Area of Specialisation

• Ecological Economics
• Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
• Development Economics
• Evaluation Studies

Certificate in Advanced Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1992

M A, Economics, University of Kerala, 1974

Books

1. Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity – Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges, Earthscan, London, 2009. Foreword by Dr Achim Steiner, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme.

2. The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation-Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems, Earthscan Publications, London, 2007; South Asia Edition, 2007, Foreword by Professor Charles Perrings

3. Farm Women’s Training Projects in India-Women and Youth Training and Extension Project in Karnataka, Evaluation Department, Danida, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, 2004.

4. Groundnut Economy of India, Agricole Publishers, New Delhi, 1997.

5. Forest Use and Management in Japan and India: A Comparative Study, VRF Series No 286, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan, 1996.

6. Edible Oilseeds: Growth, Area Responses and Prospects, Oxford and IBH Publishers, New Delhi, 1989.

7. Cereal Substitutes in a Developing Economy-A Study of Tapioca (Cassava), Concept Publishers, New Delhi, 1986 (with Foreword by Professor V K R V Rao).

Articles

1. Introduction: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being (Chapter 1) in K.N. Ninan (ed.) Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity – Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges, Earthscan, London, 2009

2. Non-Timber Forest Products and Biodiversity Conservation – A Study of Tribals in a Protected Area in India (Chapter 6)  in K.N. Ninan (ed.) Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity – Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges, Earthscan, London, 2009

3. Non Timber Forest Products and Biodiversity Conservation-A Study of Tribals in a Protected Area in India, Proceedings of the 26^th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, August 12-18, 2006.

4. The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation – A Study of a Coffee Growing Region in the Western Ghats of India, Ecological Economics, Vol.55,1, 2005. pp 61-72.

5. Ecological and Economic Aspects of Biodiversity Conservation in a Protected Area, India in N.Sengupta and J.Bandyopadhyay (eds) Biodiversity and Quality of Life, Macmillan India, 2005. (co-author)

6. Social Forestry - Case Study from Karnataka, in Gopal Kadekodi (ed), Environmental Economics in Practice- Selected Case Studies from India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003.

7. Economic Liberalisation and Rural Poverty Alleviation- The Indian Experience, in G H Peters and P Pingali (eds), Tomorrow's Agriculture- Incentives, Institutions, Infrastructure and Innovations, IAAE, University of Oxford, Ashgate Publishers, U.K., 2001.

8. Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Watershed Development Project in Karnataka, India, Ambio (Journal of Human Environment), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden, Vol 30, No 3, May 2001 (with S Lakshmikanthamma).

9. Economic Reforms in India: Impact on the Poor and Poverty Reduction, IDS Working Paper No 103, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, U.K., 2000.

10. An Assessment of European-aided Watershed Development Projects in India from the Perspective of Poverty Reduction and the Poor, CDR Working Paper No 98.3, Centre for Development Research, Copenhagan, Denmark, January 1998.

11. Agricultural Growth, Institutional Intervention and Rural Poverty Trends in India-Their Linkages in the Context of Structural Adjustment and Liberalisation, Regional Development Studies, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan, Winter Volume, 1995-96.

12. Economic and Financial Viability of Social Forestry Projects: A study of Selected Projects in Karnataka, JFM Working Paper No 16, SPWD and The Ford Foundation, New Delhi, 1994. (Co-author).

13. Sustainable Development- The Case of Watershed Development in India, International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, U.K., Vol 1, No 4. pp 229-238 (with S Lakshmikanthamma).

14. The Green Revolution, Dryland Agriculture and Sustainability- Insights from India, in G H Peters and B F Stanton (eds), Sustainable Agricultural Development-Role of International Cooperation, IAAE, University of Oxford, Dartmouth, U.K., 1992.

• Visiting Professor, The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara during Fall 2008, September 22 to December 31, 2008. (Organised two courses on ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis and Non-Market Valuation’ and ‘Advanced Topics in Environmental Policy – Economics of Biodiversity Conservation’ for Graduate Students of The Bren School, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA during Fall 2008).

• Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The University of Tokyo, Japan (2004-05)

• Visiting Japan Foundation Fellow, University of Tokyo and University of Tokushima Japan (January to July, 2001)

• Visiting Professor, Maison Des Sciences De L’Homme, Paris, France, (October 2000)

• Invited Professor, C3ED, University of Versailles, St. Quentin-En-Yvelines, France  (March –April 2000).

• Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, (April - June 1998).

• Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, (June to December 1995).

• Member of an Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, in August 1998 to suggest a Methodology for Quantifying the Intangible Benefits of Forests. Submitted the Report to the Ministry on January 17, 1999.

• Member of Study Team to prepare a Report on ‘Livestock Farming Systems of India’, for preparation of National Livestock Policy Document’, for the Department of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India 1994 (sponsored by Swiss Development Co-operation).