CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Prof. S. Mahendra Dev

Designation : Director and Vice Chancellor

Present Address :Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research,

Gen. A.K. Vaidya Marg, Santosh Nagar, Goregoan

(East), Mumbai-400065, phone no.91-22-28425337

Date of Birth :September 27, 1957

Education/Degree

Degree/non-

degree

Subject University

Post-doctoral Economics Yale University, USA

Ph.D Economics Delhi School of Economics

M.Phil Economics Delhi School of Economics

Work Experience

1. Present Job since 16th

August, 2010: Director and Vice Chancellor), Indira Gandhi

Institute for Development Research (IGIDR), Goregaon (E), Mumbai-400065

Nature of Duties: The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced

research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on

development issues from a multi-disciplinary point of view. IGIDR became a deemed university

in 1996. For a deemed university, teaching is an important component of the Institute’s activities.

The institute offers M.Sc (Economics), M.Phil and Ph.D in development studies. The duties of

the director (vice chancellor), among other things, include overseeing teaching, research,

administration, providing leadership to faculty, staff and students, net working with other institutes

in India and abroad.

2 Acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission, (Part Time) Ministry of statistics and

Programme Implementation, Government of India (Feb to May, 2016). Member of the National

Statistical Commission (part time, July 2013 to July 2016).

3. Chairman, (in the rank of Secretary to Government of India), Commission for Agricultural

Costs and Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture (May 2008 to 15th

August 2010)

Nature of Duties: Chairman of CACP has many activities. The CACP prepares every year five

reports viz., Kharif, Rabi, Sugarcane, Copra and Jute. The Chairman has to supervise and go

through the drafts and draft some parts of the reports. These reports contain, among other things,

recommendations on minimum support prices for 24 crops. The Chairman along with commission

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members visits different parts of the country to meet farmers and state government officials. In

addition, the Commission also holds meetings of farmers and state governments in Delhi. Apart

from the above, Chairman of CACP is in various committees of Government of India relating to

agriculture.

4. Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, (CESS), Hyderabad, India, September, 1999

to May, 2008

Nature of Duties: The duties, among other things, include research and administrative work,

providing leadership to faculty, net working with other institutes in India and abroad.

5. Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research February, 1999-September

1999

Nature of Duties at IGIDR: The nature of duties include co-ordinating research projects on

development economics including agriculture and rural development, teaching agricultural

economics to students, writing research papers on policy matters relating to development

economics, participating in national and international conferences, collaborative work with

international organizations etc.

6. Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn during the

period May -August, 1999

7. Consultant to Planning Commission of India : July-September, 1997. Drafted chapter on

Agriculture and Food Security for the Ninth Five Year Plan.

8. Visiting Fellow: Economic Growth Centre, Yale University, U.S.A., one year, August 1992 to

August 1993.

9. Associate Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay during

July, 1991 - Januray, 1999

10. Assistant Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay during the

period July 1988 to June 1991

Total Research and Employment Experience: 40 years

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Awards/Honorary Positions

Vice Chairman, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.

Association President, Indian Economic Association

President, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

President, Indian Society of Labour Economics

Fellow of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2016

Malcolm Adisesaiah Award 2016 for Distinguished Contributions to Development Studies

D.Litt (Honoris Causa), Nagarjuna University, December 2013

Outstanding Contribution to Education award, Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE) leadership

awards, 2012

Deveng Mehta Award for ‘Best Teacher in Economics”, 2011

Member in Government Committees

Acting Chairman of the National Statistical Commission, 2016

Member, National Statistical Commission (in the rank of Secretary to Government of

India)

Member, Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to select Chairman and Members of

CACP.

Chairman, Sub-Committee on Agriculture for base revision of National Accounts, 2014

Member, Expert Committee on poverty chaired by Dr. C. Rangarajan

Chairman, “Committee on MGNREGA wage rate indexation” Ministry of Rural

Development, Government of India

Member, “Committee on Socio-economic Caste Census to determine beneficiaries”,

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India

Member, “Committee for suggesting a methodology for inclusion of eligible families

in the existing BPL list', Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India

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Member, Advisory Group for G-20 issues to advise the Finance Minister of India

Chairman, Working Group on Terms of Trade between agriculture and non-agriculture,

Ministry of Agriculture

Member, Expert Committee on Plagiarism, University Grants Commission

Member, working groups on 12th Five Year Plan, Planning Commission

Chairman, UGC Review Committee to review Deemed University, International Institute of

Population Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai, December 4-6, 2009

Member, UGC Review Committee to review Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics,

9-11 October, 2009

Member, Committee on ‘Financial Inclusion’, Government of India, Chaired by Dr.

C.Rangarajan, 2003

Member, Prime Minister’s Task Force on Employment Opportunities, Planning

Commission, New Delhi Chaired by Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, 2002

Member, Mid-term review of agriculture in 11th

Five Year Plan

Member, Group of Exports for Development of Sugar Sector, 2008-09, Department of

Food & Civil Supplies, Ministry of Food

Member of the Advisory Board for the National Commission for the Unorganised

Enterprises, Government of India, 2004-09 Chaired by Dr. Arjun Sengupta

Member, Farmers’ Welfare Commission, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Visited several

parts of Andhra Pradesh to enquire about the problems of the farmers in A.P. August to

November, 2005.

Member, Steering Committee for ‘Rural Development’ 11th Five Year plan, Planning

Commission, New Delhi

Member, Working Group on ‘Labour’, 11th Five Year plan, Planning Commission, New

Delhi

Member, Working Group on ‘Food and Nutrition Security’, 11th Five Year plan, Planning

Commission, New Delhi

Member, ‘Working Group on Poverty Elimination Programmes’, 11th Five Year plan,

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Planning Commission, New Delhi

Member, Task Force on Indo-Dutch Co-operation, Indian Council of social Science

Research, 2005

Member, Study Group on Social Security (Study Group 4) Second National Commission

on Labour, Ministry of Labour, Government of India. 2001

Member, Fiscal Reforms Committee, Registration & Stamps Department, Government of

Andhra Pradesh., 2003

Member, Working Group on Public Distribution System and Food Security for the Tenth

Five Year Plan 2002-2007, Planning Commission, New Delhi.

Member, Working Group on Rural Poverty Alleviation Programmes for the Formulation of

Tenth Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, New Delhi.

Member, Working Group on Rural Development for the Formulation of

Tenth Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, New Delhi.

Member, Rural Poverty Reduction Task Force, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Member, Employment Mission, Andhra Pradesh

Member, Study Group on Social Security, National Commission on Labour.

Member, National Committee on Minimum wages, appointed by national labour

committee, 1998.

Member, Task Force on Land Utilization and Crop Statistics, ICSSR.

Member, Working Group on Wage Employment Programmes for the 9th Five Year Plan,

Planning Commission, 1996.

Member of the Study Group for preparation of Perspective Plan for Increasing Productivity

in Agriculture, Soil and Water Conservation, Government of Maharashtra, 1992/93.

Membership in Advisory Committees and international Bodies

Chairman, Nomination and Governing Committee, International Food Policy Research

Institute, Washington, D.C., USA

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Member, Board of Trustees, International Food Policy Research Institute,

Washington, D.C., USA

Member, Peer Review Board for a long term research project on food security funded by

the European Commission, ZEF, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Member, Independent Advisory Committee, Agriculture for Nutrition and Health,

International Food policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Harvest Plus Programme,

international Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.

Member, Selection Committee for Director, CPR4, International Food policy Research

Institute, Washington, D.C.

Member, Advisory Committee, LANSA project funded by DFID

Member, Advisory Panel, Young Lives Project, September 2009 – August 2012

Member, Core Group for the project on ‘Tackling Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in

India, January 2010 to June 2011

Member, Board of India Today Economists

Member, Economic affairs Panel, Confederation of Indian Industry, Andhra Pradesh

Member, Task Force on Indo-Dutch Co-operation, Indian Council of social Science

Research, 2005

Member, Selection Committee for the Small Grants Programme on Poverty Eradication

of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), New

Delhi, held on 18-19 April, 2005.

Member, Expert Group for the Enhancement of Social Security for the Poor, Economic

and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations, Bangkok

Member, Expert Group on Social Protection, United Nations, New York

Member, IDPAD Task Force, ICSSR, New Delhi, 2002.

Member, National Academic Planning Committee , Indian Academy of Social Sciences

Member, Task Force on Agriculture and Agri-business, FICCI, 1999.

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Member, National Committee on Agriculture, Confederation of Indian Industry, 1997/98

Consultant and Adviser to International Organizations

Asian Productivity Council, Tokyo, on Youth Employment in Asia, 2017

UNDP, Regional Human Development Report for Asia and Pacific, 2014

UNESCAP on ‘Food Security in South Asia” 2012-14

FAO on 'On-farm Investment in Agriculture', 2011-12

FAO on 'Small farmer Agriculture' 2011-12

UNICEF on ‘NREGA and Impact on Child well Being”, 2010

UNICEF on ‘Rise in Food Prices and Impact on Women and Children”, 2008-09

SAARC Secretariat, Khatmandu, Preparation of Regional Poverty Profile, 2007-09

World Bank, “Safety Nets in India’, 2006

ESCAP “Millennium Development Goals Second Report”, 2005

OECD on “Agricultural Policies in India”, 2004

UNDP on “Macro pro-poor policies in Iran’, 2004

UNICEF on Assessment of Child Labour Projects, 2002

UNDP on ‘Macro pro-poor policies in Sri Lanka’‘2002/03

DFID and World Bank “Rural Poverty Reduction Strategy in Orissa’, 2002/03

World Bank on ‘Maharashtra Agriculture’, 2002

DFID for a study “Challenge for Generating Pro-poor Employment in A.P.: An Options

Paper “ 2001

DFID for a study on “ Enhancing Livelihood Security for the Rural Poor in Andhra

Pradesh” 2001

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DFID for a study on “Public Expenditure on Rural Development” 2001

DFID for a study on “Social Policy” in collaboration with IDS, Sussex, U.K., 2001

ODI, London for a study on ‘Rural Diversification and Livelihoods” 2001

UNDP for a study on “Child Labour and Child Schooling” 2000

World Bank, Rural Poverty Reduction Task Force, Andhra Pradesh, 2000

ESCAP (Bangkok), project on "Evaluation of Poverty Alleviation Programmes,1998-99”

UNDP, August to October, 1996 on a project "Community Pro-poor initiatives"

World Bank in 1996, written background paper for Country Economic Memorandum,

March, 1996.

