He is a Senior Professor of Commerce at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. His teaching career of 35 years includes teaching in Bhutan for around a decade and in Shillong for around 13 years. He was also Professor and Head, Department of Commerce, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya.  All these years he has been actively involved in teaching, research, extension, and administration.

His area of research surrounds Happiness and Human Well-Being at all levels - individual, organizational, national, and global. As an expert on happiness, he is actively involved with the activities of the Rajya Anand Sansthan, Bhopal, Govt of Madhya Pradesh ever since its inception. His works have been cited widely. He runs a research lab called HappLab. In 2020, he authored a book entitled “Human Well-being and Policy in South Asia”. He has published with Sage, Emerald, Palgrave, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, SpringerNature apart from many others. His research papers are well-cited across disciplines and geographies. He developed a monograph for India Policy Foundation for consideration of happiness in policy as an alternative to GDP.

He had academic visits to University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US; Georgia State University, Atlanta, US; Rangsit University, Bangkok; Lingnan University, Hongkong; Freie University, Berlin; University of Innsbruck, Austria; apart from many others.

In January 2024, he published Hindi translation of a book on Bhutan’s Citizenship education, originally written in English by one of their former Education Ministers, Dr TS Powdyel.

He is a fellow of Indian Commerce Association and former president of Indian Commerce Association - Delhi NCR chapter. He is a recipient of the Gold Medal for being the best business academic of the year (BBAY) award in 2018, and Young Researcher Award in 2001, apart from many others. He runs blogs on contemporary issues, book reviews, and poetry. 

Selected Research Papers

• Income Inequality and Human Wellbeing: An Empirical Analysis Using Atkinson Measure of Inequality. 2024. Emerging Economy Studies.
• From Inception to Alternative: A Case of GDP. 2024. Economic Alternatives. Vol 30. No 1. pp. 59-85.
• Economic Growth and Human Well‑being in India: Evidence through adjusted GDP measure. 2024. Social Indicators Research.  Vol 171. pp 987-1018.
• Explaining the linkages of Happiness Construct: a theoretical and empirical study on Indian population. 2023. International Journal of Happiness and Development. Vol. 8 No 2, pp 102-127. 
• Herding in the crypto market: a diagnosis of heavy distribution tails. 2022. Review of Behavioural Finance.  Vol. 14 No. 5, pp. 566-587. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-02-2021-0021 
• Prioritizing Human Well-Being over Growth-led Model: Politics and Possibilities.  2022. Mizoram University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Why employee engagement matters? Evidences from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in India. 2022. Personnel Review.
• Do Human Resources have more value than the cost incurred on them by the organization? An empirical analysis of INFOSYS Ltd using contribution-based model. 2021. Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research. 
• Analysis of Sectoral Herding through Quantile Regression: A Study of S&P BSE 500 Stocks.  2021. International Journal of Business and Economics. 
• COVID-19 and overconfidence bias: the case of developed, emerging and frontier markets. 2021. International Journal of Emerging Markets. 
• Measuring Progress Beyond GDP: A Theoretical Perspective. 2020. Emerging Economy Studies.
• A short history of India’s economy: pre- and post-independence period. 2020. Economic and Regional Studies. 
• Corporate Sustainability: The new organizational reality. 2020. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management.
• Herding and BRICS markets: a study of distribution tails. 2020. Review of Behavioral Finance.  
• Development of employee engagement measure: experiences from best companies to work for in India. 2020. Measuring Business Excellence. 
• Exploring Employee Engagement Using Grounded Theory: Experiences from Best Firms in India. 2020. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective.
• Exploring Relationship among Entrepreneurs’ Success, Psychological Capital and Financial Performance – A Study of Startup Entrepreneurs in India. 2019. The Indian Journal of Commerce.
• An empirical investigation of herding in Indian stock market. 2019. e-Journal of Social & Behavioural Research in Business. 
• Content Validity of Assessment Instrument for Employee Engagement. 2019. SAGE Open. 
• “52-week high”, not a good predictor of future market moves: A study of anchoring bias in Indian stock market. 2018. Vivekananda Journal of Research. 
• How Would You Express Dissatisfaction – Test of Hirschman’s EVLN Model. 2016. The Indian Journal of Commerce. 
• Culture, Gross National Happiness and Disasters: Strategies for preparedness and Management of Disasters in Bhutan, 2013. Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management.
• Culture, Industrialization and Multiple Domains of Employees’ Job Satisfaction: A Case for HR Strategy Redesign in India. 2010. International Journal of Human Resource Management. 
• Government Accounting Practices in Bhutan. 2006. Business Analyst.  
• The Relationship between Accounting and Human Behavior: A step towards attaining Organizational Happiness. 2006. Gurukul Business Review.
• Perspectives on relevance of Gandhi for Happiness and Development. 2005. Anasakti Darshan, International Journal of Non-Violence in action.
• Corporate Governance in Public Sector Banks – Issues and Challenges. 2005. Journal of Accounting and Finance.
• Human Resource Accounting Practices in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. 1998. Journal of Accounting and Finance. 

