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2009

• A study on global Ageing and Adult Health
  - K S James and C M Lakshmana

• Construction of National Transfer Accounts for India
  - M R Narayana and L Ladusingh

• Economic Reforms and Political Decentralisa-tion: A Study of some selected state during post reform period, Sponsored by: ISEC
  - V Anil Kumar

• Effects of Population Growth on Environmental Degradation with reference to India
  - C M Lakshmana

• Electricity Pricing in Karnataka: An Analysis
  - K N Ninan

• Globalisation and Employment:  Survey of Women Workers in Bangalore’s RMG Industry,
  - Supriya RoyChowdhury

• Local welfare in a Global context: Slums and Urban Welfare in Karnataka’s Development
  - Supriya RoyChowdhury

• Managing Common Pool Resources for Poverty Reduction in Tribal Areas of Eastern India
  - R S Deshpande

• Strategy and Methodology for improved IWRM – An Integrated Interdisciplinary Assessment in Four Twinning River Basins
  - K V Raju and S Manasi

• Sustainable Agriculture Development through Organic Farming in Karnataka
  - S Erappa

• To create content and learning modules for a mobile ecology laboratory
  - K V Raju and K Lenin Babu

2008

• A study of Karnataka schemes and policies for rural develop-ment, poverty alleviation and employment generation
  - M Devendra Babu

• A study on morbidity pattern and cost of illness in Karnataka
  - R Mutharayappa

• A study of school factors influencing attainments of class IV students in Karnataka State
  - A S Seetharamu

• Assessing micro-finance needs of vulnerable groups
  - D Rajasekhar

• Affordability of water supply services by grama panchayats in Karnataka
  - D Rajasekhar

• Awareness of HIV/AIDS in Karnataka: Analysis of RCH-II Data
  - K S Umamani

• Decentralized Governance and Child Labour
  - D Rajasekhar

• Demographic transition and economic development in Kerala: The role of emigration
  - K S James

• Determinants of maternal health care services: A regional analysis in Karnataka
  - M Sivakami

• Freedom mortgaged and future aban-doned: Bonded child labour in Karnataka’s Silk Industry
  - G K Karanth

• Gender differentials in health among children in Karnataka
  - T S Syamala

• Hariyali guidelines and watershed development: The role of panchayats in the implementation process
  - N Sivanna

• Income, in-quality & mortality: An empirical investigation of the relationship in India
  - K S James,  T S Syamala

• India’s agricultural trade in post-liberalisation period: A review of some issues
  - Dhanmanjiri Sathe, R S Deshpande

• Intellectual Property Rights and Proteciton of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives
  - C Nanjundaiah

• Micro initiatives for macro policy
  - R S Deshpande

• Mid-Term appraisal of DBT-RBRC project implemented by University of Agricultural Sciences
  - R S Deshpande

• Monitoring of DLHS-3 Survey
  - K S James

• Pre-service secondary teacher education for secondary stage education in emerging diverse education context in Karnataka/India
  - M D Ushadevi

• Role of NGOs in the preven-tion of HIV in Karnataka
  - C S Veeramatha

• Study for estimation of seed, feed and waste ratios for major food grains
  - R S Deshpande

• Tank systems in the Mid-Godavari Basin – Valuation of ecological, economic and social services
  - K V Raju

• The performance of SHGs-Bank linkage programme in India: A comparative study of Karnataka and Gujarat
  - Veerashekarappa, H S Shylendra

• Trends and patterns of migration: Interface with education: A case of the North Eastern Region
  - U A Shimray and M D Usha Devi

• Urban water supplies: Emerg-ing alternatives – case study of the extent of ground water use and its implications in Hubli, Dharwad and Belgaum cities
  - K V Raju

• Viable entrepreneurial trades for women in agriculture
  - M Mahadeva

2007

• Changing child population and health care infrastructure in Karnataka
  - C M Lakshmana

• District planning process: Evidence from Karnataka
  - M Devendra Babu

• Drinking water supply and rural institutions in Karantaka: A study from rights perspective
  - V Anil Kumar

• Fuelling fire or dampening the flames? Conflict management by Karnataka’s Grama Panchayats
  - K G Gayathri Devi

• India’s export of selected BPO services: Under-standing strengths and weaknesses
  - Meenakshi Rajeev and B P Vani

• Institutional design for elimination of child labour: A study of State initiatives of eradication of child labour in Karnataka
  - D Rajasekhar

• Lifestyle and health of the elderly in Karnataka
  - R Mutharayappa

• Micro Initiatives for Macro Policy
  - R S Deshpande

• Performance of elementary education in Karnataka as revealed through Census Illiteracy Data
  - M D UshaDevi

• Role of market based instruments in industrial pollution abatement: A comparative study of India and France
  - G S Sastry

