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Faculty
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Professor
of Economics,
Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Area of Specialisation
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Macro economics
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Urban and Regional Economics
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Applied Quantitative methods
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Economics of Education Finance
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Economics of Information technology
and telecom services
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Topics of current/recent research
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Construction of National Transfer Accounts for India
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State level exports and foreign investment
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Financing of higher education and human
development
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Small Scale Industries under WTO regime
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ICT sector, globalization and urban economic
growth of Bangalore
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Consumer demand for telecom services
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Academic Qualification
Ph.D in Economics, University of Tsukuba,
Japan
M.A., in Economics, University of Mysore, India
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Selected Publications
Books
Collegiate Education in Karnataka
State, Education Department, Government of Karnataka, Government Printing Press
(Bangalore): 2002.
Articles
(since 2003)
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(2010).
Telecommunication Services and Economic Growth: Evidence from India”,
Telecommunications Policy, forthcoming.
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"Substitutability between mobile and fixed phones: Evidence and
implications for India", Review of Urban and Regional Development
Studies, forthcoming.
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"Impact of Economic Globalization on Urbanization: A Comparative
Analysis of Indian and Select Global Experiences", India
Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs,
forthcoming.
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"Size distribution of metropolitan areas: Evidence and implications
for India”, The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 3, 2009:
243-264
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"Determinants of Household Access Demand for Telecom Services in
India: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications", Perspectives on
Global Development and Technology, 8, 2009: 70-89
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"Education, Human Development, and Quality of Life: Measurement Issues
and Implications for India", Social Indicators Research, 90,
2009: 279-293
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"Population Aging and Life Cycle Deficit: The Case of India", in
K.K.Singh, R.C. Yadava and Arvind Pandey (eds). Population, Poverty
& Health, Hindustan Publishing Corporation (New Delhi): 2009:
258-276
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"ICT
Sector and Regional Economic Development: Evidence from Karnataka
State", in Gopal K. Kadekodi, Ravi Kanbur and Vijayendra Rao (Eds.).
Development in Karnataka: Challenges of Governance, Equity and
Empowerment, Academic Foundation Press (New Delhi), 2008: 291-322
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"Access Demand for Telecom Services in India: Evidence for Household
Determinants and Policy Implications for Goa State", The Indian
Economic Journal, 55, 2007: 103-123
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"Determinants of Aggregate Access Demand for Telecom Services in
India: Evidence from a Regional Study", Journal of Services
Research, 7 2007: 83-98
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"Economic size and performance of dispersed and clustered small-scale
enterprises in India: Recent evidence and implications",
International Journal of Social Economics, 34, 2007: 599-611
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"A
Note on Measurement of Sub-national Globalisation in India: Evidence
from Karnataka State", Journal of Social and Management Sciences,
XXXVI, 2007: 63-74.
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"An
Overview of Karnataka Economy", in Planning Commission’s (Government
of India): Karnataka Development Report, Academic Foundation
(New Delhi), 2007: 43-65
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"Development of Communication Sector", in Planning Commission’s
(Government of India): Karnataka Development Report, Academic
Foundation (New Delhi), 2007: 195-201
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"Policy Reforms for Small Enterprise Development in Karnataka State
(India)", in Wilbert Gooneratne and S. Hirashima (Eds.). Small and
Medium
Enterprise (SME) Development in SAARC Countries: Challenges and
Policy Reforms,
Federation of Chambers and Commerce & Industry of Sri Lanka and Centre
for Development Research (Colombo), 2006: 109-158.
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"Formal and Informal Enterprises: Concept, Definition, and
Measurement Issues in India", in Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur,
and Elinor Ostrom (Eds). Linking the Formal and Informal Economy:
Concepts and Policies, Oxford University Press (New York), 2006:
93-118.
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"Awareness of policies and programmes among small scale industries in
India: Evidence and implications of a case study", Journal of Asian
and African Studies, 4, 2006: 319-339.
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"Inflow of foreign direct investment into Karnataka: Patterns,
performance, and implications", Foreign Trade Review, XLI,
2006: 3-26.
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"Measurement of education achievement in human development: Evidence
from India", International Education Journal, 7, 2006: 85-97.
Available on:
http://iej.com.au/
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"Privitisation
policies and post-privitisation control devices in India's higher
education: Evidence from a regional study and implications for
developing countries", Journal of Studies in International
Education, 10, 2006: 46-70.
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"Public education expenditure in Karnataka State (India): Alternative
databases and empirical implications", Journal of Educational
Planning and Administration, 4,2005: 511-522.
