Brief Profile
Dr. Davinder Kumar Madaan is Professor of Economics and Dean, School of
Social Sciences, Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal (Jammu & Kashmir).
Earlier, he was Professor of Economics, Dean (International Affairs) & Head,
School of Social Sciences, Punjabi
University, Patiala, India during 1997-2025. He is 1st
Class M.A., Ph.D. (Economics) with experience of more than 30 years in teaching,
19 years in Academic Administration, and 17 years as full Professor. He worked
on various academic and administrative positions at Punjabi University; Lovely
Professional University, Phagwara; Dept. of Higher Education, Government of
Madhya Pradesh; and Ministry of External Affairs Division at CRRID, Chandigarh.
His area of research is International Economic relations, particularly
South Asia; and Development Economics. His publications include 4 Books and 99
Research Papers/Articles. He has delivered 95 invited lectures. He presented
Research Papers in 81 International/National Conferences. He guided fifteen (15) Ph.D.
and eight (8) M. Phil’s students. He completed numerous
Research Projects including The World
Bank’s Minor Project on “India and
Her Neighbours”, The Asia
Foundation’s Project on “Understanding Non-Tariff Trade Barriers between India
and Pakistan”, ICSSR’s Project on “Trade Relations among the BIMSTEC Countries”,
and National Highways Authority of India’s Projects on ‘Comprehensive
Socio-Economic Assessment for Development
of Highways’. He visited Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Greece, Indonesia, Italy,
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
for academic purposes. He acted as Resource Person/Expert in the leading 55 universities/institutions
of India and abroad.