Dr. Alok Kumar Yadav

Bio

Dr. Alok Kumar Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the School of Business at MIT-WPU, Pune. He has completed Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the area of Economics from the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (IIM Mumbai), India. He completed his Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) and master’s degree in the Economics Area. Fundamentally, he believes in a pedagogy where the knowledge cultivated at institutions has to be nurtured in real-world settings. Teaching provides him the opportunity to practice what he has researched, yet at the same time, it helps the students stay updated with the recent advancements in the field of Economics. Thus, it emerges as a win-win situation for all the institute's stakeholders. Importantly, Dr. Yadav would like to develop an innovative teaching approach which may promote progressive critical thinking and create inclusive learning experiences that align with the institution’s academic values. He has published various research papers in highly reputed journals.

He worked as a young professional (Y.P.) at the Agricultural Trade Policy, Promotion, and Logistics Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, Central Secretariat, New Delhi. His research interest lies in the International Economics, Macroeconomics, Global Competitiveness, Economics of Commodity Markets, Agri-Business Trade, and Trade Policies. He gained knowledge on India’s agricultural trade policies, the country's views on the Agreement on Agriculture (AOA), domestic support notifications to the WTO, and worked on WTO tariff-rate quota apportionment, competition policy, market access, rules, trade and development trade policy analysis as well analyze regional and international trade issues.

Publications

1. Yadav, A. K., & Chattopadhyay, U. (2025). Determinants of the crude palm oil import demand in India: an empirical analysis. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-09-2024-0305.

2. Yadav, A. K., & Chattopadhyay, U. (2025). India’s Rice Competitiveness and Its Determinants: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 57(2), 218-239. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2025.2

3. Yadav, A. K., & Chattopadhyay, U. (2024). Determinants of India's cotton export performance: An empirical analysis. International Economics, 179, 100521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100521.

4. Yadav, A. K., & Chattopadhyay, U. (2024). Identifying the factors of export competitiveness for agricultural products. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 42(6), 241-253. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajaees/2024/v42i62485.

Scopus ID :
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55669373100

ORCID :
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-910X

International Conferences

Presented a paper entitled ‘Assessing the Impact of Trade Policies on Pulses Consumption and Trade Pattern in India’ at the 5 th  Asia Conference on Business and Economic Studies (ACBES 2023) held at University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam during 16 th – 18 th August 2023 at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Presented a paper entitled ‘Macroeconomic Determinants of Cotton Export Competitiveness in India: An Econometric Analysis’ at the 8 th International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance (EIITF-2022), held at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi Campus, during 15 th -16 th December 2022 at New Delhi, India.

Presented a paper entitled ‘Where India Stands Among Top Onion Exporting Countries: An Analysis of Competitiveness’ at the 7 th International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance (EIITF-2021), held at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata Campus, during 16 th -17 th December 2021 at Kolkata, India.

Presented a paper entitled ‘Review of Rooftop Solar Energy Challenges and Development in India’ at the 2 nd International Conference on Business, Economics and Sustainable Development (ICBESD 2019) organized by TERI School of Advanced Studies in collaboration with the Government of India Rooftop Solar Technical Assistance Program supported by the World Bank held during 17-18 January 2019 at New Delhi, India.

Presented a paper entitled ‘Export Performance of Horticulture Crops Using Systems Approach’ in the 12 th Annual ISDSI Conference on Data-Driven Decision Making in the Digital Age, held from 27-30 th December 2018 at SPJIMR Mumbai, India.

Presented a paper entitled ‘Export Promotion of Potato in the regime of WTO- SPS Agreement for Doubling Farmers Income: Need a Coordinated Scientific Approach’ at the 6th International Conference on WTO, Trade, and Agriculture: Challenges for developing and least developed countries, held during 11-12 th October 2018 at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India.

National Seminar(S)/Colloquium

Presented the poster ‘Competitiveness of Major Agro-Products in India’ at Conversations on Research (CoRe): IGIDR PhD. Colloquium, 2019, organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, held on 05- 11-2019-08-11-2019.

Alok Kumar Yadav (2018), Onion Crop Productivity and Competitiveness in India: An Overview, 3 rd National Conference on Industrial Engineering and Technology Management- 2018, at NITIE, Mumbai, held from 30-11-2018 to 01- 12-2018.

Alok Kumar Yadav (2016), An Empirical Investigation of the Nexus among Agricultural, Industrial and Per Capita-NSDP in Haryana, presented at the National Seminar Make in India: A Road Ahead, sponsored by ICSSR, NWRC, and Chandigarh held during March 17-18, 2016, at Central University of Haryana.

Capacity Building Programme

Facilitated Two days RIS-IFPRI Capacity Building Programme on “BIMSTEC Regional Agricultural Trade Analysis” organized by Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on 17-18 February 2023 at Puducherry, India.

Reviewer of the Journals (Referee Service)

1. Benchmarking: An International Journal (ABDC – B, Scopus, WoS and Q1).

2. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies (ABDC – C, Scopus, WoS and Q1).

3. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (Scopus, WoS and Q2).

4. Prague Economic Papers (ABDC – C, Scopus, WoS and Q3).