newsletter july-december 2010

PPPPP eriodical reporting of the work accomplished need not be construed asone of the routines. In fact, it serves as a mirror of our performance and a tool toset/revive our goals for the next phase. We look at our attainments with a sense offulfilment and to chalk out the future path. This provides a platform to correct thedistortions, if any, and also helps us to reflect on the non-achievements. That setsthe pace of and direction for our work. Let me be clear: just as achievements areimportant to feel happy about, so also the unwritten conspicuous non-achievementsto brood over. I congratulate those who could reach their set targets and do appreciatethe efforts of those who could not do so for various reasons. In an overall analysis,I feel happy while I pen this overview of the work done at the Institute and reiteratethat all our achievements were possible due to the untiring efforts of our faculty,students and staff. It is due to their hard work that we could move further towardsour set goals.

Over the last six months, a plethora of activities kept all of us fully engaged. Wehave completed 18 research studies and undertook 10 new research projects. Manyimportant contemporary ‘social and economic’ themes engaged our attention in termsof research projects. These include: Climate Change, Agricultural Stagnation, Poverty,School Meal Programme, Gender and Governance in Rural Areas, Eco-threats &E-waste in Urban Governance, Urban Influence on Rural and Peri-UrbanLandscapes, Forest and Natural Resources, Caste Discrimination and Power Equationsin Panchayats, Health, Livelihood and Traditional Medicinal Systems and Sanitaryand Phyto-sanitary measures under WTO in the tea sector are some of the importantissues undertaken for analysis. We have ventured out in these areas and also couldmuster a substantial research support.

During the last six months, faculty members of the Institute have initiated 10new studies covering some of the important aspects which include strongly debatedpoverty of Devadasis and their rehabilitation, Nutrition and Childhood Diseases,Health Insurance, a monograph on the Status of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribesin Karnataka as well as a Longitudinal Ageing Study in India. During this period, 10Working Papers and two Monographs were published and two important books werebrought out by the ISEC faculty. The faculty members published 22 research papersin refereed journals, 13 papers in other journals and 8 chapters in edited books. Someof the prestigious journals include Journal of Social Economic Policy, Journal ofInternational and Area Studies, Journal of International Economics, InternationalJournal of Development and Social Research, Energy Policy, Natural Resources, andInternational Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies. Similarly, twoimportant Working Papers, one with World Institute of Development Researchand another with Brooks World Poverty Institute, were published by the facultymembers.

I know that we have toincrease our pace, rigourand zest to achieve new

heights. All this ispossible only with the

complete cooperation ofthe faculty, staff and

students of theInstitute, an essential

input which I have.With these resources,I believe excellence is

not a destination, but ajourney that requiresall our untiring andunbridled efforts to

leap forward.

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Director’s Desk . . .From the

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Besides all these activities, 10 Keynote Addresses weredelivered by the members of the faculty and they presented alarge number of papers at various Conferences/Workshops/Seminars including international seminars. The facultymembers of the Institute have also been nominated on importantinternational bodies like International Union for the ScientificStudy of Population, one served as a visiting scientist at theUniversity of Kassel and another as a visiting professor at theUniversity of Tokyo. Our contributions towards the goodgovernance and social interface have also been substantiallystrengthened through the working of our faculty members onseveral policy bodies and participation in current debates.

During these six months, seven of our PhD studentsobtained their PhD degrees and eight others have submittedtheir theses to the universities and are awaiting awards. TheDecember-2010 Bi-annual Seminars were attended by ProfNeeraj Kaushal of Columbia University, Prof Babu Nahata ofthe University of Louisville and Prof K Srinivasan, formerDirector of IIPS, Mumbai. Besides, we had expert panel memberswho offered useful suggestions to the students.

As usual, the Institute was abuzz with activities duringthe last six months and we had 14 different workshops, seminarsand lectures organised at the Institute. Among the prestigiousTraining Courses are the ISEC-Nordic Centre Courses and aRound-Table on Local Governance. We also trained the officersof the BWSSB and conducted UNFPA-sponsored trainingprogramme for helping to build the knowledge base on ‘Ageingin India’. A Workshop on ‘Policies for Inclusion in India andBeyond’ was organised in collaboration with the University ofOxford and the London School of Economics, and a trainingworkshop on Demographic Computations: Multi-StatePopulation Projections was organised in collaboration with theInternational Institute of Applied Systems and Analysis(IIASA), Austria. Two Round-Table discussions, one focusingon Indo-EU Trade and another on Trade Possibilities betweenPoland and India, were organised in collaboration with Stateagencies. In addition to all these, the Institute organised anumber of lectures and seminars by visitors as well as by facultymembers. We had an important lecture on Political Corruption:

Implications for Democracy by Hon’ble Justice Shri SantoshHegde, Karnataka Lokayukta. Prof Maitreesh Ghatak ofLondon School of Economics visited the Institute and delivereda public lecture on Models, Experiments and Policy onSeptember 2, 2010.

ISEC also organised, the second in the series, a CertificateCourse in Methods and Applications in Social Science Research(CCMASSR) for a small but heterogeneous group of participants,drawn from different states in India and a student from theRepublic of Yemen. The course was for two weeks and trainedthe participants in new advances in Social Science ResearchMethods. A visit to field site was part of the course, based onwhich the participants prepared and presented a brief researchpaper applying class room output to empirical tests. Dr K GGayathri Devi, Associate Faculty, CEENR, ISEC, coordinatedthe course, with assistance from Ms Sahithi Sanaka.

Relatively, these six months were quite important as faras international collaborations are concerned. We had ourpartners from Maastritch University and the University ofWarsaw visiting the Institute to strengthen the ties andorganised joint meetings. Similarly, we are furthering ourresearch collaborations with China and Korea. I am quite happythat we have covered some distance on our set path but still wehave to go a long way in the coming years. I know that wehave to increase our pace, rigour and zest to achieve new heights.All this is possible only with the complete cooperation of thefaculty, staff and students of the Institute, an essential inputwhich I have. With these resources, I believe that excellence isnot a destination but a journey that requires all our untiringand unbridled efforts to leap forward. I am sure to get all thecooperation from all those connected with the Institute and,needless to add, I received this from the day I took over thecharge of the Institute. Finally, any step while ascending is nevermade to rest upon but only to hold for a while, consolidate andgo to the next step at a higher place.

R S DeshpandeR S DeshpandeR S DeshpandeR S DeshpandeR S DeshpandeDirector


Campus HighlightsCampus HighlightsCampus HighlightsCampus HighlightsCampus Highlights

1. ISEC1. ISEC1. ISEC1. ISEC1. ISEC-NCI Course on ‘-NCI Course on ‘-NCI Course on ‘-NCI Course on ‘-NCI Course on ‘Approaching the Environment in India:Approaching the Environment in India:Approaching the Environment in India:Approaching the Environment in India:Approaching the Environment in India:New Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society InterNew Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society InterNew Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society InterNew Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society InterNew Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society Interface’face’face’face’face’

The Centre for Ecological Economics and NaturalResources (CEENR) of the Institute for Social andEconomic Change, in association with the NordicCentre in India (NCI), Sweden, organised a four-weekinter-disciplinary course on ‘Approaching theEnvironment in India: New Theories and Methodsin the Study of the Nature-Society Interface’ forpost-graduate students from Nordic countries fromJuly 4-31, 2010. Totally 10 post-graduate studentsfrom universities in Sweden, Finland and Denmarkparticipated in the course. This is a regularpost-graduate course equivalent to 7.5 ECTS(European Union Credits).

ISEC Director Prof R S Deshpande addressing the ISEC-NCIcourse participants. Noted environmentalist Dr A N YellappaReddy (centre) delivered the inaugural address.

The first week of the course introduced theparticipants to general issues relating to Indian cultureand environment, environment and economy interface,human well-being and sustainable development. Thesecond week of the course familiarised the studentswith urban environment covering issues like watermanagement, ecological architecture and sustainablecities and rainwater harvesting. The third weekcovered themes on biodiversity conservation and

forest management, environmental movements withIndian case studies from the Western Ghats and theHimalayan biodiversity hotspots. The fourth weekcovered themes on trade and environment, andcommon property regimes. The students were takento three field visits – (a) Green Buildings inco-ordination with Biome Architects, (b) E-parisara –a formal recycling plant and to informal recyclingareas, and (c) comparison of a developed and adeveloping village – Shivalli (Bangalore rural District).The field visits were meant to practically makestudents aware of various aspects relating to theenvironment (problems and solutions) in India.

The course participants were assessed based ontheir assignments, book reviews, participation inclasses and seminar presentations.

The resource persons of the course were drawnboth from within the Institute and outside andincluded eminent persons such as Prof G Thimmiah,Prof V M Rao, Prof N H Ravindranath, Prof M GChandrakanth, Dr C Rajasekaran, Dr R Siva, Prof M KRamesh, and such others.

Prof R S Deshpande, Director, ISEC, welcomedthe course participants. Dr A N Yellappa Reddy, retiredIFS Officer and noted environmentalist, delivered theinaugural address. Certificates were distributed to thecourse participants by Director, ISEC, who alsodelivered the valedictory address. A representativefrom NCI, India, also took part in the valedictoryfunction. Feedback on both the academic andadministrative aspects of the course was obtained fromthe participants through a structured feedback form,designed for the course. The feedback is useful formodifying the course.

Dr K G Gayathridevi and Dr Sunil Nautiyal,faculty, CEENR, ISEC, coordinated the course.

2. R2. R2. R2. R2. Round-ound-ound-ound-ound-TTTTTable Discussion on Lable Discussion on Lable Discussion on Lable Discussion on Lable Discussion on Local Governanceocal Governanceocal Governanceocal Governanceocal Governance

The Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair of ISECorganised a round-table discussion on localgovernance on July 12, 2010. The panel of participantsincluded Prof Vijayendra Rao, of the World Bank; ProfB K Chandrashekhar, former minister, Government ofKarnataka; Prof S S Meenakshisundaram, of NIAS; Prof

Vinod Vyasuslu, of CBPS; and Professors R SDeshpande, Siddharth Swaminathan and N Sivannaof ISEC. Prof Deshpande, Director of ISEC, welcomedthe gathering and introduced the main speakerProf Vijayendra Rao. Prof Rao presented the resultsfrom an extensive study of gram panchayats in Andhra


Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The talk,‘the Grammar of Gram Sabha’, shed light on thedeliberative decision-making processes at local levelgovernment institutions, particularly on issues suchas “who participates,” “whose preferences arerepresented,” and “who benefits” at gram sabhameetings. He said that more land a person owned, thehigher the likelihood of his/her preference beingmentioned in the meeting and the longer the preferencediscussed. Also, higher was the likelihood that adecision was taken on the preference. He also noted

that higher village literacy and the presence of higherlevel officials during village meetings tended tomitigate the power of the landed. At the same time,the voices of the disadvantaged castes, while notdominating the meeting, were also heard, but thepreferences of Muslims were given less time. ProfRao’s talk was followed by a discussion on thestructure and processes within local governmentinstitutions, views from the ground, as well as policyimplications of greater administrative and politicalreform.

3. Non-R3. Non-R3. Non-R3. Non-R3. Non-Residential Course on ‘esidential Course on ‘esidential Course on ‘esidential Course on ‘esidential Course on ‘Administrative, Managerial and EngineeringAdministrative, Managerial and EngineeringAdministrative, Managerial and EngineeringAdministrative, Managerial and EngineeringAdministrative, Managerial and EngineeringTTTTTraining’ for Engineers from BWSraining’ for Engineers from BWSraining’ for Engineers from BWSraining’ for Engineers from BWSraining’ for Engineers from BWSSBSBSBSBSB

The Centre for Ecological Economics and NaturalResources (CEENR) of ISEC organised two non-residential courses on ‘Administrative, Managerialand Engineering Training’ for the newly appointedengineers from Bangalore Water Supply and SewerageBoard (BWSSB). The first course was during July12-17, 2010 (coordinated by Dr Syed Ajmal Pasha) andthe second was held during August 16-21, 2010(coordinated by Dr Syed Ajmal Pasha and Dr SunilNautiyal). In all, 46 young engineers were trained onthe subjects during the two courses.