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"Student loan by commercial banks: A way to reduce State Government
financial support to higher education in India", Journal of
Developing Areas, 38, 2005: 171-188.
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"Databases for State Level Analysis of WTO Implications on Small Scale
Industries in India: Lessons from Karnataka, Journal of
Indian School of Political Economy,
16, 2004: 319-329.
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"Competitiveness of Small-Scale Industries in India", Journal of
Business in Developing Nations, 8, 2004: 93-142. Available on:
http://www.rh.edu/academic/lsmt/jbdn/jbdnv804.pdf
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"Liberalisation
Measures in India's Coffee Sector: Analytical Implications for Market
Structure and Consumer Welfare Analysis in Developing Countries",
South Asia Economic Journal,
5, 2004: 267-281.
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"Small-Scale Industries in Karnataka State: Evidence for impact of
growth, sickness and closure on production and employment", Indian
Journal of Labour Economics, 47, 2004: 967-984.
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"Foreign Direct Investment and Inter-regional Growth in China: Lessons
for India",
China Report: A Journal of East Asian Studies,
40, 2004: 1-17.
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"WTO
Impact on SSIs in India", MARGIN: Journal of National Council of
Applied Economic Research, 36, 2004: 11-20.
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"Volume and Composition of Budgetary Subsidies to Higher Education in
Karnataka State", in M.Govinda Rao (ed). Volume and
Composition of Budgetary Subsidies in Karnataka, Monograph No.1,
Institute for Social and Economic Change (Bangalore), 2003: 199-234
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"Implications of recent changes in economy-wide industrial and trade
policies on small scale industries in India", Journal of Indian
School of Political Economy, 15, 2003: 717-743.
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"Manufacturing SSIs under WTO Regime in Karnataka", Productivity:
Journal of National Productivity Council, 44, 2003: 476-483.
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Working Papers
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“ICT sector, globalization and urban economic growth: Evidence for
Bangalore (India)”, Working Paper No.2010/80, UNU-WIDER (Helsinki):
July 2010
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2010/en_GB/wp2010-80/
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"Substitutability between mobile and fixed phones: Evidence and
implications for India", Discussion Paper Series-F-550, Centre for
International Research on the Japanese Economy, Faculty of
Economics, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan): March 2008, PP.28
http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cirje/research/dp/2008/2008cf550.pdf
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"Construction of National Transfer Accounts for India, 1999-00",
Working Paper#08-01, International National Transfer Accounts
Database, University of
Hawaii (Honolulu, USA):
March 2008, pp.57
http://www.schemearts.com/proj/nta/doc/repository/NS2008.pdf
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"Telecommunication Services and Economic Growth: Evidence from India",
Discussion Paper Series-F-545, Centre for International Research on
the Japanese Economy, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
(Tokyo, Japan): February 2008, PP.29
http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cirje/research/dp/2008/2008cf545.pdf
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"Role of intra-household transfer in supporting lifecycle deficit in
India", Working Paper#07-04, International National Transfer
Accounts Database, University of
Hawaii (Honolulu, USA):
February 2007, pp.29
http://www.schemearts.com/proj/nta/doc/repository/LN2007.pdf
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"Globalization and urban growth: Evidence for Bangalore (India)",
Discussion Paper Series-F-544, Centre for International Research on
the Japanese Economy, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
(Tokyo, Japan): January 2008, pp.39
http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cirje/research/dp/2008/2008cf544.pdf
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"Performance of urban India during globalization period: An economic
analysis", Discussion Paper Series-F-543, Centre for International
Research on the Japanese Economy, Faculty of Economics, University
of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan): January 2008, pp.43
http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cirje/research/dp/2008/2008cf543.pdf
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Recent presentation of papers for international conferences and
workshops
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"Economic
effects of population ageing on India’s public finance: Evidence and
implications based on National Transfer Accounts”, 7th
Global Conference of National Transfer Accounts, 11-12 June 2010:
East West Center, Honolulu (Hawaii), USA
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"Contribution of informal economy for First Demographic Dividend:
Evidence and implications for India", Special IARIW-SAIM Conference
on Measuring the Informal Economy in Developing Countries, 24-26
September 2009: Katmandu, Nepal
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"Intergenerational
Equity and Inclusive Growth: Evidence based on National Transfer
Accounts for India", UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on Policy
Analysis and Inclusive Growth in India, 20-21 March 2009:
University of Mysore, Mysore, India
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"Public Age Reallocations for India’s Elderly: Evidence Based on
National Transfer Accounts", International Conference on Asian
Social Protection in Comparative Perspective, 7-9 January 2009:
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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“Globalization, ICT Sector and Urban Economic Growth: Evidence for
Bangalore (India)". UN-WIDER Conference on: Beyond the Tippling
Point: Asian Development in an Urban World, 15-17 December 2008:
Kolkata, India
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"National Transfer Accounts: Introducing Age into National Accounts",
Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Research in
National Income and Wealth, 27-29 November 2008: Institute for
Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
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"Public sector resource allocation and inter-generational equity:
Evidence for India based on National Transfer Accounts”, 83rd
Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International,
June 29 - 3 July 2008, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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"Economic Lifecycle: The Case of India",
New
Zealand Association of Gerontology 2007 Conference on Ageing: The
Everyday Experience,
14-16 November 2007: The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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"What does public sector contribute to National Transfer Accounts?
