Faculty
D Rajasekhar
Director
Ph.D. in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1994. Area of Specialisation: Decentralisation; Poverty Reduction; Development through and Interface among Local Organisations; Micro Finance; Social Security for Unorganised Workers and Child Labour, Email: director(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Meenakshi Rajeev (on Extra Ordinary Leave)
Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Area of Specialisation: Banking and credit related issues; Issues relating to Development Economics (game theoretic modeling); Industrial Economics; Labour Relations. Email: meenakshi(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
S Madheswaran
Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Ph.D. in Econometrics, Department of Econometrics,
University of Madras (1996)
Area of Specialisation: Economics of Labour; Economics of Education;
Environmental Economics; Applied Econometrics Email: madhes(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Parmod Kumar
Professor, Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)
Ph.D. in Economics from Centre for the Studies of Regional Development,
JNU, New Delhi, 1997.Area of Specialisation: Agriculture and Allied Activities; Agro Processing; Rural Development
Email: pkumar(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Sunil Nautiyal (on Deputation)
Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR)
Ph.D. in Botany (Ecology), G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar – Garhwal
Area of Specialisation: Natural resource management and conservation; Production system analysis; Protected Area Management; Ecological Modeling; GIS and Remote Sensing in landscape analysis; Climate Change and Socio-Ecological Development
Email: sunil(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Professor, Centre for Research in Urban Affairs (CRUA)
Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management, The Ohio State University, 1998
Area of Specialisation: Regional disparities, Urban poverty, Land use regulations
Email: kala(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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C M Lakshmana
Professor, Population Research Centre (PRC)
Ph.D. Bangalore University, 1998
Area of Specialisation: Linkages of Population, Development and Environment; Evaluation and monitoring of Public Health System; Demographic Change and the Middle class and its impact on Environment
Email: lakshmana(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Krishna Raj
Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Ph.D. in Economics (Environmental Economics), University of Mysore,
Mysore, 2005
Area of Specialisation: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Natural Resource Conservation and Management: Forest and Water; Urban Water Supply and Management (Bangalore City); Ecotourism in Protected Areas (Economic Valuation of biodiversity); TRIPs, Biodiversity Conservation and Traditional Environmental Knowledge; Deforestation and Climate Change
Email: krishnaraj(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Ramappa K B
Professor, Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)
Ph.D. in Agribusiness Management from UAS, Dharwad
Area of Specialisation: Agricultural Marketing, Rural Development, Agribusiness, Supply Chain Management, Food retailing.
Email: ramappa(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in.
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S Manasi
Professor, Centre for Research in Urban Affairs (CRUA)
Ph.D. Department of Economics, Mysore University, 2002
Area of Specialisation: Urban Governance; Urban Ecology; Water
Resources Management; Waste Management
Email: manasi(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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T S Syamala
Professor, Population Research Centre (PRC)
Ph.D. in Population Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 1994 Area of Specialisation: Population and Health, Women and child Health Email: syamala(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
V Anil Kumar
Professor, Centre for Political Institutions, Governance and Development (CPIGD)
Ph.D. University of Delhi
Area of Specialisation: Policy Processes; Social, Political Theory; Federalism, Devolution; Agrarian Change; Urban and Rural Governance; Development Studies
Email: anilkumar(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in .
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Lekha Subaiya
Professor, Population Research Centre (PRC)
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park Area of Specialisation: Demography and Stratification Email: Lekha(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in.
B P Vani
Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
M.Sc. (Statistics), Bangalore University. Area of Specialisation: Poverty and Income Distribution Email: vani(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
Marchang Reimeingam
Associate Professor, Centre for Study of Social Change and Development (CSSCD)
Ph.D. Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Area of Specialisation: Economics of Labour, Migration Studies, Human Resources Development and Regional Development
Email: reimeingam(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)
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Sobin George
Associate Professor, Centre for Study of Social Change and Development (CSSCD)
Ph.D. Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Area of Specialisation: Marginalities, Social Gradients of Health, Medical Industry and Labour Rights, Email: sobin(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in.
