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Prof. Srijit Mishra from UoH appointed to India’s first comprehensive Household Income Survey panel

Hyderabad, June 24 (UNI) Professor Srijit Mishra, faculty member at the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad (UoH), has been appointed to the Technical Expert Group (TEG) constituted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
The TEG, chaired by Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla, will play a pivotal role in guiding the design and execution of India’s first-ever full-scale Household Income Survey, scheduled for 2026.
The inclusion of Prof. Mishra in this esteemed panel acknowledges his long-standing contributions to economic research, statistical methodology, and evidence-based policy studies, the University said in a release here today.
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