Area of Specialisation

• Agricultural Production and Resource economics

• Food security

• Agricultural Credit

• Risk / Uncertainty and Insurance

• Watershed management

• B.Sc. (Agri) 1973. College of Agriculture, Nagpur, Dr. Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India

• M.Sc. (Agri) 1975. Agricultural Economics, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India

• Ph. D. 1992. Agricultural Economics, Agriculture collage, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

• Ph. D Thesis: Farm Planning Under Risk: A Whole Farm Modeling Approach

Distinctions and Awards:

• Anamitra Saha Prize  for a research paper entitled “technical efficiency of Major food and CashCrops in Karnataka (India)” published in the April – June 2007, issue of Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics was adjudged the best among the papers published in the IJAE in 2007.

• Recipient of Junior Fellowship of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India during my B.Sc. studies for 4 years.

• Awarded Merit Scholarship for two years during my M.Sc. studies by the University.

• Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship awarded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, during Ph.D. studies

International Academic Experience

• Attended a “Regional Capacity Building Training Workshop on Pro-poor Policy Formulation and Implementation” organized by FAO/IFAD at Bangkok (Thailand) on 15-25 June 2009.

• Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Australia South Asia Research Center, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

• Visiting Research Fellow with the University of Paris X and MHS, Paris under Indo-France scientific and cultural exchange program

• Research Fellow at the dept. of Economics, University of Guelph (Canada), under Faculty Research Fellowship awarded by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary, Canada and worked

• Visiting Fellow at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA on the invitation from Dr. Ravi Kanbur, Professor, T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

Books

• “Rejuvenating Tanks- A Socio-Ecological Approach” (along with K. V. Raju, G.K. Karanth, D.Rajasekar and k.G. Gayathridevi), Books for Change, Bangalore, Feb 2003

•  “Crops and Cultivation: State of Indian Farmer – A millennium study”, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.

•  “Agricultural Insurance in India: Problems and Prospects”, Occasional Paper 44, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumbai.

Important Research Papers/ Mimeos

• “Technical Efficiency of Major Food and Cash Crops in Karnataka (India)” , Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 62, No. 2, April-June 2007

• “Conflict over Tank-bed Cultivation in Karnataka: Command Area Farmers and ‘Official’ Encroachers” in K. J. Joy et al  (eds.) Water Conflicts in India : A Million Revolts in the Making,  published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London

• “Output and Impact Monitoring Study of KAWAD Project”, in R. S. Deshpande, et al (eds.) Glimpses of Indian Agriculture- Macro and Micro Aspects, Vol.2, Academic Foundation in Association with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi, Feb 2008.  

• “An Analysis of Crop Insurance Scheme in Karnataka” , in R. S. Deshpande, et al (eds.) Glimpses of Indian Agriculture- Macro and Micro Aspects, Vol.2, Academic Foundation in Association with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi, Feb 2008.  

• “Evaluation Study of Feed and Fodder Development under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Karnataka” in R. S. Deshpande, et al (eds.) Glimpses of Indian Agriculture- Macro and Micro Aspects, Vol.2, Academic Foundation in Association with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi, Feb 2008.  

• “An Evaluation Study of Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojana, Karnataka” in R. S. Deshpande, et al (eds.) Glimpses of Indian Agriculture- Macro and Micro Aspects, Vol.2, Academic Foundation in Association with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi, Feb 2008.  

• “Cropping Pattern and Resource use Efficiency for Major Crops: A Case Study of Karnataka, in R. S. Deshpande, et al (eds.) Glimpses of Indian Agriculture- Macro and Micro Aspects, Vol.2, Academic Foundation in Association with Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Dept of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi, Feb 2008.  

• “Community Participation in Natural Resource Management: A Case Study of Watershed Development in Karnataka”, Consultancy report submitted to OUTREACH-Rural PAARC, Bangalore.

• Presented a paper on “Resource Use Efficiency for Major Food and Cash Crops in Karnataka”, at the Asian Society of Agricultural Economics Conference at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zaden-Iran, August 29-31, 2005.