Young engineers from BWSSB attended two training coursesconducted by CEENR of ISEC. The first course was held duringJuly-12-17, 2010.

Broadly, the aim of the training programmes wasto sensitize, provide skills and give an orientation toProject Implementing Officers from BWSSB.

The objectives were to:

1. Make the Trainee Officers understand theimportance of water and wastewater – in the

global and the Indian scenarios, and particularlyin the context of Bangalore City;

2. Make a situational analysis of the existing watersupply and sewerage facilities in Bangalore andaugmentation of projects under way;

3. To enable the officers to acquire additional andnecessary skills related to Project Managementand Implementation;

4. To enable the officers to strategicallyconceptualise, plan and execute projects, and

5. To enhance their capacities to manage infrastructureprojects for growth and development.

It was expected that after the training course theproject implementing team (trainees) will be able to:1) understand the importance of project management,effective and efficient service delivery, particularlyrelated to water supply and sewage treatment andmanagement, and 2) manage and administer theirinstitutions in more effective and efficient ways.

These capacity-building training programmeswere based on the workshop mode, comprisinglecturers, panel discussions, SWOT analysis, logicalframework analysis, field visits, presentation of casestudies’ and interactive and participatory methods.Reading material and hand-outs were provided duringthe course period.

In addition to the in-house faculty, expertresource persons were invited to take the classes /sessions. The following topics were covered in thetraining courses: 1) Evolution of BWSSB and itsachievements, 2) Existing water supply and seweragesystem, 3) Projects under execution, 4) Project



formulation, implementation, monitoring andevaluation through WEAP, 5) Process monitoring forproject management – indicators and parameters,6) Project management skills 7) SWOT Analysis – gapanalysis – desk work – examples from projects, 8)

Right to Information Act and Transparency inAdministration, 9) Capacity Mapping StressManagement and Team Building, and 10) Evaluationand Feed. The programme concluded with avaledictory session.

4. Certificate Course in ‘Methods and Applications in4. Certificate Course in ‘Methods and Applications in4. Certificate Course in ‘Methods and Applications in4. Certificate Course in ‘Methods and Applications in4. Certificate Course in ‘Methods and Applications inSocial Science RSocial Science RSocial Science RSocial Science RSocial Science Research’ (A Multi-Disciplinaresearch’ (A Multi-Disciplinaresearch’ (A Multi-Disciplinaresearch’ (A Multi-Disciplinaresearch’ (A Multi-Disciplinary Ty Ty Ty Ty Training Praining Praining Praining Praining Programme)rogramme)rogramme)rogramme)rogramme)

The second in the series of ISEC’s CertificateCourse in ‘Methods and Applications in Social ScienceResearch’ (CCMASSR), was held during July 12-24,2010. A group of post-graduates, researchers anddevelopment practitioners from the State and civilsociety organisations from different parts of thecountry and outside participated in the course.Inaugurating the course, ISEC Director Prof R SDeshpande briefly explained the details of thecourse.

The resource persons for the course included thefaculty of the Institute and experts from outside,including Prof Maitreyi Krishna Raj, Prof Abdul Aziz,Dr Anup Dhar and others. Three sessions were heldevery day, each spanning 90 minutes (70 minutes forteaching and 20 minutes for discussion).

The first week of the course was spent onintroducing the participants to theoretical aspects of‘approaches and methods’ of social science research.The second week was devoted to accommodating theneeds of participants in terms of their ongoing researchwork as well as issues and questions relating toresearch methodology. The resource persons gavethem valuable suggestions on furthering their research

pursuits. Topics starting from selection of a researchproblem, setting up of study objectives, deciding theappropriate tools for data collection, analysing thedata, use of statistical packages like SPSS, and writingof the report were discussed.

A field trip was also organised under theguidance of Prof Abdul Aziz, Former Professor ofEconomics, ISEC to provide the participants with anexposure to rural problems and to test the tools of datacollection learnt in the class. During the last two daysof the course, each participant prepared and presenteda seminar paper based on a topic to demonstrate his/her understanding of research methodology as taughtin the course. These presentations were assessed byexperts invited from amongst the ISEC faculty,combining the paper with the class room interactionsand presentation skills.

The valedictory session was presided over by ProfR S Deshpande, Director, ISEC. He also distributedcertificates to the participants and addressed them.

Dr K G Gayathridevi, Associate Faculty, CEENR,ISEC, coordinated the course, assisted by Ms SahithiSanaka.

5. T5. T5. T5. T5. Training of Training of Training of Training of Training of Trainers and Wrainers and Wrainers and Wrainers and Wrainers and Workshop onorkshop onorkshop onorkshop onorkshop on‘Financial P‘Financial P‘Financial P‘Financial P‘Financial Perererererformance Indicators for Microformance Indicators for Microformance Indicators for Microformance Indicators for Microformance Indicators for Micro-insurance’-insurance’-insurance’-insurance’-insurance’

The Training of Trainers and Workshop on‘Financial Performance Indicators for Micro-insurance’was organised at the Institute in collaboration withGTZ, Germany; ADA, Luxembourg; and BRS, Belgium,during July 19-23, 2010. The training course coveredthe following topics: 1) Micro-insurance PerformanceAnalysis: General Overview; 2) UnderstandingFinancial Statements for Micro-insurance;3) Measuring Financial Performance in Micro-insurance: The key principles; 4) Measuring FinancialPerformance in Micro-insurance: The Key Indicators;

and 5) The Fact-sheet: A User-friendly Tool toCompute Ratios and Create Graphs. The trainingprogramme was meant to develop trainers from micro-insurance providers in south Asia. The participantswere from India, Bangladesh, Canada, Luxembourg,Belgium and Germany.

The training programme was coordinated by ProfD Rajasekhar, Head, and Ms R Manjula, SeniorResearch Assistant, Centre for Decentralisation andDevelopment.



6. T6. T6. T6. T6. Training Praining Praining Praining Praining Programme on ‘rogramme on ‘rogramme on ‘rogramme on ‘rogramme on ‘Capacity Building to Enhance the Competitiveness of theCapacity Building to Enhance the Competitiveness of theCapacity Building to Enhance the Competitiveness of theCapacity Building to Enhance the Competitiveness of theCapacity Building to Enhance the Competitiveness of theIndian Agriculture and RIndian Agriculture and RIndian Agriculture and RIndian Agriculture and RIndian Agriculture and Registration of Organic Pegistration of Organic Pegistration of Organic Pegistration of Organic Pegistration of Organic Products Abroad’roducts Abroad’roducts Abroad’roducts Abroad’roducts Abroad’

Even though India is a founder-member of WTOand has signed the agreement way back in 1994, amajority of the people are not aware of the WTO articles.There are many myths and notions about WTO amongdifferent stakeholders from agriculture and alliedsectors. Awareness about the WTO agreements, tariffs,quality and other technical requirements etc is essentialfor the officials from the agriculture and linedepartments, producers, traders and other stakeholdersto promote export of agricultural products.

Shri P D Watharkar, Director of Agriculture, Maharashtra, beingfelicitated during the first training programme held by ISEC forMaharashtra Agriculture Department officials. Prof K R SMurthy (right), Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC,inaugurated the training programme.

Keeping this in view, the Ministry of Agriculture,Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, TradeWing, the Government of India, requested ISEC toconduct two training programmes for capacitybuilding on the issues related to WTO to improvecompetitiveness of Indian agriculture. Both thetraining programmes were coordinated by Dr M JBhende from ADRTC. The first programme, conductedon August 3-4, 2010, trained officials from theDepartment of Agriculture, Government of

Maharashtra. The second training programme wasconducted on August 26-27, 2010, for 20 DeputyDirectors (Training) and 6 agriculture officers from theDepartment of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka.

The training programme included lectures anddiscussions on history / origin of WTO, WTO andAgriculture Policy, Organic Farming and Certification,Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,Locating Export Markets and Export Procedures forAgricultural Commodities and Products, GoodAgricultural Practices (GAP) and IPR issuesin Agriculture and its importance in international trade.

The resource persons were drawn from the facultymembers of ISEC, Indian Institute of HorticultureResearch (IIHR), Hesaragatta, Bangalore, University ofAgricultural Sciences, Bangalore, as well as from theFederation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce andIndustry (FKCCI), Bangalore. The first trainingprogramme was inaugurated by Prof K R S Murthy,Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC, while the secondprogramme was inaugurated by Prof R S Deshpande,Director of ISEC. Dr K V Sarvesh, Director (Agriculture),GoK, delivered a lecture on ‘Karnataka Agriculture inthe Globalising World’. The valedictory lecture for thefirst programme was delivered by Prof V M Rao, formermember of CACP. Shri N C Muniyappa, PrincipalSecretary, Department of Agriculture, Government ofKarnataka, delivered the valedictory lecture for thesecond batch, when certificates were given to theparticipants. Feedback on the programme was collectedfrom the participants using a structured response sheet.All the lectures were highly appreciated by theparticipants. Shri P D Watharkar, Director ofAgriculture, Government of Maharashtra, was veryhappy with the content of the programme and requestedISEC to conduct a few more programmes for their staff.

7. W7. W7. W7. W7. Workshop on ‘Sub-National Estimation of XI FYP/MDG Indicators:orkshop on ‘Sub-National Estimation of XI FYP/MDG Indicators:orkshop on ‘Sub-National Estimation of XI FYP/MDG Indicators:orkshop on ‘Sub-National Estimation of XI FYP/MDG Indicators:orkshop on ‘Sub-National Estimation of XI FYP/MDG Indicators:A Case of TA Case of TA Case of TA Case of TA Case of Two Districts in Karnatakwo Districts in Karnatakwo Districts in Karnatakwo Districts in Karnatakwo Districts in Karnataka and Rajasthana and Rajasthana and Rajasthana and Rajasthana and Rajasthan’’’’’

With regard to the on-going research project,‘Sub-National Estimation of MDG Indicators: AnAnalysis of Two States with Differential Quality ofData’, funded by UNFPA, a one-day workshop washeld on August 30, 2010, to discuss the draft report of

the study and preparation of a manual for the use ofthe district-level officials to estimate regularly theMDG Indicators. The workshop was co-ordinated byProf K S James, Head, Population Research Centre,ISEC, Bangalore.



8. T8. T8. T8. T8. Twowowowowo-day workshop to discuss the first phase of the study ‘Building Knowledge Base-day workshop to discuss the first phase of the study ‘Building Knowledge Base-day workshop to discuss the first phase of the study ‘Building Knowledge Base-day workshop to discuss the first phase of the study ‘Building Knowledge Base-day workshop to discuss the first phase of the study ‘Building Knowledge Baseon Ageing in India: A Series of Pon Ageing in India: A Series of Pon Ageing in India: A Series of Pon Ageing in India: A Series of Pon Ageing in India: A Series of Programmatic and Rrogrammatic and Rrogrammatic and Rrogrammatic and Rrogrammatic and Research Studies’esearch Studies’esearch Studies’esearch Studies’esearch Studies’

A workshop was organised to discuss the firstphase of the study on ‘Building Knowledge Base onAgeing in India: A Series of Programmatic andResearch Studies’, funded by UNFPA during August31-September 1, 2010. There were seven studiesinitiated as part of the first phase of the study. Dr MarcDerveeuw, UNFPA representative in India, presidedover the inaugural session and delivered the inauguraladdress. Altogether, nine papers were presented anddiscussed in the workshop. Prof K S James, Head,Population Research Centre, ISEC Co-ordinated theworkshop.

Dr Marc Derveeuw, UNFPA representative in India, addressingthe workshop at ISEC.

