Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
📍 4F11, Academic Building-1
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Research Area
Development economics, labour economics, informal economy, gig economy, urban economy
Research Interests
Dr. Debdulal Saha's areas of research interest are development economics, labour economics, informal economy and policy studies. Broad thematic areas of research are on poverty, inequality and precarity studies. He is currently working on the effects of digital platforms on the urban labour market considering transport (Uber/Ola etc.), delivery services (Zomato/Swiggy/etc.) and household services (Urban Company etc.).
Since 2020 : Associate Editor, The Indian Economic Journal (SAGE)
2022 - 2024 : Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Tea Research Foundation (a joint initiative of Tea Board of India and NABARD)
2013 - 2020 : Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Campus
2012 - 2013 : Visiting Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Campus
2012 : Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Kassel, Germany
2008 - 2012 : PhD, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
2007 - 2008 : Pre-Doctorate, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
2014 - 2006 : MA (Economics), University of North Bengal, West Bengal
2001 - 2004 : BA (Economics), University of North Bengal, West Bengal
2015: Short-term Visiting Fellowship, University of Kassel funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany (23 November- 7 December 2015)
2012: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), University of Kassel, Germany (June – November 2012)
2010 – 2012: Doctoral Fellow, the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD), University of Kassel, Germany funded German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Mar 2010 – May 2012)
2010: Visiting Ph.D. Scholar, Research Institute of Law, Politics and Justice, University of Keele, United Kingdom (UK) (February – March 2010)
2009: Visiting Doctoral Fellow, University of Kassel, Germany under “New Passage to India” scheme of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (May – July 2009)
2006: Awarded the University Silver Medal for securing 1st class 2nd in M.A. (Economics) in 2006 in the University of North Bengal, West Bengal.
Debdulal Saha. Effects of COVID-19 on Tea Plantation Workers in India: Issues of Labour Market Institutions. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, pages 1–25, 2024.
Debdulal Saha, Chitrasen Bhue and Rajdeep & Singha. Rising wage theft in tea industry: consequences of ineffective labor market institutions. Labour History (DOI: 10.1080/0023656X.2023.2243472), 2023.
Moses Segbenya, Angela Dziedzorm Akorsu, Debdulal Saha and Francis Enu-Kwesi. Exploring gendered perspectives on working conditions of solo self-employed quarry workers in Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences 8(1):2098624, 2022.
Debdulal Saha. Migration, Informality, and COVID-19 Pandemic in India. In Coronasphere. Routledge India, 2022, pages 26–40.
Moses Segbenya, Angela D Akorsu, Francis Enu-Kwesi and Debdulal Saha. Organising as a catalyst for improving work conditions among informal quarry workers in Ghana. Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation 16(2):59–81, 2022.
Debdulal Saha and Anamitra Roychowdhury. Indian Labour Market in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: Issues, Experience and Policy. 2021.
Debdulal Saha. Producer collectives through self-help: sustainability of small tea growers in India. In Ownership and Governance of Companies. Routledge, 2021, pages 241–260.
Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha and Rajdeep Singha. Employment and Labour Market in North-East India: Interrogating Structural Changes. Taylor & Francis, 2018.
Virginius Xaxa, Debdulal Saha and Rajdeep Singha. Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood. Springer, 2017.
Debdulal Saha. Informal markets, livelihood and politics: Street vendors in urban India. , 2016.
Bernhard Leubolt, Karin Fischer and Debdulal Saha. Are targeting and universalism complementary or competing paradigms in social policy? Insights from Brazil India and South Africa. International Journal of Labour Research 6(1):75, 2014.
Sharit K Bhowmik, Debdulal Saha and others. Financial Inclusion of the Marginalised. Financ. Incl. Marg, 2013.
Debdulal Saha. Working life of street vendors in Mumbai. The Indian journal of labour economics 54(2):301–325, 2011.
Debdulal Saha. Collective bargaining for street vendors in Mumbai: Toward promotion of social dialogue. Journal of Workplace Rights 15(3-4), 2010.
Debdulal Saha. Decent work for the street vendors in Mumbai, India—a distant vision!. Journal of Workplace Rights 14(2), 2009.