CURRICULUM VITAE
MUKTI P. UPADHYAY
Department of Economics
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Ph: 217-581-3812
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Economics 1995 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
M.A. Economics 1983 Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008 – present Professor (and Graduate Program Coordinator since 2007), Department of
Economics, Eastern Illinois University.
2011 summer Visiting Professor, Jinan Univ, Guangdong, and Linyi Univ, Shandong, China.
2003 – 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Eastern Illinois University.
1999 – 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Eastern Illinois University.
1997 – 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Oregon State University
1994 – 1997 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Economic Development and Growth, Education and Health Economics, International Trade and Finance, Macroeconomics
TEACHING:
Undergraduate: Intermediate Macroeconomics, International Economics, Principles of
Micro and Macroeconomics, Business Cycles, Development Economics
Graduate: Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Research Methods in Economics,
Applied Econometrics (2nd course), Economic Development of China and India, Seminar in International Economics (Trade)
Thesis advisor: Nineteen M.A. students at Eastern Illinois University 2001-15 (plus thesis committee member for many more).
PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS:
"Firm Size, Foreign Exposure, and Inequality in Wage: A Decomposition Analysis," Development Journal of the South, 1 (1), August 2015, 82-93, with S. Devkota and K. Kapri.
“How do income and education affect health inequality: evidence from four developing countries,” Applied Economics, 47, September 2015, 5583-99, lead article, with S. Devkota.
“What Factors Change Education Inequality in Nepal?” Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 16 (2), 2015, 287-308, with S. Devkota.
"How Does Education Inequality Respond to Policy? A Method and Application to Survey Data from Albania and Nepal" forthcoming in Journal of Economic Studies, with S. Devkota.
“The Effect of HIV/AIDS on Economic Growth of Southern African Countries,” Asian Economic and Financial Review, 4 (9), September 2014, 1146-57, with M. Gezahegn.
“Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Nepal,” Review of Development Economics, 17 (4) 732-46, November 2013, with S. Devkota.
“Fungibility of Foreign Aid in Selected African Countries” Indian Development Review, 10 (1) 2012, Jan-June, 63-80, with S. Gebrehanna.
“Effects of Remittances on Inflation and Real Exchange Rate in South Asia,” Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 6 (1) 2011, 88-96, with K. Upadhyaya.
“Another Empirical Look at the Kuznets Curve,” International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, 3(2) December 2010, pp. 7-19, lead article, with R. Bhandari and G. Pradhan.
“Measurement and Determinants of Efficiency in Crop Production in Nepal,” Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 5 (1), 2010, 96-103, with S. Devkota.
“Poverty Reduction, Economic Growth, and Inequality in Africa,” Applied Economics Letters 16, 2009 September, 1791-94, with F. Fanta.
“Determinants of Household Supply of Labor in Food for Work Program in Tigray, Ethiopia,” Applied Economics 41, 2009, 579-87, with F. Fanta.
“Monetary Integration of Nepal with India: A Road to Faster Growth?” Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 3(1), 2008, 43-49, with K. Upadhyaya.
“Income Convergence among Districts of Nepal,” Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 3(1), 2008, 54-60, with S. Devkota.
“Remittances and Economic Growth in Developing Countries,” European Journal of Development Research, 20 (3), 497-506, September 2008, with G. Pradhan and K. Upadhyaya.
“Has the 1996 Welfare Reform Reduced the U.S. Poverty Rate? An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data,” Economics Bulletin, 9(2), lead article, 1-9, 2008, with Hui Li.
“Remittances and Their Effects in Nepal: A Microeconomic Study,” Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, vol.2, no.2, 2007, 61-66.
“Poverty, Economic Growth, and Inequality in Developing Countries: A Focus on Nepal and South Asia,” Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 2006, 47-50, with G. Pradhan.
"Political Economy of Regional Trading Arrangements in South Asia," Journal of Economic Integration 19(3), September 2004, lead article, 427-446, with H. Shrestha.
"Basic Elements of an Economic Development Program during Political Transition and beyond in Nepal," CAMAD: Journal of Administration, Management and Development, 6(1), April 2003, lead article, 1-13.
