Research Interest

• Open Economy Macroeconomics
• Macro Finance
• Energy Economics
• Financial Econometrics
• Networks

  Academic Background

• PhD Economics, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
• MA Applied Economics, Pondicherry Central University
• BA Economics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

  Professional Experience

• December 2024 - present : Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology - Bhilai
• July 2023 - December 2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus

  Awards and Accolades

• 2023 Post Doctoral Equivalent Fellowship Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
• 2022 Best Paper Award, Third SEBI-NISM Research Conference National Institute of Securities Markets
• 2016 UGC Junior Research Fellowship Award University Grants Commission
• 2016 Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in MA Applied Economics Pondicherry Central University
• 2014 University First Rank for BA Economics Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

  Publications

• Sreelakshmi R, Sabuj Kumar Mandal and Perry Sadorsky. Does the Source of Oil Price Shock Matter for Indian Sectoral Stock Returns? A Time-Frequency Approach to Analyse Dynamic Connectedness and Spillovers. Applied Economics, Vol. 56, pp. 7469-7486, 2024.
• Sreelakshmi R, Apra Sinha and Sabuj Kumar Mandal. COVID-19-related Uncertainty,Investor Sentiment and Stock Returns in India. Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), Vol. LVII No 35, pp. 53 – 61, 2022.