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ICRIER Annual Report 2005-06.Pdf ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 ICRIER Linking India to the World Economy Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 Contents Foreword by the Chairperson ........................................................................................................ 5 Board of Governors ......................................................................................................................... 7 Founder Members and Life Members ........................................................................................... 9 Director’s Report ............................................................................................................................11 ICRIER’s Research Activities ..................................................................................................15-57 ! Research Projects ......................................................................................................................17 ! Seminars ...................................................................................................................................33 ! Lectures ....................................................................................................................................41 ! Conferences / Workshops .........................................................................................................49 ! South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) .............................................55 ICRIER Team ........................................................................................................................... 59-65 Faculty News ............................................................................................................................. 67-81 Management Committees ........................................................................................................ 83-85 Publications ............................................................................................................................... 87-90 ! Working Papers .........................................................................................................................89 ! Book Release ............................................................................................................................ 90 Audited Annual Accounts ...................................................................................................... 91-100 Linking India to the World Economy 3 Foreword by the Chairperson The year 2005-06 has seen several transitions at ICRIER. I was elected Board Chair at the AGM on August 8, 2005 following the demise of my distinguished predecessor, Dr. I G Patel. Dr. Rajiv Kumar joined as Director & CE, ICRIER on February 1, 2006 after the departure of Dr. Arvind Virmani who resumed his association with the Planning Commission in January 2006. Dr. Kumar is no stranger to ICRIER having worked with the institution in the early stage of his professional career in the 1980s. The new Director now has his task cut out to plan and execute the silver jubilee celebrations at ICRIER in the current year and work towards further expansion and strengthening of the research capacity at ICRIER with a view to further improving the quality of debate on policy issues arising from India's on going integration with the world economy. In keeping with the practice of the recent past, WTO research and policy advice remained a thrust area for ICRIER in the year under review. As the Director's report indicates, ICRIER continued to provide research based inputs to policy makers during the negotiations for the Doha round. An international conference was organized at ICRIER in April 2006, jointly with the Ministry of Commerce and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which presented the research output of ICRIER on the WTO issues. In the area of regional economic cooperation, ICRIER has moved to fill an emerging need by studying issues in negotiating Bilateral Free Trade Agreements and Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreements with the ASEAN, China, Thailand and Gulf Cooperation Council and highlighting the potential areas of concerns for India. Research on trade, openness, restructuring and competitiveness in the current year has focused on some of the most important areas such as textiles and agriculture. Studies analysing post-MFA opportunities and challenges for Indian textiles by Meenu Tewari are very timely. The study on the “Effects of global agricultural trade liberalization on agricultural production, rural income and poverty in India” by Surabhi Mittal explores issues which are uppermost in policy-makers' minds. This study is being conducted as part of a major global research project titled “Impact of Rich Country Policies on Poverty: A Global View”, sponsored by the Global