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Bala Batavia
Professor
Department of Economics
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
DePaul Center 6219
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 362-5766
bbatavia@depaul.edu

Academic Degrees


Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Economics, 1974
M.S. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Economics, 1970
B.Tech University of Madras, Madras, India, Engineering, 1967

Academic Experience


Full Professor (since 1983), DePaul University (1976 - Now).

Professional Interests

Research: Applied Econometrics, MicroeconomicsTeaching: Microeconomics, Quantitative Economics

Selected Professional and Community Service

Other Community Service Activities

2004-2005: KEY International Foundation, I am the Founder and President of a nonprofit charitable organisation (called KEY International Foundation) which helps impoverised children in developing countries further their high school education. This activity is consistent with the Vicententian goa

Advisor to a Professional Organization

2006: Athenian Policy Forum , Member, Advisory Board

Editorial in a newspaper

2006: New Sunday Indian Express, Wrote a guest column (with P Nandakumar) on ' Globalization and Economic Asymmetries: Low Income Countries are Falling Further Behind '. New Indian Express is a national daily newspaper publised in India.
2006: New Sunday Indian Express , Wrote a guest column (with P Nandakumar) on ' Outsourcing: The Debate is Bound to Continue'. New Indian Express is a national daily newspaper publised in India.
2006: New Sunday Indian Express , Wrote a guest column (with P Nandakumar) on ' Beyond the India Budget'. New Indian Express is a national daily newspaper publised in India.

Editorial Review Board Member of Refereed Journal

2006: Journal of Economic Asymmetries , Member, Editorial Board
2006: International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics , Member, Editorial Board

Other Professional Service Activities

2006: University of Mysore, India, External Examinar for a Ph.D. Thesis titled, 'An Analysis of Relationship Between School Dropouts and Never Enrolled Students and Poverty in a Backward Region: A Case Study of Hassan District'.