ESCAP (Bangkok) Project on "Social Security", 1995.

World Bank's Agricultural Development Project (ADP) on Maharashtra, 1994.

International Food Policy Research Institute for a project on 'Public Works Programmes',

1992.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Khatmandu, Nepal

for a project on Sustainability of Mountain Agriculture.1990

Member in Editorial Board

Member of the Editorial Board for Journal, Migration and Development, Routledge

Member of the Editorial Board for Journal of South Asian Development, East Anglia,

U.K

Member of the Editorial Board for Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Germany

Member of the Editorial Board for Indian Journal of Labour Economics, New Delhi

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Economic Policy and Research, Institute of

Public Enterprises

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Member in Governing Bodies and Committees of Research Institutes and Universities

Chairman, Research Advisory Committee, National Centre for Agricultural Economics

and Policy Research

Chairman, Research Advisory Committee, National Institute of Rural Development and

Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad

Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Social and Economic Change

Member, Board of Governors, CMDR, Dharwad, Karnataka

Member, Board of Governors, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

Member, Board of Governors, Institute for Human Development

Vice President, Indian Society of Labour Economics

Member, Research Advisory Committee, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

Member, Academic Council, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, 2003-05

Member, Governing Body, Centre for Development Studies, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Member, Board of Governors, Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh (APMAS)

Special Public Lectures, Memorial Lectures, Keynote addresses

Keynote Address on “ Future of India: Global and national Challenges”, ICFAI, Hyderabad, 19th

April, 2018

Dr. B.S. Minhas Memorial Lecture on “Economic Reforms, Growth and Inequality”,A.S.

College, Khanna, February 28, 2018.

Keynote Address on ‘Labour and Employment in India” at the Golden Jubilee Conference of the

Odisha Economic Association, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 10th

February, 2018

Presidential Address on “Inequality, Employment and Public Policy”, delivered at the 59th

annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, Thiruvananthapuram, 16th

December, 2017

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Prof. Veera Anstey Memorial lecture on ‘Poverty and Inequality” at the 99th conference of the

Indian Economic Association, Tirupathi, 28th

December, 2016.

V.V. Giri Memorial Lecture on “Poverty and Employment in India: The Roles of Agriculture

and Non-Agriculture” , 58th

conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, Guwahati,

Assam, November 26, 2016

Malcolm Adiseshiah Memorial Lecture on ‘The Problem of Inequality”, Chennai, Organised by

Malcolm Adiseshiah Trust, November 21, 2016

Keynote Address on “ Data, Manufacturing, Ease of Doing Business and Bankruptcy Law” at 9th

Doctoral Conference, ICFAI University, Hyderabad, April 21, 2016

Keynote Address on ‘Rural Employment” at the conference on ‘Rural Labour’ Organized by

National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, March 10-12, 2016

Delivered Suresh Tendulkar memorial lecture titled “Economic Reforms, Poverty and Inequality

in India” organized by Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune, 26th

February, 2016

Valedictory Address on “Agriculture and Food Security at the seminar on 'Issues in Agriculture,

Food Security and Poverty' oraganized by the Department of Economics, University of Mumbai,

January 8-9, 2016

Keynote address on “Productive Employment” at the Annual Conference of the Indian Economic

Association, Hyderabad, 26-28 December 2015.

Inaugural Address on “Data Quality and Some Issues in Research Methodology” at Eighth

Doctoral Conference, ICFAI University, Hyderabad, April 23, 2015

Fr. Gordon Memorial Lecture on “Inequality and Marginalized Sections”, Andhra Loyola

College, Vijayawada, February 10, 2015

Convocation Address entitled “Human Development with focus on Education”, at 33rd

and 34th

convocation of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, 28th

December, 2013

Nabakrushna Choudhury Memorial Lecture on “Post-Reform Period: Issues and Challenges”,

Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, October 30, 2013

Keynote address at the conference on National Food security Ordinance: Implications for

Backward States, A.N. Sinha Institute, 11th

September, 2013, Patna

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Millennium Lecture on “Five Disappointments in the Post-Reform period”, at M.S.Swaminathan

Research Foundation, April 19, Chennai

Valedictory address on ‘India’s Reforms: What Next?’, at the annual conference of the Indian

Econometric Society, February 12, 2013, Patna

Keynote address on ‘Employment’ at the conference of the Indian Economic association, 26th

December, 2012, Visakhapatnam

Public Lecture on “Inclusive Development: Issues and Challenges”, ICSSR Hall, University of

Mumbai, February 14, 2012

Keynote address for a national conference on 'Economic Challenges: Global and National

Perspective', Department of Economics, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi

Feb 23-25, 2012

Delivered Convocation Address at NIPM, GITAM Institute, Visakhapatnam, December 8, 2012

Foundation Day Lecture on 'Inclusive Growth in India', Durgadevi Saraf Institute of

Management Studies, 2nd September, 2012

Inaugural Address on ‘Food Security’ at the Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics

Research Association, Coimbatore, November 19-20, 2009

Gave Keynote address on ‘Food Security in India” at the Consultative Workshop on “Food

Security in South Asia: Identifying Key Research Priorities”, Organized by IDRC at Heritage

Village, Manesar, December 17-18, 2009

Delivered Valedictory address “Inclusive Growth “ at the Development Convention of South

Indian ICSSR Institutes at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, 21-22,

January, 2010

Delivered Atul Goswami Memorial Lecture on “Inclusive Growth in India”, at the OKD Institute

of Social Change and Development, Guwahati, 15th

July, 2009

Delivered Keynote Address on “Climate Change: Issues and Challenges”, at the International

Conference on “climate change, livelihoods and food security”, organized by Institute of

Development Studies, Jaipur, June 9, 2009

Delivered Keynote address on ‘Road Map for Inclusive Growth’ at the Development Convention

2009 of seven Southern research institutes, Council for Social Development, March 5, 2009

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Delivered a public lecture on “Agricultural Price Policy in India”, agricultural College, Pune,

24th February, 2009

Delivered 17th

convocation address on “Global Financial Crisis and Indian Economy”, Dr. B.R.

Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, February 21, 2009

Delivered 2nd

Golden Jubilee Lecture on ‘Inclusive Growth in India: Issues and Challenges”

A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Sciences, Patna, February 13, 2009

Delivered Distinguished Lecture on “ Some Critical Issues in Agricultural Prices in India”,

Institute of Public Enterprises, June 9, 2008

Delivered Distinguished Lecture on “Social Security: A Pre-requisite for Social Justice”, at the

Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, under their

distinguished lecture series held on 20-03-2007.

Delivered C.V.Subba Rao Memorial Lecture entitled “Inclusive Growth in Andhra Pradesh:

Challenges in Agriculture, Poverty, Social Sector and Regional Disparities” at the Silver Jubilee

Conference of the A.P.Economic Association and held at Acharya Nagarjuna University,

Nagarjunanagar, Guntur, during 10-11 February, 2007.

Delivered the Keynote Address at the `Retreat on Rural Development: Afro-Asian Perspective’

jointly organized by National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad and Afro-

Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO), held on 08 and 09 January, 2007 at Hotel Taj

Krishna, Hyderabad.

Delivered First Dr.P.R.Dubhashi Lecture entitled “Inclusive Growth in India: Performance,

Issues and Challenges”, Organised by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, November

29, 2006

Delivered the Third Parvataneni Brahmayya Memorial Lecture entitled “Economic Reforms and

Development in Andhra Pradesh: An Assessment” at Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar,

Guntur, on 20th

October, 2003.

Delivered a lecture in honour of Prof. G.Parthasarathi on the topic “Market Reforms in

Agriculture” at the 17th

Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing,

organized by ANGR Agricultural University, Hyderabad on 5th

February 2004.

Delivered Keynote address on the topic “Is Rural India Shining?” at a three-day National

Seminar on “Globalisation: Rural Transformation – Issues, concerns and alternative approaches

– Focus on Agriculture”, organized by the Department of Economics, Kakatiya University,

Warangal, on 20-2-2004.

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Fellowship

Ford Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, Economic Growth Centre, Yale University, U.S.A,

August 1992 to August 1993.

Research Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, March 1986 to Feb.1987.

Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Studies, Delhi School of Economics,

University of Delhi, 1978/80 and 1982/85.

M.Phil dissertation and Ph.D thesis

1. M.Phil dissertation entitled Productivity in Organized Industry in Andhra Pradesh and All

India: A Comparative Study, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,

1981

2. Ph.D thesis entitled Dimensions of Inter-regional Variations in Agricultural Development in

India, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1989.

Books

21. India Development Report, Oxford University Press (ed.), 2017

20. “Counting the Poor in India: Where do we stand?” Academic Foundation, 2017 (with

C. Rangarajan)

19 “ Development in India: Micro and Macro Perspectives”, Springer (ed.) (with P.G. Babu),

2016

18. “Cities and Sustainability: Issues and Strategic Pathways” Springer (ed.) (with Sudhakar

Yedla), 2015

17. “Saving and Investment Propensity of Farm Households: Evidence from india”Academic

Foundation, 2015 (with S. Bisaliah, S. Saifullah, Dhritisree Sarkar and Aditi Choubal)

16. “India Development Report, 2015”, Oxford University Press (ed.), 2015

15. “Asset and Liability Portfolio of Farmers: Micro Evidences from India” Academic

Foundation, 2014 (with S. Bisaliah, S. Saifullah and Dhritisree Sarkar)

14. “India Development Report, 2012-13”, Oxford University Press (ed.), 2013

13. “Investment in Indian agriculture” Macro and Micro Levels, Academic Foundation, 2012

(with S. Bisaliah and S. Saifullah)

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12.“Organising Poor Women: The Andhra Pradesh Experience”, (Edited Jointly with Ravi

Kanbur, S.Galab and G. Alivelu), 2012

11.“Inclusive Growth in India: Agriculture, Poverty and Human Development, Oxford

University Press, 2008, Reprint 2011, 2012, 2013

10. “Biotechnology in Indian Agriculture: Potential, Performance and Concerns” Academic

Foundation, 2010 (Jointly with N.Chandrasekhara Rao)

9. “India: Perspectives on Equitable Development”, Academic Foundation, 2010 (Edited

jointly with N.Chandrasekhara Rao), Released by the Prime Minister of India.

