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ANNUAL REPORT2015-2016

GUJARAT INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCHGOTA, AHMEDABAD 380 060, INDIA

www.gidr.ac.in

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The Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR) is a premier social science research instituterecognised by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and supported by both the ICSSR andGovernment of Gujarat. It was established in 1970.

The major areas of current research are: (i) Natural Resource Management, Agriculture and Climate Change;(ii) Industry, Infrastructure, Trade and Finance; (iii) Employment, Migration and Urbanisation; (iv) Povertyand Human Development; and (v) Regional Development, Institutions and Governance. Efforts are on toenhance the activity profile to include teaching and guiding research scholars and providing training inselect areas of specialization.

The Institute retains deep interest in and continues to engage in empirical and field-based research, oftenspread across many Indian states and, at times, abroad. The faculty members at GIDR have been engagedin undertaking in-depth enquiries into various aspects of policy design and interventions on ground. Theycontribute to development discourse through understanding and critiquing processes, strategies andinstitutions.

The relatively small but dynamic faculty, hailing from diverse social science disciplines as economics,sociology, political science and demography, actively participate in national and international academic andpolicy spaces and publish extensively, besides contributing to the GIDR Working Paper Series and OccasionalPaper Series.

GIDR actively collaborates with research institutes and development organisations both within and outsideIndia. It encourages scholars, both young and the established, including international, to associate with theInstitute on visiting assignments.

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Contents

President’s Statement

From the Director’s Desk

1 Highlights of the Year 6

2 Research Activities: Thematic Groups 7Natural Resource Management, Agriculture and Climate Change 7Industry, Infrastructure, Trade and Finance 13Employment, Migration and Urbanisation 17Poverty and Human Development 20Regional Development, Institutions and Governance 23Consultancy Assignments 29

3 Academic Events Held by the Institute 31Seminars by Faculty/Visitors/Affiliates 32

4 Research Output 33Books 33Journal Articles and Book Chapters 33Book Review 35Other Publications 35GIDR Working Papers 36Project Reports 36Referees for the Working Paper Series Drafts 37

5 Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops and Teaching 38

6 Representation in Professional Bodies, Fellowships and Recognition 53

7 Research Support Services 58Library 58Computer Centre 58

8 Expenditure and Sources of Funding 59

Annexure 1: Institutional Research Projects and Consulting Assignments 60Annexure 2: Research Projects Concerning the Government of Gujarat 64Annexure 3: Governing Body of the Institute and Other Committees 66Annexure 4: Members of the Institute 67Annexure 5: Staff Members as on April 1, 2016 68

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President’s Statement

I am pleased to present the 2015-16 Annual Report which captures how we have beenworking over the past year to improve the Institute’s functioning. It is important tonotice that in spite of the worrying financial situation, the faculty members haveworked on a variety of diverse topics and have expanded the areas of research.Some of the projects with significant policy impacts aim to contribute to thedevelopment of the society as well. Some of the work reported has an immediateimpact while others will yield outcomes in the years ahead. It is the painstaking work from our faculty andstaff, and the commendable support from the various State Government agencies that have resulted instabilising the Institute last year. Excellence of faculty-led research should continue with superiorcommitment toward greater stability of the Institute. With a productive year behind us, we should focuson a road map to achieve this.

More than a year ago, we began an important discussion about our future. As I had mentioned in the lastreport, faculty members of GIDR have to balance between both working on sponsored projects andproduce good research output. The outcome so far is that this path is evolving. I am happy that GIDR isgaining support from new funders and research partners. This is important not only to place the Institutein a higher orbit but also to maintain a balanced budget. It needs a vision and support from many includingthe stakeholders of the Institute. We should work toward developing a blend of research with diversepartner organizations that could potentially leverage resources on a global scale. I am sure the facultymembers would chalk out a collective plan.

I believe that this report brings out the usefulness and relevance of the work being carried out at GIDR.

Kirit ParikhNew Delhi

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From the Director’s DeskGIDR abundantly provides opportunities to explore new areas of research. Engagementwith new partners in the year 2015-16 has opened up newer directions in the area ofurban infrastructure, besides the broad thematic areas pursued by the faculty. TheInstitute’s objective has always been advancement of knowledge keeping in focus thechanging needs of the society and economic environment. The hallmarks of a robustInstitution engaged purely in research is to first, develop or identify a substantialnumber of programmes, policies and approaches that enhance academic achievement; second, is to gainfundamental understanding of the processes that underlie variations in the effectiveness of developmentprograms, practices, policies, and approaches; third, to further research in newer areas; and fourth, todevelop research outputs that not only contribute to the body of knowledge but also useful to policymakersand implementers alike.

While the continued efforts have provided a temporary stability to the financial scenario, it is time to revisitthe mandate of the Institute and widen the areas of activity. GIDR is known for her high quality empiricalresearch and as we steadily march towards the golden jubilee year 2020, let us collectively work to addressthe challenges faced by the Institute. In this endeavour, I request the support of all the stakeholders.

R. ParthasarathyAhmedabad

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1 Highlights of the Year

• The faculty and the research team of the Institute completed 10 institutional research projects and3 consulting assignments; 14 projects continued during the year and 3 new projects were initiatedduring the reporting period.

• The faculty publications included 2 books, 25 papers in journals and books, 7 Working Papers.

• Two state level workshops were organized/co-organised by the Institute during the year.

• Professor N. Lalitha was selected to visit Thailand under the exchange of scholars of the ICSSR-NRCTBilateral Programme for the year 2015.

• Professor Keshab Das was invited to deliver the 57th Taoyaka Program Seminar Lecture on“Interrogating Inclusive Growth in India: Reforms and the Regions”, organized by the Center forContemporary India Studies, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, December, 2015.

Changes in Faculty

• Professor Amita Shah, Director resigned from the service on May 1, 2014.

• Dr. Partha Pratim Sahu, Associate Professor resigned on September 1, 2014.

• Professor R. Parthasarathy joined as Director on January 8, 2015.

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2 Research Activities: Thematic Groups1. Natural Resource Management, Agriculture and Climate Change

Research under this thematic area concerns the broad realm of environment and developmentenquiring into the multi-pattern interrelations and outcomes across different agro-ecologicalsystems, especially the drylands. Studies have focused mainly on aspects relating to economicviability, equity, environmental impact assessments and institutional mechanisms, includingexploring interrelationships between the community, government and civil society. Growthand constraints facing the farm sector, both at a regional and national level, have been a concern.Implications of climate change risks in Asia and the adaptation and mitigationstrategies at the local levels have begun to be studied. Many of these studies, based on carefulempirical enquiry at the micro level, have contributed to the ongoing debates on sustainableenvironment and institutions.

Continuing with the interest in local institutions a couple of studies deal with emerging issuesin technological advancements in agriculture in the global North and challenges in bringingthat over to the Indian soil. Similarly, another study addresses complexities in farmers’responses to climate change imperatives and role of the state. New research under this broadtheme includes aspects of climate change and loss and damage estimation and impact of stateintervention in agriculture in difficult hydrogeological belts as saline coastal areas. Other studieslook into issues in feminization of agriculture and compliance to environmental regulations.States covered in these research endeavours include Gujarat, West Bengal, Andhra Pradeshand Maharashtra.

1.1 Farmers of the Future: The Challenges of Feminised Agriculture in India

Sponsor : Australian National University, AustraliaResearchers : Kuntala Lahiri Dutt and Itishree PattnaikStatus : Ongoing

With the increasing male outmigration from villages, women remain behind as farmers toensure the provision of food to their dependents. Women in agriculture are no longer completelyinvisible to policy-makers, due to increasing involvement in various farm activity, yet thekey challenge remains to remove the knowledge gap with regard to how, in the absenceof ownership of productive assets such as land and water, remaining illiterate, and deniedaccess to services and technology, women’s productive roles can be supported. This is wherethe present research study is relevant: in establishing an evidence-base for in-depth scholarlyunderstanding of the needs, interests, and evolving roles of rural women, and consequentchanges in gender relations, which will help to strengthen external and sustainable supportsand services. The study aims at conducting in-depth primary survey in two states of India.At a lower geographical scale of individual states, district-focused analysis will be undertaken

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in Gujarat and West Bengal. The two states are considered because of their contrastingagrarian trajectories which may offer compelling insights into the feminization of agriculture.A total of 400 household surveys would be conducted in 8 villages and 4 districts of the twostates. The field work in Gujarat and West Bengal is over and the data entry is at the finalstages.

1.2 Feminised Agriculture in India: Challenges and Potential

Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New DelhiResearchers : Itishree Pattnaik and Kuntala Lahiri DuttStatus : Ongoing

The agrarian crisis is manifested through a complex interplay of shrinking land holdings;degraded soils and water resources; declining accessibility to traditional seeds and otherinputs; distorted market incentives for crop choice and technology; growing labour shortages;and mechanization. Feminisation of Indian agriculture has taken shape within this largerreality. Therefore, approaching the feminisation of agriculture necessitates looking at thebroader context of women’s agency in agrarian crisis. Thus, the research question is tounderstand whether it is possible to simultaneously address the issues of macro-level policeswhile creating increasing space for women farmers on favourable terms? In the above contextit is imperative to undertake a multi-scale and comparative investigation on the processesforcing the feminisation of agriculture in India using mixed methods to explore the emergingchallenges for women’s productive agency within the highly patriarchal rural societies wherewomen are the primary food producers.

The study will be explored at three scales: the national or overall scenario, using Census and NSSOdata, the situations within the selected states based on state-level data from the statedepartments, and local case studies based on field surveys. To illuminate the importance ofthe context, the study intends to put under the microscope two states, Gujarat and WestBengal, because economic reforms have resulted in different agricultural performances indiffering rural contexts and changing gender relations in India. At the micro-scale ofsub-district ‘regional studies’, the study has proposed to place under the lens four selectedagro-climatic-ecological zones representative of diverse ecological, socio-economic andlivelihood contexts. Thus, altogether, eight (four villages from each state) selected villageswill be studied at the micro-level. Comparison of these cases will provide a contextualunderstanding of changing gender relations in diverse livelihoods. The study would followquestionnaire-based surveys including interviews, not only with women but also with keyinformants such as village elders and village council leaders (panchayat pradhans) who may beable to reflect on recent changes in the rural communities.

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1.3 Enhancing Agriculture Livelihoods in Coastal Areas: A Study of the Impacts of KVY Phase III inSelect Villages in Gujarat

Sponsor : Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell, AhmedabadResearchers : P.K. Viswanathan, Jharna Pathak and Madhusudan BandiStatus : Ongoing

Vast areas of coastal Gujarat are seriously affected by salinity ingress adversely affectingthe livelihoods, especially, the agriculture and livestock activities of the coastal communities.The problem of salinity ingress had increased over the past two decades in particular, creatinga social crisis in the coastal villages. It has affected the lives and livelihood of about 10 millionpeople or one fifth of the total population of Gujarat, living in 1500 villages spread acrossthe coastal talukas of the state.

With this backdrop, the objective of the study is to: assess the impact of the various interventionsin the areas of natural resource management, promotion of sustainable agriculture andinstitution building, undertaken by the AKRSP (I) under the Kharash Vistarotthan Yojana(KVY) supported by the Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) in the selected coastal villages of Junagadh,Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka districts of Gujarat. The scope of the study is tocover a representative sample of farmers (farm households) drawn from the 66 villages basedon the detailed profiling of activities and their impacts as gathered from: (a) the benchmarkdata available with the AKRSP (I); and (b) the reconnaissance survey involving a completelisting of the farm households.

1.4 Environmental Regulations and Compliance in the Textile Dyes Sector of Gujarat, India

Sponsor : South Asia Network for Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE),Kathmandu

Researcher : Amrita GhatakStatus : Completed

Environmental regulations have been assuming increasing recognition in designing andorganizing industrial production in the highly polluting industries such as textile dyes. Theissue is pertinent particularly because textile dyes and chemicals are one of the mostpolluting industries that account for a fairly large proportion of the industrial base inAhmedabad that produces over 80 per cent of total dyes production of the country. Theindustrial growth in the “golden corridor” spread over Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ankleshwar, Vapiand Surat not only causes pollution in the rivers, canals and creeks but also results inover drafting of groundwater without any adequate recharge system. It also causes increasingsalinity in the groundwater with an alarming level of fluoride in it. The industrial clusters have muchhigher proportion of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and SPM than the standardnorms.

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Given this backdrop, the study looks into the institutional arrangements within which theseCETPs as well as the factories operate. It has also made attempt to examine the compliancebehavior of factories in the Ahmedabad cluster. Using methods of case studies and in-depthinterviews It has been found that CETPs are useful in treating effluent at the MSMEs, butoverall regulations posit a burden to the industry. For small firms the regulations seem tobe burden whereas for the large firms they are the “low hanging-fruits”, thereby, compliancewith the regulations often seem to be a “win-win” solution for the large firms. The studyindicates an integration of industrial and environmental policies for the better managementof industrial effluent on the one hand and support to the MSMEs on the other.

1.5 Will Climate Change Adaptation Enhance Farm Productivity? A Study of Micro-Irrigation Systems(MIS) in Gujarat, India

Sponsor : South Asia Network for Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE),Kathmandu, Nepal

Researchers : Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati and P.K. ViswanathanStatus : Ongoing

While several studies have been constantly warning about the looming water scarcity in thestate of Gujarat, the extraction of groundwater continues unabated due mainly to the common-pool nature of groundwater resources and the absence of economic and other regulatoryinstruments. This called for the importance of promoting water conservation/ saving technologieslike micro-irrigation (drip and sprinkler) for sustaining agricultural production. Seemingly, thereis a strong political unwillingness to implement the Pigouvian tax on the negative externalitiesassociated with water and energy use, and on the contrary, such resource efficient technologiesare promoted under various subsidy policies. While various subsidy policies help enhancethe adoption of micro irrigation (MI) in Gujarat, the farmers in the dark-zone talukas have beenreceiving an additional subsidy since 2012 – a discontinuity in the subsidy amount entitled tofarmers in dark-zone and other talukas. While farmers are likely to adopt water conservationtechnologies in the face of water scarcity, the extra subsidy could be wasteful from a publicperspective if similar adoption rate would have been achieved without additional subsidy. At thesame time, there is also a wide belief that a large scale adoption of such technologies wouldreduce water consumption in arid and semi-arid regions. As a result, several public policies havebeen launched and a billion of public and private investments are made to promote resourceefficient technologies, especially in the water deficit regions. However, very limited attemptis being made, particularly in India, to study the impact of MI on basin-wide water use efficiencyand aggregate water use; although it is widely studied with using plot-level data. Giventhis background, the objective of this project is twofold. First, it examines the impact ofdiscontinuity in subsidy on diffusion of MI in the dark-zone regions of Gujarat. Second, itinvestigates the impact of MI adoption as a climate change adaptation strategy on resourceutilization (water and energy) at irrigation system level in the water scarce areas.

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1.6 Early Impacts of the Better Cotton Initiative on Smallholder Cotton Producers in Kurnool District,India

Sponsor : Natural Resource Institute, Greenwich University, UKResearchers : N. Lalitha (with researchers from the Natural Resources Institute, Greenwich

University, UK; Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad; andPragmatix, Haryana)

Status : Initiated and Completed

This is an evaluation study of the early impact of pre-certification, technical assistance andcertif ication by the Better Cotton Standard system on previously uncertif ied smallholders in Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. Identifying select economic and environmentalvariables, the study focused on understanding to what extent has the process of becomingor being certified under the BCI sustainability had an impact on small holder farmers. The studyemploys a theory of change that lays out the anticipated chain of inputs, outputs, outcomesand impacts and the causal linkages between them. A cluster-randomized control trialapproach has been used to compare the pre and post situation of intervention farmers andnon-intervention groups. Participatory field techniques including focus group discussions, householdpanel and key informant interviews were used in the study. The phase 1 studyfindings indicate the following: (1) only one third of the farmers in treatment group and aboutone-fifth of the farmers in control group are part of any community institution. The researchteam has constructed an index called Better Cotton Composite Index (BCCI) to understandthe cumulative status of current level of knowledge and application of BCI practices. The indexscores for control farmers for knowledge and application at 0.63 and 0.51 are higher than thescores of 0.55 and 0.43 for the treatment farmers, respectively. The cost of productionfor the treatment group of farmers was Rs. 26,931 per ha (cotton season 2014-15) and Rs. 25,972for the control group. Farmers showed limited knowledge of the various practices thatcan improve pest resistance, soil nutrient and water management in a cotton crop.

1.7 Addressing Non-Economic Losses and Damages Associated with Climate Change: Learning fromthe Recent Past Extreme Climatic Events for Future Planning

Sponsor : Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, Kobe, Japan (through theInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan)

Researchers : Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, Sangam Shrestha, Atikul Islam and Antonio P. AbamoStatus : Ongoing

The non-economic losses and damages (L&Ds) associated with climate events often have notbeen considered in most risk assessments and not been reported in most post-disasterreports and databases to the extent they deserve the attention; even as these lossesconstitute a major proportion of the total L&Ds, especially in the developing nations. Issuessuch as lack of proper recognition among the stakeholders engaged in disaster riskreduction (DRR) for value that society attaches to non-economic L&Ds are compounded

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to a certain extent by the lack of simple methods to quantify and report non-economic L&Ds;though these constitute crucial barriers in considering them in decision making at all levels. Thisresearch intends to study the non-economic L&Ds associated with climate change through casestudies of climatic extreme events in Bangladesh, India, Japan, Philippines and Thailand in therecent past. It aims to: (i) develop an assessment framework where structured questionnairesurveys (and other consultations) with key indicators can be implemented in a participatorymanner to identify, prioritize and measure non-economic L&Ds from climate-related disasters; (ii)identify range of best practices of methodologies for measuring the non-economic L&Ds, as wellas existing DRR and climate change adaptation (CCA) measures, with a focus on financialinstruments such as risk insurance and compensation mechanisms, to assess the extent to whichnon-economic L&Ds be considered in designing these responses; and (iii) develop policymainstreaming guidelines for strengthening the DRR and CCA plans and policies at nationaland sub-national levels for addressing the non-economic L&Ds. In the context of India, thisproject considers Gujarat state as a case study, which is most prone to slow-onset disasterslike drought.

