Aanobhadrakrtavoyantuvishwatoh (Rg Veda 1.1.89:1) (“Let noble thoughts come to us from every side”) Curriculum Vitae Vijayamohanan Pillai N. Associate Professor Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Prasanth Nagar, Ulloor Trivandrum - 695 011 Kerala India E-mail: [email protected] Tel: Office: + 91 471 277 4218 Cell: +91 99 95 000 634 Fax: +91 471 244 71 37 Website: www.cds.edu Blog: http://thusspakevm.wordpress.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vijayamohanan_Pillai_N https://www.facebook.com/vijayamohananpillain 1 In Short Education: Record First Rank in MA Economics of University of Kerala, India, 1986 University Grants Commission Junior/Senior Research Fellow National Eligibility Test (Economics), 1986 Highly commended PhD Dissertation (Department of Econometrics, University of Madras, Chennai, India) Publications: Books: Five + Two e-books Working papers: 42 Articles (in National and International Journals and Edited Books): 32 + Three in Malayalam (native language) Highlights: (a) Original theoretical and empirical contributions to Markov Chain Model (in the context of analysis of (i) inflation and (ii) human development-growth nexus), Peak Load Pricing, Reliability Analysis, and Aggregation Theory. (b) Reinterpretation of the concept of (i) Human Development and Public Action in the context of Kerala State of India and (ii) Local Dynamics of Social Security with empirical exercises for India. Completed Major Projects: Three (Ford Foundation; Harvard University along with Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India; and Planning Commission of India) One ongoing (Energy Management Centre, Government of Kerala) Teaching at CDS 1. Mathematics (M Phil: 2002 -03 to 2010-11; MA 2012-13; 2013-14). 2 2. Basic Econometrics (M Phil 2009-10 onwards; MA 2014 - onwards) 3. Topics in Applied Econometrics: Time Series and Panel Data Analysis (M Phil: 2002-03 onwards). 4. Macroeconomics (M Phil 2005-06; 2008-09) 5. Economics of Project Evaluation (MA 2014- 2016) Research Supervision at CDS M.A.: 8 M Phil: 22 Ph D: 14 (Six Awarded; Eight ongoing). KN Raj Fellowships: 11 Summer Internships: 74. Other contributions: As a member of the Core Group that prepared the Human Development Report of Kerala 2005, I prepared three background papers and rewrote most of the Report and drafted the ‘Acknowledgements’ section. As Associate Coordinator of the M Phil Programme at CDS, I was actively involved in designing the new M Phil curriculum in 2003-2004 and in preparing and bringing out the M Phil Programme Handbook. Involved in preparing and fine-tuning the syllabi of the following papers for M A Programme at CDS in 2011-2012: Mathematics for Economics, Econometrics: Theory and Applications, Topics in Applied Econometrics, History of Economic Thought, and Statistics: Theory and Applications. Member of different committees. Different Universities’ PhD Thesis evaluator and Viva Voce Board chairman. Special Talks in Malayalam on All India Radio, Trivandrum, Kerala: Three 3 Conferences/Training Programme Coordination: Five Conferences/Workshops/ External Teaching (Select): 244 Book manuscripts Review for Science Publishing Group, USA Articles reviewed for International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering; American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems Innovation and Development Gender, Technology and Development Amity Journal of Economics Migration and Development Journal Economic and Political Weekly 4 Curriculum Vitae Nationality : Indian Areas of Research Interest : Development Studies, Applied Statistics, Energy Economics Educational Achievements (i) Post-Doctoral Fellowship under the Planning Commission Chair at Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram during August 2000 – July 2001. (ii) Ph. D. in Economics - Econometrics. 1993: University of Madras. (Thesis on ‘Seasonal Time of Day Pricing of Electricity Under Uncertainty: A Marginalist Approach to Kerala Power system’) (iii) University Grants Commission: Junior Research Fellowship (National Educational Test) in Economics, 1986. (iv) M. A. in Economics 1984-86. (Economics, Advanced Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics). University of Kerala. Record First Class First Rank - Awarded 3 Gold Medals. (v) B. A. in Economics 1980-83. (Economics, Statistics, History and Political Science). University of Kerala. First Class. (vi) Pre-Degree Course 1978-80. University of Kerala. (First Class First Rank in Arts Group in the District– Awarded District-wise Merit Scholarship). 5 Professional Career (i) Associate Professor at Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since August 2001. (ii) Post-Doctoral Fellow under the Planning Commission Chair at Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. (iii) Lecturer in Economics of the External Programme of the University of London at the Stansfield School of Business, # 03 – 06, Midlink Plaza, 122, Middle Road, Singapore – 188 973. (iv) Research Associate in the Department of Econometrics of University of Madras, Chennai. (v) Young Professional (Economics) in the Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices (BICP) under the Ministry of Industry, Government of India, New Delhi. Prepared a number of Research Reports in the areas of tariff studies for the Union Budget, Sugar industry, Coal industry, etc. (vi) Project Associate on a Project on ‘Construction of Input-Output Table of Kerala’ at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. 