• Social capital and participative public service delivery: with special reference to self regulatory authorities
  - S N Sangita

• The practice of untouchability: An analysis of its contextual variations
  - Manohar Yadav

• Water pricing and productivity – a review of evidences with special reference to India
  - K N Ninan

2006

• Agricultural Policy in India: A Policy Matrix in a Federal System
  - R S Deshpande

• Contract Farming in Karnataka: A Boon or A Bane
  - S Erappa

• Effectiveness of Micro-Finance in Alleviating Vulnerability to Debt Bondage in Andhra Pradesh
  - D Rajasekhar

• Growing Rural-Urban Disparity
  - D Rajasekhar

• Production and Cost of Broiler Meat: A Case Study of Karnataka
  - M J Bhende

• Cultivation of Medicinal Crops and Aromatic Crops as a Means of Diversification in Agriculture
  - R S Deshpande

• Education and Development - An Inter-State Analysis in India
  - A S Seetharamu

• Eleventh Finance Commission's Grants for Administrative Upgradation (Infrastructure) and Service Delivery: An Evaluation of Regulatory and Financial Departments in Karnataka
  - S N Sangita

• Governance Reforms and Service Delivery in Karnataka
  - S N Sangita

• Population Change in Karnataka: A Decadal Overview
  - C M Lakshamana

• Rapid Assessment of Socio-Economic Aspects of Upper Bhadra Project
  - K V Raju

• Reforms in Urban Water Supply Sector in Developing Countries: A Critique of Existing and Alternative Approaches
  - L Venkatachalam

• Reproductive and Child Health Project: Rapid Household Surveys in Karnataka, Kerala and Goa
  - K N M Raju, T S Syamala, R Mutharayappa, T V Sekher, C S Veeramatha, K S Umamani, M Sivakami

• Rural Infrastructure Development: Role of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
  - Meenakshi Rajeev

• Service Sector Study
  - Shashanka Bhide, B P Vani, Veerasekharappa

2005

• A Comprehensive Study on the status of Beedi Industry in Karnataka
  - S Madheswaran, D Rajasekhar and K G Gayithri Devi

• Consumers' Demand for Telecom Services in Karnataka and Goa
  - M R Narayana

• Decentralisation and Employment Generation: A Study of SGSY Program
  - D Rajasekhar

• Decentralised Governance, Representation, and People's Participation: The Panchayats of Kerala
  - Anand Inbanathan

• Design and Management of Social Security Benefits in Karnataka State: An Exploratory Study
  - D Rajasekhar, G K Karanth, and S Madeshwaran

• Evaluation of Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) in Karnataka
  - R S Deshpande, M J Bhende and P Thippaiah

• Floriculture in Karnataka: Performance, Problems and Prospects
  - P Thippaiah

• Functioning of Scanning Centres in Karnataka
  - M Sivakami and T S Syamala

• Human Development, Environment-Policy Nexus in India
  - G K Kadekodi and L Venkatachalam

• Institutional Alternatives for Participatory Natural Resource Management: Lessons from User-Groups Self-Initiatives in Forest Conservation
  - Madhushree Sekher, Madhu Verma

• Investment Attractiveness of States and Sectors: Manufacturing in India
  - S Bhide, B P Vani and H K Amar Nath

• Investment Subsidy to Tourism Industry in Karnataka: An Evaluation
  - L Venkatachalam

• Karnataka Public Enterprise Reform Programme
  - Meenakshi Rajeev

• Labour in Industrial Conflict: Case Studies from Bangalore
  - Supriya RoyChowdhry

• Menopause: Emerging Issues in India
  - T S Syamala and M Sivakami

• New Development Model and Implications for the Human Rights of the  Vulnerable Groups
  - Ajay Gudavarthy

• Panchayat Finances in Karnataka
  - D Rajasekhar

• Panchayats and Watershed Development: An Assessment of Institutional Capacity
  - N Sivanna and Gopinath Reddy

• Perspectives on Telemedicine in India
  - G K Karanth and H Sudarshan

• Reproductive Morbidity of Women in Karnataka: Evidence from National Family Health Survey-2 and Reproductive and Child Health Survey - 1998-99
  - R Mutharayappa

• Restructuring Local Environmental Management for Better Health Outcomes: Towards a District Level Pilot in Karnataka
  - S Bhide, Veerasekharappa and T V Sekher

• The Environmental Kuznet's Curve - Evidences with Indian and Japanese Data
  - K N Ninan

• Traditional Services in a Modern Setting: The case of Safai Karmacharis in Urban Karnataka (a study in districts of Karnataka)
  - K G Gayathri Devi

• Urban Governance in India: Mapping Partnerships in Public Service Delivery
  - Madhushree Sekher