1.8 Agricultural Biotechnology Debates in the Rural and in the Urban: Media and the Mobilizationof Opinion

Sponsor : Templeton Foundation (through Pragati Abhiyan, Nashik).Researchers : Bharat Ramaswami, Milind Murugkar, N. Lalitha and Carl E. PrayStatus : Ongoing

This project examines the salience of farmers and their political force in the political economyof GM crop approvals in India. With the denial of approval to the commercial release ofBt eggplant in 2010, in which a political decision that overruled the regulatory body, muchmomentum for the development and release of GM crops in India has arguably been lost.If farmers ignored the opposition to GM crops by rapidly adopting Bt cotton, why have theynot been politically effective for other crops? This project examines a hypothesis thatfarmer political power is reactive rather than pro-active. The data set used in the projectconsists of media reports about GM crops in English, Gujarati and Marathi. The media reportswere drawn from prominent newspapers in these languages and relate to the period from2011 to 2013. The tentative findings from the study report that crops in which growers weremore politically organized see more political action by farmers. In Gujarat, cotton, groundnutand wheat are the most discussed crops in the newspapers. In Marathi newspapers, thecoverage was concentrated on grapes, pomegranate and sugarcane. Groundnut farmersin Gujarat and sugarcane growers in Maharashtra are well known to be organized andpolitically powerful. In both states, the media coverage to brinjal does not compare tothese commodities.

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2. Industry, Infrastructure, Trade and Finance

Towards diversifying the sectoral canvas of research at the Institute, under this broad themea number of studies have been undertaken. These include studies on the response of micro,small and medium enterprises to the changing policies in the reforms era, industrial clusters,regional industrialization and issues involving intellectual property regimes, especiallyfor pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and Bt cotton. Studies dealing with issues in provisioningof and access to basic infrastructure (mainly, drinking water and sanitation) both in the ruraland urban areas, the linkages between infrastructure and regional growth have also been carriedout at the Institute. The current research portfolio also involves a series of studies focusingon various dimensions of trade and development with special reference to India.

Given the imperatives of increasing linkages between local producers and global markets theconcern for compliance to standards, whether in knowledge-based modern sectors or traditionalenterprises activities, most of the studies under this broad theme engage in unravelingchallenges in building competitiveness from a developing economy perspective. Studies includedeveloping methodologies for assessing transboundary movement of living modified organismsand regulatory issues in pharmaceuticals. While two projects deal with regional industrializationand labour standards a third addresses issues in cleaner technology and informality challengesin a polluting cluster. A new study delineated policy issues in Gujarat’s handicrafts sector. Thesestudies cover states such as Gujarat, Kerala and Odisha.

2.1 Developing Guidelines and Methodologies for Socio-Economic Assessment of LMOs

Sponsor : Research and Information System for the Developing Countries, New DelhiResearcher : N. LalithaStatus : Ongoing

Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enables the parties to undertake anassessment of the socio-economic considerations (SEC) of the transboundary movement ofliving modified organisms (LMOs). In India, the guidelines and methodologies for socio-economic evaluation of LMOs for environmental release for cultivation and entry into the foodchain of animals/humans are yet to evolve and India is committed to evolve methodologiesfor SEC of the LMOs. As a first step, ex-ante SEC analysis of some of the traits and crops thatare under various stages of trials has been planned. GIDR focused on studying thedrought tolerant trait in groundnut and salinity resistant trait in castor in Gujarat. A structuredquestionnaire to get information about the (a) nature of the cultivation practices, (b) investmentin farm assets, (c) farmers perception about the LMOs and (d) farmers perception aboutadopting the new varieties with the identified traits and their willingness to pay for the same,was used to interview about 200 randomly selected farmers, during August–September 2015.The selected farmers were already cultivating castor in Kutch and Banaskanta and groundnutin Jamnagar and Junagadh. The preliminary results show that the farmers were frequentlyaffected by the insufficient rain and pests. While 95 per cent of the farmers were cultivating

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under irrigated conditions and were using chemical fertilisers and pest control methods tocontrol pests, 96 per cent of the farmers were willing to adopt a newer LMO with the chosentraits and were willing to pay one and half times more for the desired traits.

2.2 Indian Pharmaceutical Industry in Transition: Issues in Supply of and Access to Generic ARVs

Sponsor : French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS),Paris, France.

Researchers : Keshab Das and Tara S. NairStatus : Ongoing

This study forms part of a larger international research project and focuses on the legal,industrial and access related issues in understanding the consequences of the productpatent regime onproduction of first- and second-line antiretrovirals (ARVs) used for thetreatment of HIV/AIDS and their respective active principal ingredients by Indian genericfirms. The country produces more than half the drugs used for treating HIV/AIDS patients inthe developing world. Its role as the “pharmacy of the developing world” is presently in astate of flux. Since January 1, 2005, the industry has shifted toward tactics for survival withinthe new legal framework and competitive global market with negative spill-over effectsfor affordable generic medicines important to public health initiatives. How will changes inIndia’s generic industry effect the supply of low-cost ARV medicines so widely used in Africa,Asia and Latin America? How will the industrial capacity of India’s pharmaceutical industrychange with its adherence to the TRIPS requirements? How will the supply of Indian ARVs -both first and second generation (and the active pharmaceutical ingredients which theycomprise) - evolve in the new scenario and what shall it imply for the stakeholders in themarket as also final consumers? These are the central questions this study strives toaddress. Interactions with various groups and individuals concerned with this sector havebeen undertaken to obtain insights into the complex scenario.

2.3 States and Industrialization in India – 1981-2007: Growth, Performance and Policy Lessons(with Case Studies of Gujarat, Kerala and Odisha)

Sponsor : Indian Council for Social Science Research, New DelhiResearcher : Keshab DasStatus : Ongoing

Based on the Annual Survey of Industries data over a period since the early 1980s, thisstudy explores various aspects of regional industrialization with an aim to distinguish statelevel experiences and constraints facing industrial progress as between the pre-reform andpost-reform periods.

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2.4 Rising Powers, Labour Standards and the Governance of Global Production Networks(India Component)

Sponsor : Economic and Social Research Council, UK (Collaborative study based atthe University of Manchester, UK)

Researcher : Keshab DasStatus : Ongoing

During the past two decades or so, China, India and Brazil (also referred to as ‘RisingPowers’) have been challenging the existing forms of global economic governance andpower. This project is an attempt to appreciate if and how these emerging economiesare changing the ‘rules of the game’ and with what consequences. The particular emphasishas been on global labour and social standards. With the growth of leading manufacturingfirms from the ‘Rising Powers’ and the rapid expansion of middle class consumption withinthese economies, the study examines the possibility of emergence of a new regime ofdifferentiated labour and social standards that could have consequences for the workersand consumers globally. The study is concerned with a range of actors. First, it enquiresinto the ways in which large firms (including the new multinationals) as well as smalland medium enterprises from the emerging economies engage with and shape labour andsocial standards in their systems of globalised production arrangements. Second, itinvestigates how civil society bodies in these countries affect this process and if and howthey shape local attitudes and norms on working conditions. Third, it examines themanner in which governments in these countries define and implement labour standardswithin the domestic economy as well as how they interact in leading global institutions,where many such international standards are formulated. Fourth, it would identify whatthese developments imply for the ways in which globalised production arrangementswould most likely be organised in the future and how subsequent generations of globallabour and social standards are likely to be shaped. The India component of the study wouldbe our concern.

2.5 Innovations for Sustainability among Micro and Small Enterprises: Case Studies in India

Sponsor : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Collaborativestudy based at the University of Guelph, Ontario)

Researcher : Keshab DasStatus : Completed

In India, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) continue to be the drivers of local and regionalindustrial dynamism and contribute to income and job generation. The fact that these aresites of informal production and labour processes has been an issue of serious concerns.Often the brisk business in several of these enterprise clusters has largely been possibleby compromising quality parameters, particularly, those concerning the living and workingenvironment. There has been a growing recognition of the adverse effects of the so-called

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polluting industries on the environment and health of those working in the firms and those livingin the locality. The introduction of Cleaner Production (CP) innovations often has, as experienceshave shown, been conditioned by institutional and economic factors.

What are the incentives and disincentives in adopting a given technological innovation? Whatfacilitates or constrains innovation diffusion in low-end informal enterprises or industrial clusters?This research delves into these issues through a detailed f ield study of a pollutingstone crushing cluster in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The empirical core of theresearch draws upon interviews with 50 enterprises spread over the cluster using structuredquestionnaire. This has been supplemented by information collected from secondary sourcesand discussions with various state and non-state stakeholders. Despite state enforcement touse water sprinklers designed to soak/ dunk the dust during crushing, due to dysfunctionalinstitutions, absence of a collective responsibility in the cluster and the lure of informality thelocal business has no incentive to opt for a cleaner technology in the larger interest ofpursuing sustainable development. Moreover, for the enterprise, apart from the cost ofthe sprinkler per se there would be constraints as the use of the contraption would add tothe input cost to cover charges for both electricity and water that the technology wouldrequire. The unfettered pursuit of profits by the private capital and weak vigilance by thestate have ensured that the CP remains on paper only. This has implied the burden ofpollution and hazardous working conditions have fallen on the casual migrant workers whohave no access to any protection concerning health, safety and income.

2.6 Policy-oriented Evaluative Research Study on the Handicraft Sector in the Rural and CottageIndustry of Gujarat

Sponsor : Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), Commissionerate of Cottage andRural Industries, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

Researchers : Keshab Das and N. LalithaStatus : Initiated and Completed

Recognising emerging challenges in survival and growth of the handicraft sector in Gujaratthere has been a strong need to redesign and rethink policy strategy. The major policyconcerns relate to i. a reliable database on the craftspersons and crafts that would render ituseful to assess if the various schemes and support services provided by the State areaccessed by the artisans; ii. the quality of the products and retaining the craftsmanshipimportant considerations in f inding newer markets; and iii. assigning importance todemand factors in designing policy instruments for the sector. Towards contributing tothe state government’s efforts at formulating a new policy for the cottage and ruralindustries, particularly focusing on the handicraft sector, this study had been undertaken.The study aimed at devising policy inputs that would promote a competitive and inclusivestrategy towards i. generating gainful employment; ii. retaining craft skills; iii. accessinggreater markets; and iv. responding to changing domestic and global demand.

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The empirical core of this study has been secondary sources, mainly both published andunpublished official documents. The recommendations are derived upon discussions withartisans, craft training and marketing agencies, state officials and concerned academics.Some of the recommendations of this study have been incorporated into the Cottage &Rural Industries Policy 2016 of the Government of Gujarat, the first of its kind initiated by anystate government in India.

3. Employment, Migration and Urbanisation

Studies under this theme relate to population, demographic changes, labour, employment, livelihoodsand migration. The Institute has made significant contribution in these areas, especially during the1980s and 1990s. The informalisation process in the labour and production systems has formed animportant theme of research engaging in collection of social statistics, influencing policies forbetter labour conditions and social security reforms. Urban services and aspects of urban economyand governance have been an important emerging area of research at the Institute. Under thiscategory while one study enquires into historical conditions that influenced migration and agrarianchanges in Kerala two new studies are concerned with workforce reorganization within theAhmedabad Municipal Corporation and also governing state support in housing access to themarginalized population.

3.1 Peasant Migration and Plantation Development in Kerala: Changes in the Local Economy, Societyand the Agrarian Landscape in the Erstwhile Malabar Region

Sponsor : National Research Programme on Plantation Development (NRPPD), Centre forDevelopment Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala

Researcher : P.K. ViswanathanStatus : Completed

This study examines the case of farmer migration from the erstwhile Travancore region to theMalabar region during the 1940s through the 1980s and the resultant impact on the socio-economic status of the migrants and the implications on the agrarian landscape of the region.The study brings out the emergence of rubber as the dominant crop for land use, which alreadyhas impacted in terms of shrinkage of farm lands grown with other food as well as cash cropsin the migrant villages. Though expansion of rubber per se may not have caused a declineof other commercial or food crops in the region, the several advantages that rubber enjoyed,had invariably influenced a majority of small and marginal farmers to grow rubber andthereby rationalize their farming choices.

From a sustainable agriculture development perspective, the study calls for effectivecollaborations and co-ordination between various crop-promotional agencies in Kerala, suchas the Rubber Board, Spices Board, Coconut Development Board, Kerala HorticultureDevelopment Board, Coffee Board, the State Agriculture Department, etc. to come togetherand devise long-term agricultural development policies and strategies for the state in

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general and the Malabar region in particular. There should be strict vigilance on the landuse and farm management practices adopted by farmers, with proper checks on theextensive promotion of commercial crops that adversely affect the agro-biodiversityand hydrological and ecosystem balance of the regions. In the emerging context, itbecomes important that agriculture development needs to be seen from an integrated systemperspective, which calls for efficient co-operation/ co-ordination between various agencies inmatters of respecting the agro-ecosystem integrity of the state and devising action plansfor promoting integrated farming systems, instead of the mutually exclusive promotionalschemes as exist today.

3.2 Workforce Rescheduling for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Sponsor : Ahmedabad Municipal CorporationResearcher : R. ParthasarathyStatus : Initiated

Urban local bodies play a crucial role in daily lives of people, by nature of the importantprovision of basic amenities. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), focus of the project, hasexpanded in area from 52.49 sq km in 1950 to 190.84 sq km in 1991 to presently 464.16 sq kmwith the inclusion of gram panchayats and nagarpalikas overtime. With the increase in areaand the population, which stands at around 6 million, AMC’s service boundaries have alsoexpanded from the obligatory basic amenities to a variety of discretionary services. To providethe variety of services, AMC presently has 26,102 employees whose work schedule in termsof roles and functions was created in 1974 and has not been reviewed since 1995 to reflectthe changed job and service demands and evolving profile of AMC. Workforce reschedulingbecomes essential for the following two main reasons:

F irstly, AMC has plans for newcapital infrastructure projects,adopting modern technologiesand achieving environmentallysustainable growth. Secondly, thereare a number of challenges beforethe AMC in terms of the following:i. Variety of informal enterpriseswhich redef ine the land use indifferent parts of AMC’s jurisdiction; ii.Increasing density of populationpresently under AMC’s jurisdictionwhich demands improved yetdynamically planned services;iii. Expansion of modern transport services and the forthcoming metro and regional railprojects; iv. Increased use of information technology from computerizing the revenue and

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expenditure of AMC to address the collection, coordination and management ofsolid waste disposal in different locations under its jurisdiction; and v. Co-ordination andstreamlining of the overlapping functions performed by AMC, industrial developmentcorporations and pollution control authorities and various other government departments.

The project is a collaborative study by AMC and GIDR. The first stage of the project includedsynthesis and analysis of the current workforce data as well as last revised workforce schedule,to be used as a benchmark. It has been followed by assessment of workforce requirement indifferent cadres and identification of job positions under different categories. The next stageconstitutes of preparation of development rules, model job chart, training requirements andoutlining minimum qualifications needs for each position. The final stage gives the norms forrationalisation and redeployment of workforce.

The study highlights the need for technically qualified and permanent staff in the workforce. Thetype ofstaff engagement, as seen slowly drifting towards the outsourcing model has shown its varyingimplications across the various departments. However, considering the major departments, notonly the quantum of staff but intra departmental coordination has come out as an essential forimproving the efficiency of the work carried out by the individual departments. The proposal doesnot give out a fixed number of employees but employees required per area or population. It alsoincorporates possibilities of mechanization to smoothen the work methods and structural changesin the departments in particular cases.

3.3 Preparation of Housing for all Plan of Action (HFAPoA)

Sponsor : Ahmedabad Municipal CorporationResearcher : R. ParthasarathyStatus : Initiated

A shelter, considered as the very basic need of a household, is being increasingly contestedwith the current pace of urbanization in India combined with several factors includingskyrocketing land prices among others. To take control of the situation, Hon’ble PrimeMinister envisioned Housing for All by 2022 when the nation completes 75 years ofits Independence. In order to achieve this objective the central government has launcheda comprehensive mission “Housing for All by 2022”.

The mission seeks to address the housing requirement of urban poor including slum dwellersthrough following programme verticals: i. Slum rehabilitation of slum dwellers with participationof private developers using land as a resource; ii. Promotion of affordable housing for weakersection through credit linked subsidy; iii. Affordable housing in partnership with public and privatesectors; and iv. Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction.

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In most of the government schemes, generally the beneficiaries are determined by the quantumof supply. The Housing for All Plan of Action under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana takes analternative approach of demand assessment to determine the housing supply. The project involvestwo main tasks: demand survey and preparation of housing for all action plan. The demand surveybegins with stakeholders’ consultation to orient them to the objective of demand survey and“Housing for All Guidelines”. The stakeholders include elected representatives, AMC officials,NGOs, CBOs and slum habitants. It will be followed by distribution of survey forms and analysis ofCensus data for migration and other relevant information to project the possible future demandfor housing through migration.