Selected Articles

• (2023), What makes an organization happy. NICE Journal of Business. 18(1), Jan-Jun, 117-118. 
• (2022), Dismal state of human development: India must learn from the pandemic lessons, (Sept 26). PolicyCircle.org
•  (2022), International Day of Happiness: Why happiness and wellbeing count more than income. (March 20). PolicyCircle.org
• (2020), COVID-19: Humanity and Human Well-Being beyond GDP. SME World, 13(4) (April), 8-9.
• (2018). Winning Trust: what the man in the mirror should do. The Business Manager, 21(2) (August), 40-41.
• (2018), Livable Cities and Human Well-being. SME World, 11(3) (March), [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2017), Digital Disruption and Human Well-being – a step towards positive politics. SME World, 10(9) (Sept), 24-25 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2017). Happiness Matters – Yes, it really does! The Business Manager, 9(9) (March), 37-39
• (2016). Small is Still Beautiful. SME World, 9(9) (Sept), 23 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2016). Startup India Action Plan: Provisions and Prospects. Material Management Review 12(5), (March), 23-24
• (2016). CSR: the way you look at it. CSR Vision. 4(11), (March), 48-49
• (2015). Achchey Din for India and its markets. SME World, 8(11) (Nov), 12-13 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2015) It’s Time for SME Malls, SME World , 8(7) (July), 12-13 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2014) Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship: an idea worth pursuing, SME World, 7(9) (Sept), 122-123 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2014) General Budget 2014-15 and MSME Sector, SME World, 7(8), (Aug), 24-25 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2014) Gender Based Budgeting for Holistic Development, SME World, 7(7) (July), 22-23 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2014) Five Challenges the New Regime Faces for the Growth of MSMEs in India, SME World, 7(6) (June), 14-15 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2014) Challenges for Entrepreneurship in Rural India, SME World, 7(5) (May), 38-39 [ISSN 2319-1139]
•  (2014) Successful Unrelated Diversification Strategy: story of a Chai vala (tea vendor) in Agartala, SME World, 7(4) (April), 48-49 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2014) Individuals and Organizations: Who work for whom, SME World, 7(3) (Mar), 26-27 [ISSN 2319-1139]
•  (2013) Focusing on Organizational Happiness: A winning strategy for sustaining, SME World, 6(12) (Dec), 16-20 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2013) Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the key, SME World, 6(8) (Aug), 30-32 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2013) Reconfiguring Priorities – Agenda Well-Being, SME World, 6(4) (Apr), 19 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• (2012) GDP vs Human Well Being- A Required Shift in Public Policy in India? SME World, 5(11), 42-44 [ISSN 2319-1139]
• \(2012) Growth Numbed Under Numbers, The Great Indian Dream (a Business & Economy Bimonthly Supplement), July, 26-29
• (2011) The Alchemy of Development: Lessons from Bhutan, The India Economy Review, 8 (Feb-May), 150-153