Evidence for flow accounts for India 1999-00", International
Conference on
Asia’s Dependency Transition: Intergenerational Transfers, Economic
Growth, and Public Policy,
1-3 November 2007: Nihon University Population Research Centre, Tokyo,
Japan
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"Ageing and National Transfer Accounts for India", Invited Lecture for
the Plenary Session I - Health and Development, XXIX Annual
Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population,
26-28 October 2007: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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"National Knowledge Commission on Higher Education", National
Seminar on National Knowledge Commission’s Recommendations on Higher
Education, 19-20 September 2007: Department of Higher Education,
Government of Karnataka, and Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
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"National Transfer Accounts for India, 1999-00", National Seminar
on Construction of National Transfer Accounts for
India,
10 August 2007: Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore,
India.
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"Construction of National Transfer Accounts for India: Methods,
Initial Results, and Policy Implications", Fourth Annual Meeting of
the National Transfer Accounts, 19-20 January 2007: Center for
Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California, Berkeley,
USA.
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"Measurement of education variables in construction of Human
Development Index in India’s Human Development Reports", Technical
Workshop on Human Development Statistics, Planning Commission
(Government of India) and UNDP (New Delhi), 27-28 April 2006:
Bangalore, India.
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"Policy Reforms for the SME Development in the State of Karnataka",
Regional Convention on Policy Reforms for SME Development in SAARC
Countries, 2-3 December 2005: Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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"Revitalizing and Globalization: Lessons from Bangalore (India)",
International Conference for Revitalization & Globalization of
Daegu-Gyeongbuk: Learning from Abroad, 9-10 November 2005: Daegu,
Republic of Korea.
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"ICT
Sector and Regional Development: Evidence from Karnataka State",
ISEC-Cornell Conference on Development in Karnataka: A
Multidisciplinary Perspective, 11-12 June 2005: Bangalore, India.
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"Linking formal and informal small-scale enterprises: Implications of
Indian experience for developing countries", UN-WIDER Conference on
Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors,
17-18 September 2004: The United Nations University-WIDER, Helsinki,
Finland.
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"Industrial Clusters - Experiences in India", presented for WIDER-
ICSSR Conference on Food Security, Spatial Disparities and Industrial
Clusters, 31 January - 01 February 2004: New Delhi, India
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Recent research dissemination articles in English-language
newspapers
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"Missing links in PPP for education", The
Deccan Herald,
19 November 2009.
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"India and China Trade Relationship", BCCI Overseas Business
Opportunities, November, 2009:
http://www.bcic.org.in/newsletter/november09/newsletter.html
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"Power supply and competitiveness of SSIs in Karnataka", FKCCI
Journal, 30 (9), September 2009: 16-20
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"Karnataka, model for private investment", The Deccan Herald, 4
May 2009.
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"Competitiveness of India and China", India-China People’s View
Quarterly, 3(2), 2009: 4-5
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"India’s ICT
Sector: What needs to be done more now?" Global Communications
Platform, Japanese Institute of Global Communications,
Tokyo (Japan): 30 April 2008:
http://www.glocom.org/special_topics/colloquium/20080430_narayama_india/
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"Mobile and fixed phone substitutability – Why does it matter for
India?", The Hindu-Business Line, 4 April 2008.
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"Is
India ready to reap demographic dividends?", The Hindu-Business
Line, 20 June 2007.
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"What is ICT’s contribution to economic growth?", The
Hindu-Business Line, 26 May 2007.
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"Complete dereservation may not be feasible", The Financial Express,
14 May 2007.
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"Preventing disabilities: Importance of awareness", The
Hindu-Business Line, 17 March 2007.
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"New agenda for inclusive growth", The Deccan-Herald, 12 March
2007.
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"A
Tale of Untold Realities", The Deccan-Herald, 9 February 2006.
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"Consumer Price Index for Telecom Services: Monitoring access to
connectivity", The Hindu-Business Line, 16 February 2006.