9. T9. T9. T9. T9. Training on Socioraining on Socioraining on Socioraining on Socioraining on Socio-Economic Sur-Economic Sur-Economic Sur-Economic Sur-Economic Survey of Households in Karnatakvey of Households in Karnatakvey of Households in Karnatakvey of Households in Karnatakvey of Households in Karnatakaaaaa(P(P(P(P(Pilot BPL Census Surilot BPL Census Surilot BPL Census Surilot BPL Census Surilot BPL Census Survey)vey)vey)vey)vey)

Training of District Coordinators and Enumerators

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD),Government of India, has taken a set of initiatives topretest the household and village schedules under PilotBPL Census Survey in the selected districts of variousstates. The MoRD has adopted a different approach,methodology and implementation mechanism withregard to poverty estimation in the country.

In Karnataka, 14 villages (one in each of the 14districts) have been identified for undertaking thesurvey of households and villages. The Institute forSocial and Economic Change, being the TechnicalSupport Institution for Government of Karnataka, has

been entrusted with the task of providing inputs,capacity building, overseeing the survey andcomputerisation of the data.

As part of the above, ISEC organised twocapacity-building programmes for the districtcoordinators and enumerators. The first programmewas held during September 2-3, 2010 and the secondduring September 8-9, 2010. The main focus of thetraining programme was to make the participantsacquaint themselves with the poverty scenario in Indiain general and understanding of various blocks of thehousehold and village schedules for filling them, inparticular.


10. W10. W10. W10. W10. Workshop on Porkshop on Porkshop on Porkshop on Porkshop on Policies for Inclusion in India and Beyondolicies for Inclusion in India and Beyondolicies for Inclusion in India and Beyondolicies for Inclusion in India and Beyondolicies for Inclusion in India and Beyond

A workshop on ‘Policies for Inclusion in India andBeyond’ was organised by the Institute in collaborationwith the University of Oxford and the London Schoolof Economics, UK, during September 2-3, 2010. Theworkshop, organised as a part of the long-termresearch study on ‘Improving Institutions for Pro-PoorGrowth’ undertaken at ISEC in collaboration with thetwo British institutions, was held in two parts. The firstpart was a public lecture (held on September 2, 2010)in which Professor Maitreesh Ghatak, London Schoolof Economics, spoke on ‘Delivery of Public Services:Models, Experiments and Policy’. While Prof K R SMurthy, Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC,

presided over the meeting, Prof R S Deshpandewelcomed the participants. Prof N Prabhu Dev, Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University, also participated.

The second part of the workshop, held onSeptember 3, 2010, involved a full day of interactionbetween academics and policy-makers. The inauguraladdress was delivered by Mr S V Ranganath, ChiefSecretary, Government of Karnataka. There were threesessions: health insurance, empowerment, andchildren and schools. In each of the sessions, academicsbriefly summarised research findings. A practitioneror policymaker was invited to comment, followed by


11. State-L11. State-L11. State-L11. State-L11. State-Level Wevel Wevel Wevel Wevel Workshop on the Findings of the Studyorkshop on the Findings of the Studyorkshop on the Findings of the Studyorkshop on the Findings of the Studyorkshop on the Findings of the Study‘Engendering Governance’ in Karnatak‘Engendering Governance’ in Karnatak‘Engendering Governance’ in Karnatak‘Engendering Governance’ in Karnatak‘Engendering Governance’ in Karnatakaaaaa

As part of its project design for disseminatingresearch findings among the different stakeholders, astate-level workshop was organised on September 20,2010 at ISEC on the project ‘Engendering Governance’.The participants included the Project Director from TISS,Dr Manjula Bharathy, several experts and academicians,representatives of a few NGOs, Grama Panchayats andGovernment officials. The workshop was inauguratedby Prof R S Deshpande, Director, ISEC. Prof N Sivanna,Project Director for the state of Karnataka, gave thewelcome address and introduced the project theme,methodology and design. Dr Bharathy presented thedetails of the project as it was carried out in the threestates of Bihar, Karnataka and Rajasthan. In the sessionthat followed, the main findings of the study werepresented by Dr K G Gayathridevi, Project Co-Director,and Mr A Prakash, Research Officer. There were fourpanelists hailing from different academic backgrounds

who reviewed the presentation paper and gave theircomments and observations: Prof Meenakshi Sundaram(visiting professor, NIAS), Prof Siddharth Swaminathan(RK Hegde Chair Professor, ISEC), Prof M D Ushadevi(Professor and Head of the Centre for Human ResourceDevelopment, ISEC) and Dr Sudha (Professorof Political Science, Government College,Chikkaballapur). There was a good discussion byparticipants where suggestions for improving the reportwere made. The Chairperson of the workshop, ProfAbdul Aziz, provided an overall critique of the reportand suggestions for improvement. A significant featureof the workshop was that a number of electedrepresentatives, who had come from different parts ofthe state, made valuable interventions during thepresentation and clarified on many issues. Theworkshop was coordinated by Prof N Sivanna andDr K G Gayatrhridevi.

12. W12. W12. W12. W12. Workshop on ‘orkshop on ‘orkshop on ‘orkshop on ‘orkshop on ‘Civil SocietyCivil SocietyCivil SocietyCivil SocietyCivil Society, Governance and P, Governance and P, Governance and P, Governance and P, Governance and Public Public Public Public Public Policyolicyolicyolicyolicy’’’’’

As part of the CPIGD’s research project, ‘CivilSociety and Governance in Karnataka and AndhraPradesh’, two half-day workshops were held, one inCESS, Hyderabad, and the other in ISEC, Bangalore.Both the workshops addressed the following questionsin the context of the two states:

What are the perceptions of civil society regardingthe nature and processes of governance?

Has governing process truly become a networkof relationships through which public policyprocess takes place?

Is civil society influencing public policy? If sohow, and through what policy processes, and towhat extent? What are the hurdles faced by civilsociety in influencing the public policy?

The Hyderabad workshop was held onSeptember 3, 2010 at the Centre for Economic andSocial Studies (CESS) Hyderabad. The workshop,

‘Civil Society, Governance and Public Policy in AndhraPradesh’, was organised in collaboration with theNGO, Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) with whichthe research is being conducted. Dr V Anil Kumarrepresented ISEC and made the lead presentationwhich was followed by detailed discussion. Theworkshop was chaired by Professor Gopinath Reddyfrom the CESS, and was attended by Professor ManojPanda, Director, CESS; Professor G Haragopal,Professor Emeritus, HCU; Dr Gyana Prakasham,Executive Director of CWS; and Dr Shyamala,Chief of the Governance Programme of CWS. Arepresentative of OXFAM, research scholars from theDepartment of Political Science and the Centre forAdvanced Study (CAS) of Osmania University, andfaculty members and doctoral scholars from CESSattended the workshop.

The Bangalore workshop was held on November3, 2010 at ISEC. The workshop, ‘Civil Society,


an open discussion. In all, about 65 participantsrepresenting the government, civil societyorganisations and academic institutions from India,and academic institutions from UK, Bangladesh,Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria attended the meeting.

This workshop was coordinated by Prof DRajasekhar, Head, and Ms R Manjula, Senior ResearchAssistant, Centre for Decentralisation andDevelopment.


13. T13. T13. T13. T13. Training Wraining Wraining Wraining Wraining Workshop on ‘Demographic Computations:orkshop on ‘Demographic Computations:orkshop on ‘Demographic Computations:orkshop on ‘Demographic Computations:orkshop on ‘Demographic Computations:Multi-state PMulti-state PMulti-state PMulti-state PMulti-state Population Population Population Population Population Projectionrojectionrojectionrojectionrojection’’’’’

The Population Research Centre, ISEC, incollaboration with IIASA, Austria, and TIFAC,New Delhi, conducted a training workshop on‘Demographic Computations: Multi-state PopulationProjection’ during November 9-13, 2010 at ISEC,Bangalore. The purpose of the training was tostrengthen the basic analytical skills and help gainknowledge of multistate demography and Excel toolsfor demographic analysis. The five-day trainingincluded lectures, practical sessions and assignments.

Twenty candidates were selected for the trainingfrom among 50 applicants and three from Bhutan weresponsored by UNFPA. The participants included PhDstudents and researchers, below the AssociateProfessor level, from different parts of India. Dr K CSamir from World Population Program at IIASA, DrAnne Goujon, also from World Population Programat IIASA, and Dr K S James, ISEC, were the resourcepersons for the workshop.


Governance and Public Policy in Karnataka’, wasorganised by ISEC in collaboration with the NGOs,MYRADA and Janaagraha. The inaugural session waschaired by ISEC Director Professor R S Deshpande.Dr V Anil Kumar made the theme presentation. Thesecond session of the workshop was chaired byMr Arvind Risbud from MYRADA. The workshopwas attended by Prof Supriya RoyChowdhury, ProfSiddarth Swaminathan, Prof N Sivanna,Dr Veerashekharappa, Dr Anand Inbanathan, andDr C M Lakshmana (all from ISEC); Shri ArvindRisbud from MYRADA, Ms Unna V Govindarajanfrom Janaagraha and a representative from AzimPremji Foundation made their presentations in the

workshop. Representatives from CSCS and theInstitute of Public Health, Bangalore, and doctoralscholars from ISEC also attended it. The workshopgenerated discussion on the concepts and processes ofcivil society, governance and public policy inKarnataka. The idea is to incorporate the main pointsof the presentations and discussions during the twoworkshops into the study on ‘Civil Society andGovernance in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh’ andto facilitate critical reflection on the relationshipbetween civil society and governance and publicpolicy. Both the workshops witnessed intensediscussions on the concepts and processes of civilsociety, governance and public policy in the two states.

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Smt. Arundhati Nag, eminent theatre personality,delivered the Karnataka Rajyotsava Extension Lectureon the topic, ‘My Journey in Theatre’ on December 10,2010. Professor K R S Murthy, Chairman, Board ofGovernors, ISEC, presided over the function.

Besides the Institute’s faculty, staff and students,the ISEC founder-members, Members of Board ofGovernors, faculty from sister institutions and otherinvitees participated in the function.

Outreach ActivitiesOutreach ActivitiesOutreach ActivitiesOutreach ActivitiesOutreach ActivitiesRound-Table Discussion on ‘Indo-EU Trade’

The Institute for Social and Economic Change,Bangalore, in association with FKCCI and the Centrefor Contemporary India Research and Studies (CCIRS),Institute of International Relations, University ofWarsaw, Poland, organised a round-table discussion on‘Indo-EU Trade’ on October 19, 2010 at the Cabinet Hallof FKCCI. This meeting is a part of the collaborativeventure between Warsaw University and ISEC.

Mr N S Srinivasa Murthy, President, Federationof Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry, gavethe welcome address while ISEC Director Prof R SDeshpande spoke on India–EU trade possibilities.Mr S Sampathraman, Chairman, EXIM Committee,FKCCI, spoke on the trade relations between EU andIndia.


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A discussion session was organised on December8, 2010, by the Institute for Social and EconomicChange, in association with FKCCI and the Centre forContemporary India Research and Studies (CCIRS),Institute of International Relations, the University ofWarsaw, Poland, on the trade possibilities betweenIndia and Poland. The meeting, held at the FKCCICabinet Hall, was a part of the collaborative venturebetween ISEC and the University of Warsaw.A number of industrialists, people from workers’unions and academicians participated in the meetingwhich was presided over by Mr J Crasta from FKCCI.The meeting with the Polish business and academiccommunities assumes particular importance in thecontext of enhancing trade relations between India andEU. It is noteworthy that when Poland will be holdingpresidency of EU, EU-India summit will be held inNew Delhi next year. The discussion session threw upvarious fruitful collaborative possibilities betweenIndia and Poland.

ISEC in association with FKCCI organised a discussion sessionon the trade possibilities between India and Poland on the FKCCIpremises on December 8, 2010.

