Dr Radhika Lobo is Professor of Economics and Program Chair, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies, Vidyashilp University, Bangalore. She is also the Registrar (Evaluation) and Director, IQAC. Formerly, she was Professor of Economics and Head, Strategic Plan Implementation Team at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore and Head, Department of Business Economics and Director, IQAC at B.K. Birla College, Kalyan, University of Mumbai.

She has more than three decades of teaching experience at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. She stood third in order of Merit in M.A. Economics (1987), Nagpur University. She was granted a two-year Research Fellowship by UGC and awarded a PhD Degree (2003) for her work on ‘Southeast Asian Development Experience and the Role of International Financial Institutions’.

She was deputed under the Faculty Exchange Programme to Clayton Business School, USA (March 2010) and to Richards College of Business, University of West Georgia, USA (March 2016). She was invited to the University of North Carolina and AB Tech Community College, USA under the International Speaker Series in April 2016. She was formerly a visiting faculty at NMIMS, Mumbai; Asia Graduate School of Business, Hyderabad and BIMTECH, Noida. She is invited to speak on topics ranging from International Economics, Gender Economics, Indian Economy as well as on Teaching and Pedagogy.

Dr Lobo has published a book titled Southeast Asian Crisis: An Economic Analysis and several research papers in books and journals. She has received research grants from ICSSR, UGC, University of Mumbai and the Centre for Research Projects, CHRIST University.

She was appointed as the convenor of the Syllabus Committee for Social Science by the CBSE board for the year 2023-24.

Professional Education

• Ph.D (Economics) - 2003
• M.Phil (Economics) - 1989
• MA (Economics) - 1987
• MBA (Finance) - 2023

Teaching Courses

• Introduction to Economics
• Globalisation: Economic and Social Perspectives
• Macroeconomics

Research Interests

• Indian Economy
• Gender Economics
• International Economics

Selected Publications

• Impact of BRI on India’s Exports to South Asia, Belt and Road Initiative: China's Global Business Footprint, July 2021, CBER, UK
• A Study of Corporate Attributes and its Role in Influencing Public Policy in Artha Vijnana, Vol LXIV, No 4, December 2022, pp 392-404
• Foreign Investment in Agri-Allied Sectors: Boost to Growth and Employment in Rural India MEDC Economic Digest,, ISSN 2581-995X, Vol 04, No 14, November 2022
• Analysis of the maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Legislation and impact on international trade inThe Calcutta Journal of Global Affairs, A Publication of Research Centre For Eastern And North Eastern Regional Studies, Kolkata (Ceners-K) (ISSN: 2582-2241) Volume 6, Number 2, May 2022.
• Southeast Asian Crisis: An Economic Analysis,, Serials Publication, Delhi 2004. ISBN 81-86771-35-2

Research Projects Undertaken

• FDI in Rural India: An Enquiry into the Existence of a Causal Relationship with Income and Employment: Centre for Research Projects, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
• Impact of Socially Responsible Investment on Profitability: A Study of Select Companies in India: ICSSR
• Capital Flows to Transitional Economies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos- Opportunity for India: UGC