Area of Specialisation

Decentralisation; Rural and Urban Governance; Development Administration; and Bureaucracy and Development.

• Ph.D. – Institute for Social and Economic Change through Mysore University under ICSSR fellowship programme. Degree awarded in Development Studies in 1989.

• Masters Degree (Political Science) – Bangalore University, Bangalore with I Class in the year 1978.

Books

• Co-author, Decentralised Governance and Planning : A Comparative Study in Three South Indian States (accepted for publication by Macmillan India Ltd.,)

• Co-author, The Land Army and Rural Development, Ashish Publications, New Delhi, 1994.

• Panchayati Raj Reforms and Rural Development, Chugh Publications, Allahabad, 1990.

Articles

• "Decentralisation and Rural Development". In Refashioning the New Economic Order: Karnataka in Transition, edited by Arun P. Bali, Rawat Publications, New Delhi, 2001.

• "Status of Panchayats in Karnataka". In Panchayati Raj in India: Status Report 1999, edited by B.K. Chandrasekhar, Task Force on Panchayati Raj, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi, March 2000.

• (With Abdul Aziz), Rural Development and Scheduled Castes: Case Study of a Karnataka Village", Journal of Rural Development, Vol.19, No.2, April - June 2000, NIRD, Hyderabad.

• "Other Services: Housing, Water Supply and Sanitation and Food Security (PDS)". In Landmarks in Karnataka Public Administration, edited by S. Ramanathan, IIPA and Uppal Publications, New Delhi, 1998.

• "Decentralised Governance and Planning In Karnataka: A Historical Perspective", Social change, Council for Social Development, Vol. 28, No. 1, March 1998, New Delhi.

• "Role of Panchayats in Poverty Alleviation Programs: A Study in the State of Karnataka", Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 16, No. 14, October - November, 1997, NIRD, Hyderabad.