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Dr. Aqib Mujtaba

ABOUT

Dr. Aqib Mujtaba is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Akal University Bathinda Punjab.^[1] Previously, he worked at the NITI Aayog (Planning Commission) in the infrastructure, connectivity & E-Mobility vertical. He completed his PhD in Economics from the School of Economics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra, Jammu and Kashmir^[2], India and his PDF from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB), MP, India^[3][4]. He is an awardee of the National Fellowship for Higher Education of ST students and has worked as a senior research fellow of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India (GoI). Dr. Mujtaba has qualified the University Grant Commission National Eligibility test (UGC-NET) in Economics. He completed his master's degree (M.A. in Economics) from Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri Jammu and Kashmir, India. Undergraduate from the University of Jammu.

Dr. Mujtaba is an active researcher in energy and environmental economics domain who has presented his research at various national and international conferences. He also participated in various Research Methodology workshops on data visualization and modelling. Dr. Mujtaba has basic knowledge of econometric Tools/Software like EViews, STATA, SPSS, and R-software. He has published his research work in reputed international high-impact factor journals indexed in SCOPUS, WoS-Science Citation Index (SCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), ABDC ranked and UGC-CARE listed journals^[5]. The Asia-Pacific Applied Economic Association has awarded him a monetary honorarium as a token of appreciation for his publication in the Energy Research Letters. He is serving as a referee of several well-reputed International journals. According to a recent Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) author ranking, he is ranked among the the top 1000 best researchers.

Areas of Interest/Specilization

Applied Econometrics; Macroeconomics; Environmental Economics; Energy Economics; Climate Change; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Agricultural Economics

Awards (National/International)

1. National Fellowship for Higher Education-a central Government scheme for research and development.
2. University Grant Commission, National Eligibility Test-NET-July, 2018.
3. Received monetary honorarium as a token of appreciation from the Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association for the paper, “Nexus Between Energy Market, Industrialization and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region”, published in the Energy Research Letters.
4. Received monetary honorarium as a token of appreciation from the Bank of Indonesia for the paper, “Macroeconomic Modelling Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goal-13 in India”, published in the Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking.

Publications^[6]

• Mujtaba, A., Jena, P. K., Bekun, F. V., & Sahu, P. K. (2022). Symmetric and asymmetric impact of economic growth, capital formation, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on environment in OECD countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 160, 112300. Elsevier, (Indexing: WoS (Q1), SCIE, Scopus Q1, IF. 16.8), Ranking: 1 out of 44 journals in the green and Sustainable Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112300
• Mujtaba, A., Jena, P. K., Mishra, B. R., Kyophilavong, P., Hammoudeh, S., Roubaud, D., & Dehury, T. (2022). Do Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Population damage the Environmental Quality? Evidence from Five Regions Using the Nonlinear ARDL Approach. Environmental Challenges, 8, 100554. Elsevier, (DOAJ, Scopus-IF. 2.57). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100554
• Mujtaba, A., Pawar S., Joshi, D. P. P., & Gopinathan R., (2023). Examining Asymmetric Impact of Climate Factors on Crop Yields in India. Applied Economics Letters, 29:1-8. (Routledge)Taylor & Francis, (ABDC-B, Scopus, WoS-SSCI. IF. 1.3). https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2022.2064416
• Jena, P. K., Mujtaba, A., Joshi, D. P. P., Satrovic, E., & Adeleye, B. N. (2022). Exploring the nature of EKC hypothesis in Asia’s top emitters: role of human capital, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-20. Springer, (SCI, SCIE. IF. 5.2), Scopus (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21551-w
• Mujtaba, A., Jena, P. K., & Mukhopadhyay, D. (2020). Determinants of CO2 emissions in upper-middle-income group countries: an empirical investigation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(30), 37745-37759. Springer, (SCI, SCIE. IF. 5.2), Scopus (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09803-z
• Mujtaba, A., and Jena, P. K., (2021). Analyzing Asymmetric Impact of Economic Growth, Energy Use, FDI Inflows and Oil Prices on CO2 Emissions through NARDL Approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(24), 30873-30886. Springer, (SCI, SCIE. IF. 5.2), Scopus (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12660-z
• Mujtaba, A., Jena, P. K., & Joshi, D. P. P. (2021). Growth and determinants of CO2 emissions: evidence from selected Asian emerging economies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28:39357-39369. Springer, (SCI, SCIE. IF. 5.2), Scopus (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13078-3
• Mujtaba, A., & Jena, P. K. (2022). Nexus Between the Energy Market, Industrialization, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region. Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, 3(Early View), 32631. Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.32631
• Verbič, M., Satrovic, E., Mujtaba, A., (2022). Assessing the driving factors of carbon dioxide and total greenhouse gas emissions to maintain environmental sustainability in Southeastern Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research. Springer, (JCR, SCIE, IF. 3.22), Scopus (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-022-00486-7
• Mujtaba, A., Sahoo, P. & Phul, S., 2022. Sri Lankan crisis: The perils of inherited fallacies and economic mismanagement, OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF). India. Retrieved from https://policycommons.net/artifacts/2473370/sri-lankan-crisis/3495411/ on 23 Oct 2022. CID: 20.500.12592/hr77g4.
• Mujtaba, A., Sahoo, P. & Jena, P. K. (2025). Macroeconomic Modelling Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goal-13 in India. Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, 28, 11-40. Bank of Indonesia (Scopus, ABDC). https://doi.org/10.59091/2460-9196.2377

