Associate Professor
Department of Economic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Office: Room 607, Faculty Building
Ph: 0512-259-6107;
Email: pakrashi@iitk.ac.in
Skype: debayan.pakrashi
Academic Honours and Awards:
Awarded the J.J.Goodwin Memorial Prize and Scholarship, 2006.
Awarded the Hrishikesh Chattopadhyay and Jajnaseni Memorial Prize, 2006.
Awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Award, 2006.
Awarded the Swami Vivekananda Award, 2006.
Awarded the Indian Culture Award, 2005, 2006.
Awarded the Ford Foundation Scholarship, 2007 (declined).
Awarded the Merit Scholarship, 2006-2008.
Awarded the Graduate Research Scholarship, 2008-2009.
Awarded the Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2008-2009.
Awarded the Research Summer Scholarship, 2009.
Awarded the Australian Research Council Discovery PhD Scholarship, 2010-2013.
Awarded the University of Queensland International Scholarship, 2010-2013.
Awarded the Graduate School International Travel Award, 2013.
Awarded the position of Senior Research Officer at the School of Population Health, University of Queensland, 2013 (declined).
Awarded the University of Stirling Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. 2014-2017.
Awarded the M. N. Murthy Excellence Fund, 2014.
Awarded the Institute Fellowship from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 2014-2017.
Awarded the University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. January 2015- December 2017 (declined).
Awarded the 2014 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Theses, 2015 for the best Thesis from the University of Queensland, Australia.
Awarded the Australian Alumni Excellence Award India under Young Achiever Category, 2015.
Awarded letter of Appreciation from the Director of IITK for teaching, 2015 for Introduction to Economics (large class category).
Awarded Best Surge Poster Award 2016 for the project “Vulnerability of Indian widows” with Mr Ayush Agrawal.
Awarded letter of Appreciation from the Director of IITK for teaching, 2016 for Introduction to Economics (large class category).
Awarded the PK Kelkar Class of 1979 Research Fellowship for Outstanding Young Faculty by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur from 1st May 2017-30th April 2020.
Awarded the Prof. M. J. Manohar Rao Award 2016, awarded to young scholars under the age of 35 from The Indian Econometric Society in 2018.
Awarded letter of Appreciation from the Director of IITK for teaching, 2019 for Behavioural & Experimental Economics (large class category).
Awarded letter of Appreciation from the Director of IITK for teaching, 2019 for Introduction to Economics (large class category).
The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS) grant scheme under Quantitative Social Sciences (QSS), 2020-23.