Poonam Munjal

Poonam Munjal

Professor

Poonam Munjal is a Professor at the NCAER. She has worked on a wide variety of studies, including the N-SIPI investment index, tourism satellite accounts, impact of investment in housing sector and a number of research studies based on input-output models. Previously, she worked as an Associate Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd. and as an Economist in the Economic Research Team of CRISIL Ltd. Her research work has been in the area of macro-economic analysis, tourism economy, national and regional tourism satellite accounts, input-output modelling, social accounting matrix, inter-industry linkages, labour market analysis, and analyses of large sample surveys to draw socio-economic linkages.

REPORT | NCAER
Health Satellite Account 2017-18, Himachal Pradesh
Poonam Munjal,  Palash Baruah,  Asrar Alam,  Elizabeth Lyn, Animesh Sharma, Rahat Hasan Khan
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Tourism Satellite Account 2018-19, Himachal Pradesh
Poonam Munjal,  Palash Baruah,  Asrar Alam,  Sundus Usmani
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Education Satellite Account 2017-18, Himachal Pradesh
Poonam Munjal,  K A Siddiqui,  Asrar Alam,  Gargi Pal,  Sonal Jain
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Tourism Satellite Account 2018-19, Uttarakhand
Poonam Munjal,  Palash Baruah,  Asrar Alam,  Nijara Deka,  Sundus Usmani
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Education Satellite Account 2017-18, Uttarakhand
Poonam Munjal,  Charu Jain,  Asrar Alam,  Sundus Usmani, Sonal Jain,  Gargi Pal,  Rahat Hasan Khan
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Health Satellite Account 2017-18, Uttarakhand
Poonam Munjal,  Palash Baruah,  Asrar Alam,  Elizabeth Lyn, Animesh Sharma, Sonal Jain
2021

REPORT | NCAER
India and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Economic Losses for Households Engaged in Tourism and Policies for Recovery
Poonam Munjal,  K A Siddiqui,  Devender Pratap,  Asrar Alam,  Dripto Mukhopadhyay
2021

REPORT | NCAER
A Pilot Study of Sindhudurg District of Maharashtra, for Boosting Economic Growth
Poonam Munjal,  Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Somnath Sen,  Nijara Deka,  Asrar Alam,  Rahat Hasan Khan
2021

REPORT | NCAER
A Pilot Study of Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra, for Boosting Economic Growth
Poonam Munjal,  Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Somnath Sen,  Nijara Deka,  Asrar Alam,  Rahat Hasan Khan
2021

REPORT | NCAER
A Pilot Study of Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, for Boosting Economic Growth
Poonam Munjal,  Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Somnath Sen,  Nijara Deka,  Asrar Alam,  Rahat Hasan Khan
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Cluster Mapping Study of the Gems & Jewellery Sector in India
K A Siddiqui,  Prabir Kumar Ghosh,  Poonam Munjal,  Shayequa Zeenat Ali,  Asrar Alam,  Palash Baruah,  Sundus Usmani,  Gargi Pal,  Animesh Sharma
2020

REPORT | NCAER
Estimating the economic benefits of Investment in Monsoon Mission and High Performance Computing facilities
R Venkatesan,  Poonam Munjal,  Amit Sharma, Shayequa Zeenat Ali,  Devender Pratap
2020

REPORT | NCAER
The Third Tourism Satellite Accounts of India, 2015-16
Poonam Munjal,  M R Saluja,  K A Siddiqui,  Prabir Kumar Ghosh,  Palash Baruah,  Asrar Alam
2018

REPORT | NCAER
Economic Benefits of Dynamic Weather and Ocean Information and Advisory Services in India and Cost and Pricing of Customized Products and Services of ESSO-NCMRWF & ESSO-INCOIS (Phase III)
R Venkatesan,  Poonam Munjal,  Amit Sharma, Chavi Meattle
2015

REPORT | NCAER
Reports on Regional Tourism Satellite Account, 2009-10: Phase III
Poonam Munjal, Ramesh Kohili, K A Siddiqui, Amit Sharma, Monisha Grover, and Shashi Singh
2016

JOURNAL | Journal of Quantitative Economics
From Income to Household Welfare: Lessons from Referigerator Ownership in India
S Dhanaraj, V Mahambare, P Munjal
2017

REPORT |   NCAER
The NCAER State Investment Potential Index
I Iyer, M Bhusnurmath, P Munjal
2016

REPORT |   NCAER
Regional Tourism Satellite Accounts
P Munjal
2014, 2015, 2016

JOURNAL | Margin, The Journal of Applied Economic Research, Sage Publication
Tourism Satellite Account of India
R Kolli, P Munjal, A Sharma
2014