8. “Human Development in Andhra Pradesh: Experiences, Issues and Challenges”, (Edited

Jointly with C.Ravi and M. Venkatnarayana)

7. “India’s Development: Social and Economic Disparities”, Manohar/IDPAD, 2008 (edited

jointly with K.S.Babu)

6. “India: Some Aspects of Economic and Social Development” Academic Foundation, 2008

(edited jointly with K.S.Babu)

5. ‘Managing Water Resources’: Policies, Institutions and Technologies Oxford Universit

Press, 2006 (edited jointly with Ratna Reddy)

4. ‘India in a Globalising World: Some Aspects of Macroeconomy, Agriculture and Poverty’

Essays in Honour of C.H. Hanumantha Rao, (ed.) Published by Academic Foundation

(edited jointly with R.Radhkriashna, S.K. Rao and K. Subbarao), 2006

3.“Towards A Food Secure India: Issues & Policies” (edited), Institute for Human Development,

New Delhi and Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad (Distributed by

Manohar), 2003; (Jointly with K.P. Kannan and Nira Ramachandran)

2.“Andhra Pradesh Development: Economic Reforms and Challenges Ahead” (ed.),

Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, 2003 (Jointly with C.H. Hanumantha

Rao)

1. “Social and Economic Security in India” (ed.), Institute for Human Development, New Delhi,

2001 (jointly with Piyush Antony, V. Gayathri, R.P. Mamgain)

Publications in Research Journals/Chapters in Books

128. “The Problem of Inequality”, Review of Development and Change, Vol. 22, No.1, June

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2017

127. “Farm and Non-Farm Linkages and Future of Agriculture”, Indian Journal of Agricultural

Economics, Jan-March, 2018

126. “Poverty and Employment: Roles of Agriculture and non-agriculture”, Indian Journal of

Labour Economics,Vol.60, No.1, 2017

125. “Preparedness for “Make in India” and Other Emerging Issues: An Introductory

Overview” in Dev, S.Mahendra (ed.), India Development Report, 2017, Oxford

University Press (Jointly with Veeramani), 2017

124. “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Implications on Nutrition in India”, in Dev,

S.Mahendra (ed.), India Development Report, 2017, Oxford University Press (Jointly

with Vijay Laxmi Pandey and D. Suganthi), 2017

123. “Price and Non-Price Factors in Agricultural Development: Emerging Issues and

Policies”, in C. Ramasamy and K.R. Ashok (eds.), Vicissitudes of Agriculture in the

Fast Growing Indian Economy: Challenges, Strategies and the Way Forward,

Academic Foundation, 2016

122. “Impact of agricultural interventions on the nutritional status in South Asia: A review”,

with Vijay Laxmi Pandey and Usha Jaychandran, Food Policy, vol. 62, pp. 28-40, 2016.

121 “Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihoods in India: Performance, Issues and

Challenges”, in Shome, Parthasarathi and Pooja Sharma (eds.), “Emerging Economies:

food and Energy Security, and Technology and Innovation”, Springer, 2015

120 “Providing Food Security and Tackling Undernutrition: Challenges and opportunities”,

in Endow, Tanuka, Sumit Mazumdar, Mitu Sengupta (eds.) “Human Development in the

Global South: Emerging Perspectives in the Era of Post-Millennium Development

Goals”, Institute for Human Development, 2015 and Manak Publications

119. “Rising Prices and the Global Financial Crisis: Tracking Impacts on Women and

Children”, in “India’s Children” (Shiv Kumar, A.K. Preet Rustagi, Ramya

Subrahmanian, eds.), Oxford University Press, 2015

118 “Overview: Accelerating Growth and Development, Challenges in short and long run” in

Dev, S.Mahendra (ed.), India Development Report, 2015, Oxford University Press

(Jointly with Veeramani), 2015

117. “Food Inflation in India: Implications for Food Security and Policy Options”, in Dev,

S.Mahendra (ed.), India Development Report, 2015, Oxford University Press (Jointly

with Vijayalakshmi, Andaleeb Rehman), 2015

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116 “Agricultural Development in India: Performance, Issues and Policies”, Kapila, Uma

(2014), “Indian economy since Independence” 25th

Edition, Academic Foundation

115 “Some Policy Issues in Indian Agriculture”, Yojana, July 2014

114. “Food Security in India and South Asia Regional Cooperation” in “South Asia Food

Security” (ed. Nagesh Kumar), UNESCAP, 2014

113. “Trade and Stock Management to Achieve National Food security in India and China”,

China Agricultural Economic Review (jointly with Funing Zhong), 2015

112. “Creation of Youth Employment in Asia” published by UNDP, New York, 2015

111. “Agriculture in India: Performance, Challenges and Opportunities”, in Goyal, Ashima

(ed.), “The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century”, 2014, Oxford

University Press (jointly with Srijit Mishra and Vijayalakshmi)

110. “ Employment and Growth in India: Trends and Policies”, Yojana, Planning Commission,

Government of India, October 2014

109. “Food Security in India”, South Asian Journal, Oct-Dec, 2013

108. “Post-2015 Development Agenda: Employment and Growth with Special Reference to

India”, IDS Bulletin, Vol.44, Number 5-6, September, 2013

107. “Rising Food prices in South Asia: A Policy Framework to Mitigate Adverse Effects”,

Development Papers 1301, Published by ESCAP-South and South West office, New

Delhi, January, 2013

106. “Overview: India’s Experience with Reforms: What Next?” in Dev, S. Mahendra (ed.)

India Development Report 2012-13, Oxford University Press (jointly with Srijit Mishra

and Veeramani)

105. “Performance and Key Policy Issues in Indian Agriculture”, in Dev, S. Mahendra (ed.)

India Development Report 2012-13, Oxford University Press (jointly with

Vijayalakshmi)

104. “A Nutrition Secure India: Role of agriculture”, Economic and Political weekly, Vol.47,

No.8, (jointly with Kadiyala, S., P.K. Joshi, T.Nandakumar and Vijay Vyas, 2012

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103 “Pro-Nutrition Agriculture in India: Entry Points and Policy Options” India Health Beat

Vol.5 No.8, 2011 (jointly with Sunitha Kadiyala)

102. “ Food Inflation and Financial Crisis in India: Impact on Women and Children”, in Rajan,

S. Irudaya (ed., 2012), India Migration Report: Global Financial Crisis, Migration and

Remittance, Routledge, New Delhi, 2012

101. “Social Sector Expenditures: An Analysis for All India and States, 1980-81 to 2007-08”,

in Jha, Praveen (ed.,2011) “Progressive Fiscal Policy in India”, Sage Publications, 2011

(jointly with N. Sridevi)

100. "Agricultural Development' in Basu, Kaushik & Annemie Maertens (Eds., 2011),The

New Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Oxford University Press, 2011

99. “Food Security and Small Scale Farming in India” in “Food Security and the Future of

Farms 2020 and Toward 2050”, Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry in

cooperation with Bertebos Foundation, Swden, 2010

98. “Safety Net Programmes in India: Outreach and Effectiveness: Village Level

Perspectives in Three States”, in Dev, S.Mahendra and N. Chandrasekhara Rao (ed.,

2009), India: Perspectives on Equitable Development, Academic Foundation, New Delhi,

2009.

97. ‘Structural Reforms and Agriculture”, Indian Economic Journal, Conference Volume,

2009

96. “Socio-economic Impact of Transgenic Cotton”, Agricultural Economics Research

Review, Vol. 22, 2009 (Jointly with N. Chandrasekhara Rao)

95. “Agricultural Price Policy, Farm Profitability and Food Security”, Economic and Political

Weekly, Vol.45, Nos. 26& 27 (Jointly with N. Chandrasekhara Rao), 2010

94 “Biotechnology and Pro-poor Agricultural Development” Economic and Political

Weekly, Vol.44, No.52 (Jointly with N. Chandrasekhara Rao), 2009

93. “Rising Food Prices and Financial Crisis in India:Impact on Women and Children and

ways for Tackling the Problem”, published by UNICEF, New Delhi, 2009

92. “ Challenges for Revival of Indian agriculture”,1st Dayanath Jha memorial lecture,

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published by National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP),

New Delhi 2009

91. “Economics of Handloom Weaving: A Field Study in Andhra Pradesh”, Economic and

Political Weekly, vol.43, no.21, 2008

90 “How to Revive Indian Agriculture”, in Singh, Surjit and V.Ratna Reddy (2009),

Changing Countours of Asian Agriculture: Policies, Performance and Challenges,

Essays in Honour of Professor V.S.Vyas, Academic Foundation, New Delhi

89. Chapter on “ India” in Hand Book on South Asian Economies, Edited by Wahiduddin

Mehmud and Anis Choudhury, Edward Elgar, U.K., 2008

88 “Parastatals and Food Policies: The Indian Case”, in From Parastatals to Private Trade:

Lessons from Asian agriculture, Edited by Shahidur Rahman, Ashok Gulati and Ralph

Cummings Jr., Oxford University Press, 2008 (Jointly with Shahidur Rahman and Ashok

Gulati)

87 “Agriculture: absence of a Big Push”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.43, No.15,

2008

86 “Antipoverty Programmes in India: Are they Pro-Poor?” (with Kirit Parikh and A. Sharif)

in “The Dragon and the Elephant” edited by Ashok Gulati and Shenggen Fan, The Johns

Hopkins University Press, 2007

85. “Revising Estimates of Poverty” (along with C.Ravi) Economic and Political Weekly,

Vol.XLIII No.10, March 8-14, 2008.

