Principal

Principal and Professor in Economics at MES Vasant Joshi College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar – Goa. A column writer publishing 06 columns in each month on higher education, every Thursday on Daily Goan and every forth nightly on daily Tarun bharat. Outstanding scholastic record in the area of expertise in subjects like International Business, Banking and Finance & Economic Policy being a Gold Medalist and an University topper both at BA (Economics) and MA (Economics) level. Has a post graduate diploma in Management (Marketing), Post Graduate Diploma in International Business, PhD. (International Business) in 2007 and UGC-NET in 1998.Teaching experience of 25 years with 14 years of PG teaching experience having taught at Goa Institute of Management - Ribandar; IMTR - Margao; at Faculty of Management Studies, Faculty of Commerce, and Dept of Computer Sciences, Goa Institute of Management and at the Goa University. Worked as Officiating Principal at SSPES’s Goa Multi-Faculty College, Dharbandora since Sept. 2014 to December 2018.

Gold Medalist at UG & PG level and a Research Guide in the subject of Economics for PhD. in Goa University. Have authored 03 books on Economics and 50 research papers in Journals, Completed 03 Research Projects, also serves as the Member of Editorial / Advisory Board of 05 International Journals. Presented research papers in 65 Conferences and spoken as a Resource Person in 14 National Academic events. Member of Board of Studies in Economics, Goa University.

For contribution in the field of Research and Teaching bagged the National Teaching Award the Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award by Global Society for Education, New Delhi in the year 2013 and Education Excellence Award by Indo-Global Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture in 2015.

For outstanding research awarded Teacher Fellowship by the UGC-Delhi, Research Fellowship by ICSSR-Mumbai, Prof. Manubhai Shah Award, Citation and a Gold Medal for Best paper in Finance and the Best Research Paper Award at the International Conference in Accounting.

Had been member of Jaycees, and is a Trustee of the Educational Trust that runs a CBSE school in Ponda, the Gurukul Academy. She is also NAAC assessor for Peer Team Visit.

Besides academics, research and administration has deep interest in music, gardening and working for social cause. She is the recipient of Goa Star Women Award in the field of education by State Government of Goa. Recently she has been awarded with Goa Prestigious Orchid Award 2025 in the field of education.