Dr K. Damodaran has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, CUTN. He has completed his P.G., M.Phil., PhD, and M.B.A at Annamalai University, and his research specialisation is Environmental Economics. He is a Gold Medallist in M.A., Economics. He got Gold Medal for Best Student in Economic Journalism from the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and India (SICCI) in 2005. He has published thirty-eight articles in National and International journals. He has published five centre page articles in the leading daily of Tamil Nadu and one piece in The Hindu Open Page. He has published nine books wherein, three reference books and six edited books.
Dr. B. Balaji has been an Assistant Professor at the Central University of Tamil Nadu for five and a half years. Teaching Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Money and Banking, and Data Analysis to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Before being awarded Dr.S.Radhakrishnan Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) for Humanities and Sciences by the University Grants Commission (DSRPDF) Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, from February 2015, he worked as a Senior Research Associate MHRD Chair in IRPs on projects related to Cultural Economics & Environmental issues in Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, for one and half years. He was also Awarded K. N. Raj Training and Fellowship Programme (TIPE) from February 20th to March 3rd, 2023 by the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He has five research publications, and all the research papers focus primarily on macroeconomic issues in India in different contexts.
Prof. Rajagopal. N works in the Department of Economics at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu. He has got 24 years of teaching and research experience. He is awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. He published more than 40 articles in reputed journals, including Scopus Indexed. He consistently engages in research and publications. He received major research projects funded by ICSSR and National Commission for Women (NCW), New Delhi. Dr Rajagopal did his PhD from Gandhigram Rural University in 'Health Care Utilisation'. His research is in Development Studies (Healthcare, Financial Inclusion and Self-Help Groups, Tribal Studies, etc.).