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"The ICT sector in State on the upswing", The
Deccan Herald,
16 November 2005.
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"Redefine their roles and functions for better delivery", The
Financial Express, 28 October 2005.
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"Financing higher education – Law needed on cost-sharing", The
Hindu Business Line, 24 February 2005.
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"Onward to public-private partnerships: The agenda for policy action
in 2005-06", The Financial Express, 21 January 2005.
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"Streamline State’s admission process", The Deccan Herald, 10
January 10 2005.
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Recent Research Projects Completed
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CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL TRANSFER ACCOUNTS FOR INDIA,
a collaborative research work for the international project on:
Asia’s Dependency Transition: Intergenerational Equity, Poverty
Alleviation and Public Policy, funded and coordinated by the Nihon
University Population Research Institute (Tokyo):
2009
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GLOBALIZATION
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URBAN GROWTH IN INDIA,
sponsored by and undertaken at the Centre for International Research
on the Japanese Economy, Faculty of Economics, The University of
Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan): 2008
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BACKGROUND PAPER ON FINANCING OF EDUCATION IN KARNATAKA,
Capacity Building for the Preparation of SHDRs, UNDP (New Delhi) and
Department of Planning, Government of Karnataka (Bangalore): 2005.
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WTO AREEMENTS
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SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES IN KARNATAKA STATE: AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY OF
CURRENT POLICY ISSUES AND INTERVENTIONS, AND FUTURE POLICY
ALTERNATIVES, sponsored by the Department of Industries and Commerce,
Government of Karnataka (Bangalore): 2004.
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CONSUMER DEMAND FOR TELECOM SERVICES IN KARNATAKA
AND GOA,
sponsored by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India
(New Delhi): 2004.
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On-going research project
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ESTIMATION OF PUBLIC
AND
PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND CONSUMPTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN
KARNATAKA STATE,
sponsored by Planning Department and Finance Department, Government
of Karnataka (Bangalore)
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INCREASING RESILIENCE OF COFFEE
PRODUCTION TO LEAF-RUST DISEASE,
a part of the international project funded by the Common Fund for
Commodities (Amsterdam) and International Coffee Organization
(London) and sponsored through Coffee Board (Bangalore).
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Visiting fellowships and professorships
Visiting Exchange Scholar 2007, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation,
for participation in the 38th Summer Seminar on Population and workshop on
Population, Development, and Policy: The Economic Payoffs of Population Change:
East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA): May-June 2007
Visiting Professorship 2007, Center for International Research on the
Japanese Economy, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan): December
2007 to April 2008
Visiting Exchange Scholar 2008, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation,
for participation in the 39th Summer Seminar on Population and workshop on
Population, Development, and Policy: A Follow-up Workshop: East-West Centre,
Honolulu, Hawaii (USA): June-July 2008
Visiting Exchange Scholar 2010, sponsored by International
Development Research Council, for participation in the 41th Summer
Seminar on Population Ageing and Generational Economy, East-West
Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA): June 2010.
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Select recent membership held in public committees
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Core Group of
Experts for Design of New Industrial Policy beyond 2006, Government of
Karnataka
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Academic and
Administrative Audit Committee, University of Mysore
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Scientific
Advisory Committee, Foundation for the Prevention of Disability
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Suvarna Karnataka
Gazetteer’s Special Advisory Committee, Government of Karnataka
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Steering
Committee, Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Task Force on
Higher Education, Government of Karnataka
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Expert Group on
State Domestic Product, Government of Karnataka
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Chairman,
Curriculum Revision Committee (Economics), Department of
Pre-University Education, Government of Karnataka
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State Level
Coordination Committee for III All India Census of Small Scale
Industries, Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of
Karnataka
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Faculty of Arts,
Bangalore University
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Board of
Post-graduate Studies in Economics, Kuvempu University
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Board of
Post-graduate Studies in Economics, Bangalore University
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Board of Studies
in Social Sciences, Bangalore University
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Editorial
Advisory Board,
Emerging Knowledge on Emerging
Markets
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Editorial
Advisory Board, The Indian Economic Journal
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Editorial
Advisory Board, Journal of Social and Economic Development
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Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of
Arts, University of Mysore
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Dr. M.R. Narayana
Professor of Economics
Centre for Economic Studies and Policy
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Nagarabhavi P.O. BANGALORE-560072, India
Tel : Office (Direct): 080-23397699; (operator): 080-23215468 Extn : 102
Home; 080-23218273
Fax : 080-23217008
e-mail:
mrnarayana@yahoo.com,
mrn@isec.ac.in
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