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 EOL)
Professor, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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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T S Syamala
Professor, 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
Ramappa K B
Professor, 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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V Anil Kumar
Professor, 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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S Manasi
Professor, 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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Lekha Subaiya
Professor, 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, CESP
M.Sc. (Statistics), Bangalore University. Area of Specialisation: Poverty and Income Distribution Email: vani(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in
Marchang Reimeingam
Assistant Professor, 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
Assistant Professor, 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 Labuor Rights
Email: sobin(at)isec(dot)ac(dot)in.
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A V Manjunatha
Assistant Professor, 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
Assistant Professor, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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,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, 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 Shaha
Assistant Professor, 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