This discussion session was organised by ProfMeenakshi Rajeev from ISEC.

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ISEC Public Lectures

Two ISEC Public Lectures were held during theperiod (July-December 2010) at Jnanajyothi SeminarHall, Central College Campus, Bangalore University.

Prof K Srinivasan, Emeritus Professor,International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai,delivered a public lecture on Population Policies inIndia: A Review and Recommended Revisions on July30, 2010. Prof N Prabhu Dev, Vice-chancellor, BangaloreUniversity, was the chief guest. Prof K R S Murthy,Chairman, Board of Governors of ISEC, presided.

Prof Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor, London Schoolof Economics and Political Science, London, UK, spokeon Delivery of Public Services: Models, Experimentsand Policy on September 2, 2010. Dr N PrabhuDev, Vice-chancellor, Bangalore University, was theChief Guest and Mr S V Ranganath, Chief Secretary,


Prof William Darity Jr, Sanford School of Public Policy, DukeUniversity, USA, delivering the Annual Ambedkar MemorialLecture on 'Affirmative Action Around the World: TheExperiences of the United States, India, Brazil and Malaysia' onDecember 30, 2010.

Prof Jakub Zaj¹czkowski, Chairperson, Centre forContemporary India Research and Studies, Instituteof International Relations, University of Warsaw,Poland, delivered a lecture on ‘Poland as a BridgeBetween India and EU: Economic Perspective’. This

was followed by interventions on the topic by ProfSiddharth Swaminathan and Dr Suresh Babu. ProfMeenakshi Rajeev, who organised the meeting, gavethe vote of thanks.


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Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, was the Guestof Honour. Prof K R S Murthy, Chairman, Board ofGovernors of ISEC, presided.

The Annual Ambedkar Memorial Public Lecture

The Annual Ambedkar Memorial PublicLecture was jointly organised by the Institute for Socialand Economic Change, National Law School of IndiaUniversity (NLSIU) and Bangalore University. It wassponsored by Centre for Study of Social Exclusion &Inclusive Policy and Dr Ambedkar Studies Centre of

NLSIU. Prof William Darity Jr, Sanford School of PublicPolicy, Duke University, USA, spoke on AffirmativeAction Around the World: The Experiences of theUnited States, India, Brazil and Malaysia onDecember 30, 2010, at Jnanajyothi Seminar Hall,Central College Campus, Bangalore – 560 001. Dr NPrabhu Dev, Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University,Prof R Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, and ProfR S Deshpande, Director, ISEC, participated as chiefguests. Prof K R S Murthy, Chairman, Board ofGovernors of ISEC, presided.

Social Science TSocial Science TSocial Science TSocial Science TSocial Science Talent Search Scheme (Salent Search Scheme (Salent Search Scheme (Salent Search Scheme (Salent Search Scheme (SSTSSTSSTSSTSSTSS)S)S)S)S)

A serious challenge encountered by any sciencetoday – be it natural/life science, physical, social,technological, managerial or medical – is to keep itsimportance intact against winds of change owing tofluctuating ‘market’ value of education. While a fewsubjects are ‘fortunate’ (like medicine, managementand technology) to continue to be in the limelight dueto their ‘commercial importance’, a few social scienceare no longer subjects of interest or importance for thenew generation. The situation has forced either theshutting down of these departments in manyuniversities or resulted in attempts to shift to weirdcombinations of subjects offered (like Economics,Electronics, Music & Accountancy, for example).

The cause of worry is not about mass admissionsto social science courses (which is anyway reported

from the colleges in rural areas) but of ‘talented’students opting for them.

ISEC launched the SSTSS as a novel venture toattract best talent towards social sciences. To beginwith, concentrating, upon a small section of studentsstudying at Plus 2 level, ISEC designed and organizeda “Talent Search” inviting the students’ continuedinterest in pursuing education by studying the ‘Arts’subjects such as History, Economics, Political Science,Sociology etc. It became, in due course, a collaborativeeffort of four premier institutions, viz., ISEC, BangaloreUniversity, Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC)and the Pre-University Board in Karnataka. Financialsupport to the successful students is planned in theform of scholarships.

Being experimental, the initiative was firstintroduced in about 800 colleges of theBangalore Division grouped under a few hubcolleges acting as examination centres –covering rural, semi-urban and urban areas,drawing over 1,000 student enthusiasts, withfinally around 700 writing the exam inFebruary last. Of the 27 successful studentsmore than 60% are from interior villages andmore than 50% are girls. They would receivescholarship for 3 consecutive years of studyin social sciences (Bachelor of Arts)accompanied by an annual orientation atISEC. The programme will be expanded tocover rest of Karnataka and India in duecourse.

A section of the students who took the SSTSS test held in February2011.


SeminarsSeminarsSeminarsSeminarsSeminars

Seminars by VSeminars by VSeminars by VSeminars by VSeminars by VisitorsisitorsisitorsisitorsisitorsNational Security Paradigms — Mr Sujan R Chinoy,Officer of Indian Foreign Service (July 5, 2010).

Desertification Vulnerability Index Model: A CaseStudy of Bellary District — Dr G S Sastry, ICSSRSenior Fellow, ISEC, Bangalore (August 12, 2010).

Indicators, Actionable Data, and Local Decision-Making: NEO CANDO as an Example for SimilarSystems in India — Dr Diwakar K Vadapalli, DoctoralResearch Fellow, Center on Urban Poverty andCommunity Development, Mandel School of AppliedSocial Sciences, Case Western Reserve University,Cleveland, OH 44106 (USA) (August 18, 2010).

What Does the World Expect from India? — MrStephen Knapp, Founder, World Relief Network,Detroit, USA (September 6, 2010).

Developing Micro Platform for Carbon CreditValuation — Mr Anurag Rai, Manager, Bank of India,New Delhi and SRTT Visiting Fellow, ISEC, Bangalore(October 8, 2010). (Project initiation seminar)

India’s Prospects for Furthering Trade Developmentwith South Asia: Analysis for Bangladesh andPakistan — Ms. Amrita Saha, Research Fellow,Ministry of Commerce & Industry (GoI), and SRTTFellow, ISEC, Bangalore (October 8, 2010). (Projectinitiation seminar)

Political Corruption: Implications for Democracy —Justice N Santosh Hegde, Lokayukta, Government ofKarnataka (October 20, 2010).

Maternity Protection: A National Assessment — DrMaithreyi Krishnaraj, Honorary Visiting Professor,ISEC, Bangalore (November 16, 2010).

The Origin and Evolution of Economics: 10000 BC tothe 21st Century — Mr Shankar Jaganathan, CharteredAccountant, Consultant in Corporate Finance,Bangalore (November 23, 2010).

Sustainable Transport Connectivity — Dr Biswa NathBhattacharyay, Lead Professional & Adviser to Dean,Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo,Japan (December 21, 2010).

Seminars by FSeminars by FSeminars by FSeminars by FSeminars by FacultyacultyacultyacultyacultySchool Meal Programme in Karnataka: A Study ofDelivery and Outcomes of Akshaya Patre Foundationin Primary Schools — Prof M D Usha Devi, CHRD,ISEC, Bangalore (August 11, 2010).

Rights-based Approaches to Poverty Alleviation andSocial Development — Dr V Anil Kumar, AssistantProfessor, Centre for Political Institutions, Governanceand Development, ISEC, Bangalore (August 24, 2010).

Improving Social Access to Social Security amongUnorganised Workers — Prof D Rajasekhar, Professorand Head, Centre for Decentralisation andDevelopment, ISEC, Bangalore (September 15, 2010).

Caste Discrimination in the Indian Urban LabourMarket: Methodological Development and EmpiricalEvidence — Prof S Madheswaran, Centre for EconomicStudies and Policy, ISEC, Bangalore (September 27,2010).

Seminars by StudentsSeminars by StudentsSeminars by StudentsSeminars by StudentsSeminars by StudentsState, Civil Society and Politics of Women’s Health— Ms Skylab Sahu, PhD Scholar, CPIGD, ISEC,Bangalore (July 14, 2010). (Pre-submission seminar)

Reconceptualising Rights – A Study of Micro SocialMovements in India — Mr Patibandla Srikant, PhDScholar, CPIGD, ISEC, Bangalore (September 13, 2010).(Pre-submission seminar)

Monetary Policy Transmission: Significance andSectoral Impacts of Channels in Indian Economy —Mr Prashobhan Palakkeel, PhD Scholar, CESP, ISEC,Bangalore (September 14, 2010). (Pre-submissionseminar)

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Completed Projects

1. Preparation of Comprehensive DistrictDevelopment Plan for Ramanagara District(CDDP-Ramanagara Project) (Prof D Rajasekharand Dr M Devendra Babu)

2. Magnitude, Dimensions and Causes of ChildLabour (Prof D Rajasekhar)

3. Evaluation of Sanitary and PhytosanitaryMeasures of Uruguay Round on Supply Chain:A Study on Tea Sector of Nilgiri Region of SouthIndia (Prof K V Raju and Dr K Lenin Babu)

4. Urban Influence on Rural and Peri-urbanLandscapes: Socio-economic and EcologicalPerspective (Dr Sunil Nautiyal, Dr KG GayathriDevi and Mr Bibhu Prasad Nayak)


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5. Climate Change, Agriculture, Poverty andLivelihoods: A Status Report (Prof K N Ninan)

6. Caste Discrimination in the Indian UrbanLabour Market: Methodological Developmentsand Empirical Evidence (Prof S Madheswaran)

7. School Meal Programme in Primary Schools:A Study of Delivery and Outcomes of SchoolMeal Programme by Akshaya PathreFoundation (Prof M D Usha Devi)

8. Independent Budgeting and Planning at DistrictLevel (Dr V Anil Kumar and Prof S N Sangita)

9. Utilisation of Reservations for Scheduled Tribesin Government Jobs: A Critical Evaluation(Dr Manohar S Yadav and Dr V Ramaswamy)

10. Comprehensive District Development Plan(CDDP) (Bidar District) (Dr S Erappa)

11. Gender and Governance in Rural Services[Dr K G Gayathri Devi, Dr Regina Birner (IFPRI)& Dr Madhushree Sekher (TISS, Mumbai)]

12. Forest Resources and Economic Growth: AnEnquiry into the Growth Linkages of ForestCover in Indian States (Dr Bibhu Prasad Nayakand Dr Sunil Nautiyal)

13. Eco-threats of E-waste: A Case Study ofBangalore City (Dr S Manasi and Dr Bibhu PrasadNayak)

14. Health and Livelihoods of Community andTraditional Medicinal Plants: SWOT of TwoAgro-climatic Zones of India (Dr Sunil Nautiyaland Dr K Lenin Babu)

15. Towards improving Participatory Irrigation andPerformance of Water Users Associations underJICA Assisted Irrigation Projects in India –Understanding the Institutional Dynamics,Performance and Benefits (Dr S Manasi, Dr BibhuPrasad Nayak and Dr K Lenin Babu)

16. New Dimensions of Rural indebtedness in India(Prof Meenakshi Rajeev and Ms B P Vani)

17. Scheduled Castes and Panchayats: ContinuingSocial Exclusion and the Limits to AffirmativeAction (Dr Anand Inbanathan and Prof NSivanna)

18. Sample Validation Study of EMIS-DISE data2008 (Prof G K Karanth and Dr V Ramaswamy)

New Projects

1. Improving Access to Social Security Benefitsamong Unorganised Workers (Prof DRajasekhar)

2. Pilot BPL Census Survey in Karnataka RD & PR(Dr M Devendra Babu)

3. A Comparative Study of the Health InsuranceSchemes in Karnataka (Prof D Rajasekhar)

4. Review of Developmental Programmes andSchemes of the Departments of Forest, Ecologyand Environment Expenditure ReformsCommission (Dr Sunil Nautiyal and Dr SyedAjmal Pasha)

5. Assessing the Environmental Burden of Diseaseof Air Pollution: A Case Study of TwoMetropolitan Cities – Bangalore and Hyderabad(Dr S Manasi and Dr Syed Ajmal Pasha)

6. A Comprehensive Study on the Status ofScheduled Castes in Karnataka (Prof SMadheswaran and Dr Manohar S Yadav)

7. A Study on Nutrition and Childhood Diseasesin Karnataka (Dr R Mutharayappa)

8. Evaluation of the Devadasi RehabilitationProgramme (Dr V Ramaswamy)

9. Evaluation of Housing Scheme for Devadasisunder Devadasi Rehabilitation Programme ofKarnataka State Women’s DevelopmentCorporation (Dr V Ramaswamy)

10. Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) PilotSurvey (T N Bhat)

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Students’ Biannual Seminar Series

The 23rd Bi-annual seminars of PhD students werescheduled during December 6-13, 2010. In all therewere 33 presentations; four of them were pre-submission seminars, nine proposal seminars and20 were progress seminars.

