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Seema Bathla

Seema Bathla

Seema Bathla
Seema Bathla
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
101, SSS-III
Off. Phone
011-26744572
Email
seemab@mail.jnu.ac.in seema.bathla@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
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Qualifications

M.Phil (Economics) Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
Ph.D. (Economics) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Agricultural economics:  agricultural trade, public expenditure and rural poverty, agriculture marketing, food processing industry

Experience

Since November 2013 Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU.

November 2007 – October 2013 Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU.

August 2006 – October 2007 Deputy Director, Agriculture-Water and Rural Development Division, FICCI.

January 2004 –July 2006 ICSSR Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave

April 1999-December 2003: Assistant Professor, NABARD Chair Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave, Delhi.

February 1998-February 1999: Research Associate, Resource and Development Economics Group, The Energy Research Institute, New Delhi.

October, 1997 – January 1998: Consultant, WWF-India and Agro Economic Research Centre, Delhi University.

September 1993 - September 1997: Economist, Environment Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University Enclave.

September 4, 1991 – September 30, 1992: Lecturer, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University.

Awards & Honours

•    Dr. S.R. Sen Biennial Prize by the Indian Society of Agriculture Economics in 2018 for a published book
•    Dr. R.T. Doshi award for best article in Agricultural Economics Research Review in 2014,  2015 & 2020
•    Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Post-graduate Agricultural Research - 2008 by the ICAR in 2009

International Collaboration/Consultancy

1. International Food Policy Research Institute - Accelerating agricultural growth and poverty alleviation through public expenditure in India

2. World Bank- Accelerating private investment and competitiveness in food processing industry in India: a state level analysis

3. World Bank – Agriculture industry linkages and post-harvest management in India

4. FAO - Structural reforms and governance issues in Indian agriculture

5.  IFPRI-DFID: Structural transformation in South East Asian Countries and key drivers

6. FAO-NCAER - The food grain stocking policy in India.

7. UNCTAD – Impact of trade on employment, wages and labour productivity in unorganized manufacturing in India

8. African Asian Rural Development Organisation - Economic and social and viability of agro-processing industry in India 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)

1.    Food and Nutrition Security under the Public Distribution System in Odisha (with Balkrishan), Agricultural Economics Research Review, 32 (2), pp. 159-174, Jan-June 2020.
2.    Irrigation Governance and the Performance of the Public Irrigation System across States in India (with Elumalai Kannan, and Gautam Kumar Das), Agricultural Economics Research Review, 32, pp.27-41. 2019.
3.    Targeting Agricultural Investments and Input Subsidies in the Low-Income and Lagging Regions of India (with P K Joshi and Anjani Kumar), The European Journal of Development Research, 27 Feb., DOI 10.1057/s41287-019-00207-5. 2019
4.    Factors Contributing to Income Inequalities among Agricultural Households in India (with Anjani Kumar), Economic and Political Weekly, 54, No.21, May 25, 2019.
5.    Inter-sectoral Productivity Differentials in India: Is Convergence Achievable? (with Alwin D’Souza), South Asian Economic Journal Vol.16 (1), 2015.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

1.    Agro and Food Industry in India : Inter-sectoral Linkages, Employment, Productivity and Competitiveness (with Elumalai Kannan) Springer Nature, Singapore 2021
2.    Agricultural Growth and Rural Poverty Reduction in India: Targeting Investments and Input Subsidies (with P K Joshi and Anjani Kumar), Springer Nature, Singapore 2020.
3.    Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture: Investment, Income and Non-farm Employment (with Amaresh Dubey), Springer Nature, Singapore, 2017.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.