Vikas Rawal | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Vikas Rawal

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,

School of Social Sciences

Room No

302, SSS II

Off. Phone

011-26704444

Residence

011-26742921

vikas@mail.jnu.ac.in , vikasrawal@gmail.com

Personal Webpage

https://www.jnu.ac.in/faculty/vikas/CV.pdf

Qualifications

Ph.D (Development Economics): 2000, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Master’s (Development Economics): 1994-95, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics

Experience

* Since September 20012, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
* September 2006-September 2012, 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.

Awards & Honours

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

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, September-December, 2012
Visiting Faculty, Social and Policy Research Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown (UK), January-March, 2009 (under the ICSSR-ESRC Scholar Exchange Programme).

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. "Is India Really a Country of Low Income-Inequality? Observations from Eight Villages," Review of Agrarian Studies, 1(1), 2011 (with Madhura Swaminathan).
http://www.ras.org.in/index.php?Article=6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca
2. "The Impact of Liberalisation and Globalisation on India’s Agrarian Economy", Global Labour Journal, 1(1), 2009 (with V. K. Ramachandran).
(http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/vol1/iss1/5)
3. 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)
4. "The Labour Process in Rural Haryana (India): A Field Report from Two Villages," Journal of Agrarian Change, 6 (4), October, 2006.
5. "Agrarian Reforms and Markets: Case Study of Land Transactions in Two Villages in West Bengal, 1977-1995," Economic Development and Cultural Change, April, 2001

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1. "Some Aspects of Implementation of India's Employment Guarantee", Review of Agrarian Studies, 2 (2), 2012 (with Yoshifumi Usami).
http://ras.org.in/some_aspects_of_performance_of_mgnrega

2. "Income Inequality and Caste in Village India", Review of Agrarian Studies, 1(2), 2011 (with Madhura Swaminathan).
http://ras.org.in/income_inequality_and_caste_in_village_india

3. "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).
http://ras.org.in/are_there_benefits_from_the_cultivation_of_bt_cotton_a_comment_based_on_data_from_a_vidarbha_village