Gouthami Kothakapa
Assistant Professor (Economics)
gouthami.kothakapa@mahindrauniversity.edu.in
Dr. Gouthami Kothakapa is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering.
She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati and an Integrated M.A. in Economics from the University of Hyderabad. Prior to joining Mahindra University, she worked as Assistant Professor at NMIMS Hyderabad and Amity Global Business School.
Dr. Gouthami is a Development Economist whose research interests lie at the intersection of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Financial Inclusion and Behavioral Economics. Her work explores how financial development, sustainability practices, and behavioral factors influence entrepreneurial growth and economic transformation in emerging economies. Her other areas of work focus on the political economy of development and India’s growth trajectory, examining how institutional dynamics, power structures, and policy shifts shape patterns of economic transformation in contemporary India.
Education
- 2018-2022 Ph.D. Economics, 2023. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
Dissertation Title: Financial Development and Economic Change- An Empirical Analysis. - 2007-2012 Integrated Master of Arts Economics 2012. University of Hyderabad, India. First Class with distinction.
Experience
- Assistant Professor in Economics, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, School of Commerce, Hyderabad (2024-2025)
- Assistant Professor in Economics, Amity Global Business School (2023- 2024)
- Teaching Assistant, International Trade and Finance, Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (2019-2020)
- Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics, Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (2018-2019)
- Research Intern, Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, India. Project: Impact Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems. PI: Dr. B.V Sharma (2008)
Publications
- Kothakapa, G., (Forthcoming). Linking Environmental Impact and Social Innovation to Value Creation: Evidence from Agri-entrepreneurs in India. Journal of Asian Economics
- Kothakapa, G., & Sirohi, R. A. (2022). ‘Capital as power’: An Alternative reading of India’s post-2011 economic slowdown. Area Development and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2022.2043172.
- Kothakapa, G., Bhupatiraju, S., & Sirohi, R. A. (2021). Revisiting the link between financial development and industrialization: evidence from low and middle income countries. Annals of Finance, 17(2), 215-230.
Development Economics, Sustainability and Agri-Entrepreneurship, Political Economy, Indian Economic trajectory, Behavioral Economics.
