Areas of Specialization
The School’s main areas of specialization are:
- environmental economics
- energy and infrastructure economics
- international economics
- finances and economies of the southern states of India
The School has worked with a broad range of public and private partners to develop research projects on issues such as growth and globalization, environmental sustainability, and investment opportunities.
MSE has completed more than a dozen research projects and conducted several training programmes in environmental economics. MSE implemented a successful 5-year nationwide capacity building programme in environmental economics. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has designated MSE as one of its nine Centres of Excellence. MSE is the only Centre whose focus will be on environmental economics. The thrust areas of the Centre of Excellence include the following:
Managing and hosting a web-site on environmental economic Development of economic instruments for pollution prevention and control Trade and Environment Issues Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis Policy assistance to the Ministry in environmental economics Organization of training programmes
MSE has developed and maintains a website on environmental economics (www.mse.ac.in/coe) which contains more than 3500 abstracts, information on various research projects in India, environmental legislation, case studies of green business, and a list of academic institutions offering courses or doing research in environmental economics.
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