| Year |
Winner & Award Winning Thesis |
| 2008 |
Dr. Ramaa Vasudevan - International Trade, Finance and Money: Essays in Uneven Development |
| 2007 |
Dr. Arjun Jayadev -- Financial Liberalisation and its Distributional Consequences: An Empirical Exploration |
| 2006 |
Dr. (Ms.) Monica Das -- Theory & Empirical Evidence on the Ecology versus Economy Debate: A Non-Parametric Estimation of the SURE Model and an Application to a General Equilibrium Model of Trade & Investment |
| 2005 |
Dr. (Ms.) Rashmi Banga - The Nature, Pattern and Impact of Japanese and US Foreign Direct Investments in Indian Manufacturing |
| 2004 |
Dr. (Ms.)Prachi Mishra - Essays on Globalization and Wages in Developing Countries |
| 2003 |
Dr. Debkusum Das - Some Aspects of Productivity Growth and Trade in Indian Industry.
Dr. C. Veeramani - Intra-Industry Trade under Economic Liberalisation: An Analysis of India's Manufacturing Sector. |
| 2002 |
Dr. Praveen Kumar - Increasing Wage Inequality - Role of Changing Trade, Technology and Factor Endowments.
Dr. Brati Sankar Chakraborty - Essays on Trade in Goods and Factor Movements Under Increasing Returns to Scale |
| 2001 |
Dr. Sajjid Chinoy - Currency Risk Premia and Unhedged, Foreign Currency Borrowing in Emerging Markets |
| 2000 |
Dr. (Ms.) Sujata Verma -The Architecture of the International Capital Markets: Theory and Evidence
Dr. Uday Bhanu Sinha - On Some Implications of Imperfect Market Structures: International Technology Transfer and Instability of Joint Ventures in Developing Economies |
| 1999 |
Dr. (Ms.) Poonam Gupta - Essays in International Economics |
| 1998 |
Dr. Avik Chakrabarti - Foreign Direct Investment and Host Country Interaction: A Strategic Approach.
Dr. Arijit Mukherjee - International Joint Ventures and Technology Transfers in Developing Economies: Theoretical Analyses. |
| 1997 |
Dr. Rajat Acharyya - Theoretical Aspects of Liberal Trade Policies in Transitional Economies: Exchange Rate, Competition and Exports. |
| 1996 |
Dr. Avadhoot Nadkarni - India's Exchange Rate under the Basket Arrangement: An Exposition and Evaluation.
Dr. Laveesh Bhandari - International Technology Transfer: Contracts, Learnings and Alliances. |
| 1995 |
Dr. Aditya Bhattacharjea - Essays in Industrial Organisation and Strategic Trade Policy for Developing Countries. |
| 1994 |
Dr. A. Prasad - External Debt of Developing Countries: A case study of India.
Dr. (Mrs.) Ashwini Deshpande - Some Aspects of International Debt of Developing Countries. |
| 1993 |
Dr. Mathew Joseph - Exchange Rates Regime of Less Developed Countries
Dr. Tarun Kabiraj - Some Aspects of Technology Transfer: Theory and Policy |
| 1992 |
Dr. Subhayu Bandopadhyay - Export Taxation in a Multicountry General Equilibrium Framework. |
| 1991 |
Dr. (Ms.) Neelam Singh -Foreign Ownership, Size and Performance of a Firm: A Case Study of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. |
| 1990 |
Dr. Sebastian Morris - Foreign Direct Investments from India: 1964-83.
Dr. Prabhirjit Sarkar - The Post War Terms of Trade Controversy: A Re-Examination. |
| 1989 |
Dr. Nagesh Kumar - Foreign Controlled Enterprises in Indian Industry. |
Export-Import Bank of India instituted an Annual Award titled International Economic Development Research Annual (IEDRA) Award in 1989 in commemoration of Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary (1889-1989). The objective of the Award is to promote research in international economics, trade & development and related financing by Indian nationals at universities and academic institutions in India and abroad. The Award consists of a sum of Indian Rupees One Hundred Thousand and a Citation.