Muhammed Ashiq V

Overview:

Dr. Muhammed Ashiq V is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIMBG) in the Department of Economics and Business Environment. Before joining IIMBG, he worked as an Assistant Professor of Economics at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. After completing the post-graduation in economics from the University of Hyderabad, he obtained the doctoral degree in economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. The primary domain of his research interest falls in environmental economics. His research papers have appeared in peer-reviewed reputed journals.

Academic background:

• Ph.D. in Economics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. 2019-2022.
• Master’s in Economics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.2016-2018.
• Bachelor’s in Economics, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 2013-2016.

Teaching Interests:

• Environmental Economics
• Microeconomics
• Capital Theory
• Public Policy
• Health Economics
• Indian Economy
• Governance & Polity

Research Interests:

• Environmental Economics
• Energy Economics
• Natural Resource
• Globalization
• Income Inequality

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Research Publications:

• Villanthenkodath, M. A. Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC): An Analysis Using the Sectoral Output and Ecological Footprint in India. In Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in a Post-Pandemic World(pp. 233-250). Routledge.
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Pal, S., & Mahalik, M. K. (2023). Income Inequality in Globalization Context: Evidence from Global Data. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01342-5
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Mahalik, M. K., Heshmati, A., & Lean, H. H. (2023). The impact of energy poverty on the aggregate and disaggregate material footprints in BRICS. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 0(0), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2192384
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Pal, S. (2023). How economic globalization affects the ecological footprint in India? A novel dynamic ARDL simulations. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-01-2022-0005
• Hussain, M. M., Pal, S., & Villanthenkodath, M. A. (2023). Towards sustainable development: The impact of transport infrastructure expenditure on the ecological footprint in India. Innovation and Green Development, 2(2), 100037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.igd.2023.100037
• Ansari, M. A., Kumar, P., & Villanthenkodath, M. A. (2023). Impact of renewable and non-renewable electricity generation on economic growth in India: An application of linear and nonlinear models. Journal of Regulatory Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11149-023-09461-2
• Wang, Y., Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Haseeb, M. (2023). The dynamic link between eco-innovation and ecological footprint in India: Does the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hold? Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-05-2022-0136
• Huang, Y., Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Haseeb, M. (2023). The nexus between eco-friendly technology and environmental degradation in India: Does the N or inverted N-shape load capacity curve(LCC) hypothesis hold? Natural Resources Forum, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12281
• Cheriyambadan, N., Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Shareef, H. (2023). Attaining Environmental Sustainability Through Cashew Nut Production in India: Revisiting the Role of Energy Consumption and Economic Growth. Journal of Nuts, 14(2), 95–111. https://doi.org/10.22034/jon.2022.1972216.1203
• Abdul, R. M., Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Shibinu, S. (2022). Macroeconomic determinants of emigration from India to the United States. International Journal of Economic Policy Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-022-00091-8
• Ansari, M. A., Villanthenkodath, M. A., Akram, V., & Rath, B. N. (2022). The nexus between ecological footprint, economic growth, and energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: A technological threshold approach. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02377-5
• Bandyopadhyay, A., Rej, S., Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mahalik, M. K. (2022). The role of nuclear energy consumption in abatement of ecological footprint: Novel insights from quantile-on-quantile regression. Journal of Cleaner Production, 358, 132052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132052
• Pal, S., Villanthenkodath, M. A., Patel, G., & Mahalik, M. K. (2022). The impact of remittance inflows on economic growth, unemployment and income inequality: An international evidence. International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, 16(1), 211–235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-021-00074-1
• Shameem P., M., Chittedi, K. R., & Villanthenkodath, M. A. (2022). Transport infrastructure and manufacturing sector: An energy perspective from India. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-04-2022-0010
• Shameem P, M., Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Chittedi, K. R. (2022). Economic growth and sectoral level electricity consumption nexus in India: New evidence from combined cointegration and frequency domain causality approaches. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2022.2095386
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Ansari, M. A., Kumar, P., & Raju, Y. N. (2022). Effect of information and communication technology on the environmental sustainability: An empirical assessment for South Africa. Telematics and Informatics Reports, 7, 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teler.2022.100013
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Ansari, M. A., Shahbaz, M., & Vo, X. V. (2022). Do tourism development and structural change promote environmental quality? Evidence from India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(4), 5163–5194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01654-z
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mahalik, M. K. (2022a). Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Asymmetrically Affect the Spot Electricity Price in India? Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, 3(2), 32615.
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mahalik, M. K. (2022b). Does overseas eco-friendly innovation collaboration matter for environmental quality sustainability in India? OPEC Energy Review, 46(2), 250–284. https://doi.org/10.1111/opec.12232
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mahalik, M. K. (2022c). Technological innovation and environmental quality nexus in India: Does inward remittance matter? Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1), e2291. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2291
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mahalik, M. K. (2022d). Does real interest rate reduce income inequality in India? Evidence from multivariate framework analysis. European Journal of Government and Economics, 11(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2022.11.2.8652
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Mahalik, M. K., & Arafath, K. M. I. Y. (2022). The role of tourism development in India’s environmental degradation: Evidence from ARDL and wavelet coherence approaches. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-10-2021-0248
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Mahalik, M. K., & Patel, G. (2022). Effects of foreign aid and energy aid inflows on renewable and non-renewable electricity production in BRICS countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22730-5
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mohammed, S. P. (2022). Examining the impact of electricity production on economic growth and environmental quality in Japan: A disaggregated level analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22125-6
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Velan, N. (2022). Can educational attainment promote renewable energy consumption? Evidence from heterogeneous panel models. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-06-2021-0015
• Ansari, M. A., & Villanthenkodath, M. A. (2021). Does tourism development promote ecological footprint? A nonlinear ARDL approach. Anatolia, 0(0), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2021.1985542
• Mahalik, M. K., Villanthenkodath, M. A., Mallick, H., & Gupta, M. (2021). Assessing the effectiveness of total foreign aid and foreign energy aid inflows on environmental quality in India. Energy Policy, 149, 112015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112015
• Sahoo, M., Saini, S., & Villanthenkodath, M. A. (2021). Determinants of material footprint in BRICS countries: An empirical analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(28), 37689–37704. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13309-7
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., Gupta, M., Saini, S., & Sahoo, M. (2021). Impact of Economic Structure on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in India. Journal of Economic Structures, 10(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-021-00259-z
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mahalik, M. K. (2021). Does economic growth respond to electricity consumption asymmetrically in Bangladesh? The implication for environmental sustainability. Energy, 233, 121142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121142
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Mushtaq, U. (2021). Modelling the Nexus Between Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: A Case of Afghanistan and Egypt. Studies of Applied Economics, 39(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.25115/eea.v39i2.3802
• Ashiq, M., & Mushtaq, U. (2020). The Convergence of Crowd Funding and Zakat System in India: An Integrated Approach for Human Welfare. Ihtifaz: Journal of Islamic Economics, Finance, and Banking, 3(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.12928/ijiefb.v3i1.1879
• MK, A. N., & V, M. A. (2020). Role of energy use in the prediction of CO 2 emissions and economic growth in India: Evidence from artificial neural networks (ANN). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 23631–23642.
• Villanthenkodath, M. A., & Arakkal, M. F. (2020). Exploring the existence of environmental Kuznets curve in the midst of financial development, openness, and foreign direct investment in New Zealand: Insights from ARDL bound test. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(29), 36511–36527. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09664-6