The first part of preparation of housing for all plan of action involves assessment of present statusof slums on the basis of eligible slum dwellers, area of slum, market potential of land, FAR/FS,density etc. to determine viability of in situ slum redevelopment through PPP. The non-viable oruntenable slums will also be analysed, if those can be improvised under any other schemes. Thesecond part involves analysis of demand survey data, vacant land bank, vacant EWS housing stockand estimation of future housing shortage for urban poor. The final part includes framing investmentrequirements and financing plan. It will be carried out by estimating investment requirementsbased on SOR – considering financial resources from central govt., state govt. and ULB and otherbeneficiaries an the financial planning for implementation of 4 verticals/components as per PMAY- HFA guidelines.

4. Poverty and Human Development

Research concerns under this theme include access, achievements and financing in the spheres ofeducation and health sectors. Enquiries, often field based, have dealt with issues in literacyprogrammes, adult education, health programmes and training health workers. Research on healthand family welfare has contributed towards developing a framework towards a target-free approachin family planning. Studies on poverty relate to conceptual and measurement aspects, quality oflife, livelihood options and social infrastructure, mainly in rural India. However, increasingly, researchunder this theme has been dealing with urban poverty as also rural-urban linkages. Researchprojects address design, delivery and other policy issues in financial inclusion, microfinance, rurallivelihood strategies, social security and health of women workers and their families. Currently,while a set of six human development manuals were prepared covering key areas another studyhas worked out district level development indicators for Gujarat. Kerala’s near full achievementin financial inclusion has been the subject of enquiry in a newly started study. Elderly and thechanging relations with their younger generation have been looked into in another study.

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4.1 Human Development Manual for Gujarat

Sponsor : Gujarat State Infrastructure Development Board, Government of GujaratResearcher : Tara S. NairStatus : Completed

This project involved preparation of modules dealing with different aspects of humandevelopment to be used by the government of Gujarat to train functionaries at differentlevels of administration and elected representatives as also to provide tools and techniquesto prepare human development plans at the panchayat level. Human development training isan integral part of the bottom-up planning process envisaged by the state.

Six distinct modules were prepared dealing with (i) the conceptual foundations of humandevelopment; (ii) poverty and development; (iii) significance of health in human development;(iv) education and implications for human development; (v) concept of gender and itsworkings on development; and (vi) security and human development. The modules werepiloted with the state level resource persons before finalization.

4.2 Model State Financial Inclusion Analysis – Kerala

Sponsor : Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), Washington DC.Researcher : Tara S. NairStatus : Initiated

Endowed with an entrenched culture of banking, high literacy rate, significant inflow ofremittances from overseas, and a widespread welfare transfer programme, Kerala has emergeda front runner in the drive towards achieving financial inclusion since the mid-2000s. The statewas one of the first to fulfil the targets set as part of the Swabhiman scheme in 2011. In thenew financial inclusion drive of Jan Dhan Yojana (JDY) too it has emerged as one of the twostates (Goa being the other) to have achieved complete saturation in bank accounts aheadof others by November 2014. Beyond these unique achievements made by the state at themacro level, there are underlying spatial patterns and trends that need to be uncoveredcarefully. While some of these patterns may be unique to the state’s social and economicmilieu, there could be others that can act as useful pointers to other states in their efforts tobuild inclusive financial services. This study digs deep into the existing data to delineatethe factors that have led to the state achieving near-exhaustive financial inclusion right downto the sub-district level.

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4.3 District-Level Estimation of Development Indicators for the State, Gujarat

Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New DelhiResearcher : Chandra Sekhar BahinipatiStatus : Completed

There has been an increasing demand for reliable data for effective development planning aswell as evaluation and monitoring of development programs. Further, it is important whenfund devolution decision becomes a key for reducing poverty and fostering development.It not only highlights where resources are most needed, but also provides the means totrack progress and assess the impact of different policies. But it lacks in terms of qualityand coverage. The limited reliable data available at the district-level might causeineffective implementation and evaluation of development projects undertaken at thelocal level. While many development programs are being implemented at the local levelparticularly after the decentralization process following the 73rd and 74th Amendments, very littleeffort has been made towards developing sound database at the local level. This projectaims to gather the available secondary data at the district level for Gujarat state, and constructdistrict-wise human development index for relative comparison. The study report consists of ninechapters including introduction and conclusion. The report discusses growth and performanceof Gujarat state through analyzing various indicators related to demography, agriculture,education, health, asset ownership, employment and poverty, and environment, climateand natural hazards. Human development index has been constructed in order to compareand contrast between various districts of Gujarat in the context of the changing courseof development per se. This study may help in terms of providing a better understandingas “to what extent Gujarat’s growth model has helped to improve various indicators ofMDGs (Millennium Development Goals) across districts over time?”

4.4 Inter-generational Relations in Households with Elderly: A Study of Ahmedabad District, Gujarat

Sponsor : Indian Institute of Technology, GandhinagarResearchers : Rudra Narayan Mishra and Tanishtha SamantaStatus : Ongoing

The study looks into the lives of elderly in the household and their relation with their childrenand grandchildren. The study is limited to urban areas and two most rural Talukas in Ahmedabad.The objective of the study is to understand the various needs of the elderly in the changingsociety of modern times. It enquires about the emotional bonding of elderly with their children/grandchildren, their degree of dependence on them, participation in social and cultural life,their expectations from family and society at large and their coping mechanisms in adversesituations. Hopefully the study will be helpful to policy makers to understand the challengesfaced by the elderly in modern societies and possible scope for improving their living conditionthrough various measures. The sample size for the study was 450 households which weredistributed proportionally as per the size of the population, between urban and rural areas.

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The major findings from the study were, in rural areas the elderly were closer to their childrenand grandchildren, though the access to social safety nets like pension, health insuranceand access to quality recreational places is higher for urban respondents. It was observed thatthe children were equally sensitive to the needs of their parents in both rural and urbanareas, though the means of taking care of the needs may vary. In rural areas the elderlyhave firm control over household matters and finance whereas in urban areas in some caseswe found the elderly were more dependent on their children in terms of mobility as wellas finance, at the same time their role in household matters are more of advisory nature. Inboth rural and urban areas the elderly are hardly aware of the legal provisions and socialsafety measures by the state. It has also observed that given the opportunity they would like tocontribute to society more in terms of philanthropic and voluntary services.

5. Regional Development, Institutions and Governance

With a notable early record of research on local level (block and village) planning, recent studieshave continued with enquiries into regional underdevelopment and whether and how institutionsat various levels influence certain development outcomes. A specific focus has been on tribal areadevelopment initiatives, mainly, relating to enhancing livelihood options and human resourcedevelopment. Recent analyses have looked into several of the new initiatives in terms of rightsbased approach and deepening/widening of democracy.

Two studies have explored a relatively new aspect of social science research in India, that ofinternational collaboration trends. While projects focused on the all the flagship programmes ofthe central government under the National Livelihood Mission in two states, an evaluation of thedairy development programme in tribal Gujarat was subject of another study. An examination oflessons from the Thai experience in geographical indications facilitating better business has beenundertaken in another study. States covered through these studies are Gujarat, Maharashtra andMadhya Pradesh.

5.1 Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Programme in 43 Tribal Talukas of Gujarat

Sponsor : Development and Support Agency (D-SAG), Tribal Department Department,Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

Researchers : Rudra Narayan Mishra and Jharna PathakStatus : Completed

The study evaluates the impact of the dairy development programme on the tribal households instate of Gujarat under the Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY). Through this programme the stategovernment is providing tribal households below the poverty line with milch animals in partiallysubsidized mode. The programme aims to provide sustainable livelihood to the poor tribals interms of small scale dairy farming. The aim of the study was to ascertain the impact of theprogramme on the livelihood of beneficiary households. The primary survey was conducted on4300 tribal beneficiaries of the programme across 43 tribal talukas of the state. A control groupof 860 households belonging to similar socio-economic strata was selected for comparison and toassess the exclusive impact of the programme.

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Findings of the study point out that this programme has helped in improving financial conditionsof the beneficiaries of the programme. However, there are issues related to the deliverymechanism; especially ancillary services like veterinary care, artificial insemination and settlementof insurance claims. In areas with water scarcity a large number of the beneficiaries had disposedoff their animals. At the same time, for the poorest tribals like Kotwalias, Kathudias, Nayakas andHalapatis, who had some access to green fodder and adequate water, animal husbandry becamea major source of income. The migration has come down for these tribes as they switched overto dairy farming. Women beneficiaries in most cases shoulder the additional responsibility ofrearing the animal while the income is controlled by their spouses.

Overall, in 40 per cent of the cases, we found that beneficiaries have expanded the animalstock either by purchasing similar animals from their own resources or raising the calf thatwas provided with the animal. In comparison to non-beneficiaries the beneficiary householdsearn at least Rs. 20,000 more from the dairy farming and the adaption of hybrid animals ishigher for the latter. However, the policy makers should focus on the provision of ancillaryservices like veterinary care, fodder plot development and provision of drinking water whichare vital to dairy farming.

5.2 State of Social Science Research in India: An Overview of International Collaborations andResearch

Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New DelhiResearchers : P.K. Viswanathan, R. Parthasarathy and Madhusudhan BandiStatus : Ongoing

The specific objective of this study was to examine the current status of social scienceresearch (SSR) in India in terms of collaborative research programmes undertaken by themajor SSR institutions, viz., the University Grants Commission (UGC), the universitiesand departments aided by the UGC and deemed universities and institutions supported bythe state and the private sectors. Three main findings emerge from the study. First, it isobserved that the number of international collaborations and their range amongst theuniversities (central, state and private) as well as the ICSSR institutes have been quite impressive.However, despite the large number of sponsors and wide array of themes, the averagenumber of collaborations per institution as well as the average financial grant appears tobe extremely small when compared to the international scenario as observed in the USA, UKand 18 other countries.

Secondly, if we consider the case of ICSSR supported institutions, it is interesting to observethat during the reference period of the study, there have been more than 150 internationalsponsors funding more than 500 research collaborations. In fact, about one-third of theICSSR institutions have less than 10 faculty members on average, yet, having significantinternational collaborations. Among these institutions there seems to be a direct relationshipbetween the size of the faculty and the number and amount of international collaborations.

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Ideally, the institutes should have a critical minimum number of faculty members. Further,the ICSSR could promote inter-institutional collaborations, which would then enable boththe capacity as well as the options to have a higher number of international collaborations.Why international collaborations seem to be important? It is evident that the internationalcollaborations not only bring in more exposure, but also the current themes as well as betteropportunities toward international publications.

Thirdly, therefore, ICSSR while continuing to champion and support SSR, could also play afacilitator role in enabling collaborations both within and outside the countries. One way ofplaying this enabling role is to allocate earmarked funds to the institutes to begin with, toexplore the possibilities or strengthening the existing international collaborations.

5.3 India’s Social Science Research Publications from an International Perspective

Sponsor : Indian Council of Social Science Research, New DelhiResearchers : N. Lalitha and Amrita GhatakStatus : Ongoing

This study focuses on India’s performance in publishing social science research at theinternational level and is written for the larger volume on the status of social science researchin India by the ICSSR. The required data for the period 2009-14 were collectedfrom Scopus and SCImago, using the yardstick of articles written and published by scholars(with institutional affiliation in India or outside India) in the field of social sciences eitherindividually or in collaboration with researchers outside India.

The analysis shows that: (i) India consistently ranks among the top 15 countries in the worldin terms of number of publications. (ii) Share of pure social science articles has a significantshare but is declining. (iii) As far as citation of articles is concerned, India lags behindmany countries in the world in terms of the overall real citation that excludes self-citation andreal citations per article. (iv) Social science research institutions have published either on parwith the top managements institutes or medical institutions in the country particularlywhile collaborating with UK and USA. (v) Despite the number of constraints faced,social scientists in India continue to publish due to which India continues to figure in the listof top 15 countries.

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5.4 Creating Viable Markets through Use of Geographical Indications: What Can India Learnfrom Thailand?

Sponsor : ICSSR under the NRCT Bilateral ProgrammeResearcher : N. LalithaStatus : Initiated and Completed

The study aimed at understanding the experience of Thailand and replicating the model inIndia particularly in i. promoting Geographical Indications (GI) through the One TambonOne Product (OTOP) policy; ii. enforcement of GI quality standards along the boundary lineset by the GI producers; and iii. functioning of the OTOP. The required data were collectedthrough (a) interviewing the government officials engaged in implementing the OTOP and GIand the academicians and (b) interviewing a self-help group engaged in the production ofceramic products under the brand name Urai Benjarong Ceramics.

Both Thailand and India adopt sui-generis system, keeping in mind the rich cultural heritagethat the countries have and extend GI protection to agricultural products, handicrafts andindustrial products. However, GI protected agricultural products are more in Thailand,while traditional knowledge based handicrafts are more in India. There is a clear identificationof the GI users because of the use of Thai GI logo. In the case of India, some of the individualGI products have developed their logo and registered with GI authorities but there is nocommon logo developed so far. While both the Indian and Thai governments organise GIawareness programs, a notable difference was the display of the certificates and theprominent use of the GI logo that a consumer will never fail to notice in exhibitions.Another aspect worth replicating is the coordinated efforts by different Thai ministries inthe promotion of OTOP or the One GI One Province approach. Systems to establish traceabilityin the case of agricultural products is an aspect that needs to be replicated in the Indiancontext. Along with the awareness creation programs, marketing strategies in lines of Thaiwould help in wider reach of the GI products in India.

5.5 National Level Monitoring of Rural Development Programmes Sponsored by Ministry of RuralDevelopment, Government of India in Districts of Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli and Jalna inMaharashtra

Sponsor : Ministry of Rural Development, Government of IndiaResearcher : Rudra Narayan MishraStatus : Ongoing

This follow-up assignment involves monitoring of the implementation of flagship schemesof the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Panchayati Raj Department of the Governmentof India, viz. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),Indira Awas Yojna (IAY), Indira Gandhi National Social Assistance Programme (IGNSAP),Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G), National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP),National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Integrated Watershed Management Programmes

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(IWMP), Pradhan Mantri Gramsadak Yojana (PMGSY), functioning of panchayats and digitalisationof land records in ten selected panchayats of districts Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli and Jalnain Maharashtra. Apart from monitoring physical and financial progress of these schemesthe mandate was to highlight the limitations of current delivery mechanism, innovativepractices if any followed at panchayat levels and suggestions to improve the performance ofthese schemes. Separate reports for each district were submitted to the MoRD, respectivedistrict collectors and the concerned Member of Parliament (MPs) representing those districtsand who are chairmen of the respective district vigilance and monitoring committees.

The major findings of the study are as follows. During the last couple of years very fewworks were undertaken under MGNREGS in all the four districts. While in some cases the reasonwas lack of demand from villagers themselves because of availability of agricultural workin the village and nearby, in majority of cases not a single work was sanctioned. Owing tolarge scale litigations the district officials were selective in sanctioning the works. In most ofthe cases only wells were dug or roads were constructed. The number of days work availableto households was often less than 15 days. The job cards are not filled up properly and musterswere not kept in the panchayat office. There were lot of complains regarding the selectionof beneficiaries for availing pension under the social assistance programme and many eligiblebeneficiaries are yet to get pension. The unfamiliarity of existing beneficiaries of the pensionscheme with newly introduced biometric verification and matching of bank detail with Aadhaarhave created further complications. Under IAY, very few houses were being constructedeach year. The delay in release of second and third instalments resulted in partially completedIAY houses in some of the villages.

The parched regions of Marathawada under which all these four districts fall need moreemphasis on watershed programmes in large scale to improve the livelihood option for thepoor. In some of the villages where we came across the IDWP watershed programmes, therewere complaints of corruption and partial implementation of the provisions. In none of thecases any meaningful SHG activity was found and water user groups were mostly dormant.The facility of piped drinking water supply to village households had not been taken up or notfunctioning in the covered villages at the time of visit, though in many cases the overheadtanks and bores existed. But due to consecutive poor monsoon for nearly four yearswater was not available in them. For most of the villagers the private wells were sourcesfor drinking on a monthly rent basis. Under SBM, toilets were being constructed but morethan half of the village households, in the villages covered by us, were yet to have toilets athome. The poor households could not afford to build toilet first and claim money later asenvisaged under the present approach. The women self-help groups under NRLM in Jalnadistrict were functioning well and half of them were having bank linkages and got financialassistance. Some of them are also engaged in manufacturing and trading activities. The PMGSYroads were found to be in good state and appreciated by villagers for helping them intransporting goods and people. The functioning of panchayats overall was found to be good,but the challenges were to help panchayats to mobilise their own funding from the villageresources, sensitising the panchayat officials about their importance in alleviating rural poverty

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for which regular training and motivation works are needed. In some villages panchayatbuildings were in very poor state and/or they do not have the required space and infrastructurefor keeping computers and maintaining files. All such panchayats should get good infrastructureat the earliest.