Dr Neeraj Kaushal, Associate Professor, School ofSocial Work, Columbia University, New York;Professor Babu Nahata, Honorary Visiting Professor,ISEC; and Professor Srinivasan K, Honorary VisitingProfessor, ISEC, served as Special Discussants.

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PhD Awarded

Dr R Santhosh (Sociology) was awarded the PhD bythe University of Mysore in 2010 for his thesis, TheProcess of Religious Identity Formation: A SociologicalStudy of Religious Organisations in Kerala, South India.Prof G K Karanth was his supervisor.

Dr (Ms) Anitha V (Political Science) was awarded thePhD by the University of Mysore in 2010 for her thesis,Institutions and Changing Role of Bureaucracy – A CaseStudy of Higher Level Bureaucracy in Karnataka.Dr Madhushree Sekher was her supervisor.

Dr Sabuj Kumar Mandal (Economics) was awarded thePhD by the University of Mysore in 2010 for his thesis,Energy and Productivity Growth: A Study of Indian CementIndustry. Prof S Madheswaran was his supervisor.

Dr Biplab Dhak (Development Studies) was awardedthe PhD by the University of Mysore in 2010 for histhesis on Gender Inequality in Health in India: Life Courseand Neighbourhood Dimension. Dr R Mutharayappa washis supervisor.

Dr Satyasiba Bedamatta (Economics) was awarded thePhD by the University of Mysore in 2010 for his thesison Economic Implications of Ecological Changes: A Study ofChilika Lagoon. Prof R S Deshpande was his supervisor.

Dr Naveen Kumar (Economics) was awarded the PhDby the University of Mysore in 2010 for his thesis onMicro-finance Institutions in Karnataka: An Analysis ofSustainability and Impact of Credit Plus Services.Dr Veerashekharappa was his supervisor.

Dr (Ms) Sarala R (Sociology) was awarded the PhDby the University of Mysore in 2010 for her thesis onSocial Networking for Survival in Slums: A Case Study ofBangalore. Dr K G Gayathri Devi was her supervisor.

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Working Papers

An Overview

In all, 10 working papers were published duringthe period July-December 2010.

Institutions and their Interactions An EconomicAnalysis of Irrigation Institutions in the MalaprabhaDam Project Area, Karnataka, India (WP 250) byDurba Biswas and L Venkatachalam.

Institutions and institutional structures that areset up by individuals, groups and governments withthe objective of organizing human activities tend toinfluence the outcome, such as of managing commonpool resources like water for irrigation. However, it isalso true that institutions established with a ‘top-down’approach generate distortions in this process. Againstthis background, the authors have attempted toanalyse the working of the institutions governingsurface water allocation in the Malaprabha river basinin Karnataka. The analysis has shown that the so-calleddemand-side oriented institutional approachintroduced by the government has not produced thedesired outcomes. The study has proposed analternative model of institutional arrangement-tradable water rights system within the regulatedframework, the advantages being using the WUCs forwater transfer from low-value to high value use;facilitating even small farmers to participate in thewater trade which leads to effectively addressing theequity issues. The paper raises the concern that thesuccess or failure of any innovative institutions, in thiscase, the tradable water rights system, is determinedby the extent to which they are governed, by any singleor a team of institutions including the individual usersin the process.

Performance of Indian SEZs: A Disaggregated LevelAnalysis (WP 251) by Malini L Tantri.

This WP on the performance of Indian SEZs isundertaken within the framework of the Zone-TradePerformance Index, covering seven conventional SEZsfor the period 1986-87 and 2007-08. The author analysesthe performance at the disaggregate level to findvariations across as well as within zones during thereference period, which are found to be statisticallysignificant. The analysis further shows that the zonesspecifically located in economically developed stateshave performed better as compared to those in otherstates, thereby highlighting regional disparities in thiscontext. The paper therefore concludes by demandingpolicy attention on the issue. Another outcome of thestudy is the reflection on equal sensitivity of the zonesto external economic fluctuations. It underlines theneed for caution while promoting SEZs: to diversifyrather than concentrate on a few sectors. It emphasizesthe need for documenting lessons learnt fromperformances over time and across zones. Policyprescriptions and guidelines are recommended toimprove the successful ones and boost the performanceof those lagging behind.

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Banking Sector Reforms and NPA: A Study of IndianCommercial Banks (WP 252) by Meenakshi Rajeev andH P Mahesh.

Maintenance of Non-Performing Assets (NPA)has assumed importance in economic studies for thereason that a well-developed and healthy financialsystem is necessary to facilitate smooth flow of savingsand investments; efficient allocation of resources acrosstime and space; addressing inefficiencies resultingfrom market frictions and other socio- economicfactors. Beyond a certain level, NPA become a causefor concern for all involved due to the importance ofcredit in ensuring economic growth. The recent globalfinancial crisis has drawn the attention of policy-makers and academicians to the issue of NPA. ThisWP examines the trends of NPA in India coveringvarious dimensions. It explains how a mere recognitionof the problem and self-monitoring has been able toreduce it to a great extent. The paper discusses the roleof Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) or Self-Help Groups(SHGs) in the context of loan recovery and shows thatthe public sector banks in India with certain welfaremotives have an equally good record in reducing NPAsas done by their counterparts in the private sector. Itrecommends the SHG model to enable the poor toaccess loans and ensure repayment behaviour at leastin some of the sectors.

Government Policy and Performance: A Study ofIndian Engineering Industry (WP 253) by RajdeepSingha and K Gayithri.

When India began liberalisation of its industrialpolicy in the mid-1980s, besides a general increasein efficiency, a further improvement in terms ofinnovative performance was also expected by theproponents of liberalisation. Based on extensiveindustrial studies and macro level data, the paperconcludes that the above move in the field of industriallicensing and foreign technological collaborations hasresulted in large-scale entry of new firms acrossdifferent segments of the economy.

This Working Paper makes an attempt to reviewthe promotion-oriented industrial policies of the Indianengineering industry. It has also traced industrialgrowth from 1950-51 onwards to observe that twomain brakes (kinked points) occurred during thisperiod, one in 1965-66 and the other in 1984-85. Theanalysis points to major shifts in the policies of theGovernment as factors associated with these brakes.The first was, the policy focusing on heavy industries(1965-66); and the second brake occurred due to

changes in policies of the restrictive kind (of mid-sixtiesand ’seventies) to liberalised ones (in the mid-eighties).The paper concludes by raising hope for devising anappropriate industry-specific policy in the Indiancontext.

Reproduction of Institutions through People’sPractices: Evidences from a Gram Panchayat in Kerala(WP 254) by Rajesh K.

This paper is an analysis of the dynamics of theparticipatory institutions in Kodayathur GramPanchayat in Kerala. It is an exploration into thedifferent fields of society in the Panchayat which hasinternalised and reproduced these institutions throughtheir actual practices. Adopting a relationalmethodology and linking the subjective stand-pointof individuals or groups affiliated to institutions, withtheir objective position in the society, the paper appliesmethods like in-depth dialogues with informants alongwith group discussions and documented analysis. Itconcludes that institutions in the GP have largely failedin achieving their objectives, the reason being theapathetic approach of the political parties, aversion ofthe middle and upper-middle classes to them andinability of the marginalised groups in getting involvedin such institutions. These have been identified by thestudy as the major hurdles before GPs to achieve theirideal objectives.

Survival and Resilience of Two Village Communitiesin Coastal Orissa: A Comparison of Coping withDisasters (WP 255) by Priya Gupta.

The crucial element in a disaster is the humancomponent. In this paper, the author discusses thehuman factor with reference to a group’s vulnerability,which is a concomitant of certain important attributes,such as occupation / livelihood of a group. The studypoints out that when a community or a group managesto survive disasters despite their vulnerabilities, it callsfor a discussion on the various processes of resilienceand coping mechanisms which have enabled suchsurvival. It also suggests that perception of a disastervaries owing to the risks the community faces, whichin turn vary across the communities. It also concludesthat different social groups face disasters differentlyand bear different kinds of impact. They also tend tohave different vulnerabilities which determinevariations in their capacity to cope with and resistdisasters. Thus, no umbrella plan of disaster mitigationwill work unless the vulnerabilities and differences ofdifferent social groups are duly noted.


Engineering Industry, Corporate Ownership andDevelopment – Are Indian Firms Catching up withthe Global Standard? (WP 256) by Rajdeep Singha andK Gayithri.

Considering that the presence of multi-nationalcorporations (MNCs) in the developing economies hasenhanced efficiency across domestic firms to a certainextent compared with the advanced economies, thispaper attempts to look into the extent of thisconvergence in the context of Indian engineeringindustry. It makes a comparison between foreign anddomestic firms. Using a stochastic production functiontechnique to evaluate the efficiency of two firmsseparately, the paper brings to the fore differencesbetween productivity and efficiency. It establishes thatthe econometric models help in explaining not onlythe nature of convergence but also the factorsunderlying variations in efficiencies. Ownership offirms also significantly influences performance. Thepaper shows that domestic firms having achievedefficiency levels almost equal to foreign firms farebetter than other firms. When viewed at the individuallevel, trade liberalisation impacts significantly on theefficiency of the firms. The convergence processbetween domestic and foreign firms in terms oftechnical efficiency is more pronounced in the laterstages of globalisation (2000-03). However, the studyseeks to look for a better methodology to analyse theconvergence, since there is a decline in the efficiencyof foreign firms while the domestic ones show noimprovement in this regard. The study establishes apositive relationship between the international tradeof firms and their technical efficiency. Imported inputintensity is positive for firms thereby helping them toimprove themselves.

Schedule Castes, Legitimacy and Local Governance:Continuing Social Exclusion in Panchayats (WP 257)by Anand Inbanathan and N Sivanna.

It is an established truth that the members of theSchedule Castes (SCs) are discriminated against,exploited and placed at the bottom of social hierarchyfor long in our history. Of the many measuresundertaken to address the situation, the 73rd

Constitutional Amendment sought to overcome thishumiliation and help the SCs access seats of politicalpower by becoming members and heads of thePanchayats through the system of affirmative action.This was not an easy process, given the expected strongresistance from those already in power supported bythe tradition. This paper looks at some of the


consequences of reserving the seats of heads of GramPanchayats in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for themembers of the SCs elected to these GPs. It is basedon the concept of legitimacy to document theperceptions of higher castes as well as the participationof SCs in Panchayats.

Plant-Biodiversity Conservation in AcademicInstitutions: An Efficient Approach for ConservingBiodiversity across Ecological Regions in India (WP258) by Sunil Nautiyal.

This working paper is the outcome of a studyundertaken to access biodiversity in academicinstitutions to understand their role in conservingbiodiversity. ISEC in Bangalore was chosen to make thisstudy in its 16-hectare campus adjudged as the bestmaintained campus in the city of Bangalore for threeconsecutive years. The campus is home to more than400 plant species, including trees, shrubs, herbs, grassesand creepers, many of which are endangered. The studystresses the importance of conserving biodiversity asthe threat of losing the various species at an alarmingrate looms large. The paper recommends measures andefforts to save these precious natural resources andpromote biodiversity, true to the objectives of theInternational Year of Biodiversity, 2010.

