IIM Jammu faculty members win best research paper award
Oct 22, 2022
JAMMU: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu faculty members, Dr Vaseem Akram, Chairperson Doctoral Programme and Prof Jabir Ali, Dean Academics, were awarded the Best Research Paper in the Economics domain in Gold Category at the prestigious ICAI International Research Awards 2022 at New Delhi.
They were awarded for their research paper, titled, "Output Convergence at Sector Level across the Indian States: Evidence from Weak Sigma and Club Convergence Analysis".
The award was given by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the premier accounting body which has been holding the annual competition for these awards since 1958. The International Research Award aspires to build a global research community promoting a research-based ecosystem, sharing learning, and solving problems, and simulating debates and dialogues.
The award aims to raise the profile of individuals, teams, and institutions undertaking research, recognize innovative approaches to research, encourage multi-disciplinary research, bridge the gap between research and practice, and recognize success stories of researchers in Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Economics and Taxation with an objective to enhance the research activities in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, and allied areas, to name a few.
Dr Vaseem Akram has published numerous papers in internationally refereed journals including Economic Modelling, Renewable, and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Utilities Policy, Economic Analysis and Policy, Applied Economics Letter, Journal of Economic Studies, International Economics and Economic Policy, and Global Economy Journal.
Prof Jabir Ali has successfully completed more than 30 research/consultancy projects funded by State/ Central Government and international agencies and coordinated several Management Development Programmes for participants from Asian and African Countries. He has published more than 40 research papers in refereed national and international journals.
