Labour Economics, Agricultural economics, Development economics, Public Fiinance, Economics of education, History of Economic Thought |
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Experience |
In India
* Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU, Dec 1995-Present
* LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Aug 1994-Dec 1995
* St. Stephen's College, October 1987-1994
Outside India
* University of Bremen, Germany, for varying durations, 1999 to 2007
* Visiting fellow, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China, May-June, 2008
* Visiting Senior Research Economist, ILO, Geneva, May-July, 2009 |
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Awards & Honours |
Invited to be on several important committees some of which include the following.
The Global Advisory Committee of UNDP as a member of the Governance Assessment Programmes.
Committee of the State Planning Board on Creation of Employment Opportunities, Government of Tripura, 2010-11.
Committee on State Agrarian Relations and the Unfinished Task in Land Reforms, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, 2008-09.
Task force on Labour Laws, National Commission for the Entrerprises in the Unorganised Sector, Government of India, 2007-09.
Expert for Advisory Committee of Buddhist Study Centre of UGC. |
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International Collaboration/Consultancy |
Ongoing research project on Rural Development involving eight countries supported by South Africa-Netherlands Programme on Alternatives for Development.
Member of the Core Committee on South South Network on Agrarian Questions. The network is an initiate of academic from Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
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Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5) |
Peer reviewed articles
1. "Labour Regulation and Economic Performance: What Do We Know," Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 53 (1), 2010.
2. "Guaranteeing Elementary Education: A Note on Policy and Provisioning in Contemporary India",Journal of South Asian Development, Volume 2, No 1, 2007.
3. "Continuity and Change: Some Observations on the Landscape of Agricultural Labourers in North Bihar, India", Journal of Agrarian Change, 4 (4), 2004.
Books
1. Public Provisioning for Elementary Education in India, (with others), Sage Publications, 2008
2. Agricultural Labour in India, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1997. |
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Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3) |
1. "Expenditure on the Rural Economy in India`s Budget since the 1950s: An Assessment", Review of Agrarian Studies, 1(2), 2012 (with Nilachala Acharya).
2. (Edited) Progressive Fiscal Policy in India, Sage Publications, 2011. |
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