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A V Manjunatha
Associate Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR)
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Justus Liebig University, Germany
Area of Specialisation: Agricultural water management- water markets, pricing, valuation, pollution; Natural Resource Management - valuation, efficiency, equity, sustainability; Agricultural markets - value chain analysis, transaction costs; Impact analysis of developmental programmes and technology adoption; Energy and climate change in Agriculture -valuation, management
Email: manjunath(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Malini Laxminarayan Tantri
Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Ph. D in Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), through Mysore University
Area of Specialisation: International Trade and Development Economics: Indian and Chinese Special Economic Zones (SEZs); Trade Facilitation; Agriculture and Trade; Trade and Gender; Trade and Food security; Skill Development,
Trade and Labour
Email: malini(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in .
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M Balasubramanian
Assistant Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR)
Ph.D in Environmental Economics from Madurai Kamaraj University
Area of Specialisation: Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Economics and Ecological Economics (Environmental Valuation, Green Accounting, Climate Change (Vulnerability Assessment, Socio-Economic Impacts), Ecological Conservation through Indigenous Perspectives and Sustainable Development Goals)
Email: balasubramanian(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Indrajit Bairagya
Assistant Professor, Centre for Human Resource Development (CHRD)
Ph.D. in Economics (2012), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India.
Area of Specialisation: Informal sector and informal employment, Economics of education, Applied Econometrics, Input-Output Analysis and Computable General Equilibrium Modelling.
Email: indrajit(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Channamma Kambara
Assistant Professor, Centre for Research in Urban Affairs (CRUA)
Ph.D. (2011), Kannada University, Hampi Area of Specialisation: Informal Economy, Gender Studies and Development Studies Email: channamma(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
Vilas Jadhav
Assistant Professor, Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK,Bengaluru Area of Specialisation: Agriculture Production Economics, Econometrics, Agricultural Finance and Co-operation, Time Series Analysis, Agricultural markets- value chain analysis, Natural Resource Management- valuation, efficiency, equity, sustainability; Impact analysis of developmental programmes and technology adoption; transaction costs, Agricultural price analysis, cost estimation, Energy and climate change in Agriculture Email: vilas(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
Thomas Felix K
Assistant Professor, Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore Area of Specialisation: Agricultural Production Economics, Agricultural Finance and Marketing, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Law and Economics. Email: thomas(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
Stanzin Nouskit
Assistant Professor, Centre for Human Resource Development (CHRD)
PhD. in Education from University of Jammu Area of Specialisation: Education of marginalized and socially disadvantaged segments, Sociology of Education, Women and Inclusive Education Email: stanzin(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
K C Smitha
Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Institutions, Governance and Development (CPIGD)
PhD. in Political Science and Public Administration, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), through Mysore University Area of Specialisation: Governance, Urban Governance, Urban Infrastructure (Water Supply and Sanitation), Public Policy, Urban Development, Urban Political Economy, Urban Poverty, Gender, Space and the City, and Urban Political Ecology. Email: smitha(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in Google Scholar
Akshata Nayak
Assistant Professor, Agriculture Development and Rural Transformation Centre (ADRTC)
PhD. in Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK,Bengaluru Area of Specialisation: Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Agricultural Economics, Time Series Analysis, Meta- Analysis. Email: akshata(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
Karthick V
Assistant Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Ph.D. in Economics from University of Mysuru, through the Institute for Social and Economic Change Area of Specialisation: Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Social Economics, Applied Econometrics, Impact Evaluation Email: karthickv(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
R Manjula
Assistant Professor, Centre for Decentralisation and Development (CDD)
Ph.D. in Economics from University of Mysore, Mysore.
Area of Specialisation: Decentralisation and public service delivery, Women Leadership in Panchayats and Cooperatives, Social Security, Rural Development
Email: manjula(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
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Khalil Musa Shaha
Assistant Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Ph.D. in Economics from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad Area of Specialisation: Terms of Trade; Regional Development; Agricultural Production and Supply Chain Management Issues, Farm Sector Distress, Land, Labour and Poverty, Natural Resources Management Email: khalil(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in