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Faculty Dr Ubaid Mushtaq

Dr Ubaid Mushtaq

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Contact Details

ubaid.m@srmap.edu.in

Office Location

Easwari School of Liberal Arts Economics Faculty Dr Ubaid Mushtaq

Faculty Information

Education

2024
Ph.D. (Economics)
IIT Kharagpur
India
2017
M.Phil. (Economics)
IIT Bombay
India
2013
M.A.
IIT Guwahati
India

Personal Website

Experience

  • February 2025 - Associate Editor for the Journal Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis (Scopus)
  • August 2024 – February 2025 – Assistant Professor (Economics), Presidency University, Bengaluru
  • August 2018 – July 2019 – Research Associate, NIAS-UNDP Program, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

Research Interest

  • My current research examines agrarian transformations through the lens of agrarian political economy and development economics, engaging with the new agrarian question in developing economies. I explore how state policies, technological advancements, globalization, and agrarian extractivism reshape rural agriculture. These changes manifest in shifts in land use, increasing land ownership concentration, smallholder displacement, and broader implications for rural livelihoods and food security.
  • In addition to analyzing these structural transformations, my work focuses on the political economy of development, agricultural commercialization, and livelihood sustainability. I investigate the impact of market integration, financialization, and policy reforms on smallholder resilience, inequality, and sustainable development.
  • Furthermore, I seek to integrate heterodox economic approaches to critically assess dominant paradigms, offering alternative perspectives on agrarian change, rural development, and sustainability.

Awards

  • 2024 – Received financial support from the Land Deal Politics Initiative to participate in and present a paper at the International Land Grabbing Conference, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (March 2024).
  • 2023 – Awarded full financial support from the Indian Council of Social Science Research to participate in and present a paper at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (November 2023).
  • 2023 – Received full financial support from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, India, to participate in and present a paper at the ADRTC Golden Jubilee Conference of ISEC, Bengaluru (January 2023).
  • 2017 – Qualified UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test).
  • 2014 – Awarded a fellowship to attend the Summer School for Future Leaders in Development at Duke University, USA, and IIM Udaipur.

Memberships

  • Member Development Studies Association (DSA), UK
  • Member Southern Economic Association (SEA), Texas Tech University USA

Publications

  • Agricultural Extension and Farm Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Small- Scale Farmers of High-Density Plantations in Kashmir

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Quartile: Q1

  • Agro-extractivism and shifting smallholder dynamics: evidence from Kashmir, India

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: Development Studies Research, Quartile: Q1

  • Understanding the patterns of agrarian transformation: state-mediated commercialisation and deagrarianisation in Kashmir

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: Development in Practice, Quartile: Q2

  • Modelling the Nexus Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: A Case of Afghanistan and Egypt

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath

    Source Title: Studies of Applied Economics; Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Quartile: Q3

  • Aspirations and victimhood

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Narendar Pani, Megha Poonia

    Source Title: Dynamics of Difference: Inequality and Transformation in Rural India,

  • The Convergence of Crowd Funding and Zakat System in India: An Integrated Approach for Human Welfare

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath

    Source Title: Journal of Islamic Economics, Finance, and Banking, Quartile: Q3

  • The political economy of Intra-Kashmir Trade

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq

    Source Title: Progress in Development Studies, Quartile: Q2

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Interests

  • Agrarian Studies
  • Development Economics
  • Heterodox Economics
  • Political Economy of India

Thought Leaderships

Who Really Pays for a Simplified GST?

Debunking the Myth of Job Creation

Top Achievements

Research Area

No research areas found for this faculty.

Education
2013
M.A.
IIT Guwahati
India
2017
M.Phil. (Economics)
IIT Bombay
India
2024
Ph.D. (Economics)
IIT Kharagpur
India
Experience
  • February 2025 - Associate Editor for the Journal Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis (Scopus)
  • August 2024 – February 2025 – Assistant Professor (Economics), Presidency University, Bengaluru
  • August 2018 – July 2019 – Research Associate, NIAS-UNDP Program, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru
Research Interests
  • My current research examines agrarian transformations through the lens of agrarian political economy and development economics, engaging with the new agrarian question in developing economies. I explore how state policies, technological advancements, globalization, and agrarian extractivism reshape rural agriculture. These changes manifest in shifts in land use, increasing land ownership concentration, smallholder displacement, and broader implications for rural livelihoods and food security.
  • In addition to analyzing these structural transformations, my work focuses on the political economy of development, agricultural commercialization, and livelihood sustainability. I investigate the impact of market integration, financialization, and policy reforms on smallholder resilience, inequality, and sustainable development.
  • Furthermore, I seek to integrate heterodox economic approaches to critically assess dominant paradigms, offering alternative perspectives on agrarian change, rural development, and sustainability.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2024 – Received financial support from the Land Deal Politics Initiative to participate in and present a paper at the International Land Grabbing Conference, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (March 2024).
  • 2023 – Awarded full financial support from the Indian Council of Social Science Research to participate in and present a paper at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (November 2023).
  • 2023 – Received full financial support from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, India, to participate in and present a paper at the ADRTC Golden Jubilee Conference of ISEC, Bengaluru (January 2023).
  • 2017 – Qualified UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test).
  • 2014 – Awarded a fellowship to attend the Summer School for Future Leaders in Development at Duke University, USA, and IIM Udaipur.
Memberships
  • Member Development Studies Association (DSA), UK
  • Member Southern Economic Association (SEA), Texas Tech University USA
Publications