"Total Factor Productivity and the Convergence Hypothesis," Journal of Macroeconomics, 24(2), 267-286, July 2002, with S. M. Miller.
"Human Capital, Technology and Specialization: A Comparison of Developed and Developing Countries," Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie (Journal of Economics) 75, 161-179, 2002, with M.Gopinath.
"The Effects of Openness, Trade Orientation, and Human Capital on Total Factor Productivity," Journal of Development Economics 63, 399-423, Dec. 2000, with S. M. Miller.
"Nepal's Macroeconomic Performance in the 1990s: Implications for Development Strategy," CAMAD: Journal of Administration, Management and Development, 3(2), 106-25, October 2000.
"Output Effects of Devaluation: Evidence from Asia," Journal of Development Studies, 35(6): 89-103, August 1999, with K. Upadhyaya.
"Can Public Sector Employment Spur Human Capital Acquisition?" Economics Letters, 1997, 56:121-27.
"Foreign Aid, Economic Growth, and Causality," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali (International Review of Economics and Business), 1996, XLIII: 597-606, with D. Dhakal and K. Upadhyaya.
"Accumulation of Human Capital in LDCs in the Presence of Unemployment," Economica, 61:355-78, 1994.
"Rural Savings Mobilization in Nepal," The Economic Journal of Nepal, 1986, with K. Hamal.
"Financial Structure and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy in Nepal," in G. Tison (ed.) Financial Structure and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy in SEACEN Countries. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: SEACEN Research and Training Center, 1986.
"Payments Arrangements and Monetary Cooperation in South Asia: Nepal," Centre for Economic Development and Administration, for Marg Institute, Sri Lanka, 1984.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
“Financial Crisis and the Great Recession in the United States,” in N.M.P. Verma (ed.) Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath: Adjustment in the United States, Australia, and the Emerging Asia. Chapter 2, pp. 23-45, Springer, 2012, with Tim Mason.
Human Capital Accumulation in Developing Countries: A Theoretical Analysis. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994. Advisors: M. Ali Khan, and Louis Maccini.
"Domestic Credit Pollicy and the Balance of Payments in Nepal. (Macroeconometric policy simulation), M.A. Dissertation, Department of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 1983.
"Resource Mobilization, the Rate of Interest and the Productivity of Investment in Nepal," in Financial Resource Mobilization for the Sixth Plan of Nepal. Kathmandu: Integrated Development Systems, 1980, with M. Acharya.
PAPERS UNDER JOURNAL REVIEW AND WORKING PAPERS:
“Lowering Health Disparity in Nepal through Agricultural Development,”under review
“How does education inequality respond to policy? A method for survey data analysis,” under review
“Meta Analysis of Relationship between Economic Openness and Growth,” working paper, in preparation for submission, with H. Li.
“Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Aid, and Growth in Developing Countries,” working paper, April 2006, with G. Pradhan.”
“Rural-Urban Migration, Urban Unemployment, and Government Spending in a Dual Economy Model,” working paper, with S. Das, 2005.
“Total Factor Productivity in Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel Data Model for Africa and Asia,” working paper, with S. Das, November 2004.
"What Production Function Yields the Best Estimates for Total Factor Productivity in a Panel Data Model?"working paper, with S. Miller, 2003.
"Total Factor Productivity, Human Capital, and Outward Orientation: Differences by Stage of Development and Geographic Regions," University of Connecticut, Department of Economics working paper No. 2002-33, with S. Miller, December 2002.
"Information Technology and Economic Growth: The Case of Thailand," working paper, 2000 (with I. Ordeedolchest).
"Higher and Lower Education Sectors in a Neoclassical Growth Model," working paper, 1996.
BOOK REVIEW:
Review of Justin Lin: The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off. Palgrave Journals, European Journal of Development Research 27, 625-27, September 2015.
Review of Dani Rodrik: One Economics, Many Recipes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Journal of International and Global Studies, May 2010, pp. 178-82.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
“Sources of Economic Growth in Malaysia since 1960,” with S. Das.
“Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Developing Asia and Africa,” with S. Das.
“Evolution of Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Nepal: Results from Successive Rounds of NLSS Surveys,” with S. Devkota.
“What Factors Determine Disparity in Functional Health Outcomes in the United States?” with S. Devkota.