Conference Presentations:

• An Empirical Assessment of Islamicity-Induced Environmental Kuznets Curve

8th International Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance Conference (8th IIMEFC),  Bank Indonesia, Indonesia, 2022.

• Do Inflows of Energy Aid and Total Aid Induce Ecological Footprint in BRICS Countries?

International Conference on Sustainable Goals, Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, 2022. 

• Does the eco-friendly innovation collaboration matter for the environmental quality in India?

International Conference on Sustainable Finance, Economics & Accounting in the Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu. 2021.

• Does Energy Aid Impede Environmental Quality in Emerging Market Economies? Time Series Evidence from China and India.

CoRe: PhD. Colloquium –IGIDR, Mumbai, 2019.

• Unemployment among Graduates in India.

59^th annual conference of the Indian Society of Labor Economics (ISLE), 2017.

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

• Research Fellow International, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. 2023.
• Awarded the Chief Minister’s Navakerala Post-doctoral Fellowship in Economic Studies, 2022.
• China Studies Programme Joint Research Fellowship, 2021-2022
• Recipient of UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Economics, 2019- 2020.
• Recipient of UGC Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in Economics, 2020-2021.
• Central Sector Scholarship during UG and PG from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, 2013-2018.
• Recipient of honorarium for contributing to the Special Issue of Energy Research Letters
• Qualified for the British Council Aptis test through the Additional Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP), Government of Kerala, 2014-2015.
• Qualified for University Grant Commission NET in Economics, 2017.