WTO and Agricultural Policy in Karnataka (WP259)by Malini L Tantri and R S Deshpande.

Following the Hong Kong round of WTOnegotiations, many trade issues have been debated andsubsidies and market access are brought under sharpfocus. In the context of India, its trade policy continuesto be a prerogative of the Central government, withthe state government policies often taken for granted.

This paper attempts to review the impact of WTOthrough the state perspective and policy response. Thestate of Karnataka, with trade in agriculture posing as astrong growth buster, is taken as a case study tohighlight the state-specific issues. The state also hasshown a proactive role in international trade andprepared well for ascertaining the impact of WTO onits agricultural sector. The paper argues that this tempohas to be sustained in the future by fine-tuning thebalance between domestic demand, exportable surplusand import trends delineating WTO’s implications forits primary producers, traders and consumers. Thestudy makes a SWAT analysis of the views of thestakeholders putting forth future policy paradigm. Itsuggests inbuilt solutions in the context of Karnataka’sshort- and long-term perspectives concerning the WTO.


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Monograph (No. 21) ‘Dynamics of PopulationChange in Karnataka: An Overview’ by Dr C MLakshmana.

The monograph is a revised version of the studyreport by the author on ‘Population Change inKarnataka: A Decadal Overview’ undertaken at theISEC with the objective of tracing a micro analysis ofpopulation change in Karnataka, by taluks, anddocumenting the major changes and trends witnessedin the decades of 1981-1991 and 1991-2001. The studyis set against the importance of demographic researchcaused by the processes of globalisation, economicliberalisation and privatisation and their impact ongrowth and distribution of population. It also shedslight on the impact of governmental and privateinitiatives to bring down birth rate and also fertilitylevels highlighting the relatively limited global surfacearea in India to sustain its growing population.

The other significant contributions of the study arethe analysis of district- and region-wise situation ofgrowth of population in the state of Karnataka and acomparison of general population and child population;and variation in growth of population among ScheduledTribes in India with special reference to Karnataka.

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Deshpande, R S

(with Saroj Arora) ‘Agrarian Crisis and FarmerSuicides – Land Reforms in India: Volume 12’. NewDelhi: Sage Publications, 2010.

Kumar, Parmod

‘Performance and Inefficiency of Public DistributionSystem in India’. New Delhi: Academic Foundation.2010.

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Bansod, Dhananjay Wamanrao

(With M Lingaraju) ‘Health Care Utilization inKarnataka: A Regional Perspective’. The DeccanGeographer: Indian Geography Journal, 47 (2), December2009. (Published in August 2010)

‘Perception of Elderly on Their Children: A Case ofRural Maharashtra’. In K N S Yadava and Alok Kumar(eds), Ageing: Some Emerging Issues - Profiles, Trends andPolicy Perspectives. New Delhi: Manak Publications,Pvt. Ltd., 2011. (Published in 2010)

(with B Paswan) ‘Health Status of Elderly in RuralMaharashtra: Do Socio-Economic DifferentialsMatter?’. In S C Gulati (ed), Population, Health andHuman Resources in India’s Development. New Delhi:Academic Foundation, 2011. (Published in 2010)

Deshpande, R S

(with Khalil Shah) ‘Food-Price Inflation and ChangingTerms of Trade’. Monthly Economic Digest. MaharashtraEconomic Development Council, 34 (9), July 2010.

‘Indian Economy’. Manorama Yearbook 2011,Kottayam, Kerala: Malayala Manorama, 2010.

Devi, K G Gayathri

(with Katharina Raabe, Madhushree Sekher & ReginaBirner) ‘How to Overcome Governing Challenges ofImplementing NREGA: Insights from Bihar UsingProcess’. IFPRI Discussion Paper No.00963, July 2010.

‘Employment Generation and Natural ResourceManagement: A Critical Reflection on GovernanceIssues’. In Sunil Nautiyal and Bibhu Prasad Nayak(eds), Ecological Economics: An Approach towardsSocio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability.Bangalore: ISEC and National Institute of Ecology, July2010.

Gayithri, K

‘Budget Initiatives for Better Service Delivery: ReformInitiatives in an Indian State’. Journal of Social andEconomic Policy, 7 (1): 21-28, June 2010.

Kannan, Elumalai

(with Pratap S Birthal) ‘Effect of Trade Liberalisationon the Efficiency of Indian Dairy Industry’. Journal ofInternational and Area Studies, 17 (1), June 2010.

‘Post-Quota Regime and Comparative Advantage inExport of India’s Textile and Clothing’. Journal ofInternational Economics, 1 (2), July-December 2010.

(with N Rangasamy) ‘Futures and Spot Price Relations:A Case of Pepper in India’. Indian Journal of AgriculturalMarketing, 24 (2), December 2010.

Kumar, Parmod

‘Food Security in Karnataka’. FKCCI Journal, 31,September 2010.


Integrated Water Resources Management. London: IWAPublishing, 2010.

‘Fisheries and Livelihoods in Tungabhadra Basin,India: Current Status and Prospective Growth’. In SunilNautiyal and Bibhu Prasad Nayak (eds), EcologicalEconomics: An Approach towards Socio-Economic andEnvironmental Sustainability. Bangalore: ISEC andNational Institute of Ecology, July 2010.

Mutharayappa, R

‘Functioning of Janani Suraksha Yojana in HassanDistrict of Karnataka’. The Indian Journal of Social Work,71 (2): 167-180, 2010.

‘Is Empowerment Influencing Domestic Violenceagainst Women in Karnataka’. Man and Development,XXXII (4), December 2010.

Nanjundaiah, C

‘Where all the Water has Gone? Neither Supply-sidenor Demand-side Urban Water Management inBangalore City, India’. Persian CIVILICA, August, 2010.

Narayana, M R

‘ICT Sector, Globalization and Urban Economic Growth:Evidence from Bangalore (India)’. Working PaperNo.2010/80. United Nations University – World Instituteof Development Research (Helsinki): July 2010.

Nautiyal, Sunil

(with K S Rao, H Kaechele and P Zander) ‘ConceptualModel Development for Landscape Management inthe Mountains of the Indian Himalayan Region:An Approach for Sustainable Socio-ecologicalDevelopment’. Landscapeonline, 18: 1-19, October 2010.

(with R R Nidamanuri) ‘Conserving Biodiversity inProtected Area of Biodiversity Hotspot in India: A CaseStudy’. International Journal of Ecology and EnvironmentalSciences, 36: 195-200, December 2010.

(with H Kaechele) ‘From Thaer and Thünen untilToday: Past and Future of Agricultural Landscape Usein Germany’. Natural Resources, 1 (2): 57-68, 2010.

‘Climate Change: Copenhagen to Karnataka’. StateMacro Scan, 2, 2010.

‘Impact of Land use Change: Socio-economic andEcological Perspectives’. In Sunil Nautiyal and BibhuPrasad Nayak (eds), Ecological Economics: An Approachtowards Socioeconomic and Environmental Sustainability.Bangalore: ISEC and National Institute of Ecology, July2010.

‘Functioning of the Public Distribution System in India:An Empirical Evaluation’. Outlook on Agriculture, 39(3), September 2010.

‘Structure of Markets and Prices in Agriculture:Empirical Findings from Punjab and Bihar’. Margin.(Forthcoming)

‘Food Security: the Challenges for Agriculture in India’.Agricultural Situation in India. (Forthcoming)

‘Market Structure, Conduct and Performance:Empirical Findings from Six States in India’. IndianJournal of Agricultural Marketing. (Forthcoming)

Kumar, V Anil

‘Political Sociology of Democratic Decentralisation inIndia’. Journal of Polity and Society, 3 (1): 41-53, January-June 2010. (published in December 2010)

‘Political Regimes and Public Policies in South India’.In Harishankar Upadhyaya and Anjani KumarMalaviya (eds), Inspiring Winds and Rainbow of Ideas:Essays in Honour of Professor Rajen Harshe. Allahabad:Prayag Pustak Bhavan, 2010.

Lakshmana, C M

‘Women Health, Education and Empowerment:India’s Status and Challenges’. International Journal ofDevelopment and Social Research, 1 (1), June 2010.

Lingaraju, M

(With Dhananjay W Bansod) ‘Health Care Utilizationin Karnataka: A Regional Perspective’. The DeccanGeographer: Indian Geography Journal, 47 (2), December2009. (Published in August 2010)

Madheswaran, S

(with Sabuj Kumar Mandal) ‘Causality betweenEnergy Consumption and Output Growth in IndianCement Industry: An Application of Panel Vector ErrorCorrection Model’. Energy Policy. (Available onlineAugust 12, 2010, article in press)

Manasi, S

(with Ingrid Neishem, Desmond Mc Neill, K J Joy, DanThi Kim Nhung, Maria Manuela Portela, SuhasParanjape) ‘The Challenge and Status of IWRM in FourRiver Basins in Europe and Asia’. Irrigation andDrainage Systems, 24 (3-4): 155-325, 2010.

(with Ingrid Neishem, K J Joy, Suhas Paranjape, K VRaju, Nagothu Udaya Sekhar) ‘Integrated WaterResources Management in Tungabhadra Basin’. InGooch G D, A Riew-Clarke and P Stalnacke (eds),

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Ninan, K N

(with S White, Patrick ten Brink et al) ‘Recognising theValue of Biodiversity – New Approaches to PolicyAssessment’. In Patrick ten Brink and TEEB (eds), TheEconomics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National andInternational Policy Making. London and WashingtonDC: Earthscan. 2010.

Rajeev, Meenakshi

‘Contract Labour Act in India: A Pragmatic View’.International Journal of Economic Policy in EmergingEconomies, 3 (3): 237-252, 2010.

(with Mainak Majumder and Subhas Ray) ‘Sources ofHeterogeneity in the Efficiency of IndianPharmaceutical Firms’. CSH Occasional Paper No. 27,December 2010.

(with Manojit Bhattacharya) ‘Interest Rate Formationin Informal Credit Markets in India: Does Level ofDevelopment Matter?’. Brooks World Poverty InstituteWorking Paper Series No. 126, University of Manchester,September 2010.

(with Manojit Bhattacharya) ‘Household Borrowing inthe State of Karnataka: Changing Characteristics’.FKCCI Journal, 31 (12), December 2010.

Raju, K V

(with Manasi S, Ingrid Neishem, K J Joy, SuhasParanjape, Nagothu Udaya Sekhar) ‘Integrated WaterResources Management in Tungabhadra Basin’. InGooch G D, A Riew-Clarke and P Stalnacke (eds),Integrated Water Resources Management. London: IWAPublishing, 2010.

Sangita, S N

‘Self-Regulatory Authorities, Professional Educationand Inclusive Governance in India: Need for Reforms’.Indian Journal of Public Administration, 56 (3), July-September, 2010.

Singh, Shyam

‘Three Years of the BSP Government in Uttar Pradesh’.Economic and Political Weekly, 45 (38), September 18,2010.

‘Are We Missing the Morale of the Economy?’Mainstream, 48 (33), August 7, 2010.

Sivanna, N

‘Decentralised Natural Resource Management: AStudy of Watershed Development Project inKarantaka’. Journal of Rural Development, 29 (3), 2010.

Syamala, T S

‘Reaching the Unreached: Older Women and RCHProgramme in India – The Challenges Ahead’. Journalof Health Management, 12 (3), September 2010.

Usha Devi, M D

‘Higher Education Reform in India: Sustaining RuralDegree Colleges amidst Rapid Expansions’. UniversityNews, 48 (51): 1-3, December 26, 2010.

