Dr. Sapna Newar Memorial

In the year 2019, the department lost its senior most and loving teachers, Dr. Sapna Newar in an unfortunate incident. As a tribute, the department has planned to organize a memorial lecture every year on 14 December (the birth anniversary of Dr. Sapna Newar).

Session 2019-2020

In 2019, the topic for the Memorial Lecture was “Doubling farmers’ income in India”. The lecture began with messages from the management, staff and alumni students in remembrance of Dr. Sapna. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Vijay Vir Singh, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Rajasthan. The above-mentioned topic was chosen as agriculture was the main research interest of Dr. Sapna and she had published and presented various papers in this field.

Session 2020-2021

The Economics Society of St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur organized second Dr. Sapna Newar Memorial Lecture on “Genesis and implications of Recent Farm Acts”. The lecture was delivered by Prof. R.S. Deshpande, Former Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore. Prof. Deshpande decoded the three bills- Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance, Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 passed by Indian Parliament in detail and highlighted the key concerns associated with all three bills on Indian Economy.

Session 2021-22

The Economics Society of  Department of Economics organized the 3rd ‘Dr Sapna Newar Memorial Lecture' on "Market Design: A success story of Mechanism Design and Game Theory". The lecture was delivered by  Prof Debasis Misra, academician, researcher, and Head, Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. He shared his detailed insights on the applications of market design in the matching process or algorithm. His lecture focused on the elements and conditions for a stable matching condition.