Dr. Ankita Sarmah Assistant Professor
PhD (NIT Sikkim) Department of Humanities & Social Sciences- ankita@iiitg.ac.in
Joined the Institute in November 2023
About
Dr. Sarmah is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati (IIIT Guwahati) since November 2023. Prior to this, she was an Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the National Institute of Technology Sikkim, and M.A. in Agri-Business Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune. With multiple international and national journal publications, conference proceedings and book chapters, her area of research interest includes entrepreneurship, industrial economics, energy economics, and agricultural economics. She is also in the editorial board and reviewers of journals like Journal of Social and Economic Development; book proceedings like ICAEF book proceeding 2024 published by Springer and the like. She also acts as a reviewer to several funded projects of organizations like Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bangalore; Handique Girls’ College Guwahati; BITS Pilani and so on.
Research Interests
Entrepreneurship, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Industrial Economics, Small-scale Industries and Agricultural Economics.
Google Scholar Link
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=R1rpTTAAAAAJ&hl=en
PhD Supervision
1. Ms. Jyotismita Saikia
2. Ms. Himashri Barman
Course Instructor
1. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice- B. Tech
2. Understanding the Fundamentals of Stock Market - B. Tech
Inviting Talks
Invited as a resource person to deliver a talk on "Skill, Entrepreneurship, Start -up and Innovation in Physical Sciences (SESIPS)" at Tezpur Central University, on November 2023, organised by the Department of Physics in association with TEC & IPR Cell Tezpur Central University.
Invited as a resource person to deliver a talk in the online workshop on “From Theory to Practice: Teaching Case studies for Quality Education (SDG 4)”, organized by Faculty of Management and Commerce, School of Business and Commerce, Department of Business Administration, Manipal University Jaipur on 7th August 2024.
Publication
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Journal
- Sarmah, A., and Saikia, B. , "Business Challenges of the Nascent and Mature Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): A Comparative Analysis from India", Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, (2023), Springer
- Sarmah, A., and Saikia, B., "What Influence the Business Success of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)? Analysis from Rural & Urban Assam, India", Parikalpana: KIIT Journal of Management,19.2, (2023), pages. 217-235, KIIT School of Management
- Sarmah, A., and Saikia, B., "What Influence the Business Success of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)? Analysis from Rural & Urban Assam, India", Parikalpana: KIIT Journal of Management,19.2, (2023), pages. 217-235, KIIT School of Management
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., and Tripathi, D., "Does Entrepreneur’s Gender Matters for Entrepreneurial Motivation: Answers from Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of Assam", Journal of International Women’s Studies,23, (2022), pages. 20-40, Bridgewater State University
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., and Tripathi, D. , "Can Unemployment be answered by Micro Small & Medium Enterprises? Evidences from Assam", Indian Growth and Development Review,14, (2021), pages. 199-222, Emerald Publishing
- Sarmah, A., and Bal, D. , "Does Crude Oil Price affect the Inflation rate and Economic Growth in India? A new Insight based on Structural VAR Framework", The Indian Economic Journal,69, (2021), pages. 123-139, Sage Publication
Conference
- Sarmah, A., and Saikia, B., "Business Challenges of Infant and Experienced MSMEs of Assam: A Comparative Study", International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Society (EIS), (2023), BML Munjal University
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., and Tripathi, D. , "Business Success Factors of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): Findings from Kamrup-Rural of Assam", International Conference on Recent Trend and Practices in Science, Technology, Management and Humanities for Sustainable Rural Development , (2019), University of Science and Technology Meghalaya
- Sarmah, A., and Bal, D. , "Short-run & Long-run Relationship between Crude Oil Price and the Rate of Inflation in India", 53rd Annual Conference of TIES , (2016), The Indian Econometric Society
Book Chapters
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., and Tripathi, D., "Micro Small & Medium Enterprises As a Strategy for Women Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis of Kamrup-Metro District of Assam", Gender and Development: A Global Perspective, (2020), pages. 143-148, Mittal Publications
- Sarmah, A., Saikia, B., and Tripathi, D., "Employment Creation & Growth Constraints of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kamrup-Metro District of Assam: An Empirical Analysis", Rural Development in India-Challenges and the Tasks Ahead, (2020), pages. 129-156, EBH Publishers