Development Network. Recognizing the importance of skills and higher education to sustain India's global advantage in the services sector, a study titled “Higher Education in India: The Need for Change” by Pawan Agarwal has informed the current policy debate and attracted significant attention. ICRIER has also continued its active outreach program through public policy workshops, seminars, lectures by eminent experts and international conferences. ICRIER continues to enjoy sound financial position on account of its income from the Endowment Fund and increasing revenue from commissioned research. As ICRIER celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2006-07, efforts are under way to significantly strengthen the resource base to enable the institution to set even higher goals in the years to come and strive for globally competitive standards. I have no doubt that ICRIER will rise to the new challenges under the leadership of its new Director, Dr. Rajiv Kumar. Isher Judge Ahluwalia Chairperson Linking India to the World Economy 5 Board of Governors As on March 31, 2006 Chairperson Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia Vice Chairperson Punjab Planning Board 32 Aurangazeb Road New Delhi-110 011 Elected Members Dr. Shankar Acharya Mr. Aman Mehta Honorary Professor ICRIER and 4/7, Shanti Niketan Chairman, Kotak Mahindra Bank New Delhi-110 021 Core 6-A, 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Dr. Rakesh Mohan Deputy Governor Ms. Lalita D Gupte Reserve Bank of India, Central Office Joint Managing Director Mumbai -400 001 Co-opted Members ICICI Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Tower Mr. N K Singh Bandra-Kurla Complex Deputy Chairman Dr. Kirit S Parikh Mumbai - 400 051 Bihar Planning Board, Suite 2/10 Member Hailey Road Planning Commission Dakshineshwar Building (1st Floor) Ms. Janaki Kathpalia Yojana Bhawan, Sansad Marg New Delhi-110 001 D-935, New Friends Colony New Delhi - 110 001 New Delhi-110 065 Mr. Nitin Desai Dr. Swati A Piramal Honorary Professor, ICRIER Mr. Vijay Kelkar Director- Strategic Alliances & B- 63, Defence Colony Chairman Communications New Delhi-110 024 IDFC Asset Management Company 617, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. Vaswani Mansion, 3rd Floor Nicholas Piramal Tower Dinshaw Vachha Road, Churchgate Ganpatrao Kadam Marg Overseas Members Mumbai 400 020 Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013 Dr. Arvind Panagariya Professor of Economics & Bhagawati Mr. Uday S Kotak Mr. N Ravi Professor of Indian Political Economy Vice Chairman & Managing Director Editor Columbia University Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd The Hindu School of International & Public Affairs, Bakhtawar, 2nd Floor, 229 Kasturi Buildings 420 West 118th Street, 1129 IAB Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 859-860, Anna Salai New York NY 10027 Chennai - 600 002 Dr. R A Mashelkar Member- Secretary Director General, CSIR Dr. Rajiv Kumar Department of Scientific & Director & Chief Executive Industrial Research ICRIER Anusandhan Bhawan, 2, Rafi Marg Core 6-A, 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre New Delhi-110 001 Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Linking India to the World Economy 7 Founder & Life Members As on March 31, 2006 Founder Members Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Mr. Govind Narain Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati Mr. N C B Nath Mr. K K Bhargava Mr. P C Nayak Mr. I S Chadha Dr. Deepak Nayyar Dr. R J Chelliah Dr. M S Swaminathan Mr. K L Dalal Mr. T K N Unnithan Mr. B S Das Dr. Charan D Wadhva Mr. P K Dave Late I G Patel Mr. Ashok V Desai Late Anand Prakash Mr. Nitin Desai Late Sukhamoy Chakravorty Professor P N Dhar Late Khub Chand Mr. M Dubey Late B K Chatterjee Mr. R S Gae Late J Rameshwar Rao Dr. V R Panchamukhi Late P Chenstal Rao Mr. Vijay G Pande Late H N Ray Mr. R D Pradhan Late Y T Shah Mr. Bharat Ram Late S R Sen Mr. Vinay Bharat Ram Late L K Jha Mr. S S Ramphal Late A M Khusro Dr. C Rangarajan Late Raj Krishna Mr. S S Rao Late Lovraj Kumar Mr. N K Sengupta Late Suresh Kumar Professor Manu R Shroff Late K B Lall Mr. Harbans Singh Late Sanjaya Lall Life Members Dr. Manmohan Singh Late R N Malhotra Dr . Isher Judge Ahluwalia Mr. R V Subrahmanian Late Fredie A Mehta Mr . J S Baijal Dr. S P Gupta Late B K Nehru Dr . Bimal Jalan Mr. R M Honovar Late Prakash Tandon Dr . Vijay Kelkar Mr. B D Jayal Late Mohd Yunus Mr . Shiv S Kapoor Mr. S V S Juneja Late Malcolm S Adiseshiah Dr . Depak Lal Mr. P K Kaul Late M C Bhatt Mr . Raghunandan D Maluste Dr. Rajni Kothari Late Brij Bhushan Dr. Arvind Panagariya Mrs. Anna R Malhotra Dr. Y V Reddy Mr. S S Marathe Professor TN Srinivasan Mr. Suman K Modwel Mr. N K Singh Mr. P K Nanda Mr. Prakash Shah Linking India to the World Economy 9 Director’s Report The year under review has seen several changes at ICRIER. Dr. I. G. Patel,
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