Faculty Profile

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Dr. Shekhar Tokas

ORCID

Orchid: 0000-0001-8470-3392

Qualification

Qualification

College/ University/Institution

Year

 

Ph.D. (Economics)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

2017

M.Phil. (Economics)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

2011

M.A. Economics

Jamia Millia Islamia

2008

B.A. (Hons.) Economics

Hansraj College,

University of Delhi

 

2006

Past Experience

Institute

Designation

Course/Subject/

Other Responsibilities

Year

Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University (SGTU), Gurugram, Haryana

Assistant Professor

To UG and PG Students: Managerial Economics, Economics of Education, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Health Economics and Indian Economy.

 

Other Responsibilities/Work:

Member- NEP 2020 Implementation Committee, Member- Committee on Institutional Development Plan, Member- Task Force on Weekly Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue, University Coordinator - Coursera for Campus Learning, Co-convener – SYNERY 2022 –Annual Tech Fest.

 

 

 

2020 – 2023

Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi

Assistant Professor

Economics of Migration

2023

Delhi Technological University (DTU)

Assistant Professor

Development Economics I and II

2019-2020

NCWEB, University of Delhi

Assistant Professor

Macroeconomics

2019-2020

 

University of Delhi, Ambedkar College

Assistant Professor

Microeconomics, Macroeconomics,  Mathematical Economics, Data Analysis, Research Methodology, and Understanding Union Budget and Economic Survey

2017-2019

University of Delhi, Kalindi College

Assistant Professor

Microeconomics

2012

IMDS, JNU in collaboration with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (SPFL), Switzerland

Research Assistant

Report Writing and Survey

2011-2012

United Nation Conference on Trade and Development, New Delhi (UNCTAD)

Intern

Data Extraction and Representation

2007

My Zone / Area of Expertise

  • Teaching: Economics of Migration, Economics of Education, Development Economics, Public Economics, Urban Economy and Labour, Urban Management and Finance, and Research Methodology.
  • Research Expertise: International Migration of Students and Knowledge Workers, Human Capital Investment: Education, Health and Migration, and Internationalization of Higher Education (IoHE).
  • Research Interest: Forced Migrant Students, Urban Refugees, and Migration, Urbanization and Marginalization.

Awards

  • Awarded Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), 2015.
  • Qualified UGC NET in Economics, 2012.
  • Awarded Certificate of Patronage by United Nations (UN).

Publications

  • Non-Economic Motivations behind International Student Mobility: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Journal of International Students, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13i2.4577, School of Education, University of Louisiana, USA (Scopus).
  • Does Economic Freedom Promote Financial Development? Evidence from the EU Countries, Statistics in Transition, 2023. https://sit.stat.gov.pl/Article/758, Published jointly by the Polish Statistical Association (PTS) and Statistics Poland (GUS), (Scopus).
  • Aspirations of Health Professionals in India for Migration Abroad: A Pre-Covid and Covid-time Comparison of Nurses, book chapter in India Migration Report 2022: Health-Professionals-Migration, Routledge: Taylor & Francis, 2022. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003315124-11/aspirations-health-professionals-india-migration-abroad-binod-khadria-shekhar-tokas?context=ubx&refId=c5f8eda3-365b-4bf4-aeb9-7cc646f39424 (Scopus).
  • Institutional Quality and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the EU Countries, Economics and Business Letters, Vol 11, Issue 2, June 2022, https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.11.2.2022.70-78, Published by University of Oviedo Spain, (Scopus).
  • Teachers’ Preparedness and Professionalism for Online Teaching during Covid-19: Evidence from India, accepted as conference proceedings in ETLTC - 2023 - 5th International Conference on ICT Integration in Technical Education, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, Forthcoming (Scopus).
  • Dynamics of India as an Emerging Destination for International Students, Educational Quest, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 103-120, April 2017, ISSN-0976-7258 (UGC).
  • Education and Social Capital, Learning Community, Vol.7, No.3, December 2016, pp. 257-266, ISSN No. 09763201 (UGC).
  • International Students in India: Access to Sustainable Education, International Migration and Diaspora Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Vol No. 97, September, 2016, pp.1-14, ISSN No. 0976271X.
  • Nature, Changing Perspectives and Financing in Higher Education, RESEARCHPAEDIA, Vol. 2 No.2, July 2015, pp.40-49, ISSN 2347-9000 (UGC).
  • Neo-liberalism and Marketization of Higher Education, NAM TODAY, Vol. XXXV, No.3, March 2015, pp. 22-26, ISSN 2347-3193 (UGC).
  • Motivations of International Students: Augmenting the Human Capital Framework, NAM TODAY, Vol. XXXIV, No.2, January 2014, pp.36-40, ISSN 2347-3193 (UGC).

