Artha Vijnana, 57(1), 1–22.

• L. G. Burange and P. Thakur (2012). An enquiry into the employment of the organised sector of India. Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 24(1–4), 109–138.

1. Presented a paper titled “Multinational Enterprises and Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Selected Services in India” at the 10th International Conference on Economic Structures organised by the Pan Pacific Association of Input Output Studies, 6-7 March, 2026 at Tokyo International University, Japan.
   
2. Presented a paper titled “Export spillovers from multinational enterprises to domestic firms in India: A study of selected services” at the 2024 RCEA International Conference on Economics, Econometrics, and Finance jointly organised by The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis and The Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University London, 20-22 May 2024 at Brunel University, London.
   
3. Presented a paper titled “Foreign Direct Investment and Intra-Industry Trade in the Manufacturing Sector of India: A Causal Relationship”, at the International Conference on Trade and Exchange Rate Policies in the
   context of WTO: Challenges before Emerging Economies,
   28-29th September, 2015 at Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad.
4. Presented a paper titled “Productivity spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in India’s Services Sector”, at the International Conference on “Empirical Research on Trade in Services”, August 21-22, 2014, organized by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
   
5. Presented a paper titled “Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Manufacturing Sector of India”, at the National Conference on Foreign Direct Investment: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges, March 24-27, 2014 organized by Department of Economics, Himachal Pradesh University in association with Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).
   
6. Presented a paper titled “An Enquiry in to the Employment of the Organised Sector of India”at the National Seminar on Globalisation and Employment Relationships in India, July 9-10, 2012, ICSSR, Mumbai.

1. Worked as a Research Associate in Economic and Political Weekly Research Foundation (EPWRF) from 1 January, 2013 to 31 December, 2013 on a project funded by NABARD. The project involved building up of a Rural Infrastructure Development Index across various states of India. 

1. Awarded with the “Gopal Krishna Gokhale Memorial Award” by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics for Best Paper published in “Artha Vijnana” titled “Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Manufacturing Sector of India. ArthaVijnana, Vol. LVII, No. 1, March 2015 (with L. G. Burange).
2. Awarded the “Best Paper Award” for paper titled “Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in the Manufacturing Sector of India”, presented at the National Conference on Foreign Direct Investment: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges, March 24-27, 2014 organized by Department of Economics, Himachal Pradesh University in association with Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).