Kausik Gangopadhyay is an economist, currently employed as Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, one of the top b-schools of India. He has earned his PhD from the University of Rochester (2007).  He was the chair for the doctoral programme as well as the chair of international relations for IIM Kozhikode, among different portfolios.

His research interests are applied economics, and empirical social sciences.  He has 20+ articles in reputed refereed international journals— Economics Letters, Economic Modeling, Physica A, Economics Quarterly, Landscape and Urban Planning, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening—and has a co-edited book published by Springer Verlag. He also enjoys writing popular articles, having published in outlets like DNA, Firstpost, and Swarajya.

He has contributed to training and consultancy being involved with clients like Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Indian Army,  Reliance Industries in that process.