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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