• Urban Infrastructure Imperative and Rain Water Harvesting - Opportunities and Challenges
  - Syed Ajmal Pasha and K V M Varambally

• Use of Contractual Labour in Selected Enterprises in Karnataka
  - Meenakshi Rajeev and Supriya RoyChowdhury

• WTO Agreements and Small Scale Industries in Karnataka State: An Explorative Study of Current Policy Issues and Interventions, and Future Policy Alternatives
  - M R Narayana

2004

• Agricultural Input Subsidies in India: Quantum of Subsidies to SC/ST Farmers
  - M Mahadeva

• At Loggerheads or Towards Sustainability? Changing Rural Livelihood Systems and Natural Resource Management
  - G K Karanth and V Ramaswamy

• Building up of an Efficient Marketing System to obviate the need for Large Scale State Intervention in Karnataka
  - R S Deshpande

• Employment in Non-Farm Sector in Karnataka
  - D V Gopalappa

• Energy Use and Policy in France and Lessons for India
  - K N Ninan

• Evaluation of Feed and Fodder Development under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Karnataka
  - M J Bhende, R S Deshpande and P Thippaiah

• Evaluation of Manebelaku and Udyogini Schemes in Karnataka
  - K G Gayathri Devi

• Free Uniforms to School Children - An Evaluation
  - M D Usha Devi

• Livestock-Environment Interactions: Issues, Problems and Prospects
  - Syed Ajmal Pasha

• Profession Tax Base: A Study in Karnataka State
  - M Devendra Babu

• RCH Programmes in the Urban Slums of Bangalore City: A Study on Unmet Needs for Family Welfare Services
  - C S Veeramatha

• Rationalization of Entertainment Tax in Karnataka State
  - Maathai K Mathiyazhagan

• Reproductive and Child Health Project: Rapid Household Surveys in Karnataka, Kerala and Goa
  - K N M Raju, R Mutharayappa, T V Sekher, C S Veeramatha and K S Umamani

• Role of NGOs in Promoting Non-Formal Environment Education: A Case Study in Bangalore District
  K Yeshodhara

• Roles of Local Organisations in Development Projects
  - D Rajasekhar, K G Gayathri Devi, B P Vani, Veerasekharappa
     Madhushree Sekher and D V Gopalappa

• Socio-Economic Survey of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka: A Critical Analysis
  - Manohar Yadav

• Urban Water Supply and Demand: A Case study of Bangalore City
  - G S Sastry

2003

• A Study of Kendriya Vidyalayas in Karnataka and Kerala
  -  M N Usha

• An Analysis of the Results of Crop Cutting Experiments
  - R S Deshpande

• Economic and Environmental Impact of Policy on Transportation Subsidy to Wood-Based Industries in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  - Syed Ajmal Pasha

• Economic and Fiscal Impact of Royalty Rates of Coal and Lignite in India
  - Hemlata Rao

• Evaluation of Manebelaku and Udyogini Schemes in Karnataka
  - K G Gayithri Devi

• Evaluation of Post-Harvest Losses of Tomatoes in Selected Areas in Karnataka
  - S Erappa

• Foodgrain Production: Towards an Explanation of Extremes (Analysis of Foodgrain Production of Top 50 and Bottom 50 Districts in India)
  - K V Raju

• Impact of Minimum Support Prices on Agricultural Economy of Karnataka
  - R S Deshpande

• Infrastructure and Agricultural Development
  - L Venkatachalam

• Institutions for Self-governance of Community Forestry Resources: Experiences from three Indian States
  - S N Sangita

• National Development Policies and Priorities including Programmes relating to Sustainable Development
  - Shashanka Bhide

• Output and Impact Monitoring Study of the KAWAD Project of Karnataka Watershed Development Project (KAWAD)
  - R S Deshpande, M J Bhende and S Erappa

• Poverty Alleviation Strategies of NGOs
  - D Rajasekhar

• Reforms in Public Sector Enterprises in Karnataka: Emerging Dimensions
  - Meenakshi Rajeev

• South India Fertility Project - Karnataka
  - T V Sekher and KN M Raju

2002

• An Analysis of Crop Insurance Scheme in Karnataka
  - M J Bhende

• Assessing the Existing Training and Testing Facilities for Farm Machinery in Karnataka
  - K V Raju

• Causes and Remedies for farmers' Distress in Karnataka
  - R S Deshpande

• Concurrent Evaluation of Hirehalla Watershed Project
  - K V Raju

• Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions on Health Issues through Electronic Media: A Pilot Project in Karnataka
  - T V Sekher

• Evaluation of Capacity Building Programmes for Village Education Committees
  - M D Ushadevi