JOURNAL | The Journal of Income and Wealth, IARNIW
Approach to compile Regional Tourism Satellite Accounts – Experience from the State TSAs of Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, 2009-10
R Kolli, P Munjal, A Sharma
2013

JOURNAL | Indian Economic Review, Delhi School of Economics
Social Accounting Matrix to Study the Socio-economic Linkages of Tourism Sector – A case study of India
M S Bhatt and P Munjal
2013

JOURNAL | Tourism Economics (IP Publishing Ltd)
Measuring the economic impact of Tourism sector in India using Tourism Satellite Account and Input-Output Analysis
P Munjal
2013

JOURNAL | The Journal of Income and Wealth, IARNIW
Youth Tourism in India
P Munjal
2012

REPORT |   NCAER
Impact of Investments in the Housing Sector on GDP and Employment in the Indian Economy 
P Munjal
2012

REPORT |   NCAER
Second Tourism Satellite Account for India
P Munjal, R Kolli
2012

REPORT | CRISIL Ltd
Skilling India – The Billion People Challenge
CRISIL Economic Research Team
2010

REPORT | CRISIL Ltd
India – Raising the growth bar
CRISIL Centre for Economic Research
2011

REPORT | NCAER
Developing Input Output Tables at a State Level: An Indian Experience
A Sinha (Ed)
2009

BOOK CHAPTER | Oxford University Press
A SAM Framework for the Indian Informal Economy
Barbara Harriss-White and A Sinha (Eds)
2009

JOURNAL | Indian Economic Review
Structural Changes in Indian Economy – An Input-Output analysis
P Munjal
2007

JOURNAL | Margin
Informal and Home based Workers Amidst Reforms
A Sinha and P Munjal
2006

OPINION | The Hindustan Times
Digital dividend for EPFO, subscribers
Poonam Munjal and Palash Baruah
March 20, 2024 | NCAER

OPINION | The Financial Express
Lakshadweep needs a supply-side focus
Poonam Munjal and Palash Baruah
January 13, 2024 | NCAER

OPINION | Deccan Herald
Deciphering barriers, leveraging opportunities
Jyoti Thakur and Poonam Munjal
January 5, 2024 | NCAER

OPINION | Financial Express
The debate over India’s logistics costs
Poonam Munjal and Sanjib Pohit
January 1, 2024 | NCAER

OPINION | The Hindu Business Line
Sample surveys’ reference periods need a revisit
Poonam Munjal | Palash Baruah
May 09, 2023

OPINION | The Print
AYUSH medicine usage declining, NSS data shows. Integrate with allopathy for better reach
Palash Baruah | Poonam Munjal
February 13, 2023

OPINION | QRIUS
Skilling in schools: How do we make Indian youth self-reliant?
Poonam Munjal | Asrar Alam
December 08, 2022

OPINION | QRIUS
Why we need to boost Cashew Export in Konkan Region of the State?
Poonam Munjal | Nijara Deka
December 24, 2021

OPINION | The Pioneer
Tourism sector can go places with new ideas
Poonam Munjal | Anupma Mehta
December 11, 2021

OPINION | Financial Express
Healthcare expenditure through the lens of Health Satellite Accounts
Poonam Munjal | Palash Baruah
November 26, 2021

OPINION | Financial Express
New GDP numbers: No final word yet
P Munjal
2016

OPINION | The Economic Times
As a Counter-View, Here’s how states fare on the Misery Index
P Munjal
2013

OPINION | Financial Express
Holiday for Mr. Young
P Munjal
2011

OPINION| Financial Express
Margin Calls
P Munjal
2010

OPINION | Financial Express
Inflation Proofing or Inflation Triggering
P Munjal
2010

OPINION | Business Standard
Industrial Recovery – Stronger and less volatile

P Munjal
2010

Education

  • PhD Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, 2010
  • MSc Operations Research, University of Delhi, 1996
  • BSc Statistics, University of Delhi, 1994

Work Experience

  • January 2023-Present: Professor, NCAER
  • November 2018-December: Senior Fellow, NCAER
  • July 2017-October 2018: Fellow, NCAER
  • May 2016-June 2017: Associate Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd.
  • July 2011-April 2016: Fellow, NCAER
  • Nov 2007-May 2011: Economist, CRISIL Ltd., A Standard & Poor’s Company
  • Aug 2007-Oct 2007: Associate Fellow, NCAER
  • Dec 1996-July 2007: Research Analyst, NCAER