• Ph.D. in Economics – Pondicherry University (2016)
  Specialization: Financial Economics
• M.Phil. in Economics – Pondicherry University (2010)
• M.A. Applied Economics – PondicherryUniversity (2008)
• Area of Specialization: Financial Economics and Applied Econometrics

• Area of Interest: Financial Economics

• Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakryal, Katra, J&K, India from December 2017 onwards

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India from August 2016 to May 2017.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India from August 2015 to August 2016.

• Quantitative Analyst, CRISIL, S&P Global Risk and Analytics from October 2017 to December 2017

“An  Impact Assessment of Jan Dhan Yojana on Farmers of Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Kalahandi, and Koraput district of Odisha”  Funded by ICSSR, Sanctioned Amount 10 Lakhs.

• Rashid, A., Gopinathan, R. Does the energy transition lead to carbon neutrality in India by 2070? Investigation under inverted N-shaped environmental Kuznets curve. Energy Efficiency 18, 94 (2025). (Scopus Indexed and SCI-E) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-025-10386-2 

• Ozcelebi,O., Khoury, R E., Gopinathan, R., Yoon,S (2025) Effects of domestic and foreign financial stress on stock returns in Asia-Pacific countries. Global Finance Journal Vol. 67, No. 101178 (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-A List) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2025.101178 

• Rashid, A., Gopinathan, R. (2025) Coordinating renewable electricity production and economic growth for the achievement of net zero emissions in India. Environment, Development and Sustainability. (Scopus Indexed and SCI-E) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-025-06497-6

• Joshi, D P P and Gopinathan R., (2024). Manufacturing Productivity Measurement in India: An Evolutionary Trend, The Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 72: 2 (ABDC-B List)

• Mir, T.A., Gopinathan, R. and Joshi, D.P.P. (2023), Revisiting long-run dynamics between financial inclusion and economic growth in developing nations: evidence from CS-ARDL approach, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Vol: 16, No. 2, pp. 176-193 (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-B List)

• Rashid, A., Gopinathan, R (2023) Revisiting the nexus between economic growth and disaggregated greenhouse gases in India: Evidence from necessary and sufficient conditions, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol 430, 139514, (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-A List)

• Shah, F.F., Joshi, D.P.P., R. Gopinathan, (2023) Do long-term migrants earn higher wages than short-term migrants in the informal sector? Evidence from Jammu & Kashmir, India, Habitat International, Vol: 141, 102945 (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-A List)

• Jalal, R and Gopinathan,R (2023) Time-frequency relationship between energy imports, energy prices, exchange rate, and policy uncertainties in India: Evidence from wavelet quantile correlation approach, Finance Research Letters, Vol:55(B). (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-A List)

• Sethy, S.K., Mir, T.A., Gopinathan, R. and Joshi, D.P.P. (2023), “Exploring the socio-economic attributes of financial inclusion in India: a decomposition analysis”, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 50 No. 7, pp. 941-955. (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-B List)
• Mujtaba A, Pawar S, Joshi, D P P and Gopinathan R (2023) Examining asymmetric impact of climatic factors on crop yields in India, Applied Economics Letters, Vol.30:11, pp.1488-1495 (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-B List)
• Jalal, R and Gopinathan,R (2022) Time-varying and asymmetric impact of exchange rate on oil prices in India: Evidence from a multiple threshold nonlinear ARDL model, Finance Research Letters, Vol:50. (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-A List)                                                                                                                                 
• Pranvi K and Gopinathan R (2020) Unravelling bibliophiles’ preference on the basis of bestseller lists in India, Journal of Public Affairs, Vol.e2138, pp: 1-7. (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-B List)
• Geetha Rani P, Mukesh and Gopinathan R (2019) Enrolment by Academic Discipline in Higher Education: Differential and Determinants, Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-B List)
• Gopinathan R and S. Raja Sethu Durai (2019) Stock Market and Macroeconomic Variables: New Evidence for India, Financial Innovation 5:29. Springer open access (Scopus indexed and SSCI)
• Gopinathan R, Subhasmita Sethi and S. Raja Sethu Durai (2015) Time varying cointegration between Stock Market and Economic Activity, The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol.24 (2), pp.43-53. (ABDC-C List)

• Presented a paper titled “Asymmetric impact of exchange rate on stock market in India,” in the 57th Annual conferences of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at School of Economics, University of Hyderbad,. 4th to 6th January 2023.
• Presented a paper titled “Nonlinear relationship between stock market and economic activity: evidence from India,” in the 56th Annual conferences of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University. 8th to 10th January 2020.
• Presented a paper titled “Asymmetric relationship between stock market and economic activity: evidence from India,” in the 52nd Annual conferences of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kerala. 4th to 6th January 2016.
• Presented a paper titled “Asymmetric relationship between stock market and macroeconomic variables,” in the Golden Jubilee year conferences of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at Department of Management, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan.20th to 21st November 2013.
• Presented a paper titled “Asymmetric relationship between stock market and macroeconomic variables: Evidence from India,” in the 49th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at Department of Statistics, Patna University, Patna. 9th to 11th January 2013.
• Presented a paper titled “Time Varying cointegration between the stock market and macroeconomic variables,” in the 48th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. 1th to 3rd March 2012.
• Presented a paper titled “The Short-run and Long-run Dynamic Relationship between Stock market Behavior and its Key Determinants,” in the 46th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at The Department of Economics, Jammu University, Jammu. 4th to 6th March 2010.

• Ph.D. Scholars Supervised 

  • 3 Awarded  
  • 1 Submitted Ph.D. Thesis 
  • 1 ongoing

• Master’s  Dissertation Supervised

  • 45 Master’s students 

• Delivered invited lecture on “Modelling the Volatility” in Two Week FDP on Marketing Research and Business Analytics with Econometric Applications in Business Management held at FDC, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. 06th May to 17th May 2019.
• Delivered invited lecture on Introduction to Data Analytics in One Week FDP On “Research Methodology Using R & E-views” held at FDC, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. 21th May to 25th May 2019.
• Delivered invited lecture on Financial Markets in Department of Economics, Udhampur Campus, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir on 01st October 2019
• Delivered invited lecture on Financial Markets in Department of Economics, Udhampur Campus, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir on 30th December 2020
• Resource person for a Short Term Two Credit Course on “Course in Banking, Finance & Insurance” at Ness Wadia College of Commerce is organizing, Pune from 27th May to 1st June 2022
• Delivered invited lecture on Historical Financial Economic Crisis in Department of Commerce, Farook College, Kozhikode, Kerala on 17th February 2023

Course Plan

 Lesson-Plan-theory-Jan-May-2025-FRBS

Lesson-Plan-theory-Jan-May-2025-Financial Economics