84 ‘Agriculture in the Budget: No New Deal for Revival” Economic and Political Weekly,

Vol.XLII, April 4, 2007

83. “Safety Net Programmes: Outreach and Effectiveness”, Economic and Political Weekly,

Vol.42, No.35, 2007

82. ‘Market Reforms in Agriculture’ Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 2007

81. “Agriculture Development” in the Oxford Companion to Economics in India, edited by

Kaushik Basu, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.

80 “Financial Inclusion: Issues and Challenges” in HT Parakh Finance Forum, Economic

and Political Weekly, Vol.XL1 No.41, P.4310-4313, October 14-20, 2006.

79. “Economic and Social Development of Andhra Pradesh”, in Rao, R.S., Venugopal, N

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and, Rao, V.H. (eds,2007), Fifty Years of Andhra Pradesh 1956-2006, CDHR,

Hyderabad

78 “Poverty and Inequality: All-India and States, 1983-2005” (along with C.Ravi) in

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XLII, No.6, February 10-16, 2007.

77 “Agriculture and Rural Development: Policy Issues for Growth and Equity”, in

Malhotra,M. (ed.) India: The Next Decade, Academic Foundation, Delhi

76 “Role of Social Protection for the Poor and Vulnerable Sections in India” in the Book

`Protecting the Vulnerable Poor in India: The Role of Social Safety Nets’ edited by Nisha

Srivastava and Pravesh Sharma, published by World Food Programme, New Delhi, 2006.

75 “Safety Nets for the Chronic Poor in India: An Overview” in the book `Chronic Poverty

and Development Policy in India’ (editors Aasha Kapur Mehta and Andrew Shepherd),

Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2006.

74. “Half-hearted Attention to Agriculture” in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XLI

No.14, April 8-14, 2006.

73. “Policies and Programmes for Employment” in the Perspectives of Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.XLI No.16, April 22-28, 2006, P.1511-1516.

72 “Market Reforms in Agriculture: An Indian Perspective” in the Book `Economic

Reforms and Food Security – The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia”,

(edited by Suresh Chandra Babu, Ashok Gulati), published by Haworth Press, 2005

71 “Agriculture and Rural Employment in the Budget” in Budget 2005-06 in Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.XL No.4, April 2-8, 2005.

70 “Food Processing and Contract Farming in Andhra Pradesh: A Small Farmer

Perspective” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XL, No.26, June 25 – July 1, 2005.69

((Jointly with N. Chandrasekhara Rao).

69. “Is Rural India Shining?” in the book `Rural Transformation in India: The Impact of

Globalization’ edited by A. Vinayak Reddy, G. Bhaskar, Kakatiya University, Published

by New Century Publications, New Delhi, 2005.

68 “How to make Rural India Shine” Economic and Political Weekly, Vo.XXXIX No.40,

Pages 4415-4422, October 2-8, 2004.

67 “Transforming Rural Economy in Andhra Pradesh” in Part IV: State and Micro Level

Experiences, of the Book `Rural Transformation in India: The Role of Non-farm Sector’

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(edited by rohini Nayyar and Alakh N. Sharma), published by Institute for Human

Development, New Delhi, 2005, distributed by Manohar Publishers and Distributors,

New Delhi (Jointly with Vijay Mahajan).

66. `Calorie Norms and Poverty’ in Discussion in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XL

No.8, February 19-25, 2005.

65. “Female work participation and child labour: Occupational data from NFHS” in

Economic and Political Weekly, vol.XXXIX, No.7, February 14-20, 2004.

64. “Social Sector Priorities: An Analysis of Budgets and Expenditures in India in the 1990s

(along with Jos Mooij) Development Policy Review, Volume 22, Number 1, January

2004, Blackwell Publishing, UK.

63. “Social Security in the Unorganized Sector in India” in the Book `Reforms, Labour

Markets, and Social Security in India’ (edited by Ramgopal Agarwala, Nagesh Kumar

and Michelle Riboud), Oxford University Press, 2004, Research and Information System

for the Non-aligned and other Developing Countries and The World Bank Institute, 2004.

62. “Agriculture, Employment and Social Sector Neglected”, Economic and Political Weekly,

No. 5, April, 2003

61. “Rural Public Works” in the book `Reforming India’s Social Sector – Poverty, Nutrition,

Health and Education’ edited by K. Seeta Prabhu and R. Sudarshan Social science Press,

New Delhi, 2003.

60. “Causes of Fertility Decline in India and Bangladesh” (S.Mahendra Dev, K.S. James,

Binayak Sen) in `Economic and Political Weekly’, Vol.XXXVII, No.43, October 26 –

Novermber 1, 2002.

59 “Poverty in India: Trends, Macro-policies and Direct Programmes” in the Book

`Development, Poverty and Fiscal Policy” Decentralization of Institutions’ edited by M.

Govinda Rao, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002.

58. “Economic Reforms and Challenges Ahead: An Overview”, in the Special Volume on

“Andhra Pradesh – Economic Reforms and Challenges Ahead”,Economic and Political

Weekly, Vo.XXXVIII No.12 and 13, March 22-28/29 – April 4, 2003 (with

C.H.Hanumantha Rao)

57. “Macroeconomic Performance and Policies” in the Special Volume on “Andhra Pradesh –

Economic Reforms and Challenges Ahead”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vo.XXXVIII

No.12 and 13, March 22-28/29 – April 4, 2003. (with C. Ravi)

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56. “Employment and Unemployment” in the Special Volume on “Andhra Pradesh – Economic

Reforms and Challenges Ahead”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vo.XXXVIII No.12 and

13, March 22-28/29 – April 4, 2003 (along with Vijay Mahajan).

55. “Child Labour in India: Dimensions, Determinants and Policies” in a book Kannan, K.P.

(Ed.) `Economics of Child Labour’, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002, New

Delhi.

54. “Public Intervention for Poverty Reduction in Asia: Macro Policies and Direct

Programmes’. In “Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty and Food Security”, (Ed) S.S.

Acharya, Surjit Singh and Vidya Sagar, Rawat Publications, New Delhi, 2002, Volume-II

53. “Bold Initiatives needed on Agriculture and Rural Employment”, Economic and Political

Weekly, March 23, 2002

52 “Reforms and Agricultural Development in India: Policy Issues with Long Term Focus”

in the Special Research Publication on `Agriculture in India & Maharashtra – Issues and

Prospects (A Compendiem on Agriculture), Maharashtra Economic Development

Council (MEDC) Monthly Economic Digest, for Business Executives Annual Number,

August, 2002.

51 “Growth-mediated and support-led Social Security in the Unorganized Sector in India” in

`The Indian Journal of Labour Economics’, Volume 45, Number 2, April-June, 2002.

50 `Food Security and Child Work in South India: Determinants and Policies’, in

Ramachandran, Nira and Lionel Massun (eds) Coming to Grips with Rural Child Work:

A Food Security Approach, Institute for Human Development, United Nations World

Food Programme, New Delhi, 2002.

49 Poverty, Income Distribution and Employment under Reforms” in Kumar , Nagesh (2000)

‘Indian Economy under Reforms – An Assessment of Economic and Social Impact’ (Ed),

Bookwell, New Delhi, 2000.

48 `Social Sector Expenditures in the 1990s: Analysis of Central and State Budgets’

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XXXVII, No.9, March 2, 2002, (with Jos Mooij)

47. Budget 2000-2001 “Agricultural Development and PDS- Lack of Major Initiatives “,

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol .XXXV, No. 13, March 25-31, 2000.

46. “Economic Reforms, Poverty, Income Distribution and Employment”, Economic and

Policitcal Weekly, Vol, XXXV, No. 10, March 4, 2000.

45. “Economic Liberalization and Employment in South Asia”, Economic and Political Weekly,

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Vol.XXXV, No.1, 2 and 3, January 8 and 15 , 2000.

44. “An Overview of Social Security in India”, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics,

Vol.42, No.3, July-September, 1999.

43. "Experience of India's (Maharashtra) Employment Guarantee Scheme: Lessons for

Development Policy", Development Policy Review, Vol.14, No.3, Blackwell Publishers,

Oxford, U.K., 1996.

42. 'Persisting Poverty and Social Insecurity: A Selective Assessment', in Parikh, K. (ed.,) India

Development Report 1999-2000, Oxford University Press

41. "Rural Poverty in India: Incidence, Issues and Policies" (with M.H.Suryanarayana and Kirit

Parikh), Asian Development Review, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Vol.10, No.1,

1992.

40. "Environmental Dimensions of Fertilizer and Pesticide Use; relevance to Indian

Agriculture" (with J.P.Painuly), International Journal of Environment and Pollution,

Vol.10, No.2

39. "Rising Food Prices and Rural Poverty: Going Beyond Correlations", Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.33, No.39

38. "Public Distribution System: Impact on Poor and Options for Reform", Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.33, No.5

37. "State Interventions and Women's Employment" forthcoming in Papola, T.S. and Alakh N.

Sharma (eds.)”Gender and Employment in India”, Vikas Publishing House pvt. Ltd, 1999

36. "Indian Agriculture: Policies for Growth and Equity, The Emerging Issues" in Agricultural

Development in India: Issues, Policies and Prospects, RGICS Conference Proceedings,

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, 1997

35. Subsidies and Investments in Indian Agriculture: Issues and Perspectives, RGICS

Occasional Paper No.39, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, 1997.

34. "Growth, Employment, Poverty and Human Development: An Evaluation of Change Since

Independence with Reference to Rural Areas" Review of Development and Change,

Vol.2, No.2, 1997

33. "Social Security for the Indian Worker: Performance and Policies" Indian Journal of

Labour Economics, Vol.39, No.2, 1996.

