• Ph.D. in Economics – University of Hyderabad (2014)
• M.Phil. in Economics – University of Hyderabad (2010)
• M.A. in Economics – University of Hyderabad (2007)
• B.A. (Hons) – Fakir Mohan University (2005)
• 12th – CHSE, Odisha (2002)
• 10th – BSE, Odisha (2000)

Books:

• Pramod K. Mishra, Sameer Prasad, B. Kamaiah, B. Raja Sekhar, Chinmaya Behera and Pratap Kumar Jena (2024). Responsible Production and Consumption: Proceedings of the International Conference on Responsible Consumption and Production: Agriculture Sustainability and Food Security, CRC Pr I Llc; 1st edition, ISBN: 978-1032892979.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2022). Non-Timber Forest Product Collection, Marketing and Marketed Surplus: Similipal Forest of Odisha, India, Lambert Academic Publishing, Republic of Moldova, Europe.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2010). Commodity Futures Market in India, VDM Publication, Germany.

Journals:

• Mishra, P.K., Sahu, S., Behera, C., Jena, P.K. and Shekhar, B.R. (2023). Predicting Time-Varying Causality Between Inflation Expectations and Realization Using ML Technique: Evidence from India. The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 23 (1), 90–110.
• Mishra, P.K., Kamaiah, B., Behera, C., Jena, P.K. and Shekhar, B.R. (2023). Predicting and Validating the Impact of Energy Price Fluctuations on Food Inflation: A Machine Learning-Based Approach. The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. 22 (3), 5–25.
• Jena, P.K., Pagal, S. and Mallick, M. (2023). Linkage Between Oil Price, Trade Openness, Climate Variability and Food Inflation in India. The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 29 (3), 1–16.
• Jena, P.K. and Mishra, P.K. (2022). Lockdown Vs. Opening-Up of the Economy During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Indian Stock Market. Asian Economics Letters, 3 (4), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.37524.
• Sahoo, J. and Jena, P.K. (2022). Pre-School Education and Development: An Indian Review. EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review, 10 (6), 9–15.
• Jena, P.K. and Sahoo, R. L. (2022). Nexus between Foreign Direct Investment and Manufacturing Output in India: An ARDL Approach. Journal of Economic Structure, preprint. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1133600/v1.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2021). Nexus between Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Odisha, India: An ARDL Approach. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture & Biotechnology, 6 (2), 136–144.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2020). Factor Productivity and Marketed Surplus of Non-Timber Forest Products in Similipal Forest of Odisha. Journal of Public Affairs, Wiley, Vol. 21 (1).
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2019). Economic Role of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the Livelihood of Scheduled Tribes in Similipal Area of Mayurbhanj District of Odisha. International Journal of Business and Management Invention, Vol. 8 (2), 01–09.
• Pragatika Mishra and Pratap Kumar Jena (2018). Effects of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) on Employment and Income in Keonjhar District of Odisha. Productivity, Vol. 59 (3), 253–263.

