Faculty Details
Dr. Rimita Hom Chaudhury
Designation
Teaching Fellow
Areas of Interest/Specialisation
Financial inclusion, Microfinance, Digital finance, Green finance, and Gender Economics
Total Years of Teaching Experience:
7 years 3 months
Google CV Link:
https://nalandauniv.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Rimita_Hom_Chaudhury_CV_2026.pdf
Name and details of Ph.D. Degree awarded Institution
Institution Name: West Bengal State University Department: Economics
Thesis Title: A Study on Financial Inclusion in Selected Asian Countries with Special Reference to India
Awards/Honours
Received Medal for securing 1st position in M.Sc. Economics, West Bengal State University - Best Paper Award at ECON-VISVA 2017, a national workshop for postgraduate students in Economics on theme Environmental Sustainability (Coauthored paper, First author)
Research Experience
Worked as a Project Associate at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, from September 2017 to March 2018.
Best Peer-reviewed Publications (Best 05)
- Ghosh, C., & Chaudhury, R. H. (2024). Ranking of countries based on multi-dimensional financial inclusion index: A global perspective. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 29(2), 1345–1377. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2735
- Bhandare, P. V., Guha, S., Chaudhury, R. H., & Ghosh, C. (2021). Impact of financial literacy models on the financial behavior of individuals:
An empirical study on the Indian context,Strategic Change, 30(4), 377–387. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2431 - Ghosh, C., and Hom Chaudhury, R. (2022). Determinants of digital finance in India. Innovation and Development, 12(3), 343–362.https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2020.1850012
- Ghosh, C., and Hom Chaudhury, R. (2019). Gender Gap in case of Financial Inclusion: An Empirical Analysis in Indian Context, Economics Bulletin, 39(4), 2615-2630.
- Ghosh, C., & Chaudhury, R. H. (2023). A Comparative Study of Saving Behaviour Between India and China, Millennial Asia, 14(4), 461-479.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09763996221087049
Books, Book Chapters, Edited Volumes, and Editorial Contributions
- Ghosh, C., and Hom Chaudhury, R. (Forthcoming). The Pandemic Divide: Gender Inequality in Terms of Financial Inclusion in India. In Vikas Dixit, Rilina Basu & Nisar Ahmad Khan (Eds.), Financial Inclusion for Viksit Bharat: Innovations, Evidence, and Pathways Toward Equitable Development. Palgrave Macmillan