Area of Specialisation

Resource / Environmental Economics; Agricultural Economics, Forest Use and Management; Livestock Economy; Common Property Resources (CPRs), and Rural Development.

Ph D (Economics)

M A (Economics)

Books

• Economic and Ecological Dimensions of Livestock Economy : An Indian Case Study of Small Ruminants (2001), Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi.

• Political Economy of Forest Use and Management, (1989), (Co-Author), Sage Publications, New Delhi.

Articles

• "Forest Use and Management : A Comparative Perspective from India and Canada", ISEC Working Paper, ISEC, Bangalore, 1999.

• "Small Ruminants and the Environment", in The Challenge of the Balance, Edited by Anil Agarwal, Center for Science and Environment, New Delhi,1997.

• "Common Lands : Policy and Institutional Setting in Karnataka, India", in Policy and Legislation in Community Forestry, Edited by Katherine Warner and Henry Wood, RECOFTC, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, October 1993.

• "Social Forestry in Karnataka" (co-author), in Karnataka-State of Environment Report-VI, edited by Cecil J Saldanha, Centre for Taxonomic Studies, Bangalore, 1993.

• "CPRs and the Rural Poor : A Micro Level Analysis", Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.27 (46), November 14, 1992.

• "Social Forestry Projects in Karnataka : Economic and Financial Viability", (co-author), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XXVII, No.26, June,1992.

• "Developing Uncultivated Lands : Some Issues from Karnataka’s Experience in Social Forestry" (co-author), Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.46(4), Oct-Dec, 1991.

• "Sustainability and Viability of Small and Marginal Farmers : Animal Husbandry and Common Property Resources", Economic and Political Weekly, 30^th March, 1991.