6 Research Works Published: Books 1. Peak Load Pricing and Reliability: Contributions to Theory and Method (2012) Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Deutschland. 158 + x pages; ISBN 978-3-659-13476-0. Price € 68. 2. Forecasting Electricity Demand: A Time Series Approach. (2011) Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Deutschland.113 + viii pages; ISBN 978-3- 8443-3132-5. Price € 59. 3. Optimal Peak Load Pricing of Electricity Under Uncertainty – Some Welfare Implications. (2010) VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken, Deutschland. 165+vii pages; ISBN: 978-3-639-26353-4. Price: € 68.00; $73.80; £56.00. 4. Econometrics of Electricity Demand: Questioning the Tradition. (2010) Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Deutschland. 103+vii pages; ISBN 978-3-8433-7639-6, Price: € 49.00 5. Plight of the Power Sector in India: Inefficiency, Reform and Political Economy, (with K. P. Kannan) May 2002, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, 490 + xii pages. Price: Rs. 400; $40; http://cds.edu/pub_books.htm 7 E-Books 1. In Quest of Truth: The War of Methods in Economics. 2010, Cooperjal Limited, UK (http://ideaindia.com). 2. CES Function, Generalised Mean and Human Poverty Index: Exploring Some Links. 2010,Cooperjal Limited, UK (http://ideaindia.com). Working Papers 1. Governance and Human Development in Kerala: Experiences and Prospects. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 95127, in 2019. (http://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/95127/) 2. Conceptualizing Social Security in a Developing Country Context. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 95129, in 2019. (http://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/95129/) 3. Social Protection in Rural India – A Study Report. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 95108, 2019. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/95108/) 4. The Dialectics of Motivation and Action: A Look into the Why of the Kerala Model. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 87911, July 2018. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87911/) 5. Development as a ‘Norms-Rights Transition Process’ through Public Action. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 86137, April 2018. (http://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/86137/) 8 6. Does Quality Qualify the Kerala Model? Decentralized Governance, Human Development and Quality. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 85739, April 2018. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/85739/) 7. How Do You Interpret Your Regression Coefficients? Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 76865, February 2017. (http://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/76865/) 8. Panel Data Analysis with Stata: Part 1- Fixed Effects and Random Effects Models. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 76869, February 2017. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/76869/) 9. You Cannot Swim Twice in the Same River: The Genesis of Dialectical Materialism. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 45011, January 2013. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45011/) 10. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Philosophical Cradle of Marxism. Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 45010, January 2013. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45010/) 11. Objectivizing the Subjective: Measuring Subjective Wellbeing. (Co-authored) Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 45005, March 2013. (http://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/45005/) 12. “All's Well That Ends Well!": Subjective Wellbeing: An Epistemic Enquiry. (Co- authored) Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 45004, March 2013. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45004/) 13. Measuring Women Empowerment: Dissecting the Methodological Discourse. (Co-authored) Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 44077, October 2012. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/44077/) 9 14. Women Empowerment: An Epistemic quest. (Co-authored) Published as MPRA Working Paper No. 43859, September 2012. (http://mpra.ub.uni- muenchen.de/43859/) 15. Modeling Optimal Time-differential Pricing of Electricity Under Uncertainty – Revisiting the Welfare Foundations. CDS Working Paper No. 447, March 2012. http://cds.edu/download_files/447.pdf 16. ‘One Hen’ or ‘A Basket of Bangles’: Women Development and Microcredit in Tamil Nadu (Co-authored) MPRA Paper No. 36498, February 2012. (http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/36498/) 17. Empowering