5.6 National Level Monitoring of Rural Development Programmes Sponsored by Ministry ofRural Development, Government of India in Districts of Damoh, Sagar and Vidisha of MadhyaPradesh

Sponsor : Ministry of Rural Development, Government of IndiaResearchers : Rudra Narayan Mishra and Gani MemonStatus : Initiated and Completed

The assignment involves monitoring of the implementation of flagship schemes of MoRDviz. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), IndiraAwas Yojna (IAY), Indira Gandhi National Social Assistance Programme (IGNSAP), SwachhBharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G), National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), NationalRural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Integrated Watershed Management Programmes (IWMP)and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya for Kaushalya Bardhan Yojana (DDU-KBY) in ten selected panchayatsof districts Damoh, Sagar and Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. Apart from monitoring physicaland financial progress of these schemes the mandate was to highlight the limitations ofcurrent delivery mechanism, innovative practices if any followed at panchayat levels andsuggestions to improve the performance of these schemes. Separate reports for eachdistrict were submitted to the MoRD, respective district collectors and the concerned Membersof Parliament representing those districts and who are chairmen of the respective districtvigilance and monitoring committees.

The major findings of the study include the following: there is an urgent need to create adequatework under MGNREGS, the job cards and muster rolls need to be properly filled up and measuresshould be taken to encourage women to participate in the programme which is very low comparedto men against the prevailing national average. The unfamiliarity of beneficiaries with the pensionscheme with newly introduced biometric verification and matching of bank detail withAadhaar have created inconvenience to the elderly and bank kiosk operators need to besensitised while dealing with such elderly persons. It was found that most of the beneficiarieswere facing difficulty in availing the benefit of the pension scheme. Under IAY, very few houseswere being constructed each year and there was a long list of beneficiaries who were yet toget sanction. The delay in release of second and third instalments resulted in partially completedIAY houses in some of the villages. The parched regions of Bundelkhand under which allthese three districts fall need greater emphasis on watershed programmes in large scaleto improve the livelihood options of the poor. The facility of piped drinking water supply tovillage households was either not taken up or not functioning in the covered villages at thetime of visit. In most cases village wells were being used for the purpose. Even as toiletswere being constructed under the SBM, more than half of the village households in all the samplevillages did not have toilets. The poor households could not afford to build toilets first and

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claim money later as envisaged under the present approach. Overall, it was felt that the releaseof the money from the centre and state governments to panchayats/beneficiaries in time isvery crucial for achieving the set goals of these programmes.

6. Consultancy Assignments

6.1 Unpaid Work, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Analysis of Time Use Survey Datafrom Pakistan and Bangladesh

Sponsor : United Nations Development Programme, BangkokResearcher : Rudra Narayan Mishra (Consultant)Status : Completed

The objective of the study was to analyse the time use data in Pakistan (2007 Time Use Survey)and Bangladesh (2012 pilot Time Use Survey) to understand gender inequalities in the time usepatterns of men and women in these countries in order to (i) identify and estimate the nature andextent of gender inequalities in their time use, (ii) estimate the time spent on drudgery and thetime stress experienced by men and women, and (iii) analyse the dynamics behind these genderinequalities in sharing of work, i.e., the factors responsible for the inequalities, and (iv) understandthe multiple impacts of the time use patterns on the wellbeing and opportunities for men andwomen. The exercise aims at designing national policies for promoting gender equality andwomen’s empowerment as well as overall optimum use of the available labour force in theeconomy of both the countries.

The study finds in both the countries the women on an average spend nearly three times moretime on unpaid work than their male counterparts. The multivariate regression model confirmshousehold’s economic status, household size, women’s education, marital status of women andage of the respondents influence the amount of time spent by women in total unpaid activities.The findings strongly favour arguments for implementation of the 3-R strategy (recognisingunpaid work by women, reduction in unpaid work by women through better technology and socialinfrastructure, reorganisation of unpaid and paid work by women through transferring someunpaid work to the mainstream economy and work within the household) to address the genderinequalities and to empower women in the economy and society in the two countries.

6.2 Economic Loss and Damage Assessment to Diamond and Textile Industries in Surat due to Floods

Sponsor : TARU Leading Edge Pvt. Limited, AhmedabadResearcher : Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati (Project Consultant)Status : Completed

Indian cities, particularly the coastal cities, are susceptible to climate induced rapid and slow-onset disasters like cyclonic storms, floods, sea-level rise, etc., and the existing urbanizationchallenges enhance their vulnerability. It is, therefore, a challenging task for the policy makersto enhance resilience capacity of the million-plus cities in India, especially when the Government

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of India is planning to develop smart cities across the country. Surat, the ninth largest city andalso a major hub for textile and diamond enterprises, is one of the cities extensively at risk dueto floods, sea-level rise, health risk, etc. In the wake of an increase in such unpredictable climateextreme events, there is an increasing demand for understanding the extent and magnitudeof the losses caused by these events. Logically, the estimation of loss and damage (L&D)from previous disasters might help in order to develop a resilience plan for the city againstany such climatic disasters in the future. At present, though the government agencies areregularly calculating the ex-post L&D, these estimations consider only the direct economicand non-economic (not all) L&D, completely ignoring the indirect economic and non-economicL&D. Based on a case study of the textile industry in Surat city, this study aimed to estimatethe direct and indirect economic L&D from the flood in 2006, and to understand the individual,community and government levels coping measures adopted post-2006 to build their resilienceto future floods. The advantage of this attempt is that it sets an example for the policy makersto estimate L&D from future disasters highlighting the importance of indirect economic L&D. Forempirical assessment, around 145 textile units were randomly selected from the high vulnerableregions of Surat for the survey purposes, and various focus group discussions (FGDs) and sharedlearning dialogues (SLDs) were also conducted with textile owners in the city.

6.3 Sectorial Loss and Damage due to Climate Change with Focus on Tamil Nadu, India

Sponsor : GIZ, New Delhi and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, NewDelhi (through the Madras School of Economics, Chennai)

Researcher : Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati (Project Consultant)Status : Completed

Various states in India are experiencing losses and damages (L&Ds) from rapid and slow-onset disasters such as cyclonic storms, floods, droughts, salinization, etc. Despite the ongoingdiscussions, no unanimous definition and methodology for estimating L&Ds exist in theliterature. Adding to the existing literature, this study aims to summarize sectoral experiencesof L&Ds from the state of Tamil Nadu and to contribute to widening the knowledge base onapproaches to assess and address L&Ds associated with slow onsets and extreme climatechange events. Particularly, there are two objectives: (i) to investigate the extent to whichsocio-economic and climatic factors influence damage costs due to climate related eventslike cyclonic storms, and (ii) to estimate potential structural damages caused by cyclonicstorms and likelihood damage to agriculture due to salinization in the state. The required datawas collected from various secondary sources and also 65 households were surveyed inNagapatinam and Thiruvarur districts for the purpose.

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3 Academic Events Held by the Institute

Capacity Development Workshop for the Officers of Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES)in Statistical Methods and Analysis, September 23-25, 2015.

The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) set up by the state governments are mandatedto provide, reliable, timely and credible social and economic statistics to the governments in order toenable decision making that promotes the goal of balanced economic and social development. Supportedby UNICEF, the GIDR conducted a refresher training programme for DES staff in statistical methodsand analysis with the aim to enhance the capacities of the technical cadre at DES, who in turn couldtrain the staff members at the district and block levels. This capacity building programme has twocomponents – (a) classroom sessions and (b) individual mentoring to prepare a project report.

The workshop was attended by 30 DES officials andreceived well. The programme was coordinated byJharna Pathak. The pedagogy of these sessionsinvolved lectures and practical sessions using EXCELand SPSS. The participants worked on a practical projectunder the mentorship of a faculty member of GIDR.

Consultative Workshop on Policy Challenges in theHandicrafts Sector in Gujarat,October 1, 2015.

The importance of cottage and rural industries in theeconomic and social development has been

long acknowledged not only in preserving and promoting traditional craft-based enterprises but alsoas important sources of local employment and income, especially in the rural areas and small andmedium towns. Recognising emerging challenges of growing passivity in and decline of thehandicraft sector in the state, the Government of Gujarat (GoG) had emphasized the strong needto redesign and rethink policy strategy. Towards contributing to the GoG’s efforts at formulating anew policy for the cottage and rural industries, particularlyfocusing on the handicraft sector, GIDRhad been assigned to undertake a policy-oriented evaluativeresearch study on the handicrafts sector in Gujarat. Thestudy aimed at promoting a competitive and inclusivestrategy that would address issues in creating gainfulemployment; preserving crafts; broad-basing skills;expanding market access; and preparing to address changingnature of consumer demand, both domestic and global.

In the initial phases of the study, a consultative workshopwas held at GIDR which was essentially a brainstorming

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exercise involving diverse stakeholders. The workshop included a detailed presentation by Keshab Das andN. Lalitha (Project Leaders of the study) on the handicraft sector in the state and was followed by a PanelDiscussion chaired by Ashoke Chatterjee, Former Honorary President, Craft Council of India. The panelistswere: Pushpaben Lavjibhai Soni (Artisan), Ranjan Shanti (Artisan), Judy Frater (Somaiya Kala Vidya, Kutch),R.D. Vaidya (Gujarat Matikam Kalakari & Rural Technology Institute, Gandhinagar), Bhavin Kothari (NationalInstitute of Design, Ahmedabad), Jay Thakkar (CEPT University, Ahmedabad) and R.R. Yadav (GRIMCO,Gandhinagar). Other important participants who livened the discourse included Shilpa Shroff (FabIndia),Rajesh Gupta (EDII), Villoo Mirza (SEWA) and Binoy Acharya (Unnati).

This formed an important forum to deliberate upon various challenges facing the handicraft sector in thestate. The richness of the discussions was mainly due to the participation of a wide variety of stakeholdersincluding craftspersons, government officials, academics, practitioners and civil society representatives.

Seminars by Faculty/Visitors/Affiliates

Tara Nair, Professor, GIDR, on “Patterns of Financial Behaviour among Rural Households: Evidence andInsights from Maharashtra”, April 6, 2015.

Devinder Sharma, Senior Journalist, on “Food Security, Agrarian Crisis and Biotechnology: A Question ofPolitics?”, May  16, 2015.

Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA, on “ConceptualizingPerformance in NGOs and Funders”, July 17, 2015.

Utpal Sandesara, MD-PhD Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, on ”Sex Determinationand Sex-Selective Abortion: Perspectives from the Field”, August 21, 2015.

Kuntala Lahiri Dutt, Senior Fellow, Resource, Environment & Development Program, Crawford School ofPublic Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra, on “Extractive Peasants: Rural Transformationand Informal Mining”, December 10, 2015.

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4 Research Output

Books

Viswanathan, P.K., M. Dinesh Kumar and A. Narayanamoorthy (Eds.), Micro Irrigation Systems in India:Emergence, Status and Impacts, Springer, Singapore, 2016.

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash and Keshab Das, Manufacturing Exports from Indian States: Determinants andPolicy Imperatives, Springer, New Delhi, 2016.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar, ‘Determinants of Farm-Level Adaptation Diversity to Cyclone and Flood:Insights from a Farm Household-Level Survey in Eastern India’, Water Policy, 17 (4), 2015, pp. 742-761.

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar and L. Venkatachalam, ‘What Drives Farmers to Adopt Farm-levelAdaptation Practices to Climate Extremes: Empirical Evidence from Odisha, India’, International Journalof Disaster Risk Reduction, 14 (4), 2015, pp. 347-356.

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar and L. Venkatachalam, ‘Role of Climatic Risks and Socio-economicFactors in Influencing the Economic Impact of Climatic Extremes: A Normalisation Study in theContext of Odisha, India’, Regional Environmental Change, 16 (1), 2016, pp. 177-188.

Bahinipati, Chandra  Sekhar, and  P.K.  Viswanathan,  ‘Determinants  of  Adopting  and  Accessing  Benefitsof Water Saving Technologies: A Study of Public Tube Wells with MI Systems in North Gujarat’, inP.K. Viswanathan, M. Dinesh Kumar and A. Narayanamoorthy (Eds.), Micro Irrigation Systems in India:Emergence, Status and Impacts, Springer, Singapore, 2016, pp. 133-154.

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar, U. Patnaik and P. K. Viswanathan, ‘What Causes Economics Losses fromNatural Disasters in India’, in S. Dinda (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Healthand Environmental Sustainability, IGI Global Publisher, USA, 2016, pp. 157-175.

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar, U. Rajasekar, A. Acharya, and M. Patel, ‘Flood-induced Economic Lossand Damage to the Textile Industry in Surat City, India’, Asian Cities Climate Resilience Working PaperSeries 26, International Institute of Environment and Development, London, 2015.

Patnaik, U., P.K. Das and Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, ‘Efficiency of Cereal Production and Determinantsof Cost Inefficiency in Natural Disaster Prone Regions of Odisha, India’, Social Science Spectrum, 1 (3), 2015,pp. 221-234.

Patnaik, U., P.K. Das and Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, ‘Coping with Climatic Shocks: Empirical Evidencefrom Rural Coastal Odisha, India’, Global Business Review, 17 (1), 2016, pp. 161-175.

Bandi, Madhusudan, ‘Forest Rights Act in Chhattisgarh and Gujarat: Unfolding the Dynamicsin Implementation’, Journal of Rural Development, 34 (2), 2015, pp. 135-147.

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Das, Keshab, ‘The Sector Reform Process in Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation: A Review of theRole of WASMO in Gujarat’, in K.J. Joy, Suhas Paranjape, Sarita Bhagat and Craig Dsouza (Eds.),Reform Initiatives in Domestic Water and Sanitation in India, Forum for Policy Dialogue on WaterConflicts in India, Pune, 2015, pp. 33-60.

Das, Keshab, ‘Institutional Constraints to Innovation: Artisan Clusters in Rural India’, Asian Journalof Innovation and Policy, 4 (2), 2015, pp. 132-153.

Das, Keshab, ‘Provisioning Drinking Water in Gujarat’s Tribal Areas: Policy and Experience’, The TribalTribune, 8 (2), 2016, pp. 1-27.

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash and Keshab Das, ‘Regional Export Advantage of Rising Power SMEs: Analyticsand Determinants in the Indian Context’, Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11 (3&4), 2015,pp. 236-258.

Lalitha, N. and P.K. Viswanathan, ‘Technology Diffusion and Adoption in Cotton Cultivation:Emerging Scenario in Gujarat’, AgBioForum, 18 (2), 2015, pp.1-12. http://www.agbioforum.org/v18n2/v18n2a07-lalitha.htm

Kumar, R., V. Nelson, A. Martin, D. Badal, A. Latheef, B. Suresh Reddy, N. Lalitha, S. Young andM. Hartog, Evaluation of the Early Impacts of the Better Cotton Initiative on Smallholder CottonProducers in Kurnool District, India: Baseline Report. 2016.http://www.isealalliance.org/sites/default/files/private/ISEAL%20DIPI%20India%20baseline%20study%20report.pdf

Pattnaik, Itishree and Amita Shah, ‘Trends and Decomposition of Agricultural Growth and Crop Outputin Gujarat: Recent Evidence’, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70 (2), 2015, pp. 182-193.

Pattnaik, Itishree, ‘Structural Break and Phases in Agricultural Sector: An Analysis of Bihar and Odisha’,Journal of Regional Development and Planning, 3 (2), 2015, pp. 35-54.

Nair, Tara S., ‘Liberalisation, Banking Sector Restructuring and Financial Inclusion: Praxis and Posers’,in Satish Verma and Kulwant Singh (Eds.), Slow Down, Banks, and Role of Apex Banking Institutions inthe Market Economy of India: The Way Forward, Centre for Research in Rural and IndustrialDevelopment, Chandigarh, 2015, pp. 1-18.

Nair, Tara S., ‘Regulation, Legalisation and Moral Contestations: The Case of Indian Microfinance’,in Rajeswari Raina (Ed.), Science, Technology and Development in India: Encountering Values, OrientBlackswan, Hyderabad, 2015, pp. 66-83.

Viswanathan, P.K., ‘More Women Need to Enter Plantation Jobs’, Rubber Asia, 30 (6), 2015, pp. 68-71.

Viswanathan, P.K., ‘Multifunctional Benefits of Community-Based Mangrove Restoration in Gujarat: AnAnalysis’, in Nilanjan Ghosh, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Amita Shah and Manoj Panda (Eds.), Nature, Economyand Society: Understanding the Linkages, Springer, New Delhi, 2016, pp. 243-265.

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Viswanathan, P.K., ‘Rubber: Need for a Policy Shift’, Polymers & Tyre Asia, 6 (6), 2016, pp. 52-54,http://www.tyre-asia.com/need-for-a-policy-shift/

Viswanathan, P.K. and Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, ‘Water Security Challenges of South and South EastAsia’, Prakriti, Amrita School of Business, Amrita University, Kochi, 2016, pp. 84-95.

Viswanathan, P.K., Jharna Pathak and Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati , ‘State of Development andAdoption of Micro Irrigation Systems in Gujarat’, in P.K. Viswanathan, M. Dinesh Kumar andA. Narayanamoorthy (Eds.), Micro Irrigation Systems in India: Emergence, Status and Impacts, Springer,Singapore, 2016, pp. 71-89.

Amara, Soonthorndhada, P.K. Viswanathan and Sirinan Kittisuksathit, ‘Promoting Rural Women’sEconomic Dynamism: A Case Study on Participation in Income Generating Activitiesin Kanchanaburi, Thailand’, in Eun Kyung Kim, Younghye Kim, Eun Ha Chang, Jung-Soo Kim and SeoheeKwak (Eds.), Translating Women’s Experience into Classroom Teaching: Gender and Development Casesin ASEAN and Korea, Korean Women Development Institute, Seoul, 2015, pp. 79-108.