Unpublished Work:

  • PhD thesis ‘International Students in India: A Study of Motivations and Mobility Experiences’, 2017, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  • M.Phil. Dissertation ‘Policies and Practices in Immigration of Foreign Students in India: Case Studies Covering Three University Areas in Delhi’, 2011, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Other Academic Documents:

  • NEP 2020 Implementation - Thematic Concept Paper: Theme: Quality: Sub-theme: Capacity Building of Faculty, Education Department, Government of Haryana, 2021.
  • Policy document on NEP Implementation Strategies, SGT University, 2021.
  • Institutional Development Plan (IDP), SGT University, 2020.
  • Sample Scheme for Choice Based Credit System under University Umbrella – NEP 2020, SGT University, 2020.
  • Course Curriculum for BA Liberal Arts, SGT University, 2022.
  • Course Curriculum for BA (H) Economics with specialization in Health Policy and Research, SGT University, 2020.

Seminar / Conferences

Speaker/Attended:

  • Participated as a speaker in a panel discussion of Internationalizing Indian Higher Education: Tracing Evidences, Debating Myths and Pathways for Destination India, at Hansraj College, University of Delhi, 10th April, 2023.
  • Participated as a speaker in the one week online FDP on “Professional Skills and Intellectual Property Rights” on the topic ‘Migration and Innovation’ at SGT University Gurugram from 15th-19th May, 3023.
  • Participated in ALAP - Academic Leaders Alignment Programmme, organized by AICTE for Institutional and Academic Leaders, New Delhi, on 13-14th September 2022.
  • Participated as a speaker CARFMS22: Crisis and Forced Migration: Manifestations of power in a changing world, November 4, 2022. The 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) was hosted virtually in collaboration with The Human Rights Program at United College at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Participated as speaker in a webinar on ‘Motivations and Mobility Experiences of International Students in India,’ organized by the Centre for Comparative and Global Education under the aegis of The International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) on 18th August 2022
  • Participated in a two day conference on Gandhi's Concept of Education and NEP 2020, organized by SGT University on 20-21st July 2022 at Nehru Memorial Library.
  • Participated in a one day workshop on ‘A constant state of flux: Ethnography, qualitative methods, and migration research in the post-Covid era’ organized by Border Criminologies, University of Oxford, 21st June 2022.
  • Participated as a speaker in the ‘iHED - International Higher Education Dialogue Conference 2022’ organized by AIU, GOI and DAAD, on ‘Short-Term Mobility and Investment in Social-Emotional Skills by International Students in India, 4th May 2022.
  • Attended Five-day's Online FDP on Design, Develop and Deliver Online/Blended Learning Courses from 4th April - 8th April, 2022 with NIEPA.

Organised:

  • Coordinator, Higher Education Lecture Series - Expert Talk on Higher Education: Is it making us Civil? SGTU, 21st June, 2022.
  • Co-convener, Two-day Tech-Fest - SYNERGY, organized by SGT University, 10-12th November 2022.
  • University Coordinator, ‘Coursera for Campus' with Coursera as the University Coordinator on 17th August 2022, at SGT University.
  • University Coordinator, Workshop on ‘Start-up Manthan: Path to Entrepreneurship’ in collaboration with Delhi University on 27th May, 2022 at SGT University.
  • University Coordinator, Five-day's Online FDP on Design, Develop and Deliver Online/Blended Learning Courses from 4th April - 8th April, 2022 with NIEPA.
  • Coordinator, Expert Talk on ‘Building the Competencies of Teachers in Blended Teaching & Learning Environment: A Step-by-Step Practical Approach’, Prof. K Srinivas, NIEPA, 30th March, 2022.
  • Coordinator, ‘Campus to Corporate: Building Soft Skills’, on 29th April 2022, SGT University.
  • University Coordinator, ‘Master class on Profile Building & Networking Strategies’ with LinkedIn on 27th April, 2022.
  • Coordinator, One-day workshop on ‘Leveraging Coursera for Campus to Enhance Student Employability, on 11th March, 2022.
  • Coordinator, One-day ‘Workshop on Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Awareness and Emotional Fitness’ on 24th February 2022, SGT University.
  • Coordinator, Five-Day Workshop on Teaching Online: Modality, Design and Assessment, 16th-21st December 2020 at SGT University.
  • University Coordinator, Eight - One week Faculty Development Programme on Contemporary Socio-Economic and Teaching-Learning Methods, 12 October-12, December, 2020, at SGT University.
  • Coordinator, International Workshop on Education, Migration and Global Development Agendas: MDGs and SDGs, held on 18-19th February, 2016, JNU.
  • Coordinator, International Conference on ‘Globalization, Educational change and Reforms: Comparative Perspective’ organized by Comparative Education Society of India, held on 15th-17th November, 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  • Coordinator, International Workshop on Education, Migration and Global Development Agendas: MDGs and SDGs, held on 18-19 February, 2016, JNU.
  • Coordinator, International Conference on ‘Globalization, Educational change and Reforms: Comparative Perspective’ organized by Comparative Education Society of India, held on 15th-17th November, 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Projects

  • Co-Director, ICSSR Major Project - on Motivations and Experiences of International Students: An Evidence-Based Approach to Internationalization of Indian Higher Education, 14 lakhs (In-progress).
  • Co-Director, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Internal Grant for Major Project - on Motivations and Experiences of International Students: An Evidence-Based Approach to Internationalization of Indian Higher Education, approximately 13-15 lakhs - (In-progress).