Mr. Sandeep Kumar Tiwari, Research Scholar (ICSSR Fellow), School of Economics attended “The Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2020)”at Max Atria at Singapore EXPO, Singapore during 7th-9thFbruary, 2020. This conference was organized by International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Osaka University, Japanin collaboration with Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore. Mr. Tiwari presented his research paper entitled “Role of caste and class association on households’ expenditure on elementary education in Uttar Pradesh, India: Evidence from NSSO data” co-authored by Dr. Pabitra Kumar Jena & Dr. Kirtti Ranjan Paltasingh. He is working in the field of Economics of Education under the supervision of Dr. Pabitra Kumar Jena & Dr. Kirtti Ranjan Paltasingh, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. Mr. Sandeep Tiwari is the son of Dr. Anil Tewari, Head, School of Philosophy & Culture in SMVDU. The conference was attended by the various eminent Professors, Scholars and Academiciansin the field of education from all over the globe. Mr. Tiwari interacted with eminent professors, academicians, research scholars and exchanged the views about the latest growth and advancements in the field of Economics of Education with the participants across the globe. Mr. Tiwari’s participation was sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science and Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. Padam Sri Prof. R. K. Sinha, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Management and Head of the School, Dr. Kakali Majumdar and the faculty members of the School congratulated the scholar for his achievement and wished him success for future academic endeavor.