Book Review

Nair, Tara, ‘Review of Aminul Faraizi, Taskanur Rahman and Jim McAllister, Microcredit and Women’sEmpowerment: A Case Study of Bangladesh’, in Enterprise Development and Microfinance, 26 (4), pp. 374–377.

Other Publications

Parthasarathy, R. and P.K. Viswanathan, ‘Looking Beyond the Tariff Regime: An Assessment of theTrends and Prospects of Water Tariff Based Regulatory Interventions in Gujarat’, in Proceedings ofthe National Consultation on Water Tariff Regulations in India: Policy, Implementation and Alternatives,Prayas, Pune, 2015, pp. 30-44.

Viswanathan, P.K., ‘Farmer Migration and Agrarian Transformation in Kerala: Impacts on the LocalEconomy, Society and the Agrarian Landscape in the Erstwhile Malabar Region’, NRPPD DiscussionPaper 43, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, 2015. http://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/43_ViswanathanII.pdf

Bhowmik, Indraneel and P.K. Viswanathan, ‘Emerging Labour Relations in the Small Rubber Plantationsof Tripura’, NRPPD Discussion Paper 47, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, 2015.http://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/47_Indraneel.pdf

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GIDR Working Papers

226. Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati and Unmesh Patnaik, “Climate Change Economics: A Review onTheoretical Understanding and Controversies”, April 2015.

227. Keshab Das, “Institutional Constraints to Innovation: Artisan Clusters in Rural India”, June 2015.

228. N. Lalitha and Amrita Ghatak, “Occupational Health Risks among Workers in the Informal Sector inIndia”, September 2015.

229. Leela Visaria and Rudra N. Mishra, “Health Training Programme for Adolescent Girls: Some Lessonsfrom India’s NGO Initiative”, October 2015.

230. Tara Nair and Keshab Das, “Financing the MSME Sector in India: Approaches, Challenges andOptions”, December 2015.

231. Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati and P.K. Viswanathan, “Role of Policies and Institution in the Diffusionof Micro-Irrigation in Gujarat, Western India”, February 2016.

232. Keshab Das and Hastimal Sagara, “State and the IT Industry in India: A Policy Critique”, March 2016.

Project Reports

Tara S. Nair, ‘Modules for Human Development Training - (1) Concept and Measurement; (2) Education;(3) Health; (4) Gender; (5) Poverty; and (6) Security’. Report submitted to the Gujarat SocialInfrastructure Development Society, Government of Gujarat, May 2015.

Prabhakar, S.V.R.K., Y. Chiba, A. Abamo, Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati and S. Shrestha, ‘AddressingNon-economic Loss and Damage Associated with Climatic Events in Asia: Experiences, Issues andWay Forward’. Submitted to Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN-GCR), Kobe, Japan,June 2015. (First Year Report)

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar, ‘District-level Estimation of Development indicators for the State, Gujarat’.Submitted to Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India, June 2015.

P.K. Viswanathan, ‘Farmer Migration and Agrarian Transformation in Kerala: Impacts on the LocalEconomy, Society and the Agrarian Landscape in the Erstwhile Malabar Region’, Discussion Paper 43,National Research Programme on Plantation Development (NRPPD), Centre for Development Studies,Trivandrum, July 2015.

Rudra Narayan Mishra and Jharna Pathak, ‘Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Project (IDDP)in All 43 Tribal Talukas of Gujarat’. Submitted to Development Support Agency (D-SAG) DevelopmentSupport Agency (D-SAG), Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar,November 2015.

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N. Lalitha (along with researchers from Natural Resources Institute, Greenwich University, UK, Centre forEconomic and Social Studies, Hyderabad and Pragmatix, Haryan) ‘Early Impacts of the Better CottonInitiative On Smallholder Cotton Producers In Kurnool District, India’. Submitted to Natural ResourcesInstitute, Greenwich University, UK, December 2015.

Keshab Das and N. Lalitha, ‘The Handicraft Sector in Gujarat: Policy-oriented Evaluation ResearchReport’. Submitted Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C), December 2015.

N. Lalitha, ‘Creating Viable Markets through Use of Geographical Indications: What can India Learnfrom Thailand?’ Submitted to Director, India Studies Centre, Thammasat University, Bangkok, January 2016.

Kavi Kumar, K.S., Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, S. Das, S. Kabisch, C. Bollin, R. Chakrabarti, J.K. Gaurav,T. Bollwein, M. Hoppe, S. Bhatt, U. Divakaran, ‘Loss and Damage due to Climate Change with a Focuson Tamil Nadu and Odisha, India’. Technical Report submitted to Ministry of Environment, Forestand Climate Change (through GIZ, New Delhi), January 2016.

Rudra Narayan Mishra and Gani Memon, ‘Regular Monitoring of Rural Development Programmes inVidisha, Sagar and Damoh Districts of Madhya Pradesh: 2015-16 (Phase-I)’. Submitted to Rural MonitoringCell, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, New Delhi, March 2016.

Indira Hirway, Rudra Narayan Mishra and Atanu Chatterji, ‘Analyzing and Addressing Gender Inequalitiesin Time Use in Pakistan and Bangladesh’. Report submitted to UNDP Office, Bangkok, March 2016.

Keshab Das, ‘Dunking the Dust: Innovation Diffusion and Informality Challenges in a Stone CrushingCluster, Odisha, India’. Report submitted to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada(through the University of Guelph, Ontario), March 2016.

Referees for the Working Paper Series Drafts

Vinoj Abraham, Associate Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum.

Dileep Narayanrao Andhare, Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar.

Rakesh Basant, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Amalendu Jyotishi, Professor, Amrita School of Business, Bangalore.

D. Suresh Kumar, Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

N. Nakkeeran, Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar.

Shyam Pingle, Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar.

Ramesha K., Professor, National Institute of Bank Management, Pune.

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5 Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Workshops andTeaching

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati

Presented a paper on “Non-Economic Loss and Damages from Climatic Events in India: Identificationand Methodological Challenges” at the Regional Project Meeting and Workshop on ‘Indicators forAddressing the Non-economic Loss and Damage’, organized by the Institute for Global EnvironmentalStrategies (IGES), Tokyo, Japan, June 23, 2015.

Presented the second research report on “Will Climate Change Adaptation Enhance Farm Productivity?A Study of Micro-Irrigation Systems (MIS) in Gujarat, India” (with P.K. Viswanathan) at the 30thSANDEE Biannual ‘Research and Training’ Workshop, organized by the South Asia Network forDevelopment and Environment Economics (SANDEE), Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 29 - July 3, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Loss and Damage Associated with Climatic Extremes in India: Identificationand Methodological Challenges” at the International Conference on ‘Meeting Equity in Climate Change:Paris and the Post-2015 Agenda’, organized by and held at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS),Mumbai, July 31 - August 1, 2015.

Delivered a lecture on “Challenges in Assessing Non-Economic Loss and Damages of Climate Extremesin India: Identification and Methodological Challenges” at the Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology,Bhuj, August 6, 2015.

Participated in the International Conference on ‘Scaling up Good Adaptation Practices’, organized bythe World Research Institute, held in New Delhi, August 24-25, 2015.

Participated in a Workshop on ‘Urban Loss and Damage Assessment, Surat’, organized by TARU LeadingEdge Pvt. Limited andheld in Surat, September 4, 2015.

Delivered a lecture on “Effects of Climate Change on Surat” at the Department of Human ResourceDevelopment, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU), Surat, September 4, 2015.

Delivered two lectures on “Index Number” and “Human Development Indicators” at the CapacityDevelopment Workshop for DES Officers in ‘Statistical Methods and Analysis’, organized by and held atthe Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, September 23-25, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Loss and Damages from Climate Extremes in Odisha, India: Do Disaster Specificand Generic Adaptation Measures Matter?” at the National Seminar on ‘Climate Change, Agricultureand Food Security: Issues and Challenges’, organized by the Council of Social Action (COSA) and heldin Berhampur, October 19-20, 2015.

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Presented the third research report on “Will Climate Change Adaptation Enhance Farm Productivity? AStudy of Micro-Irrigation Systems (MIS) in Gujarat, India” (with P.K. Viswanathan) at the 31st SANDEEBiannual ‘Research and Training’ Workshop, organized by the South Asia Network for Development andEnvironment Economics (SANDEE), Kathmandu, and held in Kathmandu, Nepal, December 10-13, 2015.

Contributed a paper on “Adoption and Diffusion of Micro-irrigation Systems in Gujarat, Western India: DoInstitutions and Policies Matter?” (with P.K. Viswanathan) to the National Seminar on ‘Role of Public Policyin Development Process: Emerging Economic/ Social Scenario in the Indian Economy’, organized by andheld at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, January 4-5, 2016.

Presented a paper on “Flood-induced Economic Loss and Damage to the Textile Industry in Surat City,India” (with U. Rajasekar, A. Acharya and M. Patel) at the Eighth Indian Society for Ecological Economics(INSEE) Biennial Conference on ‘Urbanization and the Environment’, organized by and held at theDepartment of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, January 4-6, 2016.

Delivered a lecture on “Should Resource Efficient Technologies be Subsidized in Water Scarce Regions?A Study of Micro-Irrigation in Gujarat, Western India” (with P.K. Viswanathan) at the NabakrushnaChoudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar, February 2, 2016.

Participated in the Winter School in ‘Research Methods’, organized by the South Asia Networkfor Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE), Kathmandu, and held in Kathmandu, Nepal,February 29 - March 4, 2016.

Contributed a paper on “Techno-Economic and Social impacts of Water Saving Technologies inAgriculture: A Study of PINS/ MIS in Gujarat” (with P.K. Viswanathan) to the Workshop on ‘PressurizedIrrigation Network Systems (PINS)’, organized by and held at the Agro-Economic Research Centre (AERC),Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, March 10, 2016.

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Participated as an expert in the ICSSR sponsored Course on ‘Research Methodology for Ph.D. Scholarsin Social Sciences’, organized by and held at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research,Ahmedabad, April 25, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Dunking the Dust: Innovation Diffusion and Informality Challenges in a StoneCrushing Cluster, India”, at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of InternationalDevelopment (CASID), organized by CASID and held at the University of Ottawa, Canada, June 3-5, 2015.

Participated in the First Meeting of Experts on ‘Setting up of Indian Social Science Data Repository for theICSSR’s Data Service’, organized by and held at the INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, July 3, 2015.

Participated in a personal interaction with the Sub Committee for Empanelment of Scholars/Academicsin Economics as under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Chair Programme, organised byand held at the ICCR, New Delhi, July 17, 2015.

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Participated as a Member in the meeting of the Board of Studies, Centre for Studies in Economics andPlanning (CSEP), School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, July 20, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Handicrafts and Inclusive Innovation: Insights from a Terracotta Cluster inRural Rajasthan”, at the Second INDIALICS International Conference on ‘Systems of Innovation forInclusive Agriculture and Rural Development’, organised by and held at the Centre for DevelopmentEconomics and Innovation Studies (CDEIS), Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, July 28-29, 2015. Also,acted as a discussant in the technical session on ‘Agriculture Knowledge Generation and DisseminationSystem’.

Participated as a resource person in the 6th Annual International Conference on ‘Meeting Equity inClimate Change: Paris and the Post 2015 Agenda’, organized by and held at the Tata Institute of SocialSciences, Mumbai, July 31 – August 1, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Provisioning Drinking Water in Gujarat’s Tribal Areas: An Assessment”, at theRegional Seminar on ‘Issues and Development of Tribal Communities of Western India’, organised by andheld at the Tribal Research and Training Institute, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, August 9-10, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Evolution of the IT Industry in India: Issues and a Policy Critique” (with HastimalSagara) at the International Conference on ‘Empirical Research on Trade in Services’, organized by andheld at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, August 20-21, 2015.

Participated as a resource person in the Round Table Discussion on ‘O&M of Toilets in Municipal Schoolsof Ahmedabad’, organised by and held at the Urban Management Centre, Ahmedabad, September 2, 2015.

Participated as a Guest Member in the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on ‘Cottage and RuralPolicy Framework for Gujarat State’, organised by the Industrial Extension Cottage (iNDEXT-C),Government of Gujarat and held at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of lndia (EDI), Gandhinagar,September 18, 2015.

Addressed youth delegates on “Identity and Development” at the National Integration Camp organisedby the National Service Scheme (Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India) unit ofthe L.D. College of Engineering and held at the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Ahmedabad,September 26, 2015.

Made a presentation on “The Handicraft Sector: Policy Concerns” (with N. Lalitha) at the ConsultativeWorkshop on ‘Policy Challenges in the Handicrafts Sector in Gujarat’, organized by and held at theGujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, October 1, 2015.

Delivered a keynote address on “Issues in Inclusive Innovation: Pointers from Indian Rural CraftClusters” at the National Seminar on ‘Economic Development across Sectors: Understanding DevelopmentDiscourses’, organized by the Department of Economics, M.K. Bhavnagar University and held at theNatraj Research Centre & Training College, Bhavnagar, October 8-10, 2015.

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Participated as a Member in the Steering Committee Meeting on ‘Constructing India YouthDevelopment Index’ organized by and held at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development,Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, October 16, 2015.

As a Panelist made a presentation on “Opportunities and Challenges in STI in Rural Crafts” in thePanel Discussion on ‘Opportunities and Challenges in STI: Rural Perspective’ at theNational Conference on ‘Science,  Technology  and  Innovation  (STI)  in  Manufacturing’,  organized  by  theNational Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies and held at the India InternationalCentre, New Delhi, October 15, 2015.

Took a session on “Social Science Research in India: Crisis and Possibilities” at the ICSSR sponsoredTwo-Week Capacity Building Workshop for ‘Young Faculty in Social Sciences’, organised by and held atthe Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, October 26, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Policy Issues in Gujarat’s Handicraft Sector: Review and Suggestions” (withN. Lalitha) at the Meeting of the Task Force Committee organized by and held at the Gujarat StateHandloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation, Gandhinagar, October 29, 2015.

Participated as an Invitee in the International Conference on ‘India and Sustainability Standards:International Dialogues and Conference 2015’, organized by the Centre for Responsible Business andheld at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, November 18, 2015.

Participated in the National Conference on ‘World Toilet Day’ organized by the Sulabh Internationaland held at the Constitution Club, New Delhi, November 19, 2015.

Participated in the Review Meeting for the Policy for Cottage and Rural Industries in the State ofGujarat, organized by the Commissionerate of Cottage & Rural Industries, Government of Gujarat andheld at the Industries and Mines Department, Gandhinagar, November 21, 2015.

Delivered a Lecture on “Interrogating Inclusive Growth in India: Reforms and the Regions” at theTaoyaka 2015 HINDAS 5th Regular Seminar, organized by the Center for Contemporary India Studiesand held at the Faculty of Letters, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, December 12, 2015.

Participated as a resource person in the Pre-Budget Consultations on the Agriculture Sector withthe Finance Minister, organized by and held at the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry ofFinance, Government of India, North Block, New Delhi, January 4, 2016.

Presented a paper on “Artisan Clusters: Policy Relegated?” at the National Seminar on ‘Role of PublicPolicy in Development Process: Emerging Economic/Social Scenario in the Indian Economy’, organizedby and held at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, January 5, 2016.

Made a presentation on “Craft Sector and Exclusion: Posers for Learning, Innovation andSustainability” at the Panel Discussion on ‘Artisans and Entrepreneurship’ at the International Conferenceon ‘Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals’, organized by and held at the Centre

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for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, January 11-13, 2016. Also chaired the Panel Discussion on‘Skills and Entrepreneurship Development’.

Gave a seminar on “Limits to Inclusive Innovation: Artisan Clusters in Rural India”, organized by andheld at the Department of Applied and Analytical Economics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar,January 29, 2016.

Participated as a Resource Person and made a presentation on “GPNs, Corporates and PrecariousLabour: Unpacking the Interlinkages” at the Consultation on ‘National Policies and Practice Addressingthe Destination Needs of Inter-State Migrant Workers’, organized by and held at Aajeevika Bureau,Ahmedabad, February 18-19, 2016.

As a Resource Person took two sessions on “Review of Literature in Social Science Research” at the9th Research Methodology Workshop on ‘Commerce, Accountancy, Economics, Statistics and Management’for faculty members, organised by the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG), Education Department,Government of Gujarat and held at KCG, Ahmedabad, February 23, 2016.

As a Resource Person took two sessions on “Review of Literature in Social Science Research” and“Alternative Sources of Data in Social Science Research: Instances and Issues” at the ICSSR sponsoredWorkshop on ‘Research Methodology in Social Sciences’ for the university and college teachers,organised by and held at Gujarat Vidyapith, Randheja Campus, Gandhinagar, February 26, 2016.

Presented a paper on “Down the Low-Road: Precarious Labour in a Stone Crushing Cluster, Odisha” atthe National Seminar on ‘Dynamics on Rural Labour Relations in India’, organsised by the S.R. SankaranChair (Rural Labour) and held at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj(NIRD&PR), Hyderabad, March 10-12, 2016. Also, acted a Discussant for the session on ‘Dynamics ofRural Non-Farm Sector’.

Presented a paper on “Dunking the Dust: Innovation Diffusion and Informality in a Polluting Cluster,Odisha, India” and as a Panelist made a presentation on “Craft Sector and Exclusion: Posers for Learning,Innovation and Sustainability “ at the Panel on ‘Innovation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development:The Southern Perspective’, at the Third IndiaLICS International Conference on ‘Innovation andSustainable Development’, co-organized by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrumand RIS, New Delhi and held at CDS, Trivandrum, March 16-18, 2016. Also, co-chaired a session on ‘Innovation& Governance for Sustainable Development’.