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32. "Human Development in South Asia" in Labour, Employment and Human development

in South Asia. Friedreich Ebert Foundation and Institute for Human Development , 1998

31. "A Blueprint for Maharashtra's Agricultural Development" (with B.L.Mungekar),

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.31, No.13, 1996

30. "Employment Guarantee Scheme", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.31, No.9, 1996.

29. "Food Security: PDS Vs.EGS, A Tale of Two States", Economic and Political Weekly,

Vol.31, No.27, 1996.

28. "Poverty and Public Policy: A Mixed Record", in Kirit Parikh (ed.), India Development

Report, Oxford University Press (with Ajit Ranade),1997

27. "Agriculture and Rural Development:Stocks, Subsidies and Food Security" in Kirit Parikh

(ed.), India Development Report, Oxford University Press (with Ajit Ranade),1997

26. "Social Security for the Poor in India: Insecurity Dimensions, Policies, Financing and

Effectiveness", in Towards Social Security for the Poor in the Asia-Pacific Region,

United Nations, New York, 1996.

25. "Agricultural Growth and Employment in Maharashtra" in Chadha, G.K. and A.N. Sharma

(ed.) Agricultural Growth, Poverty and Employment:Continuity and Change in Rural

India, Vikas Publications, 1997 (with Ajit Ranade).

24. "Government Interventions and Social Security for Rural Labour" Indian Journal of

Labour Economics, Vol.38, No.3, 1995.

23. "Economic Reforms and Rural Poor", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.30, No.33,

1995.

22. "Alleviating Poverty: Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme", Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.30, Nos.41 and 42, 1995.

21. "Asia: Food Supply and Demand Prospects to 2010" (with Kirit Parikh) in Islam, Nurul

(ed.), Population and Food in the Early 21st Century: Meeting Future Food

Demand of an Increasing Population, International Food Policy Institute, Washington

D.C., U.S.A., 1995.

20. "India's (Maharashtra) Employment Guarantee Scheme: Lessons from Long Experience"

in Braun, J.von (1995), Employment for Poverty Reduction and Food Security,

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International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

19. "Some Issues on Employment and Unemployment" in Reddy, S.S. and K.Lakshminarayana

(eds.1995), Review of Employment Trends and Programmes in Andhra Pradesh:

Potential Impact of Liberalization, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, 1995.

18. "Agriculture: Prospects, Problems and Policies" (with A.Ganesh Kumar) in Parikh, Kirit

(ed.) Mid-Year Review, 1994/95, Konark Publishers, 1995.

17. "Technology and Agricultural Development in India" in Bigman D. and P.Berck (ed.), Food

Security and Food Inventories in Developing Countries, CAB International, Oxford,

1993.

16. "Weather, Growth and Instability: An Inter-State Analysis of Foodgrains Production in

India" in Narain, Prem et.al.(ed.) Recent Advances in Agricultural Statistics, John Wiley,

1991.

15. "Is PDS Urban Biased and Pro-rich? An Evaluation", Economic and Political Weekly,

Vol.26, No.41, 1991.

14. "Social Security in Unorganized Sector: Lessons from the Experiences of Kerala and Tamil

Nadu", Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol.37, No.4, 1994.

13. "Estimation of Performance Probabilities for Aggregate Yield Functions: An Analysis of

Agro-climatic Regions in India, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol.16, No.1.

12. "Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra: Impact on the Poor", Indian Journal

of Labour Economics, Vol.36, No.4, 1993.

11. "Constraints on Agricultural Productivity: A District Level Analysis", Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.26, No.39.

10. "Inter-Regional Variations in the Components of Labour Productivity: A Simultaneous

Equation Approach" (with S.M.Deshpande and B.Kamaiah), Arthvijnana, Vol.33, No.3,

1991.

9. "Employment, Human Development and Rural Poverty", Indian Journal of Labour

Economics, Vol.35, No.1, 1992.

8. "Towards an Explanation of Spatial and Temporal Variations in Cropping Intensity in

India", Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.44, No.1, 1989.

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7. "Prospects of Enhancing Labour Productivity in Indian Agriculture", Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.23, No.39, 1988.

6. "Poverty of Agricultural Labour Households in India: A State Level Analysis", Indian

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.43, No.1, 1988.

5. "Growth and Instability in Foodgrains Production: An Inter-State Analysis", Economic and

Political Weekly, Vol.22, No.39, 1987.

4. "Regional Disparities in Agricultural Labour Productivity and Rural Poverty in India",

Indian Economic Review, Vol.43, No.1, 1988.

3. "Net Domestic Product per Worker in Indian Agriculture", Economic and Political

Weekly, Vol.22, No.44, 1987.

2. "Growth of Labour Productivity in Indian Agriculture: Regional Dimensions", Economic

and Political Weekly, Vol.21, No.25-26, 1986.

1. "Direction of Change in Performance of All Crops in Indian Agriculture in Late 1970s,

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.20, 1985.

Working Papers

11. IGIDR working paper

10. IGIDR working paper WP-2016-029 “The Problem of Inequality, 2016

9. IGIDR working paper WP-2016-009 “Economic Reforms, Poverty and Inequality, 2016

8. IGIDR working paper WP-2014-048 “Counting the Poor: Measurement and Other

Issues”, 2014

7. IGIDR working paper WP-2014-041 “Creating youth employment in Asia”, 2014

6. IGIDR working paper WP-2012-014 “Small Farmers in India: Challenges and

Opportunities” 2012

5. IGIDR working paper WP-2012-006 “Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages and Policies in

India” 2012

4. IGIDR working paper WP-2011-014 “Climate Change, Rural Livelihoods and

Agriculture (focus on Food Security) in Asia-Pacific Region”, 2011

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3. IGIDR working paper WP-2011-009 “Youth Employment and Unemployment in India”

(jointly with M.Venkatnarayana), 2011

2. IGIDR working paper WP-2011-004 “NREGS and Child Well Being”, 2011

1. IGIDR working paper WP-2011-003 “Rising Food Crisis and Financial Crisis in India:

Impact on Women and Children and Ways of Tackling the Problem”, 2011

Research Papers presented at Seminars/ Workshops/Conferences

Abroad (papers presented and Participated in meetings)

Presented two papers on ‘Youth Employment’ at the Coordination Meeting of Research on

Youth employment Issues and Human Capital Development for APO Economies, organized by

Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, Japan, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , November 30

2016 - December 2 2016.

Gave a seminar on “Poverty in India’, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA

Participated in the IFPRI Board of Trustees Meeting in Washington, D.C. USA, November 14-

16, 2016.

Participated in Havest Plus and Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) project meetings,

Washington D.C., 17-20 October, 2016

Participated in panel discussion at ‘Food Secure’ conference at Brussels, Belgium, 12 -13

October, 2016

Participated in the EqUIP Symposium “Sustainable Prosperity, Well Being and Innovation”

organized by Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-11, 2016.

Participated in the IFPRI Board of Trustees Meeting in Washington, D.C. USA, May 16-18,

2016.

Participated in an Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on “Implementation of the Second

United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)”, organized by the Division

for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and

Social Affairs, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization, Bangkok, Thailand..

4-6 May 2016.

Participated as Distinguished Panel Member in launching event of the 2016 Asia Pacific Human

Development Report titled “Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power

Human Development” organized by UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Dhaka,

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Bangladesh, April 26, 2016.

Gave a presentation at Science Forum on Agricultural Research and Poverty, organized by FAO,

Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, April 11-14, 2016.

Meetings of the Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),

Washington, D.C., 16-20 November 2015.

Participated in meetings of Havest Plus and project on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health,

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., October 19-22, 2015.

Participated in three panels at the conference of the International Association of Agricultural

Economists (IAAE), Milan, Italy, 8-13 August, 2015.

Participated in the Conference on Andhra Pradesh Economy, Detroit, USA, 1-4, July 2015.

Participated in Board of Trustees Meeting of International Food policy Research Institute

(IFPRI), Washington, D.C. Beijing, China, May 10-13, 2015

Participated in Annual Conference of the European Union project on ‘Food Secure”, Bratislava,

Slovakia, March 23-27, 2015.

Participated in Board of Trustees Meeting of International Food policy Research Institute

(IFPRI), Washington, D.C. December 8-11, 2014

Participated in Expert Group Meeting on Macroeconomic Prospects, Policy Challenges and

Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific, UN-ESCAP, Thailand, December 2-4, 2014

Presented paper on “Youth Employment Policies” at UN Conference at Baku, Azerbaizan,

October 27-29, 2014

Participated in Research Advisory Committee meeting of LANSA (Leveraging Agriculture and

Nutrition in South Asia) at Faisalabad Agriculture University, Pakistan, 16-20, august, 2014

Participated in Board of Trustees Meeting of International Food policy Research Institute

(IFPRI) and participated in the panel discussion at 2020 conference on Food security and

Resilience at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 11-17, 2014

Participated in the 2nd

Global conference on Biofortification at Kigali, Rwanda, 31st March to 2

nd

April, 2014

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Participated in Board of Trustees Meeting of International Food policy Research Institute

(IFPRI) at Washinton, D.C. December 7-15, 2013. Participated in the panel discussion on ‘Post-

2015 Development agenda on food seciurity”

Presented paper on ‘Food Security” at Foodsecure Consortium Conference at International

Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 -10 Oct. 2013

Participated in Board Orientation Programme (BOP) for the research centres of CGIAR

Consortium, Montpellier, France, June 9-12, 2013

Discussant at the seminar on “Investment in agriculture”, FAO, Rome, 7th

June, 2013

Participated in Board of Trustees Meeting of International Food policy Research Institute

(IFPRI) at Dakar, Senegal during May 13-16, 2013

Presented paper on “Public Distribution System reform: Indian experience”, at the conference on

Food Security in Iraq, Organized by World Bank, Istanbul, Turkey, February 2-3, 2013

Presented paper on “Trade between Pacific Islands and India” at the conference on “ The Role of

Macroeconomic Policy and Energy Security in Supporting Sustainable Development in the Pacific”

Organized by UN ESCAP at Fiji, October 8-9, 2012

Participated in the meeting of the independent advisory committee on Agriculture for Nutrition

and Health at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., November 7, 2012

Participated in Erasmus Mundas Law and Economics Programme Meetings February 8-12, 2012

Ghent University, Belgium, Feb 8-11, 2012

Presented paper on "Small Farm Holding Agriculture in India" in the Technical Workshop on

"Policies for Promoting Investment in Agriculture" organized by FAO UN, Rome, Italy.