‘Reforming Higher Education: Challenges andConcerns’. In Shivaji Rao Kadam, B T Bawani et al (eds),Perspectives on Governance & Higher Education. Pune:Barati Vidyapeeth Deemed University. November2010.

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Deshpande, R S

‘Approach to Research Methodology’, in theBrainstorming Workshop on High Value ResearchMethods, organised by Shridevi Institute ofEngineering and Technology, September 7, 2010, atTumkur.

‘Role of State Cadre Commercial Tax Officers in theFace of GST’, in the inauguration of All-IndiaConfederation of Commercial Taxes Associations,organised by Karnataka Commercial Taxes Services(Officers) Association and Karnataka CommercialTaxes Service ‘C’ and ‘D’ Group EmployeesAssociations ‘Joint Action Committee’, October 3, 2010,at Bangalore.

‘Micro-Finance, Sustainability and Livelihood: SomeUnresolved Issues’, in the inaugural function ofNational Seminar on ‘Micro-Finance and SustainableLivelihood Promotions in India’, organised bySiddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur,December 15, 2010, at Tumkur.

Devi, K G Gayathri

‘Qualitative Research Methods’, in the Workshop onHigh Value Research Methods, organised by SrideviInstitute of Engineering and Technology, Tumkur,September 8, 2010, at Tumkur.

Karanth, G K

‘Imprints of Consumerism upon Emerging [Rural]Identities’, in the National Seminar on RuralConsumers in Globalizing Market: Vulnerability andChoices, organised by Department of Sociology,


Kalyani University (West Bengal) and Centre forConsumer Studies, IIPA, New Delhi, December 12,2010, at Kalyani.

Kumar, Parmod

Keynote address, in the Indian Society of AgriculturalMarketing Conference, organised by ISAM and NAU,Navasari, Gujarat, November 23-25, 2010, at NavasariAgricultural University, Navasari, Gujarat.

Ninan, K N

‘Global Deforestation – Extent, Causes andConsequencies’, in the Workshop as a follow-up eventof APEC, Yokohama Students Forum, organised byYokohama City and Asia Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC), December 18, 2010, atYokohama, Japan.

Rajeev, Meenakshi

‘Financial Sector Reforms and Beyond’, in theConference on Research and Studies in ContemporaryIndia, organised by Institute for InternationalRelations, Warsaw University, Poland, November18-21, 2010, at Warsaw.

‘Economic Reform and Labour Market – ContractLabour in India’ in the Conference on Research andStudies in Contemporary India, organised by Institutefor International Relations, Warsaw University,Poland, November 18-21, 2010, at Warsaw.

Sivanna, N

‘Youth and Politics’, in the Seminar organised by theDepartment of Political Science, Government FirstGrade College, Chickballapur, August 17, 2010, atChickballapur.

‘Questionnaire and Interview Method’ in theWorkshop on High Value Research Methods,organised by Sridevi Institute of Engineering andTechnology, Tumkur, September 7, 2010, at Tumkur.

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Bairagya, Indrajit

Liberalization, Informal Sector and Formal-InformalSectors’ Relationship: A Study of India; at the 31st

General Conference, organised by InternationalAssociation for Research in Income and Wealth,August 22-28, 2010, at St. Gallen, Switzerland.


(with Lekha Subaiya) Demographics of the IndianElderly; at the Workshop on Building Knowledge Baseon Ageing in India: A Series of Programmatic andResearch Studies, organised by Institute for Social andEconomic Change, August 31-September 1, 2010, atBangalore.

Inequality in Health and Health Care Utilizationamong Tribes and Non-Tribes in India; at the 32nd

Annual Conference of IASP-2010, organised by IndianAssociation for the Study of Population (IASP),November 28-30, 2010, at Utkal University,Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

(with T S Syamala) Linkages between Health and WorkForce Participation of Elderly in India: AnInvestigation; at the 1st Asian Population AssociationConference (APA) 2010, organised by AsianPopulation Association, November 15-20, 2010, atVigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

Bhat, T N

Ageing among Scheduled Tribe Population in India;at the National Conference on Etno-historicalDevelopment of Denotified Tribes (DNTs): Issues andProspects, organised by Centre for the Study of SocialExclusion and Inclusive Policy and Department ofHistory, University of Mysore, December 23-24, 2010,at Mysore.

Devi, K G Gayathri

(with Sivanna N) Engendering Governance: A Studyin the State of Karnataka; at the state-level workshop,organised by ISEC, Bangalore, September 20, 2010, atBangalore.

(with Sivanna N) Engendering Governance; at thestate-level workshop, organised by TISS, Mumbai,August 13-14, 2010, at Mumbai.

Gayithri, K

(with Subhashini) Health Sector Public Investments andInclusive Growth in Karnataka; at the InternationalConference on Challenges to Inclusive Growth in theEmerging Economies, organised by StrategicManagement Forum of India in association with IIMAhmedabad, December 15-17, 2010, at Ahmedabad.

District Fund Flow under NRHM and Service Delivery– Some Insights from Karnataka; at the NationalConference on Bringing Evidence into Public HealthPolicy, organised by Institute of Public Health,December 10-11, 2010, at Bangalore.

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James, K S

Deriving Reliable RCH Indicators from HMIS Data: ACase Study of Karnataka and Rajasthan; at the 32nd

Annual Conference of IASP-2010, organised by IndianAssociation for the Study of Population (IASP),November 28-30, 2010, at Utkal University,Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

Kannan, Elumalai

Estimating PSE for Indian Dairy Sector; at theWorkshop on Quantitative Modelling Approaches forEconomic Policy Analysis in Agriculture, organised byNational Centre for Agricultural Economics and PolicyResearch (NCAP), August 12-13, 2010, at New Delhi.

Export Advantage in India’s Agro Food Products; atthe Conference on Challenges and Way Forward forAgricultural Products Export, organised by APEDAand CII, November 10, 2010, at Hotel Le RoyalMeridien, Chennai.

Agriculture and Rural Development in India; at theSeminar on Rural Development in India: Progress,Problems and Programme Effectiveness, organised byDepartment of Economics, Kerala University,December 2-3, 2010, at Trivandrum.

Karanth, G K

Migrants as Targets of Hatred and Violence; at theNational Seminar on Understanding and Respondingto Violence, organised by Ecumenical ChristianCentre, Bangalore, July 7, 2010, at Whitefield,Bangalore.

Private-Public Participation in [Dental] Health CareServices in India; at the XV IAPHD NationalConference, organised by Indian Association of PublicHealth and Dentistry, December 2010, at Mysore.

Kumar, Parmod

(with Surender Kumar) Valuing the Health Effects ofAir Pollution from Agricultural Residue Burning; atthe Seminar on Policy Options to Reduce Rice StubbleBurning, organised by ISEC, NCAER, ACIAR andPunjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, October 13-14, 2010, at Chandigarh.

(with Laxmi Joshi) Existing Legislation on Pollutionin India/Punjab and Punjab Government Policy onAgriculture Waste Burning; at the two day Seminaron Policy Options to Reduce Rice Stubble Burning,organised by ISEC, NCAER, ACIAR and PunjabAgricultural University, Ludhiana, October 13-14,2010, at Chandigarh.

Environment-Friendly Waste Disposal Technology; atthe seminar on Knowledge and Skill Upgradation inTextile Industry – Issues and Options, organised byInstitute for Social and Economic Change and IITMadras, October 29, 2010, at ISEC, Bangalore.

(with Surender Kumar) Valuing the Health Effects ofAir Pollution from Agricultural Residue Burning; atthe CERDI International Conference on Environmentand Natural Resources Management in Developingand Transition Economies, organised by CERDI,France, November 18-19, 2010, at Clermont Ferrand,France.

Market Structure, Conduct and Performance: EmpiricalFindings from Six States in India; at the Indian Societyof Agricultural Marketing Conference, organised byISAM and NAU, Navasari, Gujarat, November 23-25,2010, at Navasari Agricultural University, Navasari,Gujarat.

Kumar, V Anil

Rights-based Approaches to Poverty Alleviation andSocial Development; at the Fifth Annual InternationalConference on Public Policy and Management on‘Beyond the Macroeconomic Crisis- Towards InclusiveGrowth and Sustainability’, organised by the Centrefor Public Policy (CPP), Indian Institute ofManagement (IIM), Bangalore, August 8-11, 2010, atBangalore.

Lakshmana, C M

Linkages of Poverty, Pollution and EnvironmentalDegradation and Its Impact on Health in India; at the32nd Annual Conference of IASP-2010, organised byIndian Association for the Study of Population (IASP),November 28-30, 2010, at Utkal University,Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

Lokesh, G B

Agricultural Growth in India: Implications forInclusiveness; at the National Seminar on Agricultureand Environment for Inclusive Growth, organised byDivision of Agricultural Economics, IARI, New Delhi,December 14-15, 2010, at New Delhi.

Mutharayappa, R

(with Manohar S Yadav) Reproductive Morbidityamong Tribal Women in Karnataka; at the NationalConference on Ethno-Historical Development ofDenotified Tribes: Issues and Prospects, organised byCentre for the Study of Social Exclusion and InclusivePolicy, University of Mysore, December 23-24, 2010,at Mysore.



Nanjundaiah, C

Frontiers of Social Science Research: Emerging Areas,Designing Research Proposal and Funding Agencies;at the two-day State-Level Seminar on QualitySustenance and Enhancement through Promotion ofResearch Culture in Colleges, organised by SriJagadguru Renukacharya College for Women, October5-6, 2010, at Bangalore.

Unemployment and Employment in Government-Private Service Sectors; at the two-day NationalConference on World Economic Crisis: GrowingUnemployment and Alternatives, organised byDemocratic Youth Federation of India, September 17-18, 2010, at Bangalore.

Nautiyal, Sunil

Presentation on Climate Change: Linking RuralKarnataka to Global Problems; at the Workshop onLaunch of BCCI-K, organised by BCCI-K and ISEC,October 23, 2010, at Vikas Saudha, Bangalore.

Energy and Economic Efficiency of Traditional andIntroduced Crops in the Himalayan Region; at theIndo-German Partnering Workshop on Bio-economy,organised by Department of Biotechnology (DBT),Govt. of India, and Bio-economy Science Center(BioSC), Germany, November 23-24, 2010, at NationalInstitute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR).

(with K Bhaskar, T V Prasad and I V Saradhi) Structureand Composition of Plant-biodiversity in Arid Regionin Gogi-Gulbarga-Karnataka; at the NationalConference on Biodiversity, Ecosystems and ClimateChange: The Challenge Ahead, organised by NationalInstitute of Ecology, Jodhpur/Delhi, December 4-6,2010, at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources(NBFGR), Indian Council of Agricultural Research,Lucknow.

(with Boopalakrishnan, Venkateshalu) FaunalDiversity of Arid Region: A Case Study from Gulbargaand Yadgir Disctricts of North Karnataka, India; at theNational Conference on Biodiversity, Ecosystems andClimate Change: The Challenge Ahead, organised byNational Institute of Ecology, Jodhpur/Delhi,December 4-6, 2010, at National Bureau of Fish GeneticResources (NBFGR), Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch, Lucknow.

Ninan, K N

The Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services;at the United Nations University and Institute ofAdvanced Studies Seminar Series, organised by United

Nations University and Institute of Advanced Studies,Tokyo, Japan, August 20, 2010, at UNU-IAS,Yokohama, Japan.

Rajasekhar, D

Improving the Quality of Services: Some Reflectionson Choice, Technology and Information; at theNational Consultation on Issues to be addressed in theApproach Paper to the XII Five-Year Plan, organisedby UNDP (Solution Exchange), December 6, 2010, atNew Delhi.

Responsible Lending; at the Seminar on Microfinanceand Sustainable Livelihood Promotions in India,orgnaised by Siddaganga Institute of Technology,December 15-16, 2010, at Tumkur.

