Faculty Profile

 
Name : Vikas  Rawal
Designation : Associate Professor
Centre : Centre for Economic Studies and Planning
School : Social Sciences
Room No : 345 SSS II
Off. Phone : 011-26704444
Residence : 011-26742921
Email : vikas@mail.jnu.ac.in   vikasrawal@gmail.com
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Economics)  
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Agricultural economics, Development economics, Statistics 
                                    

Experience

Since September 2006
Associate Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

November 2001-September 2006
Assistant Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

January 2000 to November 2001
Research Associate,
Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

December 1998 to August 1999
Young Professional
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. 
                                    

Awards & Honours

Member, Core Committee, Human Development Report, Tripura
Member, Editorial Board, Review of Agrarian Studies 
                                    

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Visited University of Ulster, Jordanstown, UK under the ICSSR-ESRC Scholar Exchange Programme in 2009 for collaborative research (with Professor Siddiq Osmani of University of Ulster). 
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
1. "Is India Really a Country of Low Income-Inequality? Observations from Eight Villages,"Review of Agrarian Studies, 1(1), 2011 (with Madhura Swaminathan).

2. Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of Agrarian Relations, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2010. (with V. K. Ramachandran and Madhura Swaminathan)

3. "The Impact of Liberalisation and Globalisation on India’s Agrarian Economy," Global Labour Journal, 1(1), 2009 (with V. K. Ramachandran).

4. "Ownership Holdings of Land in Rural India: Putting the Record Straight," Economic and Political Weekly, March 8, 2008.

5. "The Labour Process in Rural Haryana (India): A Field Report from Two Villages," Journal of Agrarian Change, 6 (4), October, 2006.  
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

1. "Are there Benefits from the Cultivation of Bt Cotton? A Comment Based on Data from a Vidarbha Village,"Review of Agrarian Studies, 1(1), 2011(with Madhura Swaminathan).

2. Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of Agrarian Relations, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2010. (with V. K. Ramachandran and Madhura Swaminathan) 
                                    

Patents (if any)
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