“The Nature and Extent of Growth Spillovers from China and India to the Poor Economies of Africa and Asia,”
“Sharecropping in India and the United States: A Review of Comparative History,” with S. Das.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
“How are School Dropout Rates Related to Household Characteristics: Analysis of Survey Data from Bangladesh,” South Asia Conference, October 2015, with N. Farah.
“Impact of Remittances on Poverty in Nepal: A Counterfactual Poverty Analysis,” Midwest Economics Conference, March 2015, with S. Devkota and K. Kapri.
“Women’s Participation in the Financial Market in Nepal: Evidence from NLSS III Data,” presented at Midwest Economics Conference, March 2015 with S. Ghimire and Y. Sharma.
“Impact of Remittance on Poverty and Inequality in Nepal: Evidence from three rounds of NLSS Survey,” presented at Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October, 2014, with S. Devkota and K. Kapri.
“ Female Autonomy in Nepal’s Households with a Focus on the Credit Market,” presented at Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October, 2014, with S, Ghimire and Y. Sharma.
“The Evolution of Agricultural Productivity in Nepal: Evidence from Two Rounds of the Living Standard Survey,” presented at Midwest Economics Conference, March, 2014, with S. Devkota.
“Development of Financial Sector and Income Inequality,” presented at Midwest Economics Conference, March, 2014, with R. Bhandari and G. Pradhan.
“Measurement of Health Inequality and Evidence Based Approach to Reduce It in Four Developing Countries,” presented at Missouri Valley Economic Conference, October, 2013.
“Lowering Health Disparity in Nepal through Agricultural Development,” Midwest Economics Conference, Columbus, OH, March 2013.
“What Factors Change Education Inequality in Nepal? A Comparative Assessment of Blinder-Oaxaca and Total Differential Decompositions,” Allied Social Sciences Associations Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2013.
“Agriculture Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Nepal,” presented at M.Phil. Economics program, Tribhuvan University, July 2012; and at National Planning Commission, Kathmandu, June 2012.
“Inequality and Horizontal Inequity in Education in Selected Low and Middle Income Countries,” Midwest Economic Conference, March 30-April 1, 2012.
” The Effects of HIV/AIDS on Economic Growth of Southern African Countries,” with M. Gezahegn, Eastern Economic Conference, March 2012.
“Effects of Remittances on Inflation and Real Exchange Rate in South Asia,” Himalayan Policy Research Conference, October 2011.
“Health, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Selected African countries,” Jinan University International Business School, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, June 2011.
“Productivity and Poverty in a Small Agrarian Economy: The Case of Nepal,” Jinan University International Business School, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, May 2011.
“Measurement and Determinants of Efficiency in Crop Production in Nepal,” Himalayan Policy Research Conference, October 2010, with S. Devkota.
“Fungibility of Foreign Aid: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa,” Missouri Valley Economic Conference (October 2008), with S. Gebrehenna
“Monetary Integration of Nepal with India: A Road to Faster Growth?” Himalayan Policy Research Conference, October 2008, with K. Upadhyaya.
“Income Convergence and Polarization in Nepal,” Himalayan Policy Research Conference, October 2008, with S. Devkota.
“Another Empirical Look at the Kuznets Curve,” presented at Midwest Economic Conference March 2008, with G. Pradhan and R. Bhandari.
“Informal Sector in Developing Countries: Measurement and Interaction with the Formal Sector,” presented at Midwest Economic Conference March 2008, with G. Lesica.
“Remittances and Their Effects in Nepal: A Microeconomic Study,” Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 2007.
“Brain Drain and Economic Growth in Developing Countries” Midwest Economic Conference, Minneapolis, MN, March 2007, with G. Pradhan.
“Poverty, Economic Growth, and Inequality in Developing Countries: A Focus on Nepal and South Asia,” Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 2006, with G. Pradhan.
“Determinants of Household Demand for Food-for-Work Employment in Tigray, Ethiopia,” Missouri Valley Economic Conference, Kansas City, October 2005, with F. Fanta.
“Remittances and Economic Growth in Developing Countries,” Midwest Economic Conference, Milwaukee, WI, March 2005, with G. Pradhan.
