Dr. Kakali Majumdar, from Department of Economics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University presented paper in Global Business and Social Science Research Conference at Melbourne, Australia during 23 – 24 February, 2017. Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne 328 Flinders St, VIC 3000 was the venue of the conference. Prof. Bob Clift Former Dean, University of Melbourne, Australia was the Conference Chair.

The title of the paper presented by Dr. Kakali was “Measurement of Growth and Trend Breaks of Pulse Production in India: An Empirical Study”. Besides the research explanation with regard to the prospect and problems of pulse production in India vis–a-vis World, the different measurement related advancement as well as the uses of various kinked models in growth estimation along with the trend breaks were discussed by Dr. Majumdar. She also got the opportunity to Chair a Session in the conference. Each and every session was very much interactive and informative.

Delegates from 14 countries namely Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, USA participated in the conference.

Dr. Kakali expresses thanks to the SMVDU authority for funding and encouraging her to avail the noble opportunity of attending such an enriching international conference at Melbourne Australia.