• Presented a paper on “ Economic Liberalization and Agriculture in India: Some Issues” at the National Workshop on Impact of Liberalization on Agriculture and Rural Poor, organized by National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 19-21 January 2004.

• Presented a paper on “Land Use Policy and Sustainability: A Case study of Karnataka (India)” at the International Conference on Local Land Use Strategies in a Globalizing World,held at the Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-23 August, 2003.

• “Techno-commercial feasibility of alternative utilization of bamboo in Orissa State”, Report submitted to the Govt. Orissa. Nov. 2003

• “Participatory Approach in a Resources Centered Program: A view of the Socio-Economic Issues” in R. Parthasarthy and Sudarshan Iyengar (eds.) New Developmental Paradigms and Challenges for Western and Central India. Concepr Publishing Company, New Delhi.

• “Volume and composition of subsidies in food and agriculture sector” pages 71 ‑ 1103 in Volume and composition of budgetary subsidies in Karnataka, (M. Govinda Rao eds.), Social and Economic change Monographs 1, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore

• “Land Resources and Policy in Karnataka”, Working Paper, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore 560 0072 (India).

• “Rural Poverty, Nutrition and Changes in Patterns of Consumption: Experiences during Nineties” pages 458-491in Rural Prosperity and Agriculture Policies and Strategies, (Choudhury, R. C. and R. P. Singh, eds.), National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad.

• "Demand and Supply Perspectives for Foodgrais in Karnataka", Journal of Social and Economic Development, vol.2. no.2.  July-December issue, 1999)

• "Agrarian Structure and Indicators of Agricultural Performance: A Case Study of Karnataka", IASSI Quarterly, Vol. 17, no. 1, 1998.

•  “A Land-Based Agricultural Presumptive Tax Designed for Levy by  Panchayats” , Economic and Political Weekly,   Vol. 33 (no 14 ),  4--10 April 1998.

• “Agricultural Taxation in Developing Countries”, Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation, Vol. 53 No. 11, November 1999.

•  "Towards Operationalising Small Farmers' Agri-business Consortium: A case of Dharwad District in Karnataka."  Productivity, Vol.37, No.1, April- June 1996.

• "Rural Development: FKCCI Approach", Action plan prepared for Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, May 1997. ADRT unit, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (mimeo).

•  "Farming Systems Approach in the Context of ACRP in Karnataka" Project Report submitted to Planning Commission, Govt. of India, July 1996. ADRT unit, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (mimeo).          

• "Impact of Diversification on Income and Risk in dry land areas: A Whole‑farm Modeling Approach", Agricultural Systems, Vol.40, No.3, January 1994.

• "Foreign Trade: Marketing Agricultural and Allied Products",        Productivity, vol.35, no.2, July-Sept 1994, pp 332-336.

• "Population Growth, Work Participation and Occupational Changes in Rural India", Productivity, March 1993.

• "Household Income and Risk in Dry land Farming: A Whole‑Farm Modeling Approach", The Asian Economic Review, Vol. 35, No.1, April 1993.

• "EGS and the Poor: Evidence from Longitudinal Village Studies". Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 27 No.13: A19‑20, March 28, 1992.

• Thesis entitled Farm Planning under Risk: A Whole ‑ Farm Modeling Approach submitted to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore towards Partial Fulfillment of Ph.D. degree. June 1991.

• “Credit Markets in Rural South India - Theoretical Issues and Empirical Analysis" (A.R.U. Report No. 45, World Bank).

•  "Common Features and Contrasts in Labor Relations in the Semi‑ Arid Tropics of India", pages 143 ‑ 168 in Rural Labor Markets in Asia: Contractual Arrangements, Employment and Wages, (Binswanger,H.P., and Rosenweig, M., eds.), New Haven, USA : Yale University Press).

• “Early Adoption of Improved Vertisol Technology Options and Double Cropping in Begumgunj, Madhya Pradesh” (Progress Report No. 77, Economics Group, Resource Management Program. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru P.O. 502324, A. P.  India.