  • Agricultural Extension and Farm Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Small- Scale Farmers of High-Density Plantations in Kashmir

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Quartile: Q1

  • Agro-extractivism and shifting smallholder dynamics: evidence from Kashmir, India

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: Development Studies Research, Quartile: Q1

  • Understanding the patterns of agrarian transformation: state-mediated commercialisation and deagrarianisation in Kashmir

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: Development in Practice, Quartile: Q2

  • Modelling the Nexus Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: A Case of Afghanistan and Egypt

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath

    Source Title: Studies of Applied Economics; Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Quartile: Q3

  • Aspirations and victimhood

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Narendar Pani, Megha Poonia

    Source Title: Dynamics of Difference: Inequality and Transformation in Rural India,

  • The Convergence of Crowd Funding and Zakat System in India: An Integrated Approach for Human Welfare

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath

    Source Title: Journal of Islamic Economics, Finance, and Banking, Quartile: Q3

  • The political economy of Intra-Kashmir Trade

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq

    Source Title: Progress in Development Studies, Quartile: Q2

Contact Details

ubaid.m@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Agrarian Studies
  • Development Economics
  • Heterodox Economics
  • Political Economy of India

Education
2013
M.A.
IIT Guwahati
India
2017
M.Phil. (Economics)
IIT Bombay
India
2024
Ph.D. (Economics)
IIT Kharagpur
India
Experience
  • February 2025 - Associate Editor for the Journal Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis (Scopus)
  • August 2024 – February 2025 – Assistant Professor (Economics), Presidency University, Bengaluru
  • August 2018 – July 2019 – Research Associate, NIAS-UNDP Program, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru
Research Interests
  • My current research examines agrarian transformations through the lens of agrarian political economy and development economics, engaging with the new agrarian question in developing economies. I explore how state policies, technological advancements, globalization, and agrarian extractivism reshape rural agriculture. These changes manifest in shifts in land use, increasing land ownership concentration, smallholder displacement, and broader implications for rural livelihoods and food security.
  • In addition to analyzing these structural transformations, my work focuses on the political economy of development, agricultural commercialization, and livelihood sustainability. I investigate the impact of market integration, financialization, and policy reforms on smallholder resilience, inequality, and sustainable development.
  • Furthermore, I seek to integrate heterodox economic approaches to critically assess dominant paradigms, offering alternative perspectives on agrarian change, rural development, and sustainability.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2024 – Received financial support from the Land Deal Politics Initiative to participate in and present a paper at the International Land Grabbing Conference, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (March 2024).
  • 2023 – Awarded full financial support from the Indian Council of Social Science Research to participate in and present a paper at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (November 2023).
  • 2023 – Received full financial support from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, India, to participate in and present a paper at the ADRTC Golden Jubilee Conference of ISEC, Bengaluru (January 2023).
  • 2017 – Qualified UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test).
  • 2014 – Awarded a fellowship to attend the Summer School for Future Leaders in Development at Duke University, USA, and IIM Udaipur.
Memberships
  • Member Development Studies Association (DSA), UK
  • Member Southern Economic Association (SEA), Texas Tech University USA
Publications

  • Agricultural Extension and Farm Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Small- Scale Farmers of High-Density Plantations in Kashmir

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Quartile: Q1

  • Agro-extractivism and shifting smallholder dynamics: evidence from Kashmir, India

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: Development Studies Research, Quartile: Q1

  • Understanding the patterns of agrarian transformation: state-mediated commercialisation and deagrarianisation in Kashmir

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami

    Source Title: Development in Practice, Quartile: Q2

  • Modelling the Nexus Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: A Case of Afghanistan and Egypt

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath

    Source Title: Studies of Applied Economics; Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Quartile: Q3

  • Aspirations and victimhood

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Narendar Pani, Megha Poonia

    Source Title: Dynamics of Difference: Inequality and Transformation in Rural India,

  • The Convergence of Crowd Funding and Zakat System in India: An Integrated Approach for Human Welfare

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq, Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath

    Source Title: Journal of Islamic Economics, Finance, and Banking, Quartile: Q3

  • The political economy of Intra-Kashmir Trade

    Dr Ubaid Mushtaq

    Source Title: Progress in Development Studies, Quartile: Q2

Contact Details

ubaid.m@srmap.edu.in

Scholars