School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management

Dr. Sayel Basel

Dr. Sayel Basel

Assistant Professor
Development Economics; Applied Econometrics; Quantitative Economics; Financial Econometrics

Dr. Sayel Basel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. With a focus on econometrics, spatial data science and machine learning, his research interest revolve around exploring the intricate connection between these disciplines. He is dedicated to leveraging these methodologies to gain insights that inform the processes of Economic Development and Financial System dynamics.  His research is centered on  understanding the issues and aspects of development in multi-dimesional perspectives, economic dynamics through convergence theory.  He has published research in peer-reviewed journals of international repute.

Financial Management
Microeconomics II
Applied Econometrics
Environomics

  1. Basel, S., Gopakumar, K.U. & Rao, R.P. (2020). Broad-based index for measurement of development. Journal of Social and Economic Development, 22, 182–206.
  2. Basel, S., Gopakumar, K.U. & Rao, R.P. (2020). Testing of club convergence of economies using a Broad-based development index. Geojournal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10198-0
  3. Basel, S., Rao, R.P. & Gopakumar, K.U. (2021). Analysis of club convergence for economies: identification and testing using development indices. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41685-021-00205-8.
  4. Basel, S., Rao, R.P. & Gopakumar, K.U. (2021). Classification of countries based on development indices by using K-means and grey relational analysis. Geojournal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10479-2.
  1. Basel, S. & Rao, R.P. (2018). β – Convergence of real per capita GDP in BRICS economies. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 14(2), 309-315.
  2. Dukpa, Urgen & Basel, S. (2021). Socio-economic Development of Darjeeling Himalayas: Categorical Principal Component Analysis (CATPCA) and Ordinal Logistic Regression (OLR). Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 17(1), 128-135.
  3. Basel, S., Rao, R.P. & Gopakumar, K.U. (2021). Causal relationship among development indices. Indian Journal of Economics and Development,17(3),624-631.
Degree Discipline Year School
  B.Sc (Honours) Economics 2015 Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
  M.A Financial Economics 2017 Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
  Ph.D Economics 2021 Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Assistant Professor, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha (Since June, 2023) Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences and Languages, VIT Vellore, Tamil Nadu ( February, 2023- May, 2023) Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, CHRIST University Bangalore, Karnataka (January, 2021- January, 2023)

  • Gold Medalists in M.A Economics
  • UGC NET
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