ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14 INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH (Deemed University) Reaccredited with `A’ Grade by NAAC Annual Report 2013-14 Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Organization of IGIDR ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Academic Council Members ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Planning and Monitoring Board .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 IGIDR at a Glance .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Personnel .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Faculty and Areas of Interest ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Teaching ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Research Themes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 Faculty Activities ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 Faculty Research Publications ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66 IGIDR Publications................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................74 Projects ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76 Lectures/Workshops/Conferences at IGIDR................................................................................................................................................................................................77 Visitors and Seminars ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79 Visiting Scholars Program ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81 Students Research Topics (Ongoing) ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................82 Degrees Awarded and Thesis Titles 2013-14 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................87 Student Batch 2013-2014 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88 Student Activities/Research Publications ....................................................................................................................................................................................................89 Placement Cell ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91 Internal Advisory Committees..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................92 Library and Information Services ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................94 Computer Facilities .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96 Appendix : Financial Statement ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 108 Published by Jai Mohan Pandit (Registrar) Compiled by Taniya Ghosh and Martha Lobo Annual Report 2013-14 Preface In the academic year 2013-2014, IGIDR, accentuated its contribution in the field of economics and development research and promoted its brand further marking the 25th year since its inception. Other than the multiple publications and research papers submitted in the last academic year, this year also welcomed the new President of the Institute and Governor of the RBI, Dr. Raghuram Rajan. IGIDR hosted the Golden Jubilee (50th) Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES). Among other keynote guests to this conference were Dr. C Rangarajan (Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM), World Bank Chief Economist and Professor Kaushik Basu (Cornell University) and Professor Ariel Rubinstein (Tel Aviv University & New York University). As we move forward to the next academic year, IGIDR continues to strive for excellence and enhance its contribution further in the various related field of economics, energy and environment and constantly aspires to refine the culture it has created over the past quarter century. To appreciate the achievements and milestones, we invite you to explore IGIDR’s annual report for 2013-2014. As a part of its silver jubilee celebrations, IGIDR organized several silver jubilee conferences in the year 2013. Urbanization in India: A Perspective from Multiple Disciplines on June 27, 2013 served as a great platform for the researcher across the board to discuss on emerging issues on urbanization in India. The conference on Human Development (September 26-28, 2013) focused on two major themes of equity issues and sustainability of development, to encompass the perspectives of macroeconomic, social and capabilities-based; and environmental-natural resource based sustainability. Many experts participated in the conference on Cities and Sustainability (October 29-30, 2013) focusing on various areas like planning cities for sustainability, climate change, cities and governance, planning and securing cities for energy, transportation and greening infrastructure etc. The Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies (AIEFS) held its 20th biennial meetings for the silver jubilee celebrations on August 2-3, 2013. Many more conferences like “The State, the Market and the Agripreneurs” held on April 3-5, 2013, “Labour and Employment” held on September 5-6, 2013 and “Trade and Industry in India: Patterns, Trends and Policies” held on October 22-24, 2013 were part of the celebrations. The conference on MGNREGA held on March 26-28, 2014 was organized for researchers and practitioners associated with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in India, to take stock