“Rural-Urban Migration in a Model with Government Spending,” Faculty Seminar, Department of Economics, Eastern Illinois University, February 2005.
“External Economies and Government Spending in a Rural-Urban Model of Migration,” Western Economic Association Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 2004.
“Migration and Unemployment in a Dual Economy Model with Government Spending,” Midwest Economic Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2004 (poster presentation).
"Economic Growth and Democracy," Midwest Economic Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2003.
"What will Spur Development in Nepal?," Midwest Economic Conference, St. Louis, March 2003.
"Total Factor Productivity, Human Capital, and Outward Orientation: Differences by Stage of Development and Geographic Region," Southern Economic Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 2002.
"Political Economy of Regional Trading Arrangements in South Asia," Southern Economic Conference, Tampa, FL, November 2001; EIU Economics Faculty Seminar; March 2002.
"Total Factor Productivity Growth in a Large Panel of Countries," Western Economics Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 2001.
"Human Capital, and Outward Orientation in a Model of Growth and Productivity, under Cobb-Douglas and Translog Production Functions," Midwest Economic Conference, Cleveland, OH, March 2001.
"Nepal's Macroeconomic Performance in the 1990s: Implications for Development Strategy," National Planning Commission, Kathmandu, August 2000.
"Neoclassical trade, International Specialization, and DC-LDC Divide," Midwest Economic Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2000.
"The Effects of Trade Orientation and Human Capital on Total Factor Productivity: A Panel Data Approach," seminar presentations at University of Connecticut, University of Idaho, The Conference Board, Oregon State University, Eastern Illinois University, 1998-99.
"Regional Trading Arrangements: An Application to South Asia," Eastern Economic Conference, Boston, MA, March 1996.
"Economic Performance and Development Prospects in Nepal," South Asia Forum for Development, Eastern Economic Conference, Boston, MA, March 1996.
"The Big Push Model of Development and the Open Economy," Southern Economic Conference, November 1994.
"A Model of the Credibility of Government for Nepal," Conference of the Association of Nepalese in the Americas, July 1994.
"Political Economy of International Debt Adjustment in Latin America and Asia," Macroeconomics Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, May 1990.
"Monetary and Fiscal Policies in a Small Open Economy under Staggered Wage Contracts," Macroeconomics Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, March 1989.
"Financial Structure and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy in Nepal", South East Asian Central Banks Economists' Workshop, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, September 1985.
"Relationship of Money and Credit to Economic Activity: Nepal," South East Asian Central Banks Economists' Workshop, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, July 1980.
INVITED LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS:
“Inequality and Change in Countries around the World,” Panel Speaker, College of Sciences ScienceFest, Eastern Illinois University, March 2013.
“Social & Economic Challenges in Asia,” Panel Speaker, Asian Studies Colloquium, October 2012.
“Discovering Development Path in the Age of Globalization,’ Rotary Club of Balaju, Kathmandu,
July 2012.
“Financial Crisis and Great Recession, 2008-12,” Camad College, Pokhara University, Nepal, July 2012.
“Importance of Economics in Business Administration,” Camad College, Pokhara University, Nepal, June 2012.
“Education Inequality in Selected Developing Countries,” Student Society for Economics, Eastern Illinois University, April 2012.
“Global Economic Inequality,” Symposium on Global Change, Eastern Illinois University, College of Sciences ScienceFest, April 2012.
“Recent Macroeconomic Trends and the Policy Response in the U.S.,” Student Society for Economics, Eastern Illinois University, November 2011.
“Can Tarai Help Overcome Economic Stagnation in Nepal?,” America-Nepal MidWest Association and Nepali Association in Southeast America Joint Conference, Lexington, KY, September 2010.
“Fungibility of Foreign Aid: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa,” Department of Economics and Finance, Bond University, Australia, May 2009.
“International Policy Coordination and the Financial Crisis of 2008-09,” MBA Comprehensive Seminar, New York Institute of Technology, Amman, Jordan, March 2009.
“Drivers of Economic Development: What can Nepal Learn from Other Developing Countries?” CAMAD Monthly Friday Talk for professionals on “World Economic Order and Nepal’s Development,” Kathmandu, Nepal, June 2007.
OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES:
2004: World Bank Consultant, Statistical analysis of coffee and cotton survey data.
2002: "Political economy aspects of economic development in Nepal," Research presentation, International Forum, Eastern Illinois University, January.
2000: UNDP Consultant/Senior Economist for National Planning Commission, Kathmandu, Nepal Macroeconomic Performance of Nepal in the 1990s and its Lessons for Future.
1992: World Bank Consultant, Washington, DC; Public Sector Wage and Employment Policies in Developing Countries.
1989-93: Statistical programmer/Research assistant: Johns Hopkins University (various depts.)
1983-86: Economist, Research Department, Nepal Rastra Bank: Policy research on money and banking, financial structure, exchange rates, development planning.
1984-85: Consultant, APROSC (Nepal) & IDRC (Canada): Rural Savings Mobilization.
1984-85: Country Economist, SEACEN Research and Training Centre, Malaysia: Financial Structure and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy.
1984-85: Consultant, National Planning Commission project on Money and Finance for 7 th Plan of Nepal (1985-90).
1984: Consultant, CEDA (Nepal) & Marg Institute (Sri Lanka): Payments Arrangements and Monetary Policy.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Managing Editor: Development Journal of the South, 2014-present.
Co-Editor, Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 2005-2014.
Refereed papers for:
Applied Economics
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Development Journal of the South
Economic Modelling
Economic Theory
Ekonomia
European Journal of Development Research
Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy
Journal of Applied Economics
Journal of Comparative Economics
Journal of Developing Areas
Journal of Economic Growth
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development
World Development
Chair, Midwest Economics Conference Session 5L on Education II, March 2015.
Advisory Board Member, Camad College, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010-15.
Chair, Midwest Economics Conference Session 1G on Agricultural Resources and 6I on Economic Growth, March 2014.
Chair, Himalayan Policy Research Conference Session 1A on South-South Cooperation and Development Issues, October 2012.
Chair, Himalayan Policy Research Conference Session 1A on South-South Cooperation and Development Issues, October 2012.
Chair, Midwest Economics Conference Session 10B on Empirics of Growth II, April 2012.
Member, Organizing Committee, Seventh Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 18, 2012, review and ranking of abstracts, and management of conference.
Discussant of conference papers at Economic Association Conferences: Midwest, Eastern, Western, Southern, and Missouri Valley, and Himalayan Policy Research Conference, 1995‒p resent.
Member, Organizing Committee, Sixth Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 18, 2011, review and ranking of 17 abstracts, and management of conference.
Member, Organizing Committee, Fifth Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 14, 2010, review and ranking of 15 abstracts, and management of conference.
Member, Organizing Committee, Fourth Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 14, 2009, review and ranking of 18 abstracts, and management of conference.
Member, Organizing Committee, Third Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 16, 2008, review and ranking of 25 abstracts, and management of conference.
Member, Organizing Committee, Second Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 11, 2007, reviewed 45 submitted abstracts.
Member, Organizing Committee, First Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October 19, 2006, reviewed 42 submitted abstracts.
Chair, Midwest Economics Conference Session 8J on Economics of Development III, March 2006.
Reviewer, “Welfare Impact of Central American Free Trade Agreement,” Ohio University grant
proposal, January 2006.
Chair, Midwest Economics Conference, Session 6c on Economic Development of Asia, March 2004.
Interviews and articles on economic development in Nepali newspapers.
Reviewer of papers for the sessions on "International Agricultural Development" for the American Agricultural Economics Association 2000 annual meeting.
Member, Ph.D. Macro Theory Preliminary Examination Committee, 1999 (Oregon State University, wrote and graded Macroeconomics Prelims);
Reviewer, Macro Preliminary Examination, Oregon State University, 1998.
Member, American Economic Association (1990- ), Midwest Economics Association (1999- ), Western Economic Assn. (2000-04), Southern Economic Assn. (1993-94, 2000-03, 2006-07), Missouri Valley Ec. Assn. (2005-06,08,10- ).
Regular contributor of economic articles to Nepal Update, a quarterly newsmagazine published from Washington, DC, (Economics editor: 1990-93).
COMMITTEE WORK AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY:
University:
Member, Council on Graduate Studies, 2015-18.