December 11-14, 2001

Presented paper in 2nd meeting of "Emerging Economies Research Dialogue" at the School of

Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, November 13-17, 2011

Participated in the Fourth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES), 22-23 October 2011, Dhaka,

Bangladesh

Presented a paper on "Impact of Financial Crisis in India and Current Challenges at the High-

level regional policy dialogue on "Asia-Pacific economies after the global financial crisis:

lessons learnt, challenges for building resilience, and issues for global reform", 6-8 September

2011, Manila, Philippines

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Presented paper on 'Investment and small farmers in India" at the International Conference on

"Investing in Sustainable Agriculture for Poverty Reduction and Food Security" in Bogor,

Indonesia organized by CAPSA, in partnership with the Brighten Institute, Indonesia. July 26 -

28, 2011

Presentation on 'Social Protection in India" Third meeting of UNESCO - MSS Forum of

Ministers on Social Protection Policies in South Asia, taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Feb. 20 - 2, 2011

Paper presented on “Small Farmers and food Security in India” at the conference on “Food

Security and the Future of Farms 2020 and towards 2050” at Falkenberg, Sweden, organized by

Bertebos Foundation and Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, 29-31 August,

2010

Gave a presentation on “Lessons on Asia and Latin America” at the conference on “Fostering

Growth and Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia and Latin America: Opportunities for Mutual

Learning”, Lima, Peru March 22-24, 2010

Presented paper on ‘Financial Crisis and Fiscal Policies in India” at the High Level Workshop on

“Strengthening the Response to the Global Financial Crisis in Bhutan: The Role of Monetary,

Fiscal and External Debt Policies “ Thimpu, Bhutan, 9-11 December 2009

Gave a lecture on “The Concept of Human Development”, at the UNDP training programme on

human development and HDRs’, Bangkok 1-3 September, 2009

Core Group Meeting to finalize Regional Poverty Profile 2007 at the SAARC summit 22-24 June

2009

Presented Paper on “India’s Public Distribution System”, in the Workshop on Reforming Iraqi

PDS, organized by the World Bank, Amman, Jordan, June 25-26, 2009

Presented two papers: (1) “National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India”; (2) “Price

Subsidies in India” at the Global Learning Forum on Social Protection Responses to the three

waves of crisis: Finance, Food and Fuel organized by the World Bank, Cairo, Egypt, June 15-

18, 2009

Presented paper on “ Social Protection in India”, at the conference on Social Protection in Asia

organized by IDS, Sussex and IHD at Hanoi, Vitenam, June 2-5, 2009

Participated in the panel discussion at the Round Table Meeting on “Global Financial Crisis

Implications for Developing Countries”, Amari Boulvard Hotel, Bangkok, May 31, 2009

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Presented Paper on “ National Rural employment Guarantee Act”, at the Workshop on

Bangladesh’s Employment Generation Program, Organized by the World Bank, Dhaka, April 5,

2009

Presented paper on “ Indian Experience in Food Management” at the seminar on ‘Market

Volatility, vulnerability and Food Security, organized by BIDS and DFID, Dhaka, February 15-

16, 2009

Presented Paper on “ Global Food Prices and Impact on India” at the South Asian Regional

Conference on Managing Food price inflation, Agricultural Supply Responses and Safety Nets,

Dhaka, November 15-16, 2008

Presented Paper on “Malnutrition in South Asia”, at the “Agricultural Policy Priorities for South

Asia” organized by Bill Gates Foundation, Manila, Philippines, August 25-26, 2008

Presented Paper on “South Asian Agriculture”, Seattle, Bill Gates Foundation, USA, February,

2008

Participated in Panel Discussion on ‘India’s Development: Even or Uneven”, at Hague,

Netherlands, organized by ICSSR and, WOTRO, November 23-25, 2006

`Economic Reforms and Poverty in India’ presented at the 26th

Triennial Conference of the

International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) on the theme “Contributions of

Agricultural Economics to the Critical Policy Issues”, held during 12-18 August, 2006 at

Brisbane, Australia.

Gave a lecture on `MDG’s in Asia-Pacific’ at the Workshop “Towards a Strategy for Achieving

Key MDG Targets in Bangladesh” organized by the World Bank Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh,

held on 5 & 6 June, 2006.

Presented paper on `Individual Risks and Safetynets in South Asia’ at the workshop on “Social

Protection” at Colombo-Sri Lanka during 16-20 May, 2006.

Presented a paper on “Macroeconomics of Poverty Reduction – The Case Study of Iran’ at the

National Workshop on ‘Pro-poor policies in Iran, at Tehran held during 21-24 November, 2005.

Presented paper on ‘Macro Economic Policies for Poverty reduction in Sri Lanka” UNDP

workshop during 28-29 June, 2005.

Presented paper on ‘MDGs in Asia-Pacific’ at the workshop on “Millenium Development Goals”

at Bangkok during 26-30 April, 2005.

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Presented paper entitled “Right to Food”, at the annual conference of the Association for Asian

Studies, Chicago, USA, during 1-4 April, 2005

Gave a lecture on “Right to Food”, at Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Rome, Italy

on 15-04-2004.

Paper presented entitled “Agriculture and rural Development’ at DAC Network on Poverty

Reduction (POVNET) Agriculture Task Team Consultation on “hot topics” for the New Agenda

for Agriculture, organized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

(OECD), Paris, France, during 20-21 September, 2004.

Presented two papers entitled “Anti-Poverty Strategies and Programmes: Lessons from China

and India” (S.M.Dev and Linxiu Zhang) and “Education and Health in Rural India” in the

International Conference “The Dragon and the Elephant: Agricultural and Rural Development

and Reform Experiences in China and India” held in Beijing, China, on 10-11 November, 2003

Presented paper on “Liberalisation, targeted programmes and food security: A case study of

India” jointly with Prof. Ashok Gulati, Director, MTID, IFPRI between 12.30 – 1.30 P.M at the

Conference Room 4B, IFPRI, Washington, USA on 28th

May, 2003.

Presented paper on “ Rural Development in India” at the e Fourth Annual Stanford Conference

on `India’s Economic Reforms’ at Stanford University, USA held during 5-7 June, 2003

(Jointly with Robert Evenson)

Presented a paper “Causes of Fertility Decline in India and Bangladesh” in the Fourth Annual

Conference of SANEI held at Dhaka, Bangladesh during 28-29 August, 2002.

Paper titled “Social Sector Expenditures in India”, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, June,

2002

Paper titled “Causes of Fertility Decline in India”, at SANEI meeting, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Paper titled “Child Labour in India”, presented at University of Reading, U.K. at a seminar on

child poverty, July, 2001

Paper titled “Social Security in Unorganised Sector in India”, presented at UN expert Group

seminar on Social Protection, Cape Town, South Africa, November, 2000

Attended the second meeting of the ‘South Asia Sustainable Livelihoods (SASC) Policy Fourum

held during 9-11 May 2001. the meeting is Jointly hosted by the International Water Management

Institute ( IWMI) and the Lanka Institute for Environment ( LIFE), held at Colombo, Srilanka.

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Paper titled "Economic Liberalization and Employment in South Asia", presented at Centre for

Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany, August, 1999

Paper titled "Economic Reforms and Poverty and Employment", presented at the conference on

"Economies in Transition", International Institute of European Studies, Macau, Hongkong, April 6-

9, 1999

Paper Titled "Social Security for Poor in India" presented at Expert Group Meeting on "Social

Security in ESCAP region", ESCAP, Bangkok, November 19-25, 1995.

Paper titled "Food Demand and Supply Possibilities till 2050 with Special Reference to Asia"

presented at a Round Table meeting on "Population and Food in the Early 21st Century: Meeting

Future Food Needs of an Increasing World Population" organized by IFPRI at Washington D.C.,

U.S.A., February 14-16, 1994.

Paper titled "India's (Maharashtra) Employment Guarantee Scheme: Lessons from Long

Experience" presented at the International Workshop on "Employment for Poverty Alleviation and

Food Security", organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute at Airlie House,

Virginia, USA, Oct.13-16, 1993.

Gave aTalk on "Some Issues on Labour Intensive Public Works for Food Security", International

Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C., February, 1993.

Participated in the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Annahiem, California,

USA, January 2-5, 1993

Participated in the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Agricultural Economists,

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., August, 1993

Project related paper titled "Rural Poverty: Incidence, Issues and Policies in India” presented at the

workshop on “ Measures to Alleviate Rural Poverty", organized by Asian Development Bank, at

Manila, Philippines, 14-16, November, 1990.

Paper titled "Role of Technology in Agricultural Development in India" presented at the conference

on "Food Problems in Developing Countries" Tel-Aviv, Israel, Dec.10-13, 1990.

Paper titled "Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Rural India with Emphasis on EGS in

Maharashtra" presented at a Workshop on "Poverty Alleviation Programmes" at Marga Institute,

Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 13-15, 1990

National (in India)

Presented paper on “Recent Changes in Measurement of India’s GDP: Overall Issues and some

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focus on Agriculture”, at the Symposium on GDP measurement, organized by the Indian School

of Political Economy, January 21, 2017

Gave a presentation on “Doubling Farm Income” at Kotak Mahindra Bank, 27th September, 2016

Presented Paper on “Food and Nutritional Security” at the conference on Millennium

Development Goals, India International Centre, Delhi, April 28-29, 2014

Presented paper on “ Indian Agriculture in 2030”, at International Conference in honour of Prof.