• “Acceptance of an improved Variety competing with Hybrids: Farmers’ Perceptions and Early adoption of WC-C75 Pearl Millet Variety in Western Maharashtra”, Progress Report No. 78, Economics Group, Resource Management Program, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru P.O. 502324, A. P.  India.

• "Management as a Factor of Production in the Semi‑Arid Tropics of Rural South India : Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 38(3) : 415‑423, July‑Sept 1983.

• "Credit Markets' in Rural South India", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 21 Nos. 38 & 39: A 119‑ 124. Sept 1986.

• UNDP Project (IND/91/096): Planning for Full Employment: Strategies for the Small farmers' Agri-business Consortium – A case of Dharwad District (Karnataka).

• Farming Systems Approach in the Context of ACRP in Karnataka. - Optimum Farming Systems for the Neighboring Areas of Metropolitan Cities: A case Study of Bangalore in Karnataka (for Planning Commission, Govt. of India).

• Agro‑Climatic Regional Planning in Karnataka: A Sub-regional Analysis

• Food grain Economy of Karnataka

• Institutionalization of Agro-climatic regional Planning (ACRP) in Karnataka

• Design of a Land-based Agricultural Presumptive Tax for Use by Village Panchayats

• Cropping Patterns and Resource Use Efficiency on Different Farm Size Groups:  A Case Study of Karnataka.

• Flow of Credit to Small and Marginal Farmers: A case Study of Karnataka

• An Analysis of Crop Insurance Scheme in Karnataka

• Output and impact monitoring (Rural livelihood) study of the Karnataka Watershed Development (KAWAD) Project.

• Evaluation of centrally sponsored schemes on feed and fodder in Karnataka

• Evaluation of Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) Programme. 

• Study on Costing and Production of Broilers in Karnataka”

• Study on evaluation of Prime Minister’s Relief Package for Farmers in Suicide Prone districts in Karnataka and coordinating the same for Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala

• Evaluation of Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package for Farmers in Suicide Prone Districts of Karnataka

• Market integration of major agriculture markets in India/Karnataka: An empirical study of selected commodities

• Coordinating three projects:

  1. ‘Comprehensive District Agriculture Plan”  to prepare agriculture plan for 29 districts in Karnataka and a Comprehensive State Agriculture Development Plan for Karnataka and

  2. Comprehensive District Development Plans for 4 districts of Karnataka.

  3. Evaluation of Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package for Farmers in Suicide Prone Districts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra

• Training Programme on WTO and its implications for Indian Agriculture for Staff members from agro-Economic Research centers, Scientist engaged in Cost of cultivation scheme of Govt. of India and Extension officials from different States.

• Coordinated a training programme for the senior officials from the Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra about preparing the Comprehensive District Agriculture Plans as per the guidelines of Planning Commission, Govt. of India.

Research / Training Experience:

• Worked as Professor of Economics & Trade with the Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM, Autonomous Institute promoted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India), Bangalore from July 2006 to July 2008 (on 2 years Deputation from ISEC).

• I worked for 12 years (from Feb 1976 to Jan 1988) with the Resource Management Program (Economics Unit) of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

• Joined Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRT) of the Institute for Social and Economic change (ISEC), Bangalore, as a Associate Professor in October 1992 and Working till date.

• Worked as a Registrar I/c (administrative head) of the Institute for social and Economic Change for a few months.

• Teaching Post graduate (Ph. D.) students at the institute (Cost benefit analysis, production economics, food security, mathematical programming, etc)

• Coordinated Research Methodology and Refresher courses sponsored by the Indian council for Social Science Research and University Grants Commission for college and University teachers.

• Coordinated a training program for officials (joint directors, deputy directors, etc) from department of agriculture on “ Planning and Evaluation of agricultural projects”. 

• Coordinated training programs for District Planning officials and other personnel of the planning department at the district level, Agriculture and line departments for adopting the concept of Agro-climatic Regional Planning.  