Implementation of RSBY: Policy Lessons; at theInternational conference on Bihar Growth, organisedby LSE, Oxford University and ADRI, December 17-18, 2010, at Patna.

Rajeev, Meenakshi

(with Veershekharappa) Implementation of RevivalPackage for Short-term Cooperative Credit Societies -Andhra Pradesh; at the Stakeholders’ Seminar,organised by ADB, World Bank, NABARD & Ministryof Finance, November 26, 2010, at New Delhi.

(with Veershekharappa) Implementation of RevivalPackage for Short-term Cooperative Credit Societies –Bihar; at the Stakeholders’ Seminar, organised by ADB,World Bank, NABARD & Ministry of Finance,November 26, 2010, at New Delhi.

(with Veershekharappa) Implementation of RevivalPackage for Short-term Cooperative Credit Societies -Madhya Pradesh; at the Stakeholders’ Seminar,organised by ADB, World Bank, NABARD & Ministryof Finance, November 26, 2010, at New Delhi.

(with B P Vani) India’s Export of selected BPO Services;at the Conference on Research and Studies inContemporary India, organised by Institute forInternational Relations, Warsaw University,November 18-21, 2010, at Warsaw.

(with Manojit Bhattacharya) Repayment of Short-termLoans: A Study of Selected Developed, MiddlePerforming and Less Developed States in India; at theInternational Conference on Financial Sector Reformsand the Indian Economy, organised by Indian Instituteof Management, Kozhikode; British NorthernUniversities India Forum, November 11-13, 2010, atIIM, Kozhikode.



Sangita, S N

Electoral Process and Inclusive Governance in India:A Critical Review; at the National Seminar on ElectoralReforms, organised by C Achutha Menon Study Centreand Library, July 8-10, 2010, at Trivandrum.

Decentralisation, Women Empowerment and InclusiveGrowth: State and Civil Society Perspective; at theNational Seminar on Women Empowerment,organised by Agrasree, August 19-20, 2010, at Tirupati.

Sivanna, N

(with K G Gayathri Devi) Engendering Governance:A Study in the State of Karnataka; at the state-levelworkshop, organised by ISEC, Bangalore, September20, 2010, at Bangalore.

(with K G Gayathri Devi) Engendering Governance;at the state-level workshop, organised by TISS,Mumbai, August 13-14, 2010, at Mumbai.

Preparation of District Human Development Report;at the workshop organised by ISEC, Bangalore,December 24, 2010, at Bangalore.

Subaiya, Lekha

(with Dhananjay W Bansod) Demographics of theIndian Elderly; at the Workshop on BuildingKnowledge Base on Ageing in India: A series ofProgrammatic and Research Studies, organised byInstitute for Social and Economic Change, August31-September 1, 2010, at Bangalore.

Syamala, T S

Poor Primary Health Care in Tribal Areas of AndhraPradesh: Issues about Skills and Training of FemaleHealth Workers; at the Annual conference of the IndianAssociation for the Study of Population (IASP),organised by Indian Association for the Study ofPopulation (IASP), Novermber 28-20, 2010, at UtkalUniversity, Bhubaneshwar.

Infertility in India: Its Levels, Determinants and itsImpact on Family; at the Annual Conference of theAsian Population Association, organised by AsianPopulation Association, November 28-30, 2010, atVigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

(with Dhananjay W Bansod) Linkages between Healthand Work Force Participation of the Elderly in India:An Investigation; at the Annual Conference of theAsian Population Association, organised by AsianPopulation Association, November 28-30, 2010, atVigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

Tripathi, Sabyasachi

Estimating Urban Agglomeration Economies for India:A New Geography Perspective; at the PhD Workshopon DIMETIC session 2, organised by DIMETICEuropean Doctoral School, July 5-16, 2010, at theUniversity of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary.

Estimating Urban Agglomeration Economies for India:A New Geography Perspective; at the 8th GLOBELICSInternational Conference on Making Innovation Workfor Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning,organised by GLOBELICS, November 1-3, 2010, atKuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Usha Devi, M D

Implications of RTE Act (2009) in regard to PanchayatBodies and Primary Schools – Overburdening ofTeachers and BEO; at the State-level Seminar on Rightto Education, organised by Centre for Educational &Social Studies, Bangalore, November 02, 2010, atMythic Society, Bangalore.

Effective Pedagogy; at the Regional Seminar onSeminaries of Senate of Serampore College, organisedby Pedagogical Institute for Theological Colleges,Serampore University, September 16, 2010, at GurukulLetheran Theological College, Chennai.

Significance & Methods of Lesson Planning; at theRegional Seminar on Seminaries of Senate ofSerampore College, organised by Pedagogical Institutefor Theological Colleges, Serampore University,September 17, 2010, at Gurukul Letheran TheologicalCollege, Chennai.

Veerashekharappa

(with Meenakshi Rajeev) Implementation of RevivalPackage for Short-term Cooperative Credit Societies –Andhra Pradesh; at the Stakeholders’ Seminar,organised by ADB, World Bank, NABARD andMinistry of Finance, November 26, 2010, at New Delhi.

(with Meenakshi Rajeev) Implementation of RevivalPackage for Short-term Cooperative Credit Societies –Bihar; at the Stakeholders’ Seminar, organised by ADB,World Bank, NABARD, and Ministry of Finance,November 26, 2010, at New Delhi.

(with Meenakshi Rajeev) Implementation of RevivalPackage for Short-term Cooperative Credit Societies –Madhya Pradesh; at the Stakeholders’ Seminar,organised by ADB, World Bank, NABARD andMinistry of Finance, November 26, 2010, at New Delhi.



Yadav, S Manohar

Positive Discriminatory Policy: LimitationsExperienced by Ex-Untouchables of India; at theSeminar organised by Indian Institute of PublicAdministration, October 5, 2010 at Bangalore.

(with R Mutharayappa) Reproductive Morbidityamong Tribal Women in Karnataka; at the NationalConference on Ethno-Historical Development ofDenotified Tribes: Issues and Prospects, organised byCentre for the Study of Social Exclusion and InclusivePolicy, University of Mysore, December 23-24, 2010,at Mysore.

Honours/Awards/FHonours/Awards/FHonours/Awards/FHonours/Awards/FHonours/Awards/Fellowshipsellowshipsellowshipsellowshipsellowships

James, K S

Nominated as a panel member of the InternationalUnion for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)on ‘New Challenges in Population and Development’for the period 2010-13.

Nautiyal, Sunil

Humboldt Renewed Research Fellowship Award fromprestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, towork as Visiting Scientist, at Centre for EnvironmentalSystem Research, University of Kassel, Germany,December 1, 2010 to March 3, 2011.

Ninan, K N

Invited as Visiting JSPS Professor, at the University ofTokyo for 10 months from April 1, 2010.

Prabhuswamy, P

Awarded PhD degree by Bangalore University inSociology for the thesis ‘Socio-Cultural Practices ofYerava Tribe Relating to Health’, December 31, 2010;under the guidance of Dr B Vijaya Raghava Rao,Former Head, Department of Sociology, St. Joseph’sCollege, Bangalore.

Rajeev, Meenakshi

Member of the Expert group in formulation of courseon MA in Contemporary India Business and Politics,Institute of International Relations, University ofWarsaw, Poland.

Acted as a jury member for Cosmar CompetitiveConference, held at Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore, November 2010.

Sangita, S N

Expert Panel Member on Best Practices Documentation

& Awards Program 2009-10 of City Managers’Association, Govt. of Karnataka.

Visiting Professor, Gandhigram Rural Institute(Deemed University), one year from April 2010.

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science,Osmania University, 2010.

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Deshpande, R S

Member, Committee formed to establish Dr D MNanjundappa Economic Study Centre, BangaloreUniversity, Bangalore.

Member, Mid-term Academic and AdministrativeReview Committee, Bangalore University, Bangalore.

Member, Committee constituted to give guidelines forestablishing private universities in the State,Government of Karnataka.

Member, Task Force for the development of theUniversity, Rani Chennamma University, Belagavi.

Member, Advisory Committee to look after theactivities of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusionand Inclusive Policy, University of Mysore, Mysore.

Member, Research Programme Committee, The IndianSociety of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai.

Head of the Sub-Group I, Committee on Statistics ofAgriculture and Allied Sectors, Govt. of India, Ministryof Statistics and Programme Implementation, CentralStatistical Organisation, National Accounts Division,New Delhi.

Gayithri, K

Member (representing ISEC), Shastri Indo-CanadianInstitute.

Member, Nominations Committee, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

Karanth, G K

Member, AAA Committee, Kuvempu University.

Peer Team Member, NAAC to several Universities andColleges outside Karnataka.

Kumar, Parmod

Vice-Chairman, Library Committee, ISEC.

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Nautiyal, Sunil

PhD Programme Coordinator, ISEC, from October 1,2010.

Rajeev, Meenakshi

Member of the Expert Committee in ProjectEvaluation, Christ University.

Usha Devi, M D

Member, State-Level Advisory Committee for RMSA,GoK.

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Kumar, V Anil

‘The Twin Guide to Telangana’. The Financial Express,September 12, 2010.

‘A Tectonic Shift in Telangana’. The Indian Express,August 4, 2010.

Rajasekhar, D

Micro-Managing Micro Finance. The Financial Express,October 29, 2010.

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Attended ‘Annual Review Meeting of PRCs’ convenedby the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, July 26-27, 2010, at NIHFW, New Delhi.

Bhende, M J

Attended an Advisory Meeting on ‘Cost ofCultivation’, at the Directorate of Agriculture, GoK.

Deshpande, R S

Participated as Chief Guest, in the Book ReleaseProgramme, organised by Indian Council of HistoricalResearch (ICHR), July 17, 2010, at Bangalore.

Participated as Judge for the ‘B School Budget’, aNational-Level Finance Fest Arthayudh 2010,

organised by Christ University, Bangalore, September15, 2010, at Bangalore.

Lokesh, G B

Attended the Karnataka Krishi Mission Meeting heldat the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

Nanjundaiah, C

Delivered invited lecture in Live Education SatelliteProgramme, organised by Pre-University EducationBoard, GoK, for PU College Lecturers of KarnatakaState on ‘Banking Sectors Reforms in India: ASpecial Reference to Narasimhan CommitteeRecommendations’, on August 12, 2010.

Ninan, K N

‘The Business of Biodiversity’, Review of MarkEverard’s book, Ecological Economics, 2010. (article inpress, available online)

Rajasekhar, D

(with Erlend Berg, R Manjula, Sanchari Roy)Hospitalisation means India’s Poor Go Hungry. iiGPolicy Brief, No.13, Oxford University, July 2010.

Umamani, K S

Attended ‘Technical Programme Discussion Meeting(TPDM)’, at Jawaharlal Nehru TechnologicalUniversity, Hyderabad, to present the progress andfuture plans in connection with the Project BaselineStudy on Demographic Pattern and Health Profilearound Proposed Uranium Mining area in Gogi,Karnataka, June 30-July 1, 2010, at Hyderabad.

Conducted Health Camp with a team of six membersfrom Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,Bangalore, at Gogi PHC during November 10-11, 2010to screen cancer patients from six villages in Core Zone.

Yadav, S Manohar

Coordinated the Ambedkar Memorial Public Lectureon ‘Affirmative Action around the World: TheExperiences of United States, India, Brazil andMalaysia’ by Prof William Darity of Duke University,at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central CollegeCampus, Bangalore, jointly organised by ISEC, NLSIUand BU, on December 30, 2010.

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Eminent theatre personality Smt Arundhati Nag delivering the Karnataka Rajyotsava Extension Lecture atISEC on December 10, 2010. She enthralled the audience with a vivid account of her professional life in her

lecture, 'My Journey in Theatre'.

The Newsletter of the Institute for Social and Economic Change

Vol. 17 July-December 2010 No. 2

EditorDr K G Gayathri Devi

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