ICFAI Business School Organizes 5th International Conference on Applied Econometrics
Fifth International Conference on Applied Econometrics organized by ICFAI Business School which is attended by top intellect and academician of country.
- (1888PressRelease) July 28, 2016 - Dr. Rangarajan, former Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, former Governor of Andhra Pradesh and former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, is the Chancellor of ICFAI University. Dr. Rangarajan said that, with the new directions that data processing is taking, the areas in which economics and econometrics are applied has been growing into diverse fields. He also said that statistics as a discipline is on the threshold of far reaching changes.
Though big data has arrived, big insights are yet to arrive, Dr.Rangarajan opined. Indicating areas for economists to explore, he said relationship between real sector and financial sector is an area that can be explored. Another area he suggested was the effect of real effective exchange rate on exports.
In the inaugural address of the conference, Prof. K L Krishna, former Professor and Director, Delhi School of Economics and Chairperson, Madras Institute of Development Studies spoke on 'Credibility Revolution in Applied Econometrics'. He traced the evolution of econometrics over the years and said that in India the progress of econometrics has been remarkable, and The Indian Econometrics Society had contributed immensely to the development of econometrics in the country. He said that in the last three decades there has been an improvement in the use of applied econometrics and called for encouraging theoretical work in the area.
The Guest of Honor, Prof. Bandi Kamaiah, Dean and Professor, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad and President, The Indian Econometric Society, said that with globalization, availability of high frequency data and availability of high speed computers, econometrics has progressed rapidly.
In his welcome address, Dr. J. Mahender Reddy, Vice Chancellor of the University, highlighted the enormous contribution of Prof. K L Krishna to the field of econometrics. He mentioned that Prof. K L Krishna has guided many scholars, and has been a source of inspiration to students and scholars. He thanked TIES for collaborating with IBS for the conference.
Papers Presentation:
The fifth edition of the International Conference on Applied Economics received 95 papers from several international and Indian universities and research institutes of repute. Of these, 54 papers are being presented. The technical sessions are being arranged in various areas such as economic growth & development, industrial economics, international economics, financial & monetary economics, agriculture, health & environment, etc.
About ICFAI University (IFHE):
The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) is declared as deemed-to-be university under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. ICFAI Business School(IBS) is a constituent of IFHE. Within a short span of time since it was established in 1995, IBS Hyderabad has grown impressively and achieved widespread recognition from industry, academic circles and professional bodies in the last 20 years. It is a premier business School that has been consistently ranked by independent rating agencies as one of the top 10 B - Schools of India. It is one of the first business schools in South Asia to receive the prestigious SAQS accreditation. NAAC, an autonomous institute of University Grants Commission has also accredited the IFHE with 'A' Grade with an impressive score (institutional CGPA)of 3.43 out of 4.
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