Associate Professor, Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)

• International trade and Agriculture

• Livestock Economics

• Non-Farm Sector

• Institutional Economics

• Natural Resource Management

• M. Sc. in Agricultural Economics and Statistics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

• Ph.D. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Articles

• Price Discovery in India’s Agricultural Commodity Futures Markets (with N. Rangasamy and R. K. Sharma), Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, July-September 2009.

• “Indo-China Border Trade through Nathu La: Prospects for Growth and Investment in Sikkim” In Jayanta Kumar Ray, Rakhee Bhattacharya and Kausik Bandhyopadyay (eds.), Sikkim’s Tryst With Nathu La: What Awaits India’s East and Northeast?, pp. 43-66, Anshah Publishing House, Delhi, 2009.

• Trade Protection of India’s Milk Products: Structure and Policy Implications, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 63(1): 67-83, January-March 2008.

• Measuring Comparative Advantage in Export of India’s Dairy Products, The Asian Economic Review, 49(3): 407-420, December 2007.

• Livestock in North-Eastern Region of India: An Appraisal of Performance (with Anjani Kumar, Steven Staal, D.K. Singh), Agricultural Economics Research Review, 20: 255-272, July-December 2007.

• Technical Efficiency in Freshwater Aqualculture in Uttar Pradesh (with Anjani Kumar and Badruddin), Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. LXXXVI, No. 341, 175-187, 2006.

• WTO and Dairy: Recent Developments in Trade Negotiations (with R. K. Sharma), Foreign Trade Review, 40(2): 51-68, July-September 2005.

• Non-Agricultural Employment for Rural Households in India: Some Evidences, Afro-Asian Journal of Rural Development, 37(1): 69-84, January-June 2004.

• Technological Change in Livestock Sector of Haryana (with U. K. Pandey), Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 59(2): 249-258, April-June 2004.

• Changing Scenario of Livestock and Poultry Compositional Structure in Haryana (Co-author: U. K. Pandey), Agricultural Situation in India, 403-406, October 2004.

• Non-Farm Employment for Rural Households in India (with R. K. Sharma), Agricultural Economics Research Review, 1-19, December 2003.

• Growth and Density Scenario of Livestock and Poultry in Haryana (with U. K. Pandey), Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 73(10): 1168-1173, October 2003.

• Tracking Japan’s ODA to India (with Rajesh Chadha), Macrotrack, Vol. IX, No.5, April 2007.

• Indo-China Trade through Nathu La (with Rajesh Chadha), Macrotrack, Vol. IX, No.8, August 2007.

• India’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with ASEAN, China and Korea, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study sponsored by Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, 2007.

• Status of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sector in India”, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study sponsored by Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, September 2007.

• Railways and the Private Sector, Macrotrack, Vol. IX, No.6, June 2007.

• India’s Burgeoning Oil Import Bill, Macrotrack, Vol. IX, No. 10, October 2007.

• Food Security and Inflation Control in India, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study sponsored by Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, December 2007.

• Union Budget 2008-09 and Industry Prospects, Macrotrack, Vol. X, No.2, February 2008.

• Changing Consumption Pattern of Oil and Gas, Macrotrack, Vol. X, No.3, March 2008.

• Indebtedness of India’s Farmer Households and Role of Rural Financial System, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study sponsored by Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, March 2008.

•  Implications of Sixth Pay Commission Recommendations, Macrotrack, Vol. X, No.4, April 2008.

•  Trends in Public Expenditure in the Indian Livestock Sector, background paper contributed to World Bank’s Report on Livestock Support Services in India, June 2008

• Competition and Regulation Issues in Indian Agricultural Markets (with Rajesh Chadha, Scott Davenport), paper presented at International Workshop on Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Market Reforms in Indian Agriculture, June 5, 2008, The Claridges, New Delhi.

• Indo-China Border Trade through Nathu La: Prospects for Growth and Investment in Sikkim”, paper presented in a National Conference on Sikkim in the Perspective of Development Dynamics of East and Northeast India, 19-20 November 2007, Gangtok (Sikkim).

• Indian Agricultural Markets: Competition and Regulation Issues (with Rajesh Chadha), paper presented at Competition Commission of India (CCI), 11 May 2007, New Delhi.

• Agricultural Growth and Productivity: Inter-state Variations (with Anjani Kumar), Paper presented in a Seminar on Accelerated Economic Growth and Regional Balance: Recent Experiences and Implications for Inter-state Variations in Development, September 16-18, 2006, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi-70

• Estimation of Producer and Consumer Support for Indian Dairy Sector, Paper presented at South Asia Regional Conference of International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Hyderabad, March 23-25, 2005.

• Trade Liberalization and Small Farm Holders: Assessment of Implication through SWOT Analysis (with Laxmi Tewari, Pratap S. Birthal and P.K. Joshi), Agricultural Economics Research Review, Paper presented at IX Annual Conference of Agricultural Economics Research Association on November 11-12, 2001, Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.

• Growth Performance in Food Production and its Marketing Aspects in India, Poster presented at International Conference on Nature Farming and Ecological Balance (ICNFEB-2001), Hisar, March 7-10, 2001.

Recent Research Projects Completed

• India’s Export of Textile and Textile Products, Madras School of Economics (MSE),Commissioned by Ministry of Forests and Environment, Government of India, 2008-09.

• How Inclusive is the Impact of FDI on the Indian Economy? Analysis of Regional, Employment and Growth Effects, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study commissioned by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2007-08.

• Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Domestic Market Reforms in Indian Agriculture, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study sponsored by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Australian Government, 2007-08.

• Potential of Indo-China Border Trade through Nathu La, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Study commissioned by Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2006-07.

• Conservation Agriculture- A Scoping Study, Commissioned by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), South Asia Office, New Delhi, 2005-06

• ICSSR Institutional Doctoral Fellowship, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, 2002-2005

• Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1999-2001

Dr. Elumalai Kannan
Associate Professor, ADRTC
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