Delivered the Valedictory Address at the ICSSR sponsored Research Methodology Workshop for‘Young Faculty in Social Sciences’ organized by and held at the School of International Studies, CentralUniversity of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, March 19, 2016.

Took two sessions on “Academic Publishing: Key Aspects” and “Social Science Research in India:Concerns and Possibilities” at the ICSSR sponsored National Level Capacity Building Programme for‘Social Science Faculty Members’, organised by and held at the Centre for Educational Studies, IndianInstitute of Education, Pune, March 20, 2016.

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Presented a paper on “Exclusivist Innovation: Linking Small Town Shoemakers in Karnataka to GlobalBuyers” at the National Seminar on ‘Small Producers under Liberalisation in India: Challenges ofSurvival’, organised by and held at the Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, March 28-29, 2016. Also, acted a Panelist at the Panel Discussion on ‘Small Producers under Neoliberal India: SurvivalChallenges and Policy Paradigm’; chaired/co-chaired two sessions; and was a discussant for two papers.

Amrita Ghatak

Presented a paper on “Environmental Regulations and Compliance in the Dyes Sector of Ahmedabad:F inal Report” at the ‘Research and Training’ Workshop organized by the South Asia Networkfor Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE) and held at Negombo, Sri Lanka, June 29 -July 4, 2015.

Delivered a lecture on “Industrial Organization and Environmental Regulations in Gujarat: A Case ofDyes Industry” at the Global Change Programme, organized by and held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata,July 8, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Environmental Regulations and Compliance: Are They Burden or Boon tothe Industry?” at the ‘Discussion Series’ organized by and held at the Gokhale Institute of Politicsand Economics, Pune, September 11, 2015.

Participated in the Book release Function cum National Seminar on the ‘Sixth Round of ResearchSurvey and Explorations in Economics’, organized by and held at the Indian Council of Social ScienceResearch, New Delhi, September 17-18, 2015.

Delivered a lecture on “Health Indicators, Socio-economic Outcomes of Health and Nutrition” at the Capacity Development Workshop for the DES Officers in ‘Statistical Methods and Analysis’, organizedjointly by GIDR and Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Gujarat and held atGIDR, Ahmedabad, September 23-25, 2015.

Contributed a paper on “Health in North-Eastern States of India: An Analysis of Economic Vulnerabilities”(with N. Lalitha) to the International Seminar on ‘Poverty, Inequality and Health in India withSpecial Reference to North-East India’ organized by and held at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong,October 8-10, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Occupational Health Risks among Workers in the Informal Sector in India”at the 57th Annual  Conference  of  the  Indian  Society  of  Labour  Economics, organized  by  the  CentralUniversity of Kashmir and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology and heldat Srinagar, October 10-12, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Environmental Regulations and Compliance: A Case of Textile Dyes Industryin Ahmedabad” at the 8th Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics(INSEE) organized  by  the  Department  of  Management  Studies,  Indian  Institute  of  Science,  Bengaluruand held at Bengaluru, January 4-6, 2016.

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Presented a paper on “Health and Economic Wellbeing of Workers in Selected Industries withSpecial Emphasis on North-East India” at the ‘Discussion Series’ organized by and held at the Institutefor Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, January 8, 2016.

Participated in the International Conference on ‘Education as a Driver for Sustainable Economic Goals’organized by and held at the Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, January 11-13, 2016.

N. Lalitha

Participated in the online discussions as the nominated expert member by the Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change on ‘Socio Economic Considerations for Cartagena Protocol’, convened bythe Biosafety Clearing House, India and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity,Montreal, Canada, April-May, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Cotton Contract Farming under Voluntary Labeling in India” at the Workshopof the Sub-group on Agricultural Marketing of the Commission on the ‘Inclusive and SustainableAgricultural Development of Andhra Pradesh’, held at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic andSocial Research, Ahmedabad, May 15, 2015.

Participated in the International Consultative Workshop on ‘Assessing and Prioritizing Needs for theOccupational Health Infrastructure’, jointly organized by the Department of Social Work, JamiaMillia Islamia, New Delhi, and Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Universityof Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and held at the Department of Social Work, JamiaMillia Islamia, New Delhi, July 6-7 2015.

Participated in the Occupational Health Day discussions at the Indian Institute of Public Health,Gandhinagar, July 9, 2015.

Made presentations on the proposal “Gujarat Industrial Research Analysis Cell” at the IndustriesCommissionerate, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, April 1, June 6 and August 5, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Handicraft Sector in Gujarat: Policy Concerns” (with Keshab Das) at theConsultative Workshop on ‘Gujarat’s Handicraft Sector’, organized by and held at Gujarat Instituteof Development Research, Ahmedabad, October 1, 2015.

Contributed a paper on “Health in North Eastern States: An Analysis of Economic Vulnerabilities”(with Amrita Ghatak), for a National Seminar on ‘Poverty, Inequality and Health in India-with SpecialReference to North East India’, organized by the Department of Economics, North Eastern HillUniversity, Shillong and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and held at the North Eastern Hill University,Shillong, October 8-10, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Occupational Health Risks among Workers in Informal Sector in India” (withAmrita Ghatak) at the 57th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, organisedby the Department of Economics, Central University of Kashmir in collaboration with the Division

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of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, and Rajiv Gandhi Chair, Sher e Kashmir University ofAgricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Srinagar and held at Srinagar, October 10-12, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Policy Issues on Gujarat’s Handicraft Sector: Reviews and Suggestions” inthe review meeting on policy for the handicraft sector organized by and held at Gujarat State Handloomand Handicrafts Development Corporation, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, October 29, 2015. Also participatedin the meetings to discuss the policy on December 1, 2015 and January 28, 2016.

Participated in the Consultative Meeting on ‘Understanding the Impacts of Sustainability Standards:Toward Improved Research Engagement and Developing a Collaborative Research Agenda’, organizedby ISEAL Alliance and held at NVOC Centre, London, November 2-3, 2015.

Lectured on “Socio Economic Impact of Intellectual Property Rights: Evidence from Pharmaceuticaland Handicraft Sectors of India” for the students of Economics in the International Program ofThammasat University, Bangkok, January 22, 2016.

Presented a paper on “GIs as a Tool for Rural Development: Issues of Governance” (with SowmyaVinayan) at the National Seminar on ‘The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance’ organized byand held at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad, February 3-4, 2016.

Shared f indings of the Baseline Report on “Status of Fair Trade Cotton in India in the NAPP(Network of Asia Pacific Producers)”, Cotton Network Meeting organized by Fair Trade Internationaland held at Hotel Plus O2, Indore, February 15-16, 2016.

Delivered a lecture on “Quantitative Participatory Assessment” at the Workshop on ‘Research Methodologyin Social Sciences’, organised by and held at Gujarat Vidyapith, Randheja Campus, Gandhinagar,February 24, 2016.

Shared the preliminary findings of the study on “India’s Social Science Research Publications froman International Perspective” (with Amrita Ghatak) at the meeting organized by the Indian Council ofSocial Science Research (ICSSR) to discuss the Status of Social Science Research in India and held atICSSR, New Delhi, February 26, 2016.

Rudra Narayan Mishra

Took three classes on “Statistical Inference: Point and Interval Estimates”, “Parametric and Non ParametricTests” and “Hands on Training on Use of SPSS for Data Analysis” for participants of the ‘ResearchMethodology Course for Ph.D. Scholars in Social Sciences’, organised by and held at the Sardar PatelInstitute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, April 16-25, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Health Training Programme for Adolescent Girls: Some Lessons from India’sNGO Initiative” (with Leela Visaria) at the 3rd Asian Population Association Conference, organized by theAsian Population Association, Bangkok and held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 27-30, 2015.

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Presented a paper on “Poverty, Health and Undernutrition in Gujarat: Has Growth and Social SectorInterventions Brought Disparity Down?” (with William Joe and Balakrushna Padhi) at the National Seminaron ‘Population, Health & Inclusive Development’, organised jointly by the International Institute ofPopulation Sciences, Mumbai and Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar and held at the IndianInstitute of Management, Ahmedabad, February 25-27, 2015.

Took two classes on “Types of Statistical Distributions” and “Application of Multivariate RegressionModels in Social Science Research” at the Capacity Development Workshop for the DES Officers in‘Statistical Methods and Analysis’, organized jointly by GIDR and Directorate of Economics and Statistics,Government of Gujarat and held at GIDR, Ahmedabad, September 23-25, 2015.

Tara S. Nair

‘Patterns of Financial Behaviour among Rural Households: Evidence and Insights from Maharashtra’,Seminar presented at Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, April 6, 2015.

Lectured on “Inter-disciplinary Research: Some Reflections” to the participants of the ICSSR-sponsored‘Research Methodology Course for Ph.D. Scholars in Social Sciences’, organised by and held at the SardarPatel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, April 23, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Patterns of Financial Behaviour among Rural Households: Evidence andInsights from Maharashtra”, at the Workshop on ‘Financial Inclusion’, organised by the MaharashtraState Rural Livelihoods Mission (MSRLM) and held at Cidco Bhavan, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai,April 27, 2015.

Lectured on “Philosophies of Research” and “Research Writing” to the faculty participants of the RefresherCourse in Management Education, organised by and held at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, April 30, 2015.

Lectured on “Health, Livelihoods and Economic Development”, at the Summer Institute on GlobalHealth and Development, co-organised by the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar and theCollege of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and held at IIT Gandhinagar, May 25, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Ways of Improving India’s Pulses Sector for Nutritional Security”, at theWorkshop on ‘Import Dependence and Food and Nutritional Security Implications: A Case Study ofPulses in India’, organised by and held at TERI, New Delhi, July 10, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Policy Initiatives for Promotion of Industry and Exports: Review of GujaratExperience”, at the Final Project Dissemination Seminar on ‘State-level Exports, Competitivenessand Trade Promotion Policies: The Indian Case Study’, organised by the Department of Economics,Jadavpur University, Kolkata and held at the Gateway Hotel, Kolkata, July 23, 2015.

Lectured on “Unconventional Sources of Data for Social Science Research” at the ICSSR-sponsored‘Research Methodology Course’, organised by and held at the Centre for Studies in Society andDevelopment, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, August 10, 2015.

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Lectured on “Gender and Economics” at the Refresher Training for Senior Executives of AIR Stationsacross States, organised by and held at the Regional Training Institute (Programme), All India Radio,Ahmedabad, October 7, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Changes in Rural Indebtedness in India over 2002-12: Insights from the Debtand Investment Surveys”, at the National Seminar on ‘Economic Development Across Sectors:Understanding Development Discourses’, organised by the Department of Economics, MaharajaKrishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University and held at Natraj Research Centre & Training College,Bhavnagar, October 9, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Corporatization of Media: Challenges and Opportunities” during thepanel discussion as part of the Workshop on ‘Media, Profit and Policy in a Global Context: A Dialoguewith Robert G. Picard’, organised by and held at the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad(MICA), October 15, 2015.

Lectured on “Research Design” and “Approaches to Research” to the participants of the ‘StudyAbroad Programme’, organised by and held at the School for International Training (SIT), Jaipur,October 20-21, 2015.

Conducted a Workshop on “Writing Research Proposal” at the ICSSR-sponsored ‘Capacity BuildingProgramme for Social Science Faculty Members Research Methodology Course’, organised by andheld at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Research, Chandigarh, December 4-5, 2015.

Delivered the Prof. M.P. Bhatt Memorial Lecture on “Social Science Research: Beyond ConventionalSources of Evidence”, at Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, January 23, 2016.

Made a presentation on “Globalisation and Marginalisation”, at the panel discussion organised by andheld at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, February 9, 2016.

Made a presentation on “Making Microfinance an Effective Tool for Development” as a panelist atthe Workshop on ‘Impact of Micro Finance on the Poor in South Asia’, organised by and held at theIndian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, February 11, 2016.

Made a presentation on “Evaluation the Impact of Microfinance in India: Approaches, Outcomes,Challenges” (with Kalpana K.) at the ‘Special Spark Session’ organised by and held at IFMR Trust,Chennai, February 12, 2016.

Lectured on “Social Science Research Methods and Design” at the ‘Research Methodology Course’organised by and held at the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Department of Education, Government ofGujarat, Ahmedabad, February 23, 2016.

Made a theme presentation on “Capturing Financial Inclusion: Extant Measures and Gaps” at the StakeholderMeet organised by NABARD Regional Office, Trivandrum, March 3, 2016.

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Lectured on “Mixed Methods Research” at the ICSSR-sponsored ‘Research Methodology Workshop’organised by and held at the School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar,March 15, 2016.

Delivered a special lecture on “Interdisciplinarity in Social Science Research” at the ICSSR-sponsored‘Training Programme on Research Methodology in Social Sciences’ organised by and held at the Centrefor Social Studies, Surat, March 16, 2016.

Lectured on “Academic Writing” and “Structure of Research Papers” at the ICSSR sponsored ‘CapacityBuilding Programme for Social Science Faculty Members’, organised by and held at the Centre forEducational Studies, Indian Institute of Education, Pune, March 20, 2016.

Presented a paper on “‘Aggregating’ Small Producers for Collective Efficiency: Case Study of a SmallFarmer Producers Company in India”, at the National Seminar on ‘Small Producers under Liberalisationin India: Challenges of Survival’, organised by and held at the Institute of Development Studies,Jaipur, March 28-29, 2016.

R. Parthasarathy

Participated in the IWMI-Tata III: 2015 Planning Workshop on ‘Ecosystem Perspective on Land, WaterLivestock and Livelihoods’ and spoke on “Development Policy Innovations in Gujarat”, organized bythe IWMI-TATA Water Policy Program and held at Anand, April 2-3, 2015.

Delivered a Keynote Address at the All India Seminar on ‘Participatory Irrigation Management:Promises and Problems’, organized by and held at the Institution of Engineers (India), Gujarat StateCentre, Ahmedabad, April 17-18, 2015.

Attended a Workshop on ‘Water, Land and Ecosystems’ organised by the Gujarat Energy Resources andManagement Institute (GERMI) and held at Gandhinagar, May 8, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Future Challenges of Asian Cities” at the Round Table ‘Human Flourishing inAsian Cities: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective’ at the 9th International Convention of Asia Scholars,Adelaide, Australia, July 5-9, 2015.

Served as a Discussant at the International Conference on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Developmentin India: Learning from International Experiences and Devising Future Strategies’, jointly organizedby the Institute for Human Development in collaboration with NITI Aayog and University of Floridaand held in New Delhi, August 1-3, 2015.

Made a presentation on “Vulnerability and Adaptation: The Case of a Coastal Era” at the InternationalConference on ‘Scaling up Good Adaptation Practices in the Rainfed Regions’, jointly organised byWorld Resources Institute and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and held inNew Delhi, August 24-25, 2015.

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Presenteda paper on “Looking beyond the Tariff Regime: An Assessment of the Trends and Prospectsof Water Tariff based Regulatory Interventions in Gujarat” (with P.K. Viswanathan), at theNational Consultation on ‘Water Tariff Regulations: Policy, Implementation, and Alternatives’, organisedby and held at YASHADA, Pune, September 10, 2015.

Served as a Resource Person for the discussion on Research Programme on the ‘Kaveri Basin CulturalGeography/Landscape’ held at the CARE School, Trichy, October 2-3, 2015.

Delivered a public lecture on “Trichy: A Smart City”, organised by the Architects Association of Indiaand CARE School of Architecture, Trichy, October 2, 2015.

Participated in the Brainstorming Session on ‘Planning Education at the Institute of Architecture’at the Nirma University, Ahmedabad, October 29, 2015.

Participated in the National Workshop on ‘Cash Transfers for Children’, organised by NITI Aayog andUNICEF and held in New Delhi, December 8-9, 2015.

Delivered a Keynote Address titled “Land and Water Management in India: Overview, EmergingChallenges and Possible Pathways” at the National Workshop on ‘Community Managed WaterResources Development for Enhancing Livelihood’, jointly organised by the Water ManagementForum, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSPI) and Development Support Centre (DSC) andheld at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad, December 15-16, 2015.

Chaired a session on ‘Issues in Agriculture and Allied Sectors: National Perspective’ at the NationalSeminar on ‘Role of Public Policy in Development Process (Emerging Economic / Social Scenarioin the Indian Economy)’, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad,January 4-5, 2016.

With the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) jointly organised an International Conference on‘Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals’ at CEE, Ahmedabad, January 11-13, 2016.

Made a presentation at the SMART Villages – Stake Owner’s Meet at Habitat Conclave - Sustainableand Smart Cities, organized by the Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA),February 20, 2016, Ahmedabad.

Presented a paper on “State of Social Science Research in India: An Overview of InternationalCollaborations and Research” (with P.K. Viswanathan and Madhusudan Bandi) at the Research ProjectMeeting held at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, February 26, 2016.

Participated in the Regional Exchange on ‘Urban Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: The UPPRExperience’, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 20-21, 2016.

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Jharna Pathak

Delivered four lectures on “Introduction to Statistics and its Application” (with R. Parthasarathy),“Methods of Sampling, Measures of Central Value and Dispersion”, “Hands on Training on SPSS”and “Trend and Pattern of Agriculture: Employment and Income” (with Itishree Pattnaik) at theCapacity Development Workshop for Department of Economics and Statistics Officers in ‘StatisticalMethods and Analysis’, organized by and held at GIDR, September 23-25, 2015. Also, designed andcoordinated the event.

Taught a course on “Economics and Development” to the Post Graduate students of the Departmentof Mass Communication and Journalism, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, October 12-December 28, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Participation in Fishing Cooperatives and Its Impact on Income: The Case ofan Inland Fishing Cooperative in Madhya Pradesh” at the National Seminar on ‘Status of HumanDevelopment in Gujarat’, organized by and held at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and SocialResearch, Ahmedabad, November 2, 2015.

Participated as a resource person in the Workshop on ‘Fiscal Policy Space for Children’, organizedby UNICEF, Gandhinagar and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and held atIIM, Ahmedabad, November 25, 2015.

Taught a course on “Research Methods” to the MPhil students of the Department of Mass Communicationand Journalism, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, February 1 - March 30, 2016.

Taught a course on “Indian Society and Development” to the Post Graduate students of the Departmentof Mass Communication and Journalism, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, February 4 - March 24, 2016.

Delivered three lectures on “Univariate and Bivariate Distribution”, “Analysis of Variance and Covariance”and “Multivariate Regression” at the Training Programme on ‘Research Methodology’, organized byand held at the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, February 11-20, 2016.

Itishree Pattnaik

Participated in the Annual Meeting on the project on ‘Farmers of the Future: The Challenges ofFeminised Agriculture in India’ at the Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific,Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, August 7-11, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Tracking Women in Agriculture in India: Exploring Recent Census Data” atthe Symposium on ‘The Great Transformation in South Asia: Feminisation of Agriculture and ItsImplications for Food Security’ at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University,Canberra, Australia, August 12, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Women Farmers for Ensuring Food Security in India” at the InternationalDAAD Alumni Seminar on ‘Enhancing Food and Income Security along Agricultural Commodity Chains’,organised by and held at the University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany, September 8-15, 2015.

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Took two sessions on “Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis” and “Trend and Pattern ofAgriculture: Employment and Income” (with Jharna Pathak) at the Capacity Development Workshopfor ‘Department of Economics and Statistics (DES) Officers in Statistical Methods and Analysis’,organized by and held at GIDR, Ahmedabad, September 23, 2015.

Acted a Panelist and presented a paper on “Education and Awareness for Women Land Rights” at theCEE-GIDR Workshop on ‘Education as a Driver toward Poverty Alleviation, Sustainable EconomicGrowth, and Reducing Inequality’ as part of the International Conference on ‘Education as a Driverfor Sustainable Development Goals’, organised by and held at the Centre for Environment Education,Ahmedabad, January 11, 2016.

Acted as a Panelist and presented a paper on “Feminization of Indian Agriculture: Status of WomenFarmers” at the National Convention of Women Farmers, organized by the Mahila Kisan AdhikaarManch (MAKAAM) and the Department of Agriculture of Government of Andhra Pradesh, andheld at Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, March 17-19, 2016.

P.K. Viswanathan

Attended the Workshop for National Level Monitors (NLMs) organised by the Ministry of RuralDevelopment (Monitoring and Evaluation Division) and held at the NASC Complex, IARI, New Delhi,May 20-21, 2015.

Attended TISS Climate Conference on ‘Meeting Equity in Climate Change: Paris and the Post 2020Agenda’, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, July 31 – August 1, 2015.

Taught a core course paper on “Environmental Management and Sustainable Development” to theMBA programme at the Amrita School of Business, Amrita University, Cochin, July 1-5, 2015 andAugust 19–24, 2015.

Attended the workshop on ‘Water Conflicts in India: Legal and Institutional Framework for ConflictPrevention and Resolution’, organised by Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, NationalLaw University, Delhi National Green Tribunal, Delhi Environment Law Research Society, Delhi,September 6-7, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Looking beyond the Tariff Regime: An Assessment of the Trends and Prospectsof Water Tariff based Regulatory Interventions in Gujarat” (with R. Parthasarathy), at the NationalConsultation on ‘Water Tariff Regulations: Policy, Implementation, and Alternatives’, YASHADA,Pune, September 10, 2015.

Delivered two lectures on “Regression and Multivariate Analysis”, and “Land, Water and CoastalResources and Livelihoods in Gujarat: Data and Analysis” at the Building Capacity of the TechnicalCadre of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics in Statistical Methods and Analysis, jointlyorganised by the Department of Economics and Statistics, Government of Gujarat and the UNICEF,Gandhinagar and held at GIDR Ahmedabad, September 23-25, 2015.

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Delivered four lectures on “Analysis of Livelihoods” and a lecture on “Data Analysis” for Masters’Students at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, November 23, 2015 and November 27, 2015.

Presented a paper on “Adoption and Diffusion of Micro-Irrigation Systems in Gujarat: Do Institutionsand Policies Matter?’ (with Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati), at the National Seminar on ‘Role of PublicPolicy in Development Process (Emerging Economic/ Social Scenario in the Indian Economy)’, SardarPatel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, January 4-5, 2016.

Attended the International Conference on ‘Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals’,Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad, January 11-13, 2016.

Acted as a Moderator at the Asthra 2016 – International Symposium on ‘Green Energy for a SustainableFuture’, Amrita School of Business, Kochi, January 22, 2016.

Submitted a paper on “Water Security Challenges of South and South East Asia: MainstreamingLocal Governance Institutions”, to the CLGF-IIM Calcutta Colloquium on ‘Localising Global Values: What theSDGs Mean for Local Governments in South Asia’, organised by and held at the Management Centre forHuman Values, IIM Calcutta, January 28-29, 2016.

Delivered a lecture on “Should Resource Eff icient Technologies be Subsidized in Water ScarceRegions? A Study of Micro-Irrigation in Gujarat, Western India” (with Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati) atthe Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS), Bhubaneswar, February 2, 2016.

Presented a paper on “State of Social Science Research in India: An Overview of InternationalCollaborations and Research” (with R. Parthasarathy and Madhusudan Bandi), at the Research ProjectMeeting at the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, February 26, 2016.

Presented a paper on “Techno-Economic and Social Impacts of Water Saving Technologies inAgriculture: A Study of PINS/MIS in Gujarat” (with Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati), at the Workshop on‘Pressurized Irrigation Network Systems (PINS)’ Agro Economic Research Centre, Vallabh Vidyanagar,Anand, March 10, 2016.

Delivered two lectures on “Data Collection Techniques: Participant Observation, Non-ParticipantObservation, Focus Group Discussion, Survey and Interviews” and “Selection of Research Sampleand Sampling Techniques” at the ICSSR sponsored ‘Ten-Day Research Methodology Workshop forPh.D. Scholars in Social Sciences’, organized by and held at the Central University of Gujarat,Gandhinagar, March 10-19, 2016.

Presented a paper on “Compatibility of Policy and Institutional Regimes for Rubber PlantationDevelopment in Diverse Social and Agro-Ecological Environments in India”, at the Third INDIALICSInternational Conference on Innovation and Sustainable Development, Centre for Development Studies,Trivandrum, March 16-18, 2016. Also, chaired a session on ‘Plantation Agriculture’.

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6 Representation in Professional Bodies, Fellowships andRecognition

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Economics and Management Sciences

Member, South Asia Network for Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE)

Peer Reviewer/Academic Referee: Professional Journals (Ecological Economics; Climate and Development;Water Policy; International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction; and Journal of Economics and ManagementSciences).

At GIDR: Co-coordinator, Faculty Meetings.

Keshab Das

ICSSR Observer for the Research Methodology Workshop for PhD Students in Social Sciences,organised by and held at the School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar,March 10-19, 2016.

Member, Steering Committee, Construction of India Youth Development Index, Rajiv Gandhi NationalInstitute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.

Member, Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRAN), Secunderabad.

Member, Sub-Committee on “Diversification, Food Processing and Non-Farm, Cluster Approach” of theCommission on Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture Development of Andhra Pradesh, Government ofAndhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) for Research Programme on Socio-Economic Issues ofEnvironment (RPSE), Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi.

Member, Board of Studies, Centre for Studies in Economics and Planning, School of Social Sciences, CentralUniversity of Gujarat, Gandhinagar (February 2014 to January 2017).

Member, Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, Pune.

Member, National Peoples Committee on Peoples University.

Life Fellow, Indian Academy of Social Sciences.

Member, Scientific Committee of the journal Innovation and Development, Routledge.

Member, Scientif ic Committee, Indian Centre for Economic Research (ICER) at the Institute ofInterdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IISHSS), New York.

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Member, Environment and Development Forum, a wing of Media for Sustainable Development, Centre forEnvironment Education.

Member, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva.

Member, CapNetIndia (A network to build capacity for integrated water resources management in India).

Member, South Asia Network for Development and Environment Economics, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Member, Programme Executive Committee, Water Resources Research Foundation, Ahmedabad.

Member, Solution Exchange for the Water and Environmental Sanitation Network in India, UNDP,New Delhi.

Member, Advisory Body, Solution Exchange for the Work and Employment Community, UNDP, New Delhi.

Empanelled as ICCR Chair Professor in Economics, 2015-16, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministry ofCulture, Government of India.

Peer Reviewer/Academic Referee: Professional Journals (Singapore Economic Review; Economic andPolitical Weekly; World Development; Indian Journal of Labour Economics; and Asian Journal of Innovationand Policy); Academic Publishers (Springer and Oxford University Press); and Academic Organisations(Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi; and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore).

At GIDR: Staff Representative, Governing Body; Member, Purchase Committee; Member, Administrationand Finance Committee; and Member, Board of Trustees of GIDR Employees Gratuity Trust.

Amrita Ghatak

Member, Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE).

Life Member, Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE).

Served as external examiner/paper setter for PG examination of St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore.

Peer Reviewer/Academic Referee: Professional Journals (Vidyasagar University Journal of Economics andJournal of Social and Economic Development).

At GIDR: Coordinator, Discussion Series; and Co-coordinator GIDR Website Committee.

N. Lalitha

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Intellectual Property Rights.

Guiding two PhD students registered with CEPT and IGNOU.

Member, Research Progress Committee, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

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Life Member, Indian Society for Ecological Economics.

Life Member, Indian Health Economics and Policy Association.

Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics.

Selected to visit Thailand under the exchange of scholars of the ICSSR-NRCT Bilateral Programme forthe year 2015.

Served as a resource person for the Research Clinic for Economics and Finance Area as part of the AnveshAnnual Research Conference, organized by and held at the Institute of Management, Nirma University,Ahmedabad.

Served on the interview panel for the selection of candidate for various posts in the Cost of CultivationScheme, Agro Economic Research Centre, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Anand.

Served on the interview screening committee for the selection of faculty at Mahatma Gandhi LabourInstitute, Ahmedabad.

Peer Reviewer/Academic Referee: Professional Journals (Journal of Intellectual Property Rights;Millennial Asia; Journal of Land and Rural Studies; TNC Journal; Asian Biotechnology Development Review;Palgrave Communications; and Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics); and Academic Organisations(Sardar Patel Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ahmedabad and Centre for Economic and SocialStudies, Hyderabad).

At GIDR: Coordinator, IGNOU’s PhD Programme (since February 2014); Member, Computer Committee;Co-coordinator, GIDR Website Committee; and Member, Purchase Committee.

Tara S. Nair

Member, International Association for Feminist Economists (IAFE).

Chair, Board of Trustees, PRAYAS, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (until July 31, 2015).

Independent Director, Agora Microfinance India Limited, Mumbai (until September 30, 2015).

Member (non-voting), Dissertation Committee, Faculty of the Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.

Member, Student Advisory Committee (SAC) for doctoral student, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

Peer Reviewer/Academic Referee: Academic Publishers (Oxford University Press; Sage Publications andRoutledge).

At GIDR: Coordinator, Policy Brief Series; and President, Employees Complaints Committee.

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R. Parthasarathy

Member, Coastal Mission under Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, NewDelhi since March 2016.

National Expert, EIA / SIA for Kalpasar Development, Kalpasar (Sweet Water Lake in the Arabian Sea)Department, Government of Gujarat since November, 2007.

Member, Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, MHRD, Government of India sinceSeptember 2015.

Chairman, Expert Committee to Review SIA for Ahmedabad Metro, Government of Gujarat sinceSeptember 2015.

President, Governing Board, Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT), Bhuj, Kachcch since January2004.

Member, Academic Area Committee in Economics and Finance, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

Member, Adhoc Joint Board of Studies in Planning, Nirma University, Ahmedabad since December 2015.

Member, Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Bhuj, Kachchh since June 2011.

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Public Works Management & Policy, University of Southern California,Los Angeles, CA 90089 since 2011.

Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Amity Journal of Economics, Amity University, Noida.

Member, Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE).

Life Member, Indian Society for Ecological Economics.

Guided three Ph.D. students of the CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

Jharna Pathak

Acted as referee for the SAWA journal.

Expert, Committee Group to Review the ‘Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Report’ of Ahmedabad MetroProject - Phase-I.

Member, Board of Trustees, Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group, Ahmedabad.

At GIDR: Co-coordinator, Library Committee; Co-coordinator, GIDR Website Committee; and Member,Purchase Committee.

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Member, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists.

Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan.

Member, Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), Switzerland.

External Expert, Research Advisory Committee, Department of Economics, Tripura University, Agartala.

Member, Student Advisory Committee, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.

External Examiner for PhD: Cochin University of Science & Technology; University of Calicut; University ofHyderabad; and Central University of Gujarat.

External Examiner for M.Phil: University of Hyderabad; and Central University of Gujarat.

Peer Reviewer/Academic Referee: Professional Journals (Journal of Gender Studies; Water Policy; CommunityDevelopment; and European Journal of Development Research).

At GIDR: Coordinator, Working Paper Series and Occasional Paper Series.

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7 Research Support ServicesLibrary

GIDR library is one of the leading professional research and reference libraries in the city with a largecollection of books, journals, government documents and publications of other social science institutions.GIDR library helps to the institute’s research activities. The library is also open to research scholars fromoutside for reference work. Visitors are requested to bring an official letter from their librarian.

Besides books on various social science subjects, the library has a rich collection of statistical publicationsincluding a complete collection of the reports of India’s National Sample Survey Organisation. In addition,it has Population and Economic Census, Agricultural Statistics, Industrial Statistics, National Accounts Statistics,Statistical Abstracts, Budget Documents and other government reports. A fairly comprehensive collectionof statistics on Gujarat state is also available, some of which date back to 1960s.

At present the library had a collection of 3495 bound volumes and 22283 books selectively chosen forreading and reference which include reports, books, reference materials conference proceedings andstatistical publications in the social sciences containing statistical information on India. The subjects coveredinclude industry, employment and labour studies, ecology and environment, forestry, health and socialwelfare, women studies, population studies, social sector, infrastructure, finance, banking, land andagriculture studies, water and natural resources, economics, economic development and planning.The library has a good collection of micro materials which include working papers, occasional papers,and research reports from national and international organizations of repute. About 64 printed nationaland international periodicals are subscribed and 22 journals received on exchange and as gift. A totalnumber of 105 publications were added to the collection during this year. The publications include 59 bookspurchased and 46 books and reports received as gift. It also subscribes 9 daily newspapers. The library’selectronic resources include online database like IndiaStat, JSTOR and EBSCO-Econlit with Full text. Allthe library functions are fully automated using the user-friendly library management software LIBSYSand CDS/ISIS. Bibliographic details of library holdings are accessible through Online Public Access Catalogue(OPAC) from the library computers. The following services are also provided to the users: i. Accessingnewspaper clippings; ii. Inter-library loan; iii. Database/article search; iv. Current Awareness Service (CAS);and v. New arrival list. The expenditure incurred during 2015-16 for books was Rs. 43958 and for thesubscription of journals Rs. 128949.

Computer Centre

The Institute has a state-of-the-art computer centre with 53 no’s of client computers hooked through a LocalArea Network using Windows 2012 R2 Domain Server. A last-mile RF connectivity with 5 Mbps (1:1) Bandwidthproviding continuous internet access facility has been in place. We have a set of high-speed Dual Side LaserJet Network Printers for production of quality outputs to support our system. It is also equipped with anUninterrupted Power Supply Unit with battery backup for all computer systems. The centre has the capacityto handle large-scale field survey based on data and data from sources like Census, National Sample Surveys,and National Account Statistics etc. Recently the computer centre has been renovated entirely with modernequipment creating facility for training programs and seating arrangements for about 20 users.

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8 Expenditure and Sources of Funding

The total expenditure of the Institute during 2015-16 was Rs. 424.62 lakh, which was higherthan that of the previous year 2014-15 (Rs. 393.26 lakh). During the same period, thecore expenditure increased from Rs. 284.76 lakh to Rs. 298.07 lakh. The project expenditureincreased from Rs. 108.50 lakh in 2014-15 to Rs. 126.55 lakh in 2015-16. The following Tablepresents only a summary of the audited accounts.

Total Expenditure of GIDR, 2014-15 and 2015-16(Rs. In lakh)

Category Core Project Total

Year 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16

Recurring Expenditure 278.47* 297.98 106.78 125.88 385.25 423.86

Non-recurring Expenditure 6.29 0.09 1.72 0.67 8.01 0.76

Total 284.76 298.07 108.50 126.55 393.26 424.62

* Recurring Expenditure changed from Rs. 229.38 lakh (as reported in Annual Report 2014-15) toRs. 278.47 lakh due to regrouping of accounting heads, as adopted in the current year, i.e., 2015-16.

