Sanjaya Kumar Lenka
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sanjaya Kumar Lenka is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the School of Social, Financial & Human Sciences, KIIT (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, M.A. in Economics from Fakir Mohan University, and M.Phil. in Economics from North Orissa University. He has specialized in Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Public Finance, Development Economics, Research Methods, and Applied Econometrics. His research interest primarily lies in Financial Inclusion, Financial Technology, Digital Finance, Energy Finance, Green Growth, Green FDI, Human Development, etc. Before joining KIIT, Dr. Lenka has experience working with several teaching and research organizations in different capacities. Before joining his Ph.D., he also gained experience as a Research Analyst at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) and National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), New Delhi. After his Ph.D. tenure, he worked as Policy Analyst at CUTS International (A Global Economic Policy Think Tank), Jaipur. Moreover, he started his teaching job at DIT University, Dehradun, as an Assistant Professor. He also worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. Dr. Lenka has been working as an Editorial member of SN Business & Economics (Springer). Also, he is an external advisor of doctoral dissertations in Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He has also been actively involved in many conferences and seminars activities. He has presented a research paper at Global Development Finance Conference hosted by the Africa Growth Institute in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Development Finance, South Africa, in Dubai and also delivered presentations at IIT Kharagpur, XLRI-Jamshedpur, University of Hyderabad, Madurai Kamaraj University, Symbiosis International University, etc.
Profile Links
Email :
sanjaya.lenkafcm@kiit.ac.in
Scopus Id :
57195397787
Google Scholar :
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kvpCIlgAAAAJ&hl=en
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M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Administrative Responsibility
Distance Course Commitee member
Awards & Honours
(2) Received Senior Research Fellowship (Jan 2014 to Dec 2016) from MHRD at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Indore. (3) Received Junior Research Fellowship (Jan 2012 to Dec 2013) from MHRD at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Indore.
Journal of Human Development (Sage Publication) [Scopus Indexed & UGC-CARE (Q3 Category) Listed Journal].16(3), 513-527. doi.org/10.1177/09737030221141241 (IF=0.97)
4.Lenka, S. K. (2022). “Relationship between financial inclusion and financial development in India: Is there any link?” Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley Publication) [Scopus Indexed & ABDC Listed (Category B & Q2) Journal], 22 (S1),1-10. doi.org/10.1002/pa.2722 (IF=2.00)
5.Singh A.K., Jyoti B., Kumar S. & Lenka S.K. (2021). “Assessment of global sustainable development, environmental sustainability, economic development and social development index in selected economies”. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning [Scopus Indexed (Q3 Category) Journal], 16 (1), 123-138 (IF =1.57).
6.Lenka, S. K., & Sharma, R. (2020). “Re-examining the effect of financial development on economic growth in India: Does the measurement of financial development matter? Journal of Asia Pacific Business (Taylor and Francis Publication) [Scopus Indexed & ABDC Listed (Category-C & Q3) Journal], 21(2): 124-142. DOI:10.1080/10599231.2020.1745050 (IF-1.4).
7.Lenka, S. K., & Barik, R. (2018). “A Discourse Analysis of Financial Inclusion: Post Liberalization mapping in Rural and Urban India.” Journal of Financial Economic Policy (Emerald Publication) [Scopus Indexed, ABDC (Category-B) & UGC-CARE Listed Journal (Q3 category)], 10(3): 406-425. doi:10.1108/JFEP-11-2015- 0065. (IF=1.05)
8.Lenka, S. K., & Barik, R. (2018). “Has Expansion of Mobile Phone and Internet Use Spurred Financial Inclusion in the SAARC countries?” Financial Innovation (Springer Publication) [SSCI & Scopus Indexed (Q1 category)], 4(5):1-19. doi:10.1186/s40854-018-0089-x (IF=8.4)
9.Lenka, S. K., & Bairwa, A. K. (2016). “Does financial inclusion affect monetary policy in SAARC countries?” Cogent Economics & Finance (Taylor and Francis Publication) [Scopus Indexed & ABDC Listed (Category- B & Q2) Journal], 4(1):1-8. doi:10.1080/23322039.2015.1127011 (IF-1.89)
10.Lenka, S. K., & Sharma, R. (2017). “Does financial inclusion spur economic growth in India?” The Journal of Developing Areas (Project Muse Publication),51(3):215- 228. doi:10.1353/jda.2017.0069 (IF: 0.73)
Books :
(1)Lenka, S. K. and Sahu, K. K. (2015). “A Study on Global Financial Crisis and Indian Economy,” LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-659-71782-6.
(2)Mangla, S. K., S. K. Lenka, and R. Singh (2020), “Enabling India’s E-Commerce Connectivity with ASEAN: E-payment in India – Problems and Prospects’, in Chen,L. and F. Kimura (eds.), E-commerce Connectivity in ASEAN. Jakarta, Indonesia: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, pp.146-172. ISBN -978-602-5460-24-1
(3)Lenka, S. K. (2013). “Exchange rate as a determinant of FDI inflows: Evidence from India,” published by Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd. Page no: 206-218.