Journals

• Sahoo, M., Nayak, P., Kaushik, S. and Jena, P. (2026). Relationship Between Climate Factors and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia. Environment, Innovation and Management, Vol. 2, 2650005. https://doi.org/10.1142/S3060901126500055
• Nayak, P. and Jena, P.K. (2026). The Interplay of Climate, Subsidies and Monetary Factors in Shaping India’s Food Price Inflation. The Indian Economic Journal, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/00194662261425167
• Jena, P.K., Paltasingh, K. R., Mishra, A., and Mohapatra, S. (2025). Impact of weather variability on crop yields and land use dynamics in Odisha, India: Short-and long-term effects. Bio-based and Applied Economics, Vol. 14 (2), 31–49. https://doi.org/10.36253/bae-17008
• Nayak, P. and Jena, P.K. (2024). Inflationary pressures on India’s domestic food prices: unravelling the impact of global macroeconomic factors. South Asian Journal of Business Studies. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAJBS-08-2023-0281
• Mishra, P.K., Sahu, S., Behera, C. Jena, P.K. and Shekhar, B.R. (2023). Predicting Time-Varying Causality Between Inflation Expectations and Realization Using ML Technique: Evidence from India. The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol 23 (1), 90-110.
• Mishra, P.K., Kamaiah, B., Behera, C. Jena, P.K. and Shekhar, B.R. (2023). Predicting and Validating the Impact of Energy Price Fluctuations on Food Inflation: A Machine Learning-Based Approach. The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol 22 (3), 5-25.
• Jena, P.K., Pagal, S. and Mallick, M. (2023). Linkage Between Oil Price, Trade Openness Climate Variability and Food Inflation in India. The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 29 (3), 1-16.
• Jena, P.K. and Mishra, P.K. (2022). Lockdown Vs. Opening-Up of the Economy During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Indian Stock Market. Asian Economics Letters, 3 (4), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.46557/001c.37524
• Sahoo, J. and Jena, P.K. (2022). Pre-School Education and Development: An Indian Review. EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review, 10 (6), 9-15.
• Jena, P.K. and Sahoo, R. L. (2022). Nexus between Foreign Direct Investment and Manufacturing Output in India: An ARDL Approach. Journal of Economic Structure. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1133600/v1
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2021). Nexus between Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Odisha, India: An ARDL Approach. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture & Biotechnology, 6 (2), 136-144.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2020). Factor Productivity and Marketed Surplus of Non-Timber Forest Products in Similipal Forest of Odisha. Journal of Public Affairs, Wiley, Vol. 21 (1).
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2019). Economic Role of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the Livelihood of Scheduled Tribes in Similipal Area of Mayurbhanj District of Odisha. International Journal of Business and Management Invention, Vol. 8 (2), 01-09.
• Pragatika Mishra and Pratap Kumar Jena (2018). Effects of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) on Employment and Income in Keonjhar District of Odisha. Productivity, Vol. 59 (3), 253-263.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Nibedita Khilar (2018). Empirical Study on the Determinants of Human Development in the India States. Journal of Economic Policy & Research, Vol. 12 (2) & Vol 13 (1), 161-181.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Rosalin Panigrahi (2017). Effects of Public Expenditure on Economic Growth and Poverty in Odisha. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 85-94.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Smruti Swagatika Sahoo (2017). Forest and Livelihood of Tribal People: A Case Study on Kandhal District in Odisha. Asian Journal of Development Matters, Vol. 10 (2), pp. 24-38.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2017). Relationship between commodity Prices and macroeconomic Variables in India: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach. MPRA Paper No. 73892.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Phanindra Goyari (2016). Dynamic Relationship between Stock, Bond and Commodity Futures Market in India: A DCC Analysis. IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 37-49.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2016). Financialisation of Commodity Market in India: Empirical Evidence. Romanian Journal of Economics, Vol. XIX, 60, pp. 147-168.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2016). Commodity Market Integration and Price Transmission: Evidence from India. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Economics, Vol. XXIII, 3, pp. 283-306.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Phanindra Goyari (2013). Price Risk Management Strategies and Commodity Futures Market in India. Journal of Business and Finance, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 59-75.
• Phanindra Goyari and Pratap Kumar Jena (2011). Commodity Futures Market in India: An Econometric Analysis. The Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. XIC, IV (363), 699-717.

• ECO-102: MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS-I (2025)
• ECO-103: MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMISTS (2024)
• ECO-203: MACRO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS-II (2025)
• ECO-302: INTERNATIONAL TRADE & FINANCE-I (2024)
• ECO-4.3: INTERNATIONAL TRADE & FINANCE-I (2025)
• ECO-304A: ECONOMETRICS-I (2024)
• ECO-404A: ECONOMETRICS-II (2025)

• Deputy Director, CDOE – MSCB University (2022 – Till Date)
• HRDC Member – MSCB University (2024 – Till Date)
• NSS Programme Officer – MSCB University (2019 – 2023)
• SWAYAM Course Coordinator – MSCB University (2022 – Till Date)

• Pratap Kumar Jena (2022). Non-Timber Forest Product Collection, Marketing and Marketed Surplus: Similipal Forest of Odisha, India. Lambert Academic Publishing, Republic of Moldova, Europe.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2010). Commodity Futures Market in India. VDM Publication, Germany.