• Coordinated 13 Short Term Executive Training Programmes for managers of tea gardens at North Bengal and North East India (Assam) and three programmes for small Tea growers in Assam and North Bengal.

• Coordinated one Short Term Executive Training Programmes for Scientist from Coffee Board and 5 OUT-REACH programmes for coffee growers in Karnataka, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam.

• Coordinated a training programme for the senior officials from the department of agriculture, government of Maharashtra about preparing the  Comprehensive District Agriculture Plans as per the guidelines of Planning Commission, Govt. of India.

• Member of the Board of Examinations for the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and Mysore University, Mysore.

• Regular reviewer of research papers sent for publication to the Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Bombay

• Reviewer for the research papers published in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Consultancy Assignments:

• Worked with the Agricultural Finance Corporation, Bangalore (India) as a consultant from March, 1991 to March, 1992 for a World Bank / Government of Karnataka funded project on "Comprehensive Agricultural Development in Karnataka"

• I also got an opportunity to work as a consultant for a Sub‑committees constituted by the Government of Karnataka on "Stagnation of Agricultural Productivity in Karnataka during 1980s".

• Worked as consultant for Environmental and Social Assessment of World Bank funded project on Rehabilitation of Tank Systems through Community Participation in Karnataka (India).

• Consultant for Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute, Bangalore for a project on “Techno-commercial feasibility of alternative utilization of bamboo in Orissa State”, Report submitted to the Govt. Orissa.

• Worked as a consultant for World Bank study on “Variability in farm income for a Crop Insurance Study in Karnataka”

• Community participation in Natural Resource Management : A case study of watershed development programmes in Karnataka for OUTEACH- PAARC, Bangalore

• I was a member of an Expert Committee constituted by Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Bangalore for preparing An action plan for their rural development project.

• Consultancy assignment from The World Bank for auditing household data collected by a NGO from Zimbabwe.

Major Projects at ICRISAT

• I was associated with the Village Level Studies (VLS) Project of the Economics/Resource Management Program of ICRISAT

• My job responsibilities included supervision of data collection, auditing and analysis of socioeconomic data from VLS project.

• I was in-charge for implementing micro-watershed project and conducted farming system experiments to study Feasibility of Double Cropping on Verisols in Rain-fed areas of SAT India.

• Participated in number of ad-hock surveys and studies conducted in the economics /Resource Management program of ICRISAT.

Assignments / teaching at the Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM)

• I taught Managerial/ Enterprise Economics; Research Methodology and Quantitative Techniques; and Agribusiness Management courses to the students studying for Post Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness Management.

• Coordinated more than two dozen Short Term Executive Programmes (STEP) / REACH-OUT programmes for stakeholders from commodity Boards i.e., Tea Board, Coffee Board, and Rubber Board on WTO issues: AOA, TBT/SPS and IPR.

• Completed two research projects to Identify HRM and Training needs of stakeholders of Coffee and Rubber sector in India for Coffee and tea board, respectively. 

Assignments /Projects Completed at IIPM (2 years deputation)

• Courses offered at IIPM are Enterprise Economics/Managerial economics, Research Methodology and quantitative techniques and Agri-business Management

• Coffee Stakeholders Development Programme and HRD Needs – An Approach Paper submitted to Coffee Board, Bangalore.

• Rubber Stakeholders Development Programme and HRD Needs – An Approach Paper submitted to Rubber Board, Bangalore.

• Short Term Executive Programmes (STEP) on “WTO: SPS/GI/IPR and HRD for Tea Industry”  Total 10 programmes for managers of Corporate Tea gardens/estates at Dajeeling, Dooars, Terai (North Bengal) and in Assam and Three training programme on Sustainability of Small Tea Growers in Globalizing Era for for Small Tea Growers in Assam.

• STEP on Research Prioritization, Monitoring, Analysis, Documentation and Presentation of Research Findings for Scientist from Coffee Board

• OUT-Reach Programme for Coffee growers in Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Mizoram and Nagaland on Sustanability of  Coffee.

• Three modules for study material on Plantation Management for the Diploma programme offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi.