Dr Madhoo Pavaskar
Director, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research
Dr Madhoo Pavaskar, M.Com, LL.B, Ph.D., is Director, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research. His varied and vast experience spans over 50 years of which, 21 years with Tata Economic Consultancy Services from where he retired as Executive Director, six years as Head of Forward Markets Research Cell at Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, and nine years with Forward Markets Commission, Government of India. After his retirement from Tatas, he was an independent consulting economist.
He has authored and published 16 books on such diverse sectors as commodity marketing and futures, transport, communications, services, etc. His research articles and papers published in academic journals number over 100. Dr Pavaskar is a recognized authority in India on economics of commodity futures trading. Dr Pavaskar was editor of the Economic Scene, a monthly journal published by Tata Economic Consultancy Services, from 1976 to 1979.
His in-depth knowledge in the economics of futures trading was also recognized when he was nominated by Secretary-General of UNCTAD, as a member of the "Expert Group on Commodity Futures Markets" during 1994-95. He was also a member of the research team set up by the World Bank for the study of Cotton Marketing in India in 1995-96. He has worked on several committees and study groups, appointed by the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra, from time to time in areas such as tourism, food, edible oils, etc.
He was a director with Bombay Oilseed and Oil Exchange Ltd., (the present Bombay Commodity Exchange) from 1996 to 2001 and has been associated with Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. since its inception and was its Director till 2007, when he resigned to work in an objective and non-partisan manner as Director of TAER, which is an independent company devoted to research and publications.
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Supervised and coordinated a wide variety of economic assignments in the field of economic development, industry, agriculture, commodities, tourism, transport, international trade and other sectoral studies. Some of the major assignments completed are given below. Acted as a Team Leader in all the assignments.
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Select Assignments |
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Cost of Marketing Cotton |
1969 |
India |
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India's Export Potential in Oilcakes (A USAID funded project) |
1969 |
India* |
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Planning for Industrial Development of Konkan Region in Maharashtra |
1971 |
India |
| 4 |
Population Impact Studies
- Transport
- Communication and
- Services (Ford Foundation funded studies)
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1974 |
India |
| 5 |
Demand for Oilseeds and Oilseed Products |
1976 |
India |
| 6 |
Impact and Cost of State Intervention in Marketing Cotton |
1980 |
India |
| 7 |
Employment Potential of Tourism in India |
1981 |
India |
| 8 |
Economic Appraisal of Narmada Irrigation project in Gujarat (World Bank Funded Project |
1982 |
India |
| 9 |
Development of Travel Circuits in India |
1982 |
India |
| 10 |
Planning for Domestic Tourism |
1982 |
India |
| 11 |
Demand for Warehousing and Transport Linkages in Bombay Metropolitan Region |
1980 |
India |
| 12 |
Planning for Development of Marathwada Region in Maharashtra |
1984 |
India |
| 13 |
Planning for Development of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir |
1984 |
India |
| 14 |
History and Development of the Cotton Exchange in Bombay |
1985 |
India |
| 15 |
Indian Oilseed Economy (An USAID funded study) |
1985 |
India |
| 16 |
Agricultural Savings in India |
1984 |
India |
| 17 |
Hedging Utility of Petroleum Futures |
1986 |
India |
| 18 |
Scope for and Identification of Second Gateway for Air-India in U.S.A. |
1987 |
India** |
| 19 |
Warehousing for India's Re-exports from Cyprus |
1988 |
Cyprus |
| 20 |
Impact of Liberalization on the Private Corporate Sector in Indian Industry (IFC funded study) |
1989 |
India |
| 21 |
Development of National Craft Complex |
1990 |
India |
| 22 |
Import Potential for U.S.S.R. from India (Indo U.S.S.R. chamber of Commerce funded study) |
1990 |
India |
| 23 |
India 2015 - A Futurological Study (Canadian Agency for International Development funded study) |
1991 |
India |
| 24 |
Feasibility for edible Oil Refinery in Muscat |
1991 |
Oman |
| 25 |
Development Potential of Sindhudurg District in Maharashtra |
1992 |
India |
| 26 |
Linkages between MNCs and Indian Companies (IFC funded study) |
1992 |
India |
| 27 |
Import Potential from Israel to India (funded by Govt. of Israel) |
1993 |
Israel |
| 28 |
Cotton Marketing in India (World Bank Funded Study) |
1996 |
India |
| ** Also involved visits to the major international airports in U.S.A. |
