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Varadurga Bhat

Assistant Professor

About

Dr. Varadurga Bhat has more than 10 years of combined work experience in academia and industry. Before joining RV University, she worked at the Department of Economics, Christ Deemed to be University. She was also associated with Moody’s Analytics and Institute for Social and Economic Change. She is a passionate teacher and researcher. She has several research articles in her credit including leading national and international journals, edited books, policy briefs, working papers and occasional papers. She has presented papers in national and international conferences. Her research interests include International Trade and Environment, Energy Economics, Sustainability and Climate Change. She has taught Mathematical Economics, Statistics for Economics, Econometrics, International Economics and Environmental Economics.

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

    Bhat, V., and Tantri, M. L. (2023)

  • Pollution Haven Hypothesis and the Bilateral Trade Between India and China, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, pp 1 – 26 Source link

    • Tantri, M. L., and Bhat, V. (2023)

  • Trap of Race to the Bottom? Evidence from Pollution Intensive Products Trade in India and China, China Report, 59(2), pp154 – 171. Source link

    • Nambiar, V., Kunte, G., and Bhat, V. (2023).

  • Protection of intellectual property and human rights during health emergencies: an assessment of the patent waiver proposal. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Source link

    • Tantri, M. L., and Bhat, V. (2022).

  • Trade in pollution-intensive products: Evidence from India. Vision, 0(0). 1-16 Source link

    • Bhat, V., and Tantri, M. L. (2020).

  • Trade in renewable energy technologies: A comparison of India and China. In Sridhar, K. S., Jingping, L.(Ed.), The rise of India and China: Social, economic and environmental Impacts, 29-44, Routledge India. Source link

    • Mallick, A and Bhat, V. (2019).

  • Congestion pricing: A stated preference study in Bengaluru. Advances in Economics and Business Management. 6(1). pp. 63-67. Source link

    • Bhat, V. and Naik, A. (2016).

  • Energy Consumption and GHG emissions in the South Caucasus. Caucasus International 6(2). Source link

    • Bhat, V. (2015).

  • Trade and investment in renewable energy technologies: A study of BRICS. In B. S. Reddy, S. Ulgiati (Ed.), Energy security and development, 423-36, Springer India. Source link

    • Bhat, V. and Sharada, V. (2013)

  • Renewable energy in India: Development and prospects. Journal of Economic and Social Development. 9(2)

    • Bhat, V. and Sharada, V. (2012)

  • Energy, Development and Climate Change-An overview. Southern Economist. 50(7)

    • Tantri, M. L., and Bhat, V. (2021).

  • India’s trade in dirty products ISEC Working Paper No. 520 (August, 2021), Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India. Source link

    • Tantri Malini L, Kumar, C. N., and Bhat, V. (2021).

  • Trade irritants and non-tariff measures between China and India. ICS Occassional paper No. 72 (May), Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, India. Source link

    • Tantri M. L., and Bhat, V. (2020).

  • COVID-19, trade and India-Policy issues in leveraging the opportunities. ISEC Policy Brief No. 35 (July), ISEC, Bengaluru

    • Kunte, G., and Bhat, V. (2020).

  • Reconciling conflicting interests in land-use for forests and agriculture in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot of India: A policy perspective, L-97450/2020, Government of India

Trade and Environment

Pollution-intensive Industries

Clean and Renewable Energy

Emissions and Climate Change

Research Interests:

International Trade, Energy Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Climate Change and Sustainability

  • Received copyright from Government of India for the article "Reconciling conflicting interests in land-use for forests and agriculture in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot of India: A policy perspective"

  • Secured First Rank and 2 Gold Medals in MA Economics

  • Secured First Rank and Gold Medal in BA

Assistant Professor

Ph.D.