YK Alagh, Indian International Centre, March 9-11, 2014

Presented Paper on “Inclusive Growth and Five Disappointments in the Post-Reform Period”,

At National Conclave on “Growth, Distribution and Redistribution” organized by Department of

economics, Mumbai University, March 4-5, 2014

Presented paper on ‘food and nutrition security’ at the UN conference on food security in South

Asia at New Delhi, 14th August 2013

Gave Inaugural Address on ‘Some Issues in Indian Agriculture” at the Silver Jubilee Conference

on “ The State, the Market and the Agripreneurs” organized by IGIDR during April 3-5, 2013

Presented paper on “Policy Options and Investment Priorities for Accelerating Agricultural

Productivity Growth in India”, at FAO workshop, February 20, 2013.

Paper presented on ‘National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”, at the World Bank Conference

on Social Protection, Hyderabad, 30th

October, 2012

Presentation on “Impact of drought and policies for higher growth” at FICCI, Mumbai 18

October, 2013

Presented a paper on "Food Security in South Asia" in the seminar organized by UNESCAP,

Delhi, December 15, 2011

Presented paper at Workshop on “Policy Options and Investment Priorities for Accelerating

Agricultural Growth in India” to be held during 10-11 November 2011 at New Delhi.

Presented a paper on "Agriculture and Nutrition" IFPRI 2020 conference on "Leveraging

Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health" in New Delhi, Feb 10-12, 2011

Paper presented on “Rural Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion in India”, at the International

conference on “dynamics of Rural Transformation in Emerging Economies”, April 14 -16, 2010

Paper presented on “Social Protection with Emphasis on Food security’ at the ICSSR-UNESCO

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conference on ‘Social Protection in South Asia’, ICSSR conference room, March 18 -19, 2010

Paper presented on “Social protection in India: Issues and Policies”, at the International

Consultation on Human Development in India: Emerging Issues and Policy Perspectives”

organized by IHD and the World Bank, February 5-6, 2010

Key note paper entitled “structural Reforms and Agriculture” presented at the Annual

Conference of the Indian Economic Association, Bhubaneswar, 27-29 December, 2009

Presented paper entitled “Food Security in India: Issues, Challenges and Policies” at the IHD-

Oxfam workshop on ‘Policies and Strategies for Inclusive Development in India”, Indian Islamic

Centre, New Delhi, 23-24 November, 2009

Paper presented on “Social Protection in India”, at the regional training workshop on social

policy organized by UNICEF, Hotel Westin resort, Sohna, Haryana, August 18-21, 2009

Paper presented on “Food Security in India”, at the ‘Asia Regional Meeting on informing policy

responses to the global food crisis” sponsored by IFPRI’, India habitat centre, New Delhi, July

30-31, 2009

Paper presented on “Women, Intra-Household Issues and Undernutrition” at the seminar on

‘Malnutrition in South Asia’, organized by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, July 10-11, 2009

Paper presented on “Youth employment in India”, at CESS, Hyderabad (Jointly with

Venkatnarayana), March 6, 2009

Presented a Paper entitled “Rural Non-Farm Employment: Trends, Determinants and Policies”,

at the Seminar on “Labour Market in India and China” and organized by Institute for Human

Development (IHD), New Delhi, during 28-30 March, 2007.

Presented a paper and delivered a lecture on the topic “Next 10 years of Economic and Human

Development” in the morning session (10.00 A.M. to 1.00 P.M.), on the occasion of Vaartha –

National Telugu Daily successfully completing a glorious decade, organized a lecture

programme on 31-01-2006 at Bhaskara Auditorium, Birla Planatorium Complex, Hyderabad.

Presented a key note paper entitled “Employment in India: Policies and Programmes”, at the

88th Conference of Indian Economic Association held on 27-29 December, 2005 at Department

of Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Presented paper on ‘MDGs in Andhra Pradesh’ at the conference on ‘MDGs’ on the occasion of

10th anniversary of ‘Bhoovigyan’, MCHRD Centre, Hyderabad, November 18, 2005

Presented a paper on `Regional Disparities in Poverty and Malnutrition’ at the national seminar on

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on `Accelerated Economic Growth and Regional Balance: Recent Experiences and Implications

for Inter-State Variations in Development” held during 16-18 September, 2005 organized by

Institute for Human Development, New Delhi.

Presented a joint paper on “ Food security in India” at South Asia Regional Conference on

“Globalization of Agriculture in South Asia: Has it made a Difference to Rural Livelihoods?”,

organized at Viceroy Hotel, Hyderabad on 23-25 March, 2005, organized by CESS in

collaboration with IAAE, IFPRI, ISAE & ISAM.

Presented paper Jointly with Sreedevi on “Social sector Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh” at

Fourth Development Convention of ICSSR Institutes of the Southern Region on “Economic

Reforms and Social Justice in India: Achievements and the way Ahead” organized by CESS at

CESS, Hyderabad, during 4-5 March, 2005.

Presented a paper jointly with N. Sreedevi entitled “State Finances of A.P.: An Overview” in a

one day seminar on “Retrospect and Prospect of States Finances” organized by CR Foundation ,

Neelam Rajasekhara Reddy Research Centre, Kondapur, Hyderabad held on 29-01-2005.

Presented paper entitled “Agricultural and rural development Policies” at two-day National

Workshop on “Agricultural Economy and Rural Development” organized by the Department of

Economics, Sri Sathyasai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthinilayam Campus, Anantapur,

during 21-22 December, 2004.

Presented a paper entitled `Agriculture and Rural Development: Policy Issues for Growth and

Equity’ at Indira Gandhi Conference on “India: The Next Decade” organized by Rajiv Gandhi

Foundation, New Delhi, during 19-21 November, 2004.

Paper presented “Informal Statistics in India from Gender Perspective: Problems and

Constraints” on 14th

October, 2004 in a National Workshop on `Experience Sharing and

Capacity Building for Engendering Statistics’ held during 11-15 October, 2004 at

Thiruvananthapuram, organized by the Central Statistical Organization in collaboration with

UNIFEM & CFDA.

Presented paper on “Role of Safety nets for the poor and Vulnerable” at the National workshop

on “Protecting the Vulnerable Poor in India: The Role of Social Safety Nets” at Jacaranda, India

Habitat Centre, New Delhi, held during 6-8 October, 2004, jointly hosted by the United Nations

World Food Programme, India Country Office, in collaboration with the World Bank Institute,

Washington.

Presented a paper titled “The use of Occupational Data From NFHS: A Study of Female work

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participation and Child Labour” in the Professor Pravin Visaria Memorial workshop on

“Emerging Demographic and Health Scenario in India: Exploration from NFHS-2” organized by

CESS, Hyderabad during 17-18 September, 2003.

Presented a paper “Safety Nets for Chronic Poor in India: An Overview” for Chronic Poverty

Research Centre (CPRC) India Conference on `Chronic Poverty’ organized by Indian Institute of

Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, held on 4-5 November, 2003.

Paper presented entitled `Reforms with Human Face: Need for Pro-poor Growth Policies’ at the

conference on the theme “Reforms with Human Face” organized by the Indian Council of Social

Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, during 13-14 August, 2004.

Participated in one-day retreat (workshop) in Goa to Brainstorm and Infuse Fresh Ideas for State

Human Development Reports and their Follow up, organized by the Planning Commission and

UNDP, New Delhi, during 12-14 December, 2003.

Pesented a paper entitled “PDS and Food Security in India’in the CESS-LPEM-IFPRI workshop

on “Agribusiness: From Parastatals to Private Trade – Why, When and How?” held at the

Imperial Hotel, Janpath, New Delhi, during 15-16 December, 2003.

Presented paper on “Rural Employment: Trends and Policies’ in the conference on `Agriculture

and Rural Society in Contemporary India’, organized by West Bengal Government, Kolkata,

held during 17-21 December, 2003.

Presented a paper “Agro-processing in Andhra Pradesh: Opportunities and Challenges” at a

Seminar on `Agricultural Exports and Food Processing’ organized by International Food Policy

Research Institute (IFPRI) at the ANGR Agricultural University, Hyderabad, held on 16-01-2004

(jointly with N. Chandrasekhara Rao)

Presented a paper titled “Food Security in India” at the seminar on “Agricultural Policies for the

21st Century – From Vision to Action” at University Auditorium, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad –

500 030. The seminar was jointly organized by Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University

and IFPRI, Washington, D.C held during April 15-16, 2003

Presented a paper `Are Anti-Poverty Programmes Pro-poor?’ in the JNU-IFPRI Workshop on “The

Dragon and the Elephant: A Comprehensive Study of Economic and Agricultural Reforms in China

and India” at New Delhi, held during 25-26 March, 2003.

Presented a paper on `Right to Food’ in the Second Workshop on “Right to Development Project”

organized jointly by the Harvard University and Centre for Development and Human Rights

(CHDR), New Delhi at CHDR, New Delhi during 19-22 October, 2002.

Presented a paper on `Food Security’ in the National Seminar on `Social Security’ organized by the

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Government of Rajasthan at Jaipur during 19-20 November, 2002.

Presented papers: “Macroeconomic Performance and Policies” (along with C. Ravi) and

“Employment and Unemployment” (along with Vijay Mahajan) in the Seminar on `A.P.

Development Report’ organized by Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) at CESS,

Hyderabad during Novermber 30 – 1st December, 2002.

Paper presented entitled “Market Reforms in Agriculture: Indian Perspective” in the South Asia

Initiative ICRIER-ICAR-IFPRI Conference on “Economic Reforms and Food Security – The Role

of Trade and Technology” held at Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110

003 during 24-25 April, 2002.

Presented a paper entitled “Baseline Survey in Sustainable Livelihood Framework – The case of

Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project” in the Workshop organized by the Operations

Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank along with Institute for Social and Economic

Change (ISEC), Bangalore, held during 26-27 June, 2002 at Bangalore

Presented a paper “Procurement, Distribution and Public Works: PDS, FFW, EGS” in the South

Asia Initiative Collaborative IGIDR-IFPRI Methodological Workshop on “Analysis of Market

Reforms and Food Security” held during 8-9 July, 2002 at IGIDR, Mumbai.

