Ajay Kumar Singh

Ajay K. Singh is working as an Assistant Professor (Economics) in the School of Liberal Arts & Management, DIT University Dehradun. He did Post-Doctorate Research with EDI of India, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India). He received MPhil (Economics) from Devi Ahilya University Indore (India), and PhD (Economics) from IIT Indore (India). He has published research papers in the area of climate change and agricultural productivity, assessment of food security; estimation of GFSI, assessment of environmental sustainability index and its association with socio-economic indicators; implications of entrepreneurship ecosystem on economic development; and implications of digitalization on economic development at national and global level.

Publications

A Review-Based Theoretical Analysis on Somatization of Psychological Symptoms and Physical Manifestation of Trauma in Youths

Early trauma is caused to increase disease among youth. It also has an adverse impact on brain development and impairs the various other facets of daily life functioning of...

Comparative Advantage of India in Foreign Trade With Japan

This study assesses the foreign trade affecting factors based on review of literature. It also observes the impact of foreign trade on social and economic activities as per the...

Time Series Data Investigation for Assessing the Impact of Chinese Exports and Imports on India-Japan Bilateral Trade Relations

This chapter perceives the Chinese effect on India-Japan bilateral trade relations. Thereupon, it adopted a log-linear regression model to detect the Chinese effect on...

Empirical Investigation for Assessing the Causality of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem With Entrepreneurial Behavior and Attitudes Across Countries

This chapter measures the causal association of the entrepreneurship ecosystem (EE) with entrepreneurial behavior and attitudes (EBA) in 47 countries using log-linear regression...

A Case Study From Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh for Assessing the Economic Value of Water and Its Determinants

The chapter applied a willingness to pay ability (WPA) approach to estimate the economic value of drinking water (EVM) using primary data. The sample of 350 households are...

A Policy Direction From Review of Literature for Determinants and Problems of the Start-Up Ecosystem in India

This chapter analyzed the determinants and problems of the start-up ecosystem in India as per the existing literature. The number of start-ups increased at an unprecedented rate...

A Literature Review for the Association of Social Media With Micro and Small Enterprises in India

Social media and social media marketing (SMM) are essential to increase the performance of MSMEs. MSMEs are providing jobs to the youth population and helping to increase social...

Importance and Challenges of Online Learning in Higher Educational Institutions During COVID-19 in Uttarakhand State of India

This chapter assesses the importance and challenges of digital learning in HEIs during COVID-19 in Uttarakhand. It conducted an online survey of 500 students studying in various...

A Review for Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security in India

Food security (FS) is basically determined by food-grains production. While food-grain production highly depends on climate change. Therefore, this chapter analyses the effect of...

A Comparative Performance of Green Technology, Green Growth, Social, and Economic Development in India and China

This chapter provides the comparative performance of green technology (GT), green growth, and social-economic development in India and China. It used 43 indicators that helped to...

Ecological Footprint and Its Enhancing Factors in SAARC Countries

High economic development is caused to increase ecological footprint (EF). Increasing EF creates an impediment for sustainable development. Previous studies applied several...

Impact of Human Capital on SDG1 in Selected G20 Countries

This chapter finds the implication of human capital on SDG1 in selected G20 countries. It uses poverty as a dependent variable, while government spending on health & education...

Impact of Digitalization on Sustainable Development in G20 Countries

This chapter is written to explore the impact of digitalization on SDGs in G20 countries. It creates digital infrastructure index (DII) and sustainable development goal index...

A Review on Factors Affecting and Performance of Nutritional Security of Women and Children in India

This chapter describes the performance of nutritional security of women and children's representative indicators in India. The cross-comparison of nutritional security of...

Current Challenges and Future Prospective of New Education Policy 2020 in Higher Educational Institutions of India

The Government of India (GoI) has implemented New Education Policy 2020 (NEP2020) in entire academic institutions to achieve diverse objectives in the education sector of India....

Relationship Between Digitalization and Environmental Sustainability in Selected Countries

This chapter aims to observe inter-casual relationship between digitalization and environmental sustainability (ES) in 34 countries during 2000 – 2021. Log-linear regression...

Association of Environmental Sustainability With Food Security Across Countries

This chapter develops the environmental sustainability index (ESI) global food security index (GFSI) across 34 countries in a time series of 2000 – 2021. GFSI is considered as a...

Modelling the Effects of Climatic Variables and Political Instability on the Agricultural Sector in South Asian Countries

This chapter observes the implication of climatic variables and political instability on agricultural production in South Asian countries. Average precipitation, average...

A Systematic Literature Review for Identifying the Factors Causing Prevalences of Suicide Among Youths in India

The prevalence of suicide rate is relatively higher among the youths in India as compared to other countries. However, limited studies could examine the prevalence of suicide...

A Review for Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector, Food Security, and Pests in India

This chapter observes the implications of climate change on production and yield of crops, and food security (FS) in India as per the previous studies. It also explains that...

Factors Affecting Farm Income and Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Farming Sector of Gujarat State of India

This study observed the effect of climatic factors, social-economic profile of agriculturists, appropriate technology, climate adaptation strategy (CAS), and development...

Does Economic Development Have a Causal Relationship With Environmental Degradation?: Experience From Different Income Group Countries

This study estimated the cause-and-effect relationship between economic development and environmental degradation in 92 countries using a Cobb-Douglas production model. The...

Does Digitalization Have a Causal Relationship With Economic Development?: An Experience From a Country-Wise Panel Data Statistical Analysis

The present study created information communication technology index (ICTI) for 109 countries during 2010-2020 using a composite Z-score method. For ICTI estimation, it used 12...

Appropriate Technologies and Their Implications in the Agricultural Sector

This chapter described the inclusive review on appropriate technology (AT) and its significance in the agricultural sector as per the existing literature. It also explained the...

Appropriate Technology and Adaptation Strategies Mitigate the Adverse Impact of Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector: A Case Study in Gujarat, India

This chapter observed the latent and construct variables in the farming sector of Gujarat, India through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Thereupon, per hectare farm income...

Empirical Evidence From Different Income Group Countries on the Interdependency Between Digitalization and Economic Development

This study developed an information and communication technology evolution index (ICTEI) to explain the comparative performance of digitalization across 109 countries during 2010...

Does Digitalization Have a Bi-Directional Causal Relationship With the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem?: Evidence From a Country-Wise Panel Data Analysis

This chapter created entrepreneurship ecosystem development index (EEDI) and information and communication technology evolution index (ICTEI) for 58 countries during 2010 – 2020...

Policy Implications From Selected Countries for a Sustainable Future of the Society Through Green Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Green entrepreneurship (GE) seems optimistic to increase sustainable future of the society. Though, it is difficult to measure GE due to its multiple interaction with green...