Sougata Poddar
Introduction
Sougata received his PhD in Economics from Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Sougata has taught Economics, Statistics and Business in various leading universities worldwide for several years. He had held faculty positions at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, National University of Singapore (NUS), IGIDR in India, Hanyang University in South Korea, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in New Zealand, University of Redlands and University of California, Irvine in USA.
He has published widely in the field of Technology Transfer and Licensing, Economics of Digital Piracy and Copyright Issues. His publications appeared in Economic Theory, Economics Letters, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Oxford Economic Papers, Canadian Journal of Economics, Review of Industrial Organization, Journal of Public Economic Theory among other leading journals of economics and generated significant research impact and citations.
Sougata’s current research focuses to explore what causes the recent dominance of big firms in some industries, particularly the tech industry, and its impact on the market and the society. Consequently, the need is to reform the existing competition policies and firm regulations to let the market operate more efficiently and benefit the greater society in a more equitable way. Sougata is excited to work and collaborate in this important area of research.
Sougata continues to work on these issues alongside teaching and guiding young researcher scholars and serve the academic community.
Current Positions
- Visiting Associate Professor, Economics
Research Interests
- Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Applied Game Theory, Spatial Economics, Patent Licensing, Digital Piracy, Copyright Violations and IPR protections, Competition Policy