Presented paper entitled “Right to Food in India”, organised jointly by the Harvard University and

Centre for Development and Human Rights (CHDR), New Delhi held during 19-22 October,

2002 .

. Paper presented entitled “Procurement, Distribution and Public Works: PDS, FFW, EGS” at

IGIDR-IFPRI Methodological Workshop on “Analysis of Market Reforms and Food Security”,

organized at IGIDR, Mumbai, during 8-9 July, 2002

Presented a paper entitled “Baseline Survey in Sustainable Livelihood Framework – The Case of

Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project” at the workshop organized by the Operations

Evaluation Department (OED) of the World Bank along with the ISEC, Bangalore, scheduled

during 26-27 June, 2002

Paper entitled “Market Reforms in Agriculture: Indian Perspective” presented at the ICRIER-

ICAR-IFPRI Conference on “Economic Reforms and Food Security – The Role of Trade and

Technology”, organized at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi during 24-25 April, 2002.

Paper entitled “Population, Employment and Human Poverty: Dimensions and Policy Issues”

presented at the National Seminar on `India’s Population Census 2001: Implications for Human

Poverty” organized by the Department of Economics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, on 7th

March, 2002

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Keynote paper entitled “Growth-Mediated and Support-Led Social Security for Unorganized

Sector in India” presented at the 43rd

Annual Conference of `The Indian Society of Labour

Economics’ held during December 18-20, 2001 organized by Institute for Social and Economic

Change, Bangalore.

Presented a paper entitled “Transforming the Rural Economy in Andhra Pradesh” (jointly with

Vijay Mahajan).at the Workshop on “Transforming Rural Economy in India” held during 19-21

September, 2001 in the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, organized by Institute for Human

Development, Planning Commission, World Bank and DFID.

Paper presented jointly with Dr. Jos Mooij on the topic “The Politics of Social Sector

Expenditure in India: An Exploratory Study on Budget Decisions, 1990-2001 at CESS Seminar

Hall on 7th

December, 2001

Paper entitled “Causes of Fertility Decline in India and Bangladesh: An investigation: (Jointly with

K.S. James and Binayak Sen) presented at the third conference of the South Asia Network of

Economic Research Institutes (SANEI-III), held during 28-31 August 2001, at New Delhi

Presented Keynote Paper entitled “Public Interventions for Poverty Reduction in Asia: Macro

Policies and Direct Programmes in the Third Asian Conference of Agricultural Economics, hosted

by Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur on 18-10-2000

Presented a paper on “Child labour in India: Dimensions , Determinants and Policies at a Seminar

on “Child Labour”” held at National Labour Institute, New Delhi on 5th December 2000.

Presented a Keynote paper on “Child Labour in India” at a seminar on the 83rd

Annual Conference

of the Indian Economic Association held at Jammu University, Jammu during 30 December 2000 to

1st January 2001.

Paper entitled “Consumption Patterns and Poverty in India” ( along with C. Ravi) held at IGIDR,

Mumbai during 12-14 July, 2000 at the International Symposium on “Development Policies for the

New Millennium” in honour of professor Kirit Parikh

Presented paper “Poverty in India: Trends, Macro Policies and Direct Programmes”, seminar in

honour of Dr. Raja J. Chelliah, organized at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC),

Bangalore during 17-18 January,2000.

Presented paper entitled “Eradication of Poverty and Generation of Productive Employment in

South India” (co-author) in the IASST Regional Seminar on India on the Threshold of the New

Millennium: the Unfinished Agnda and the New Challenges” held at Institute for Social and

Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore during 15-16 December,

1999.

Presented a paper entitled “Social Security in Unorganized Sector” in the International Conference

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on ‘Social Security Policy: Challenges before India and South Asia’ jointly organised jointly by RIS

and World Bank Institute, Washington at RIS, New Delhi during November 1-3, 1999.

Paper titled " Social Security in India: Performance and Issues", presented at a seminar on 'Social

Security in India", Organised by Institute for Human Development, April 15-17, 1999

Paper titled "Village Institutions and Common Property Resources: Socio-Economic Impact and

Lessons for Tree Growers Co-opertives", presented at a seminar on Participatory Management of

Natural Resources, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, October 29-30, 1998

Paper titled "Reforms and Indian Agriculture", presented at a seminar on Indian Economy -

Challenges of the 21st Century, organized by Y.B. Chavan Centre, Mumbai, February 13,

1999

Paper titled "What have we learnt from Rural Public Works" presented at the seminar on

"Reforming India's Social Sectors: Strategies and Prospects", organized by Dept.of Economics,

University of Mumbai and UNDP, Indian Merchant's Chamber, Mumbai, April 16 and 17, 1998

Paper titled "child Labour in India: Analysis at the Level of Agro-climatic Regions' presented at the

39th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, January 2-4, 1998.

Paper titled "Food and Employment Security in Karnataka", presented at the seminar on "Social

Security for the Unorganized Workers in Karnataka", Bangalore, February 9-10, 1998

Presented a Key note paper titled " Indian Agriculture: Policies for Growth and Equity, Emerging

Issues" at the Seminar on "Agricultural Development in India: Issues, Policies and Prospects", Rajiv

Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi. February 13, 1997

Presented a paper entitled " Subsidies and Investments in Indian Agriculture: Issues and Prospects",

at the seminar on "Subsidies and Investments in Indian Agriculture", Rajiv Gandhi Foundation,

New Delhi, April 21, 1997

Paper presented titled "Human Development in South Asia", at the conference on " Labour Market

and Industrial Relations in South Asia: Emerging Issues and Options", India International Centre,

New Delhi, September 18-20, 1996

Presented paper titled "India: Strategies for Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation" at the Workshop

organized by UNDP on 'poverty alleviation in South Asia' held at Heritage Village, Manesar,

Gurgaon, Haryana during 8-10, October, 1996.

Presented paper titled "Indicators of Poverty: An Analysis for Strategies and Action" at UNDP

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seminar on "community Pro-Poor Initiatives", 55, Lodi Estate, New Delhi, October 23, 1996

Presented paper titled "Poverty and Human Development: Regional Dimensions and Policy Issues"

presented at Workshop on "Strategies for Poverty Alleviation in India: Approach in the Ninth Five

Year Plan" Organized by Planning Commission at India International Centre, New Delhi,

November 7-8, 1996.

Presented paper titled " State Interventions and Women' Employment", at the seminar on "Gender

and Employment in India: Recent Trends, Patterns and Policy Options", Institute of Economic

Growth, Delhi, December 18-20, 1996.

Presented a key note paper entitled " Social Security for the Indian Worker: Performance and

Policies", at the annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, National

Labour Institute, NOIDA, U.P., December 23-26, 1996

Paper titled "Food Security: EGS Vs. PDS, A Tale of Two States", presented at the workshop on

Food Security and Public Distribution System", Planning Commission, New Delhi, April, 1995

Paper titled "Secondary Benefits of Rural Works Programmes" (with Ajit Ranade), presented at

"Applied Development Economics" Workshop at Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, January 7-13,

1995.

Paper titled "Career Options in the Field of Environment : A Multidisciplinary Perspective",

Presented at a Seminar on "Career Options in the Field of Environment", organized by World Wide

Fund for Nature (WWF-India) at IIT and Nehru Centre, Bombay on September 12 and 14, 1995.

Paper titled "Agricultural Growth and Employment in Maharashtra", presented at the seminar on

'Agriculture Growth, Poverty and Employment", organized by Indian Society of Labour Economics,

Patna, November 1995.

Paper titled " Blue Print for Maharashtra Agricultural Development" at a seminar on 'Agricultural

Development in Maharashtra' organized by the Indian Merchant's Chamber (IMC),Mumbai,

August 1994

Paper titled "PDS: Impact, Problems and Options for Reforms" presented for discussion at the

Training Program of IAS officers on 'Liberalization and Safety Nets' conducted at Lalbahadur

Sashtri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, June 1994

Paper titled "Fertiliser and Pesticide Use in Agriculture: Environmental Issues", presented at the

seminar on "Environmental Issues in Agriculture and Rural Credit", April 15-16, 1994., organized

by NABARD and IGIDR, Mumbai

Paper titled "Some Issues on employment and Unemployment", organized by State Planning

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Board and CESS, Hyderabad, August, 1994

Paper titled "Yield Gap for Cereals in India" presented at a seminar on 'Agricultural Research and

Productivity", National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, August,

1993

Paper titled "Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra: Impact on the Poor", presented at the

annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, Ahmedabad, December 1993

Paper titled " A Note on Employment in Rural Household Industries" at the seminar on

"Decentralized Industries with special reference to Khadi and village Industries", Bombay, 25-27,

October, 1991

Paper titled "Non-agricultural Employment in Rural India: Evidence at a Disaggregate Level",

presented at the seminar on non-agricultural employment in India, Ahmedabad, 1989.

Paper titled "Weather, Growth and Instability: An Inter-State Analysis of Foodgrains Production in

India", presented at a seminar on "Growth and Instability in Agricultural Production" Indian

Agricultural Research Statistics, August, 1987

Paper titled "Relative Efficiency in the Cotton Mill Industry: A Comparison of Andhra Pradesh and

All India" presented at Fifth all India Conference "Industrialization and Regional Development"

organized by the Society for the Study of Regional Development,

Udaipur, December 15-16, 1984.

Research Guidance to the Following students

1. Anamitra Saha (topic: Agricultural Growth in West Bengal), IGIDR, Mumbai

2. Vikas Rawal (topic: Irrigation Development in West Bengal) IGIDR, Mumbai

3. Sudhir Sharma (topic: Environmental Issues in Agriculture) IGIDR, Mumbai

4. N. Chandrasekhara Rao (topic: Terms of Trade in Agriculture) CESS, Hyderabad

5. G. Alivelu (Productivity in Indian Railways), CESS, Hyderabad

6. D. Sugandhi (Valu Chains), IGIDR, Mumbai

7. Runu Bhakta (Accelerating Health and Education for Children ), IGIDR, Mumbai

8. Priya Rampal (Nutrition), IGIDR, Mumbai