Shahid Bashir

Dr. Shahid Bashir is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the School of Management at Mahindra University, Hyderabad. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Central University of Kashmir in 2021, where his doctoral research investigated the Twin Deficit Hypothesis for India. He also holds an M.Phil. and a Gold Medal–winning Master’s degree in Economics from the same university. He has qualified for the UGC-NET four consecutive times and was awarded the Maulana Azad National Fellowship by the University Grants Commission.
Over the past five years of teaching, he has built a strong teaching record. Before joining Mahindra University, he taught at Christ University, and at both universities, he has earned a reputation for engaging application-driven teaching of Econometrics, Microeconomics, and Managerial Economics. This reflects in his consistently excellent student feedback. His scholarship pairs rigorous quantitative methods with questions that matter for the Indian economy, and he has publications in ABDC-ranked and Scopus-indexed journals, edited volumes, and conference proceedings.
He is a life member of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET), Indian Economics and Allied Sciences Association (IEASA), and a member of the World Economics Association (UK). Beyond research and teaching, he remains an active reviewer for several reputed international journals.

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics — Central University of Kashmir.
  • Thesis Title: Twin Deficit Hypothesis — An Econometric Investigation for India
• Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Economics — Central University of Kashmir
  • Dissertation Title: Impact of Janani Suraksha Yojana on Reproductive and Child Healthcare in District Kulgam
• Master of Arts (MA) in Economics — Central University of Kashmir
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Economics — University of Kashmir

Journal Articles

• Bashir, S., Joby, A., & Bhat, M. A. (2025). Shrinking sizes, swelling prices: Evaluating the ripple effects of inflation and shrinkflation on economic growth using a dynamic panel framework. The Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies. Sage (Scopus Q2).
• 2. Bashir, S., Tariq, A., & Amin, A. (2024). Beyond the basics: Mapping the inflation response to fiscal deficit in India with a smooth transition autoregressive model. Journal of Economic Studies. Emerald (Scopus Q2, ABDC-B). ISSN 0144-3585.
• 3. Bashir, S., Bhat, M. A., Wani, F., Amin, A., & Bhat, G. M. (2024). The unseen ripples: Examining the links between COVID-19 induced disruptions and trade dynamics in Asia-Pacific countries. Arthaniti — Journal of Economic Theory and Practice. Sage (Scopus Q2). https://doi.org/10.1177/09767479241228683
• 4. Bashir, S., & Ayoub, T. (2023). Revisiting the twin deficit hypothesis in the presence of exchange rate nonlinearities: Evidence from India using a nonlinear ARDL model. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences. Emerald (ABDC-C, Scopus Q2). https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-09-2022-0222
• 5. Bashir, S., Ayoub, T., & Bhat, G. M. (2023). Is the twin deficit hypothesis a myth or reality in India? Evidence using a symmetric ARDL model with structural breaks. IASSI Quarterly, 42(1), 58–80. ISSN 0970-9061. 7. Bashir, S. (2019). Impact of Janani Suraksha Yojana on reproductive and child healthcare — A logistic regression analysis. Asian Review of Social Sciences, 8(1), 138–142. ISSN 2249-6319.

Book

• Bashir, S., Shukla, S., Bisht, K., & Tiwari, K. (2023). Data Economy in the Digital Age. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7677-5

Book Chapters & Conference Proceedings

• Bashir, S., & Gayatri, A. (2024). Forecasting demand for paddy and cotton in India: Empirical analysis using machine learning models. In Artificial Intelligence in Forecasting: Tools and Techniques. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis (Scopus).
• 2. Bashir, S., & Majeed, M. (2023). Are remittance inflows good for economic growth? Evidence from India using the linear ARDL approach. In Indian Migration to the Gulf: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects. Routledge (Scopus).
• 3. Bashir, S., Keerthana, S., Shaw, J., & Vijayalakshmi, S. (2023). Revisiting the nexus between suicides and economic indicators: An empirical investigation. In Artificial Intelligence and Transforming Digital Marketing. Springer (Scopus).
• 4. Bashir, S., Phadke, M., Raj, J., Rao, S., & Jos, J. (2023). Dynamics of sustainable economic growth in emerging middle power economies: Does institutional quality matter? In Artificial Intelligence and Transforming Digital Marketing. Springer (Scopus).
• 5. Bashir, S., Mathew, M. M., & Nanjundan, P. (2024). Sentiment analysis of online hotel reviews employing bidirectional GRU with attention mechanism. In 2024 International Conference on Emerging Systems and Intelligent Computing (ESIC), Bhubaneswar, India (pp. 237–242). IEEE (Scopus). doi:10.1109/ESIC60604.2024.10481617
• 6. Bashir, S., Surekha, N. P., & Nanjundan, P. (2024). Prediction of hazardous asteroids using machine learning. In 2024 International Conference on Emerging Systems and Intelligent Computing (ESIC), Bhubaneswar, India (pp. 169–174). IEEE (Scopus). doi:10.1109/ESIC60604.2024.10481589

• April 2025 – Present: Assistant Professor (Economics), School of Management, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
• February 2024 – March 2025: Senior Lecturer (Economics), School of Management, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
• July 2021 – February 2024: Assistant Professor (Economics), Department of Data Science, Christ University, Pune Lavasa Campus.

Dr Shahid’s research interest lies in the fields of:

• Macroeconomics
• Public finance
• Environmental economics
• Health economics

Research under progress:

• Modelling the Impacts of Energy Transition on Employment of Youth: Nonlinear Insights from the Labor Market in India
• The Government Size Thresholds, and Sectoral Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Evidence from Indian States using Panel Smooth Transition Regression
• Asymmetric Effects of Fiscal Conditions and Central Bank Independence on Inflation Volatility in India: Evidence from a Markov-Switching Dynamic Regression Analysis
• Is the relationship between financial development and environmental quality regime-dependent? Fresh nonlinear evidence from the Indian economy
• Greener at the Margin? Threshold Effects of Fiscal Decentralisation on CO₂ Emissions in India