Chair, Graduate School William Travel Grants Committee, 2014-16.
Chair, Social Science Writing Award Committee, EIU College of Sciences, 2015.
Chair, Asian Studies Colloquium Committee, 2013-14:
Organizer and Moderator, Colloquium on Syria and Beyond, October 3, 2013.
Moderator, Roundtable Discussion, What to Teach about Asia, April 24, 2014.
Discussant, Paper on Remittances in Developing Countries and Ec. Growth, April 24, 2014.
Member, Council on Graduate Studies Research Grants Committee, 2013-14.
Chair, Asian Studies Awards Committee, 2011-13.
Chair, Graduate School King-Mertz Nonthesis Research/Creative Activity Screening Committee COS Projects, 2012-13.
Member, King-Mertz Nonthesis Research/Creative Activity Screening Committee (COS Projects), Graduate School, 2011-12.
Member, Council on Graduate Studies Scholarships Committee, 2011-2012.
Member, Graduate School Francis Meyer Hampton and Betty Wright Downing Awards
Subcommittee, 2011-12.
Chair, Graduate School Research/Creative Activity Screening Committee COS Projects, 2009-10.
Member, Williams Travel Awards Committee, AY 2010-11..
Member, Council on Academic Affairs, 2004-07.
Member, Library Advisory Board, 2003-06.
Member, Health Services Advisory Board, 2000-03.
Member, Parking Advisory Committee, 2001-02.
College:
Member, Graduate Investigator Awards Committee, 5 years (2000-02, 2004, 2005)
Department of Economics, various years:
Graduate Coordinator, 2007-present.
Chair: Application Screening Committee (2014 -), Standards Committee, Curriculum Committee, Library Liaison (2005-present)
Member: Student Society for Economics, Education Affairs, 1999-2012.
Graduate Program Committee, 1999-2007.
Assessment Subcommittees, 2008-present.
Application Screening Committee (Faculty Recruitment), 4 years, last year: 2009-10.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Student Distinguished Faculty Award, Student Government, EIU, April 2015.
Achievement and Contribution Award in Teaching, EIU, 2014-15.
Faculty Development Partnership Grant from EIU ICGD for organizing colloquium series, 2013-14.
College of Sciences Research CU Assignment Award: 5 times during 2004-14.
William G. Kirk International Leadership Award, Eastern Illinois University, 2013.
2012, Nominated by three graduate student groups, EIU Rodney Ranes Mentoring Award.
2014, 2010, Nominated, EIU College of Sciences Ringenberg Award.
Achievement and Contribution Award in Research, EIU, 2008-09.
Council on Faculty Research Summer Research Award, EIU, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2000.
Council on Faculty Research Academic Year Research Award, Fall 2005.
Nominated, Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor, Eastern Illinois University, 2006.
Elected, Outstanding Faculty, Economics Department, Eastern Illinois University, 2005.
Nominated, Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor, Eastern Illinois University, 2003.
Awarded, Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, EIU Econ. Graduate Students, April 2003.
College of Sciences special projects award, 2000, 2001, 2002, Eastern Illinois University.
Who's Who among America's Teachers, Educational Communications, 1994.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University (1989-91).
World Bank Graduate Scholarship for Ph.D. in Economics (1987-89) at Johns Hopkins University.
Ford Foundation Fellowship for Master’s in Economics (1981-83) at Thammasat University.
Gold Medals: Mahendra Vidyabhushan Class II (1975); T.P. Chaudhri and M.L. Chuke (1974) at Tribhuvan University, Nepal, for best student in ‘M.A. Economics’ in a class of 90 students.
COMMUNITY WORK:
President, Educate the Needy Children, Illinois-based Nonprofit Organization, 2011-present.
Editorial Board Member, Computer Association of Nepal−USA Journal, Jan. 2011−Jan. 2013
Moderator, Liberal Democracy Nepal Workshop on “Opportunities and Challenges for Nepali Political Parties,” with political party leaders from Nepal, Washington, DC, October 21-23, 2005.
Board Member, Shivmaya Educate The Children Organization – Nepal, Kathmandu-based Nonprofit Organization, 2002-present.