• Fiscal Marksmanship in Karnataka
  - M Govinda Rao

• Flow of Credit and Small and Marginal Farmers in Karnataka
  - M J Bhende

• Functional Review of Department of Health and Family Welfare in Karnataka
  - T V Sekher

• Functioning of Health and Family Welfare Training Institutions in Karnataka
  - C S Veeramatha

• Industrial Incentives in Karnataka: A study of Capital Investment Subsidy - Gulbarga Division
  - M Vivekananda

• Micro-Finance Programmes: Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment of Women
  - D Rajasekhar

• National Family Health Survey-2
  - K N M Raju

• Oilseeds Production Programme (OPP) in Karnataka
  - R S Deshpande

• Panchayat Jamabandi in Karnataka: An Evaluation Study
  - N Sivanna

• People's Perception of Rural Development Programmes in Karnataka
  - I Maruthi

• Sustainability in Practice: Exploring Innovations in Domestic Solid Waste Management in India
  - N Sivanna and Abdul Aziz

• Women Polytechnics and Women in Polytechnic Education
  - M D Ushadevi

2001

• A Study of Maternal Health Care in Three Districts of Karnataka
  - R Mutharayappa

• Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Restraint Measures: A Comparative Study of Canada and India
  - K Gayithri

• Elite Perceptions of Poverty: The Case of Karnataka
  - Anand Inbanathan

• Evaluation of Bhagya Jyothi/Kutir Jyothi Scheme in Karnataka
  - M Vivekananda

• Evaluation of Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS): Case Study of Two Districts in Karnataka
  - S Erappa

• Government Expenditure on Rural Development: A Study of Karnataka
  - K Gayithri

• Impact of Removal of Quantitative Restrictions (QRs) on Import of Agricultural Produce
  - R S Deshpande and P Thippaiah

• Impact of Soft Loans Scheme of National Horticulture Board (NHB) in Development of Post Harvest Infrastructure for Horticultural Produce in Karnataka
  - P Thippaiah

• Linking Ecology, Economics and Institutions of Village Level Forest Use in the Karnataka Western Ghats
  - Sharachchandra Lele

• Rationalization of Trade Taxes in Uttar Pradesh
  - M Govinda Rao and Hasheem Nauroz

• Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Watershed Development
  - V Ramaswamy

• The Role of Self-Value in Upliftment process: A Comparative Analysis of Dalit Experience in Belgaum District
  - Manohar S Yadav

• Turnover Tax and Entry Tax in Karnataka
  - Hemlata Rao

2000

• Cropping Pattern and Resource Use Efficiency in Major Crops: A Case study of Karnataka
  - M J Bhende

• Economic Analysis of Biodiversity Conservation - The Case of Tropical Forests in the Western Ghats
  - K N Ninan

• Evaluation of District Institutes of Education and Training: A study of Southern States
  - A S Seetharamu and M D Usha Devi

• Household Energy Consumption: A Regional Analysis
  - G S Sastry

• Impact Evaluation of National Watershed Development Programme for Rain-Fed  Areas (NWDPRA), Raichur District, Karnataka
  - S Erappa

• Livestock Economy of India and its Environmental Implications
  - Syed Ajmal Pasha

• Measuring Expenditure Needs of the States
  - M Govinda Rao, B Kamaiah and Alan Roy

• Measures of Regional Disparities: An Exercise in Multivariate Data Analytical Methods
  - Hemlata Rao and K N Amarnath

• Prospects of Coarse Cereals in Drought-prone Regions: An Exploratory Study in Karnataka
  - V M Rao and R S Deshpande

1999

• An Economic Analysis of Introduction of Alternative Fare Collection System in BMTC: Feasibility Survey of Smart Card
  - Hemlata Rao and K Gayithri

• Baseline Survey in Bellary District under RCH Project
  - K N M Raju

• Economic Reforms and Democratic Institutions: The Interface of State, Labour and Trade Unions
  - Supriya RoyChowdhury

• Grants-in-aid to Private Degree Colleges in Karnataka State: Current Status and Future Policy Alternatives
  - M R Narayana

• Karnataka Integrated Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation in Pilot Villages: An Impact Study
  - Veerasekharappa

• People's Perceptions and Participation in Watershed Development Programmes: A Rapid Rural Appraisal
  - K N Ninan

• Rapid Assessment Survey of Health and Family Welfare Programmes in Kodagu District
  - K N M Raju, T N Bhat and C Yoganand

• Regional Disparities in Higher Education in Karnataka
  - Johnson Samuel

• The Process of Democratic Seed-Drilling in Lakshadweep: The case of Panchayats
  - B S Bhargava

• The Reforms of Subsidy Regime in Respect of all Agricultural Implements and Machinery including Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation
  - P Thippaiah and R S Deshpande