Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)

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Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC) was established in 1972 with an objective to provide continuous policy feedback to the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, and hence adheres largely to the research agenda of the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India. However, keeping in view the commitments of the Institute and the broader vision, the faculty of ADRT Centre have been able to focus on several issues in agricultural development at the State and country levels. The Centre participated in the Mega Study on Farmers at the Millennium, conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India as one of the Coordinators. At the State level the Centre has participated in formulating the Agricultural Policy of Karnataka and prepared the Report of the WTO Cell and on Farmers’ Suicides in Karnataka. The major focus of our work includes:

• Impact of WTO on agriculture at State and Country level.

• Agricultural policy prices, marketing and programmes.

• Issues in Indian irrigation, Tank Irrigation and traditional irrigation systems.

• Agricultural credit, Micro-credit, Non-Governmental Organisations, Harving Infrastructure.

• Watershed Development, Dryland Agriculture.

• Horticultural Development, emerging aspects of Floriculture and Sericulture.

• Role of Panchayat Raj Institutions in Rural Development

• Environmental issues in agricultural sector.

Seminars, Conferences and Training Programmes

ADRTC has been organising and participating over the years public debates on contemporary issues and concerns of reforms, growth, development and transformation as well as facilitating generation and dissemination of ideas through seminars and conferences.

Professor R S Deshpande worked as Chairman of the drafting Committee of Agricultural Policy of Karnataka 2006.

 

List of Faculty who are associated with the Centre

S.No.	NAME OF THE FACULTY	SPECIALIZATION
1	Prof. Parmod Kumar Professor and Head pkumar@isec.ac.in	Agricultural Marketing, Contract Farming, Agro-processing, Food Security, Demand and Supply of Agricultural Commodities, Rural Poverty, Rural Development
2	Dr. M.J. Bhende Adjunct Professor bhende@isec.ac.in	Production Economics, Risk and Uncertainty, Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Credit Food Security, Poverty and Rural Development
3	Dr. P. Thippaiah Associate Professor thippaiah@isec.ac.in	Agricultural Economics, Fisheries, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Non-Governmental Organisations, Informal Sector in Rural and Urban Areas
4	Dr. I. Maruthi Associate Professor maruthi@isec.ac.in	Rural Sociology, Problems of Weaker Sections, Caste and Related Issues
5	Dr. Elumalai K Associate Professor elumalaik@isec.ac.in	International trade and Agriculture, Livestock Economics, Non-Farm Sector, Institutional Economics, Natural Resource Management
6	Dr. Komol Singha Assistant Professor komol@isec.ac.in	Development Economics - Social Capital, Human Capital, Institutional role in Economic Development
National Professor
1	Prof. P G Chengappa National Professor, ICAR
HONORARY PROFESSORS
1	Prof. V.M. Rao Formerly Professor at ISEC And Member CACP Visiting Professor	Agriculture as Rural Development, Poverty and Inequality, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Policy
2	Prof. M.V. Nadkarni Formerly Professor at ISEC And Former Vice Chancellor Gulbarga University Visiting Professor	Ecological Economics, Forest Economics, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Policy, Political Economy