Newspaper Articles^[7]

1. Opinion: How Trade Can Boost India’s Growth. Published in The Indian Express on June 01, 2022. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-growth-accelerator-india-exports-gdp-economy-7946372/
2. Digitization and GST are two sweet-dagger-whops. Published in State-Times News Paper on November 17^th, 2018.
3. Economic Contraction more Dangerous than COVID-19 Expansion. Published in State-Times daily newspaper on September 07, 2020.

Book Chapter^[8]

1. Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Macro-Economic variables in India: An Evidence from Time Series Analysis. Published as a Book Chapter, Book entitled, Growth of the Indian economy in the new millennium, Publisher; Studium press India private limited. https://books.google.com/books/about/Growth_of_Indian_Economy_in_the_New_Mill.html?id=xBftxwEACAAJ

International/National Conferences^[9]

1. Investigating the Nature of EKC Hypothesis in European Countries: Role of Kyoto and Paris Agreements for Sustainable Development. Presented in 57th annual conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Organized by the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad from 4th to 6th January 2023.
2. Another Look at the Determinants of CO2 Emissions in Upper Middle-Income Countries: An Empirical Investigation from Panel FMOLS and DOLS Techniques. Presented in 56^th annual conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Organized by School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu on 8^th to 10^th January 2020.
3. The Nexus of CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Population: Empirical Evidence from the Global Economy. Presented in 56^th annual conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Organized by School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu on 8^th to 10^th January 2020. Co-Author with Dr. Pabitra Kumar Jena.
4. Impact of Economic Growth and Oil Prices on Environment Quality in India: Empirical Evidence from NARDL Approach. Presented in 6^th International Conference on Recent Trends and Advancements in Engineering and Technology (ICRTAET), Organized by SoECE, SMVD University, Katra on 17^th and 18^th January 2020.
5. The Nexus of Foreign Direct Investment, Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and Environment in India. Presented in 1st Rajagiri Conference on Economics and Finance in association with The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), held at Rajagiri Business School (RBS), Kochi on 08th and 09th November 2019.
6. An Econometric Analysis of CO2 Emissions, Electricity Consumption, Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Economic Growth in India. Presented in 55^th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Organized by Mumbai School of Economics and public policy, University of Mumbai and National Institute of Securities Markets on 08-10 January 2019.
7. Electricity consumption, foreign direct investment, Income, gross fixed capital formation and carbon dioxide emissions in India: An ARDL Bounds test Approach. Presented in 5^th ICRTAET on 25, Oct. 2018 in SMVDU Katra (India).
8. Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment inflows in India. Presented in International conference on Recent Research & Innovation in Social Science & Education, held on 19^th May 2018 at Osmania University Hyderabad (India).
9. Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth of Jammu and Kashmir State: An Empirical Analysis. Presented in 2^nd International Conference on Research Developments in Arts, Social Science & Humanities held on 8^th April 2018 at ICSSR North West Regional Centre, Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh (India).
10. Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Manufacturing Sector: An Empirical Analysis of Indian Economy. Presented in 54^th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Held on 7^th -9^th March, 2018 at SMVD university Katra (India).
11. Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows into India and its Impact on GDP: An Empirical Analysis. Presented in International Conference on “Economic Growth and Structural Changes: Trend, Pattern and Policies” Organized by School of Economics, SMVDU Katra, Jammu and Kashmir on 23-24 February 2018.

Workshops

1. Participated in the One Week International Faculty Development Programme on Research Methods (Qualitative Method, SLR and Multivariate Data Analysis) from 16th-22nd January, 2025. Organised by Department of Management, Brainware University in Association with Center for Multidisciplinary Research and Innovations (CMRI).
2. Participated in a Two-day Capacity development program on Living Lab Methodology in the context of urban Mobility held at Le Meridien, Inspire Hall, New Delhi on 11th and 12th July 2024. Organised by MoHUA GoI, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in partnership with BOSCH and GIZ.
3. Participated in one-week workshop on The Basic of Econometrics and its Applications, organized by Department of Economics, IUST, Awantipura, J&K, from 1^st to 7^th July 2019.
4. Participated in one-week FDP on Research Methodology Using R and E-Views, organized by faculty development Centre SMVDU, held on 21^st -25^th May, 2019.
5. Attended one day pre-conference workshop on Data Analytics, at the 55^th annual conference of the Indian Econometric society (TIES) held on 7^th January, 2019 at the NISM Campus, Patalganga, Mumbai.
6. Participated in One-week Faculty Development Program on Research Methodology 4^th -8^th December, 2017. Organized by H.R.D.C Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra.
7. Participated in one-day workshop on “Database on Indian Economy (DBIE)-RBI’s Data Warehouse” Organized by School of Economics, SMVDU with the collaboration of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 24^th November, 2017.

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