Selected Book Chapters

• (2023). Money makes us happy or it does’nt. Chapter 1 in Chetri, Dutta, Mandal, & Patnaik (Eds.) Understanding Happiness – an explorative view. (pp  3-22) IIT Kharagpur. SpringerNature Singapore. 
• (2023). North Eastern Region on India – Personal reflections on Human Well-Being. Chapter 1 in Joyeeta Deb (Ed.) Indigenous Handloom and Handicraft Practices of North East India. (pp 1-12). New Delhi, Akansha Publishing House. 
• (2019). Employee Well-Being Dimensions. In JB Singh & Sangeeta Dodrajka (Eds.) Recent Developments in Management and Marketing (pp 178-202). New Delhi, ND: Misha Books.
• (2019). Behavioral biases: Implications for financial behavior. In N. Tripathi, (Ed.), Contemporary trends in business and finance: An Indian perspective (1, pp. 23-32). New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers.
• (2017). History of Well-Being in South Asia. Chapter 11 in The Pursuit of Human Well-Being – The Untold Global History (International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life) by RJ Estes & MJ Sirgy (eds), Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 349-380 [978-3-319-39101-4]
• (2016). Corporate Social Responsibility in Petroleum Sector: a study of Beneficiaries’ Perception in Oil Refineries in Assam, 2nd chapter in New Horizons for Leveraging Business by Kavita Sharma and Sunaina Kannojia (eds), Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 22-44 [978-8126164981]
• (2014) Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Community Development: A case study of Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Assam, Chapter 23 in CSR in Community Development by S Rajalakshmi (ed), Shanlax Publications, Madurai, India, 162-172 [978-93-80657-23-3]
• (2014) Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Societal Development in Assam: A study of CSR Activities in Petroleum Sector, Chapter 8 in New Approach in Strategic and Operation Management by RS Rawat, Manju & R Dwivedi (eds), Bharti Publications, New Delhi, India, 48-55 [978-93-81212-81-3]
• (2012) Global Economic Crisis and Human Resource Management: Challenges and Opportunities for the Organizations, Chapter 15 in Global Financial Crisis – Implications and Repercussions by Bhattacharjee, Dey Wanniang Sarma & Pathaw (eds), Eastern Book House Publishers, Guwahati, Assam, 209–214 [0978 93 80261 66 9]
• (2010) Commerce Education in India – past present and future, in Commerce Education in North-East India by A Rajmani Singh (ed), Mittal Publications, 99-106
• (2009) Shift in the Measures of Quality of Life viz-a-viz Happiness: A Study of Phongmey Gewog and Trashigang Town in Eastern Bhutan, Chapter 27 in Gross National Happiness: Practice and Measurement (eds. Dasho Karma Ura and Dorji Penjore), The Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu: Bhutan, 525-547
• (2009) Development and Rural Happiness: Issues, Challenges and Strategies. Chapter 10 in Co-operative Management and Development – Text and Cases (Part One) by Rais Ahmed (ed), Mittal Publications, New Delhi: India, 117-134
• (2009) Tourism in Meghalaya – Policy, Problems and Prospects. In Globalisation and Economic Development (Part Three) by Rais Ahmed (ed), Mittal Publications, New Delhi: India, 1099-1107
• (2006) Happiness and Development – Public Policy Initiatives in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Chapter 9 in Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies, and Implications by Lok Sang Ho & Yew Kwang Ng (eds), Macmillan-Palgrave, UK, 193-208
• (1996) Depicting worth of employees in the Financial Statement – an antibiotic for Industrial Sickness. Chapter in Identification & Rehabilitation of Industrial sickness by Ramakant & SC Jain (eds), Pointer Publications, Jaipur, India

Selected Proceedings

• (2018, February). Herding in Capital Markets: A Systematic Literature Review. In Proceedings of National Conference on Rethinking Management Education in Digital Age. Feb 10, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, New Delhi Publishers. New Delhi. 139-158
• (2017), Content Validity of Assessment Instrument for Employee Engagement. In Proceedings of International Conference on Research and Business Sustainability, December 16-17, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, 637-643 [ISBN: 978-93-86238-38-2]
• (2017), Towards Aware and Driven Minds through Optimism Performance Matrix: Perspectives from Literature Review. In Proceedings of International Conference on Research and Business Sustainability, December 16-17, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, 671-675 [ISBN: 978-93-86238-38-2]
• (2015) Bhutan’s Experiments with Gross National Happiness – Leading towards Sustainable Development, Proceedings of International Forum on Sustainable Happiness and Sustainable Development held on 20th March 2015 at Rangsit University (Economic & Business Research Center for Reforms, Faculty of Economics), Thailand.
• (2005) Understanding of Happiness amongst Bhutanese People. In Towards Quality-of-Life Improvement, red. W. Ostasiewicz. Materiały z konferencji Quality of Life 2005, Seria Ryzyko, Asekuracja i Statystyka. Wrocław.

