Professional experience in brief
I have over 31 year’s post-Ph.D.
research and teaching experience.
I am currently Professor at the Indira
Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. I was a Member of the
Board of Management of IGIDR, where I also held the positions of Dean of
Academic and Student Affairs, Dean of Faculties, and Dean Academic Affairs.
I am a Member of the National
Statistical Commission, Government of India, and Academic Council, Vidyashilp
University, Bengaluru.
I was a Member of the Quinquennial
Review Team (QRT) for the National Institute of Agricultural Economics and
Policy Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Advisory Committee on
National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS) and the Working Group for the 77th Round
of NSS, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of
India.
I have also worked as Regional Advisor at United
Nations-Economic Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UN-ESCAP), Bangkok, and as
Research Fellow at International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi.
I am a member of several professional
associations / societies such as the Agricultural Economics Research
Association (AERA India), American Economic Association (AEA), International
Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), The Indian Econometric Society
(TIES), The Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE).
I am in the Editorial Board of Journal
of Quantitative Economics published by The Indian Econometrics Society. I
was earlier in the Editorial Boards of Agricultural Economics published
by the International Association of Agricultural Economists and Indian
Journal of Agricultural Economics published by the Indian Society of
Agricultural Economics.
I have been a peer reviewer to
several International and Indian journals, Book publishers, Universities,
Research Institutions and Academic bodies.
I was awarded the Commonwealth
Fellowship – 2001-02, by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, for
post-doctoral studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
I am also the recipient of the D. K.
Desai Prize for the Best Paper under General Stream, 1999, in the Indian
Journal of Agricultural Economics, awarded by the Indian Society of
Agricultural Economics.
Ø Research
My research specialization is in
computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling with a focus on food security
and grain management policies; issues in agricultural trade; pricing policies;
spatial dimensions of Indian economy; and policies for sustainable human
development and economic growth.
I have undertaken several research
projects for various national (14th Finance Commission, Planning Commission,
Ministry of Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Government of Kerala) and
international organizations (Asian Development Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, FAO, IDRC, USAID, USDA,
UN-ESCAP, World Bank).
I have brought out over 100
publications including books, monographs, journal articles, book chapters,
project reports and working papers many of which have been presented at
national / international conferences and workshops.
Ø Teaching
I have been teaching graduate level
courses for several years at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, on Econometrics, and Applied General Equilibrium
Models.
Besides, I have also given guest
lectures at several Indian universities and research institutions and has been
a resource person in technical workshops at IGIDR and elsewhere offering
lectures on computable general equilibrium (CGE) models and econometric
techniques and conducting computer lab sessions.
Ø Student guidance
I have been a Supervisor /
Co-supervisor to 16 Ph.D. students (8 ongoing), and 7 M.Phil. students at
IGIDR, Mumbai.