Book Edited

• Sahu, K.K., Jena, P.K., Patra, S. and Sarangi, B. (2025). India’s Pathways to Sustainability: Economy, Ecology, and Equity. Empyreal Publishing House, ISBN: 978-93-49359-35-2.
• Sahu, K.K., Jena, P.K., and Sarangi, B. (2025). Transforming Odisha: Insights into Finance, Agriculture and Social Well-being. Bharati Publications, ISBN: 978-93-49566-47-7.
• Sahu, K.K., Jena, P.K., Sarangi, B., Dalai, M.R., and Pagal, S. (2025). Social Sector, Agriculture and Green Economy Insights for India’s Inclusive and Sustainable Development. Parab Publications, ISBN: 978-93-48959-00-3.
• Mishra, P. K., Prasad, S., Kamaiah, B., Sekhar, B. Raja, Behera, C. and Jena, P. K. (2024). Responsible Production and Consumption. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, UK, 1st edition, ISBN: 978-1-032-89297-9.

Book Chapters

• Rout, T.K., Jena, P.K. and Dalai, M.R. (2024). Impact of Weather Conditions on the Fishery Sector of Odisha. In P.K. Mishra et al. (Eds.), Responsible Production and Consumption (1st ed.). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, UK. ISBN: 978-1-032-89297-9.
• Mishra, P.K., Sahu, S., Behera, C., Jena, P.K. and Shekhar, B. R. (2024). Agri-food Supply Chain (AFSC) Producers’ Perceptions of Consumer Price Control- An Assessment using MCDM Technique. In R. Divekar et al. (Eds.), Securing the Future Through Sustainability, Health, Education, and Technology. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London. ISBN: 9780-032-95922-1.
• Jena, P.K. (2023). Effects of Climate Change on Paddy and Sugarcane Production in Odisha: An ARDL Approach. In Dr. Deepika V.S. (Ed.), India and Climate Change (pp. 35-52). Serials Publications (P) Ltd., New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93091844-61-5.
• Jena, P.K. (2021). Determinants of Tribal Livelihood in the Similipal Area of Mayurbhanj District in Odisha. In Dr. H.N. Thatoi and M. Sahoo (Eds.), Indigenous Tribes and Biodiversity Conservation (pp. 273-286). SSDN Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi.
• Pratap Kumar Jena (2017). Effects of Foreign Capital Flows on Macroeconomic Variables in India: An Econometric Analysis. In Dr. R. Raghuramapatruni (Ed.), International Relations and Business Environment (pp. 140-157). Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Phanindra Goyari (2014). Dynamic Relationship between Stock Market, Gold and Crude Oil Futures Market: An Empirical Analysis of India. In R.K. Mishra et al. (Eds.), Risk Management in Banking, Insurance and Financial Services. Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
• Pratap Kumar Jena and Phanindra Goyari (2010). Market Efficiency and Lead-Lag Relationship between Futures and Spot Prices: A Study on Gold and Crude Oil in India. In P. Rudra (Ed.), Infrastructure Finance: the Issues and Challenges. McMillan Publication, New Delhi.

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• Life member in TAES

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• RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY, CUTTACK (2022)

• Economic and Health Benefits of Red Weaver Ants in Mayurbhanj District of Odisha – Funded by UFIRP, MSCB University, Baripada; Grant: ₹9.30 Lakhs; Duration: 2 Years; Status: Completed.
• Causal Link between Food Price Inflation and Supply Chain Management Practices in India – Funded by Institute of Eminence (IoE), University of Hyderabad; Grant: ₹95.60 Lakhs; Duration: 3 Years; Status: Completed.
• Commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Product: Determinants and Supply Chain in India – Funded by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi; Grant: ₹10.36 Lakhs; Duration: 1 Year; Status: Completed.
• Climate Change and Households’ Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Odisha – Funded by OSHEC, Govt. of Odisha; Grant: ₹3.60 Lakhs; Duration: 2 Years; Status: Completed.
• Factor Productivity and Marketed Surplus of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Study on STs in Mayurbhanj District of Odisha – Funded by ICSSR, New Delhi; Grant: ₹3.5 Lakhs; Duration: 1 Year; Status: Completed.