Faculty at School of Management and Entrepreneurship

Aishna Sharma

Aishna Sharma

Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi


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Regional Economics, Urban Finance, Public Finance, Production Economics, and Education.

2019, Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

2013, M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

2009, M.A. Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

2007, B.A. Economics (Hons), Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi

2019-Present, 

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Public Policy, School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence deemed to be University, Delhi-NCR

2018-2019

Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics and Public Policy, School of Management and Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence deemed to be University, Delhi-NCR

2010-2011

Research Associate, Institute of Applied Manpower Research (now, National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development), Planning Commission of India

2009-2010

Project Associate, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

  • Awarded University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior Research Fellowship (2011-2013)
  • Awarded University Grants Commission (UGC) Senior Research Fellowship (2013-2016)
  • Awarded Gold Medal for securing top position in M.A. Economics (2007-09)

  • How smart are the cities without adequate finances? A comparative Analysis in South Asia; 2022; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Firdousi Naher; ISSN-2191-5504

  • Assessment of higher education faculty members' performance: "Implications for performativity, ethical practices and quality output", In Sathya Sundar Sethy (Ed.), Higher Education and Professional Ethics: Roles and responsibilities of teachers, UK: Routledge; Aishna Sharma; 2018
  • The world class universities discourse: Disentangling the conflict between efficiency and world classness", In Sudhanshu Bhushan (Ed.), The Future of Higher Education in India, Singapore: Springer Nature; Aishna Sharma; 2019
  • The neo-liberal approach to policy making in Indian Higher Education during the post liberalisation era", in Pardip Biswas and Prasanna Das (Eds.), Indian Economy: Reforms and Development, Singapore: Springer Nature; Aishna Sharma, Saumen Chattopadhyay; 2019
  • Teachers and Students as Political Actors in Indian higher education, in S Chattopadhyay, N V Varghese and Simon Marginson (Eds.), Changing Higher Education in India, Bloomsbury Publication, UK; Aishna Sharma, B K Pathak and Vanessa Chisti; 2021
  • Education policy in India in the post liberalization era: How can access to quality education be achieved? in Routledge Handbook of Indian Economy, Routledge, UK; Aishna Sharma, Saumen Chattopadhyay; 2022

  • Assessing the Performance of Kolkata Municipal Corporation: Implications for Service Delivery”, Working paper 20-02, International Centre for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA, March 2020; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay
  • Towards sustainable cities: Lessons from Urban Decentralisation in India and Bangladesh”, Working Paper 20-11, International Centre for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, USA, June 2020; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Firdousi Naher
  • Ranking Frameworks and Quality of higher educational institutions: Some missing links. SSRN Working paper; 2020; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Tushar Bagheria
  • Teaching Efficiency in Higher Education: A Non-parametric Analysis for Indian Institutions. SSRN Working paper; 2020; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay
  • Research, Teaching, Performance: An Analysis Using Frontiers and Meta-frontiers. SSRN Working paper; 2021; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay
  • Technology Integrated Pedagogy, Learning Outcomes, Retention: Can Public Private Partnership Play a Role in School Education in India? SSRN Working paper; 2021; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay

  • ‘Urban Decentralisation and Its Impact In South Asia: A Comparative Study Of Dhaka And Kolkata’, Project Report Published by Bureau of Economics Research, Dhaka University, Bangladesh’ July 2020; Aishna Sharma, Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Firdousi Naher (Report submitted to Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

  • Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Aishna Sharma (2022): Technology-integrated Pedagogy, Learning Outcomes and Retention: Can Public Private Partnerships Play a Role in Primary Education in India? Studies in Microeconomics, Sage Publications, UK, https://doi.org/10.1177/23210222221111653

  • Paper titled "Human Capital Formation, Employability and COVID 19: Insights from Higher Educational Institutions", with Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Tushar Bhageria in 32nd European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2022, July 3-6, 2022, Espoo, Finland.
  • Paper titled "Teaching Efficiency in Higher Education: A Non parametric Analysis for Indian Institutions", with Simanti Bandyopadhyay and Tushar Bhageria, in 22nd (virtual)Conference of International Federation of Operational Research Society (IFORS), August 2021.
  • Paper titled "Research, Teaching, Performance: An Analysis Using Frontiers and Meta Frontiers?" with Simanti Bandyopadhyay, in (virtual) North American Productivity Workshop, International Society for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, June 2021.

  • Simanti Bandyopadhyay, Firdousi Naher, Aishna Sharma: Urban Decentralisation and Its Impact In South Asia: A Comparative Study Of Dhaka And Kolkata, Project Report Published by Bureau of Economics Research, Dhaka University, Bangladesh, July 2020.