Amlan Mitra, Ph.D.

Professor of Business Economics

Introduction

Amlan Mitra, Ph.D. is a Professor of Business Economics. His research focuses on economic impact analysis, public policy, transportation and economic development.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Overview

• Economic Impact Analysis
• Public Finance and Policy
• Transportation and Regional Economic Development

See Amlan Mitra’s Personal Faculty Website

I enjoy cooking and travel!

Select Publications

Mitra, A (2026). “Economic Impacts of Robotics Technology in Remote Greenhouse Farming: Evidence from Northwest Indiana,” International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy.

Mitra, A & T. Kroon (2026). “Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Educational Outcomes of High School Students,” Journal of Applied Business and Economics.

Roy, S & A. Mitra (2024). “An Integrated Econometric and Artificial Intelligence Methodological Framework for Measurements of Housing Affordability, Conference Proceedings, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering & Economics.

George, A, A. Saha; S. Roy; A. Mitra (2024). “Integrated Econometric and Machine Learning Methodology in Measuring Housing Affordability,” Conference Proceedings, International Conference on Big Data, Computer Science and Information Technology.

Mitra, A & J. Schwartz (2023). “Economic Impacts of the Robotics Technology on Remote Greenhouse Farming in Northwest Indiana,” 59th MBAA International Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics.

Teaching Focus

• ECON 25100 – Microeconomics
• ECON 25200 – Macroeconomics
• ECON 24000 – Personal Financial Management
• ECON 31100 – Environmental Economics
• ECON 32200 – Economics of Public Policy
• ECON 35100 – Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECON 35200 – Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECON 36000 – Econometrics
• ECON 36200 – Health Economics
• ECON 38000 – Money And Banking
• ECON 41900 – Managerial Economics
• ECON 42200 – Public Finance And Taxation
• ECON 46200 – The Economics Of Health Care
• ECON 51300 – Economic Theory
• MGMT 67000 – Business Analytics
• MGMT 69000 – Supply Chain Management

Previous Roles

• Chair, General Education & Assessment Committee, Faculty Senate, 2024 – 2025.
• Member, Faculty Senate, 2003 – 2006; 2009 – 2013; 2018 – 2020; 2024 – 2025.
• Member, Executive Committee, Faculty Senate, 2018 – 2019; 2024 – 2025.
• Member, Faculty Senate Budget Committee, 2024 – 2025.
• Chair, Academic Program Peer Review Committee, 2020 – 2021.
• Chair, Academic Program Peer Review Committee (2020-2021)

• Chair, Faculty Lecture Committee, 2011- 2012.

• Chair, Outstanding Scholar Award Committee (2008 – 2009)
• Chair, PUC Research Board (2007 – 2008)
• University Strategic Planning Committee (2007 – 2008)

• Chair, Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee, Faculty Senate, 2005 – 2006.

• Area Leader, Policy Planning & Economic Development, Purdue Water Institute (1999 – 2003)

Recent Grants/Proposals

• “FORWARD Fostering Organic Resource Workforce with Apt Research and Design Skills,” Co-PI, Pending Grant proposal ($749,937, USDA-NIFA-AFRI-010693) submitted to Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture), December 5, 2024.
• “Socioeconomic Implications of Agrivoltaics in Farmlands,” Co-PI, Pending Grant proposal ($300,000, USDA-NIFA-AFRI-010453) submitted to Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program, National Institute of Food & Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October 31, 2024.
• “Improving Methodologies and Measurements of Housing Affordability for Underserved Communities,” ($325,651), Submitted to National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator, July 2024.
• “Homeownership and Housing Affordability in Northwest Indiana,” ($11,600), 2022 PNW Catalyst Grant.
• “Project TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises,” U.S. Economic Development Administration ($726,389); 2021.