Book Reviews

• (पुस्तक समीक्षा) ‘खुब्लेई शिबुन चीड़वन’ 2018, माधवेन्द्र, मानव प्रकाशन, कोलकाता, प्रष्ठ 116
• THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (2017) by Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, p 172.
• HUNGRY PEOPLE, BETTER RESULTS – Unleash the Fire Within to Win Continually in Life by Deepak Malhotra (2017), Bloomsbury, p 298.
• EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by TV Rao, Random House, India (2015), p 408.
• ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR – a south asian perspective by Nelson, Quick and Khandelwal (2011) Cengage Learning, Delhi.
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY : Text and Cases with SPSS Applications, by SL Gupta and Hitesh Gupta (2011), IBH Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.
• THE TAO OF LOYALTY – WINNING WITH EMPLOYEES by Ajit Rao (2006), Response Books, SAGE, New Delhi, India, p 257.
• BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT – Concepts and Applications by Vipin Gupta, Kamala Gollakota & R Srinivasan, Prentice Hall of India. India, 2005.
• TRUE LEADERS – How Exceptional CEOs & Presidents Make a Difference by Building People and Profits by Bette Price & George Richeske, Corpos Collosum Learning Pvt Ltd. Mumbai. 2006.
• INDIAN PSYCHOLOGY – An experiential approach (2017) by Neeltje Huppes, Indian Psychology Institute, Puducherry, p 176.
• FACTFULNESS: Ten Reasons We’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think by Hans Rosling (2018) with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund, Hachette – Sceptre, UK, p 342.
• BHUJIA BARONS – The Untold Story of How Haldiram Built a 5000 Crore Empire by Pavitra Kumar (2016), Penguin Portfolio, p 256.
• THE OSTRICH PARADOX: Why We Underprepare for Disasters by Robert Meyer & Howard Kunreuther (2017), Wharton Digital Press, p 132.
• THE DIGITAL TSUNAMI – Succeeding in a world turned upside-down by Abhijit Bhaduri (2016), Rupa, New Delhi, p 187.
• MATCH THE AGE TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED – Decoding the secrets of creating a happy workplace by Deepak Malhotra (2015), Bloomsbury Publishing India Ltd., New Delhi, p 204.
• THE FLIPSIDE: Finding the hidden opportunities in life by Adam J Jackson, (2009), Hachette, Headline Business Plus, London, p 260.
• THE MARWARIS: from Jagat Seth to the Birlas by Thomas A Timberg (2014), Allen Lane Penguin Books India, p 184. 
• SCIENCE: BUDDHA AND LIFE by Ram Nayan Singh (2013), published by the author, price – Zero, p 178.
• WHY I FAILED: Lessons from Leaders by Shweta Punj (2013), Random House India, p 184.
• DAVID & GOALIATH: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell (2013), Allen Lane – an imprint of Penguin (Great Britain), p 305.
• POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY – The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths by Alan Carr (2004), Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group (London & New York), p 388.
• HOW THE MIGHTY FALL and why some companies never give in (2009) by Jim Collins, Random House Business Books, UK, p 232.
• ARTHASHASTRA: The Science of Wealth by Thomas R Trautmann (2012) Allen Lane – an imprint of Penguin Books, p 180.
• MY JOURNEY – Transforming Dreams into Action by APJ Abdul Kalam (2013), Rupa, p 147.
• OUTLIERS – the story of success by Malcolm Gladwell (2008), Penguin. p 309.
• THE EAST INDIA COMPANY – the world’s most powerful corporation by Tirthankar Roy (2012) Allen Pane – an imprint of Penguin Books, p 237.
• F?@K KNOWS by Shailendra Singh (2013), Rupa, p 234.
• IMPATIENT OPTIMIST: BILL GATES IN HIS OWN WORDS (2012) edited by Lisa Rogak, Collins Business – an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, India, p 184.
• THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman (2011), Allen Lane – an imprint of Penguin Books, p 499.
• BREAKOUT NATIONS – In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles (2012) by Ruchir Sharma, Allen Pane – Penguin India, p 307.
• 101 MYTHS & REALITIES @ THE OFFICE – how to get the best out of yourself and your team, by UTKARSH RAI (2012) Portfolio, Penguin Books, India, p 283.
• CODE NAME GOD – The Spiritual Odyssey of a Man of Science by Mani Bhaumik (2005) Penguin Books, India, p 224.
• INDIA GROWS AT NIGHT – a liberal case for a strong state by GURCHARAN DAS (2012) Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books), Penguin Books, India, p 307.
• GET TO THE TOP – The ten rules for social success by Suhel Seth (2011) Random House India, p 196.
• EMPLOYEES FIRST, CUSTOMERS SECOND – turning conventional management upside down by Vineet Nayar (2010) Harvard Business Press, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, p 199,
• TURNING POINTS – a journey through challenges: the inspiring sequel to Wings of fire by APJ Abdul Kalam (2012) HarperCollins Publishers, India, p 182.
• HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE? – finding fulfilment using lessons from some of the world’s greatest businesses (2012) by CLAYTON M CHRISTENSEN, JAMES ALLWORTH & KAREN DILLON, HarperCollins Publishers, UK, p 221.
• RUSSELL: AUTHORITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL, Special Indian Edition (Reprint), published by Routledge 2010, First Published in 1949 (c) 2010, The Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd. (c) 1995, Introduction by Kirk Willis.
• REVOLUTION 2020 – Love, Corruption, Ambition (2011) by Chetan Bhagat, Rupa Publications, India.
• DESTINATION WORK! Getting people excited about coming to work and working hard by Harry Paul and Ross Reck (2010), Westland Limited, India, first published in the US by William Morrow: HarperCollins in 2009, p 117.
• DABAWALAS: Lessons for building lasting success based on values by Shrinivas Pandit (Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co Ltd, New Delhi, 2007), p 105.
• GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, by James C Collins (Jim Collins), 2001, published by Collins (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), USA. p 300.
• FISH! A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results by Stephen C Loundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen (2000), Hodder and Stoughton, Great Britain.
• SIX THINKING HATS by Edward de Bono (1985, Penguin Books)
• THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE by Chetan Bhagat, 2008, Rupa & Co, New Delhi, India.
• TREASURES OF THE THUNDER DRAGON: A Portrait of Bhutan by Ashi Dorji Wangmo, (2007), Penguin, p 224.