Similarly, for the year 2014-15 the total Recurring Expenditure changed from Rs. 226.16 lakh toRs. 385.25 lakh and Total Expenditure changed from Rs. 336.16 lakh to Rs. 385.25 lakh.Total expenditure (Core + Project) changed from Rs. 344.17 lakh to Rs. 393.26 lakh.

Endowment Fund

The Endowment Fund of the Institute increased from Rs.188.12 lakh as on March 31, 2015 toRs. 191.58 lakh as on March 31, 2016. This increase is from the contribution of faculty membersfrom consultancy assignments that they undertook during the year and membership (life andpatron) fees.

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Annexure 1: Institutional Research Projects and Consulting Assignments

Completed Projects

Title Sponsor(s) Researcher(s)

N. Lalitha (with researchers fromthe Natural Resources Institute,Greenwich University, UK; Centrefor Economic and Social Studies,Hyderabad; and Pragmatix,Haryana)

Rudra Narayan Mishraand Jharna Pathak

Keshab Das

Keshab Das andN. Lalitha

P. K. Viswanathan

Tara S. Nair

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati

Amrita Ghatak

Early Impacts of the BetterCotton Initiative on SmallholderCotton Producers in KurnoolDistrict, India

Evaluation of IntegratedDairy Development Programmein 43 Tribal Talukas of Gujarat

Innovations for Sustainabilityamong Micro and SmallEnterprises: Case Studiesin India

Policy-oriented EvaluativeResearch Study on theHandicraft Sector in the Ruraland Cottage Industry ofGujarat

Peasant Migration and PlantationDevelopment in Kerala: Changesin the Local Economy, Societyand the Agrarian Landscape inthe Erstwhile Malabar Region

Human Development Manualfor Gujarat

District-Level Estimation ofDevelopment Indicators for theState, Gujarat

Environmental Regulations andCompliance in the Textile DyesSector of Gujarat, India

Natural Resource Institute,Greenwich University,UK

Development and SupportAgency (D-SAG), TribalDepartment Department,Government of Gujarat,Gandhinagar

Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada(Collaborative study based at theUniversity of Guelph, Ontario)

Industrial Extension Cottage(INDEXT-C), CommissionerateofCottage and Rural Industries,Government of Gujarat,Gandhinagar

National Research Programmeon Plantation Development(NRPPD), Centre forDevelopment Studies,Trivandrum, Kerala

Gujarat State InfrastructureDevelopment Board, Governmentof Gujarat

Indian Council of Social ScienceResearch, New Delhi

South Asia Network ofDevelopment and EnvironmentEconomics (SANDEE)

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Completed Projects contd...

Title Sponsor(s) Researcher(s)

Rudra Narayan Mishra andGani Memon

N. Lalitha

National Level Monitoring ofRural Development ProgrammesSponsored by Ministry of RuralDevelopment, Government ofIndia in Districts of Damoh, Sagarand Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh

Creating Viable Markets throughUse of Geographical Indications:What Can India Learn fromThailand

Ministry of Rural Development,Government of India

ICSSR under the NRCT BilateralProgramme

Projects in Progress

Title Sponsor(s) Researcher(s)

Kuntala Lahiri Dutt andItishree Pattnaik

Itishree Pattnaik and KuntalaLahiri Dutt

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati andP. K. Viswanathan

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati,Sangam Shrestha,Atikul Islam andAntonio P. Abamo

Bharat Ramaswami,Milind Murugkar,N. Lalitha andCarl E. Pray

N. Lalitha

Rudra Narayan Mishra andTanishtha Samanta

Farmers of the Future: TheChallenges of FeminisedAgriculture in India

Feminised Agriculture in India:Challenges and Potential

Will Climate Change AdaptationEnhance Farm Productivity? AStudy of Micro-Irrigation Systems(MIS) in Gujarat, India

Addressing Non-Economic Lossesand Damages Associated withClimate Change: Learning fromthe Recent Past Extreme ClimaticEvents for Future Planning

Agricultural BiotechnologyDebates in the Rural and in theUrban: Media and theMobilization of Opinion

Developing Guidelines andMethodologies for Socio-Economic Assessment of LMOs

Inter-generational Relations inHouseholds with Elderly: A Studyof Ahmedabad District, Gujarat

Australian National University,Australia

Indian Council of Social ScienceResearch, New Delhi.

South Asia Network forDevelopment and EnvironmentEconomics (SANDEE), Kathmandu,Nepal

Asia Pacific Network for GlobalChange Research, Kobe, Japan(through Institute for GlobalEnvironmental Strategies,Japan)

Templeton Foundation(through Pragati Abhiyan,Nashik)

Research and Information Systemfor the Developing Countries,New Delhi

Indian Institute of Technology,Gandhinagar

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Projects in Progress contd...

Title Sponsor(s) Researcher(s)

Keshab Das andTara S. Nair

Keshab Das

P.K. Viswanathan,R. Parthasarathy andMadhusudhan Bandi

N. Lalitha andAmrita Ghatak

Keshab Das

Rudra Narayan Mishra

P K Viswanathan,Jharna Pathak andMadhusudan Bandi

Indian Pharmaceutical Industry inTransition: Issues in Supply ofand Access to Generic ARVs

Rising Powers, Labour Standardsand the Governance of GlobalProduction Networks (IndiaComponent)

State of Social Science Researchin India: An Overview ofInternational Collaborations andResearch

India’s Social Science ResearchPublications from anInternational Perspective

States and Industrialization inIndia – 1981-2007: Growth,Performance and Policy Lessons(with Case Studies of Gujarat,Kerala and Odisha)

National Level Monitoring ofRural Development ProgrammesSponsored by Ministry of RuralDevelopment, Government ofIndia in Districts of Nanded,Parbhani, Hingoli and Jalna inMaharashtra

Enhancing Agriculture Livelihoodsin Coastal Areas: A Study of theImpacts of KVY Phase III in SelectVillages in Gujarat

French National Agency forResearch on AIDS and ViralHepatitis (ANRS), Paris, France

Economic and Social ResearchCouncil, UK (Collaborative studybased at the University ofManchester, UK)

Indian Council of Social ScienceResearch (ICSSR),New Delhi

Ministry of Rural Development,Government of India

Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell,Ahmedabad

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Rudra Narayan Mishra(Consultant)

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati(Project Consultant)

Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati(Project Consultant)

Unpaid Work, Gender Equality andWomen’s Empowerment (Analysisof Time Use Survey Data fromPakistan and Bangladesh)

Economic Loss and DamageAssessment to Diamond and TextileIndustries in Surat due to Floods

Sectorial Loss and Damage dueto Climate Change with Focus onTamil Nadu, India

United Nations DevelopmentProgramme, Bangkok

TARU Leading Edge Pvt. Limited,Ahmedabad, India

GIZ, New Delhi and Ministry ofEnvironment, Forests and ClimateChange, New Delhi (throughMadras School of Economics,Chennai)

Consulting Assignments

Title Sponsor(s) Researcher(s)

Projects Initiated

Title Sponsor(s) Researcher(s)

R. Parthasarathy

R. Parthasarathy

Tara S. Nair

Workforce Rescheduling forAhmedabad MunicipalCorporation

Preparation of Housing for allPlan of Action (HFAPoA)

Model State Financial InclusionAnalysis – Kerala

Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation

Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation

Microfinance InformationExchange (MIX),Washington DC.

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Annexure 2: Research Projects Concerning the Government of Gujarat

Completed Projects

Title Sponsor(s)Policy-oriented Evaluative Research Study on theHandicraft Sector in the Rural and Cottage Industryof Gujarat

Human Development Manual for Gujarat

District-Level Estimation of Development Indicators forthe State, Gujarat

Environmental Regulations and Compliance in the TextileDyes Sector of Gujarat, India

Evaluation of Integrated Dairy Development Programmein 43 Tribal Talukas of Gujarat

Industrial Extension Cottage (INDEXT-C),Commissionerate of Cottage and RuralIndustries, Government of Gujarat,Gandhinagar

Gujarat State Infrastructure DevelopmentBoard, Government of Gujarat

Indian Council of Social Science Research,New Delhi

South Asia Network of Development andEnvironment Economics (SANDEE)

Development and Support Agency (D-SAG), Tribal Department Department,Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

Projects in Progress

Title Sponsor(s)

Will Climate Change Adaptation Enhance FarmProductivity? A Study of Micro-Irrigation Systems (MIS)in Gujarat, India

Farmers of the Future: The Challenges of FeminisedAgriculture in India

Feminised Agriculture in India: Challenges and Potential

Addressing Non-Economic Losses and DamagesAssociated with Climate Change: Learning fromthe Recent Past Extreme Climatic Events for FuturePlanning

Inter-generational Relations in Households with Elderly:A Study of Ahmedabad District, Gujarat

States and Industrialization in India – 1981-2007:Growth, Performance and Policy Lessons(with Case Studies of Gujarat, Kerala and Odisha)

Enhancing Agriculture Livelihoods in Coastal Areas:A Study of the Impacts of KVY Phase III inSelect Villages in Gujarat

South Asia Network for Developmentand Environment Economics (SANDEE),Kathmandu, Nepal

Australian National University,Australia

Indian Council of Social Science Research,New Delhi.

Asia Pacific Network for Global ChangeResearch, Kobe, Japan (through Institutefor Global Environmental Strategies,Japan)

Indian Institute of Technology,Gandhinagar

Indian Council of Social Science Research,New Delhi.

Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell,Ahmedabad

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Projects Initiated

Title Sponsor(s)

Workforce Rescheduling for Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation

Preparation of Housing for all Plan of Action(HFAPoA)

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

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Annexure 3: Governing Body of the Institute and Other Committees

Members of the Governing Body (2013-2016)

Dr. Kirit Parikh(President) Former Member, Planning Commission, New DelhiMr. Sunil Parekh Advisor, Zydus Cadila Healthcare, Ahmedabad(Vice President)Dr. Tushaar Shah Principal Scientist, IWMI, ColomboDr. Indira Hirway Director, Centre for Development Alternatives, AhmedabadDr. Ravindra Dholakia Professor, Indian Institute of Management, AhmedabadDr. Leela Visaria Honorary Professor, GIDR, AhmedabadDr. Sudarshan Iyengar Former Vice Chancellor, Gujarat VidyapithDr. Manjula Subramaniam, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat,IAS (Retd.) GandhinagarMember Secretary Indian Council of Social Science Research, New DelhiDr. R. Radhakrishna Chairman, National Statistical Commission,(ICSSR Nominee) New DelhiCommissioner of Department of Education, Government of Gujarat,Higher Education GandhinagarFinancial Advisor Department of Education, Government of Gujarat,

GandhinagarRepresentative IDBI, AhmedabadDr. Keshab Das Staff Representative and Professor, GIDR, AhmedabadDr. R. Parthasarathy Director and Professor, GIDR, Ahmedabad(Secretary)

Members of the Sub-Committees Appointed by the Governing Body

Administration and Finance Committee Academic Affairs Committee Board of Trustees of GIDR

Prof. Ravindra DholakiaProf. Indira HirwayProf. Sudarshan IyengarICSSR NomineeFinancial Adviser(Dept. of Higher Education,Govt. of Gujarat)Prof. Keshab DasProf. R. Parthasarathy

Prof. Kirit ParikhProf. Amitabh KunduProf. R. NagarajProf. Biswajit DharProf. Tushaar ShahProf. Anil GuptaProf. S.P. KashyapProf. R. Parthasarathy

Prof. Kirit ParikhProf. Ravindra DholakiaProf. Leela VisariaProf. Sudarshan IyengarProf. R. Parthasarathy

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Mr. Haresh KhokhaniDr. V.N. Kothari*Dr. T.N. Krishnan*Dr. Amitabh KunduDr. D.T. Lakdawala*Dr. N. LalithaDr. B.V. Mehta*Ms. Kalpana MehtaDr. K.T. Merchant*Dr. Nirmala MurthyMr. P. Rajeevan NairDr. Tara S. NairDr. D.D. Narula*Dr. Kirit ParikhMr. Sooryakant ParikhDr. R. ParthasarathyMr. Bhupendra PatelDr. Rohini Patel

Patron Members (Individuals)

Dr. Jalaludin AhmedDr. Yogesh AtalDr. Jagdish BhagwatiDr. V.V. Bhatt*Mr. Chhotalal BheddahDr. W.C.F. Bussink*Ms. Madhu ChhedaMr. Vijay ChhedaDr. John G. ClelandDr. Ansley Coale*Mr. Rahul DedhiaDr. G.M. Desai*Dr. Padma DesaiMs. Svati Desai

Dr. V. DupontDr. Prakash GalaDr. Anrudh K. JainMr. L.K. JainMs. B.K. JhaveriMs. H.K. JhaveriDr. Vikram KamdarDr. J. KrishnamurtyDr. D.T. Lakdawala*Mr. L.M. MaruDr. Amita MehtaDr. Moni NagMs. Heena NanduMr. Mavjibhai Nandu

Dr. B.K. PraganiMr. P.C. RanderiaDr. D.C. RaoDr. S.L.N. RaoMr. Vadilal SanghviMr. Shashikant N. SavlaMr. Coovarji N. Shah*Mr. Devchand ShahMs. Jaya D. ShahMr. Takashi ShinodaDr. Leela VisariaDr. Pravin Visaria*Dr. Sujata Visaria

Dr. V.M. PatelDr. Taraben Patel*Dr. Mahesh PathakDr. S.P. Punalekar*Ms. Shalini RanderiaDr. V.M. Rao*Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao*Dr. D.C. SahDr. J.C. SandesaraDr. Kartikeya V. SarabhaiDr. J.K. SatiaDr. Amita ShahMr. Anil C. Shah*Mr. Bakul V. ShahDr. C.H. Shah*Dr. Ghanshyam ShahMr. Niranjan C. ShahMs. Sarla V. Shah*

Patron Members (Institutions and Corporations)

Industrial Development Bank of India, MumbaiICICI, MumbaiIFCI, New DelhiAEC Limited, AhmedabadSurat Electricity Company Limited, SuratHerdillia Chemicals Limited, Mumbai

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, MumbaiOperations Research Group, VadodaraExcel Industries Limited, MumbaiMalti Jayant Dalal Trust, ChennaiIPCL, VadodaraAarti Industries Limited, Mumbai

Annexure 4: Members of the Institute

Life Members

Dr. Y.K. AlaghDr. J.N. Barmeda*Dr. Rakesh BasantMr. Ashok BhargavaMs. Elaben BhattDr. M.L. Dantwala*Dr. Keshab DasMr. B.J. DesaiDr. G.M. Desai*Mr. Nirubhai Desai*Dr. Ravindra H. DholakiaDr. Victor D’souzaMr. V.B. EswaranMr. Anil GumberDr. Anil K. GuptaDr. R.K. Hazari*Dr. Sudarshan IyengarMr. L.C. Jain*

*Deceased

Mr. Vimal Shah*Dr. V.P. ShahDr. Abusaleh ShariffDr. Utpal SharmaDr. N.R. ShethDr. Pravin Sheth*Dr. S.N. SinghMr. Manu Shroff*Mr. K.P. SolankiDr. K. SundaramDr. H.M. Shivanand SwamyDr. Suresh D. Tendulkar*Mr. Nalin Thakor*Dr. Jeemol UnniDr. A. VaidyanathanMr. Abhijit VisariaDr. Pravin Visaria*Dr. B.N. Vishwanath*Dr. V.S. Vyas

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Annexure 5: Staff Members as on April 1, 2016

Name Designation Qualifications

Faculty

Mr. R. Parthasarathy Director and Professor Ph.D. (Mysore University)Mr. Keshab Das Professor Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)Ms. N. Lalitha Professor Ph.D. (Bangalore University)Ms. Tara S. Nair Professor Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)Mr. P. K. Viswanathan Associate Professor Ph.D. (University of Mysore)Ms. Jharna Pathak Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Gujarat University)Mr. Rudra Narayan Mishra Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University)Ms. Itishree Pattnaik Assistant Professor Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad)Mr. Madhusudan Bandi Assistant Professor Ph.D. (BR Ambedkar Open University)Ms. Amrita Ghatak Assistant Professor Ph.D. (University of Mysore)Mr. Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati Assistant Professor Ph.D. (University of Madras)Ms. Leela Visaria Honorary Professor Ph.D. (Princeton University)

Academic Support Staff

Mr. Hasmukh Joshi Statistical Assistant B.R.S.Mr. Ganibhai Memon Statistical Assistant B.R.S., D.R.D. (IGNOU)Ms. Ila Mehta Statistical Assistant M.A.Mr. Bharat Adhyaru Data Entry Operator B.Com.Ms. Arti Oza Data Analyst B.Sc.

Library Staff

Ms. Minal Sheth Assistant Librarian B.Com., M.Lib.Mr. Kamlesh Vyas Library Assistant B.Com., B.L.I.S.Mr. Dinesh Parmar Peon H.S.C.

Administrative Staff

Mr. P. Rajeevan Nair Administrative Officer B.Com., LL.B.Mr. Prashant B. Dhoriya Accountant M.Com.Mr. Upendra Upadhyay Accounts Clerk B.Com.Ms. Girija Balakrishnan Steno Typist S.S.L.C.Ms. Sheela Devadas Typist Clerk S.S.L.C.Mr. Kunal M. Rajpriya Accounts Assistant B.ComMr. Dixit Parmar PeonMr. Shivsingh Rathod Peon-cum-Driver