| * Also involved field visits to major oilseeds exporting and importing countries in the world including U.S.A., Western Europe, South-East Asia and Japan. |
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Books
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"Hedging Efficiency of the Cotton Futures Market" published by University of Bombay (1969) |
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"Cost of Marketing Cotton" - published by the author jointly with Dr. Radhakrishnan (1970) |
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"Marketing of Cash Crops - Efficiency of Futures Trading", published by Economic and Political Weekly, Bombay (1971) |
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"Man-made Fibre Fabrics - Necessity or Luxury?", published by Silk & Art Silk Manufacturers Association (1973) |
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"Economics of Hedging", published by Popular Prakashnan (1976) |
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"Second India Studies - Services", published by Macmillans (1976) |
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"Second India Studies - Transport", published by Popular Prakashan (1977) |
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"Second India Studies - Communications, published by Popular Prakashan (1977) |
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"Behaviour of Oilseeds Prices", published by Tata Economic Consultancy Services (1978) |
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Economics of HPS Groundnut Exports", published by Indian Oil and produce Exporters Association (1978) |
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"Demand for Oil and Oilseeds", published by Popular Prakashan (1980) |
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"State Intervention in Cotton", published by Popular Prakashan (1980) |
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"Agricultural Savings - A Survey", published by Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1985) |
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"Saga of the Cotton Exchange", published by Popular Prakashan (1985) |
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"Towards Development of Commodity Exchanges", published by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Federation of Indian Commodity Exchanges and East India Cotton Association jointly (2002a0) |
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"Cotton Exchange Marches Ahead (jointly with Dr. Rama Pavaskar), published by East India Cotton Association (2002) |
Articles
A large number of research articles on industry, transport commodity markets, regional development, public administration and tourism have been published in Indian and foreign journals. As editor of the Economic Scene, a monthly journal published by Tata Economic Consultancy Services, wrote regularly on different economic sectors between 1976 and 1979. So also, as a Consulting Editor of Commodity Vision. |
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Dr Nilanjan Ghosh
Senior Vice President, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research Ltd.
Dr. Nilanjan Ghosh is an applied economist and an econometrician by training. He obtained his doctorate from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Prior to joining TAER, he was a faculty member (Assistant Professor) at TERI University, and has also worked at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. His research interests are in the areas of environment economics, commodity economics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.
He was involved in various international research and consultancy projects funded by illustrious donors like Swedish Research Council, UNEP (Nairobi), IUCN (Bangkok), and IWMI (Colombo). He has been the Lead Author from Asia-Pacific for the chapter on environmental scenarios in UNEP's flagship project, Global Environmental Outlook 4. He is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics, and had been a core member of Local Organizing Committee of the Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 2006. He is the Executive Editor of Commodity Vision.
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- Impact of Commodity Transaction Tax on Tax Revenues and Turnover in the three national level Exchanges
- An Analysis of the Current Inflation in India, 2008 (Prepared for FT-Corporate Affairs and ASSOCHAM).
- Global Environmental Outlook – 4. (Team Leader from India). (Sponsor: UNEP, Nairobi), 2005-07.
- Transboundary Waters and Water Infrastructure Actors in the Ganges Sub-Basin (Sponsor: IUCN), 2007.
- Biodiversity and Development in India and Africa (with E. Uddhammar and F. Shechambo) (Project Lead from India) (Sponsor: Swedish Research Council), 2005-07.
- Adaptation under Climate Change (Sponsor: World Bank), 2005-06. (as an advisor for data analysis and econometric modelling).
- Effects of Oil Prices on Urban Poor (Sponsor: UNOPS) 2006. ( as an advisor)
- Valuation of Transboundary Waters (Resulted in doctoral dissertation with doctorate [Fellow of IIM-C] awarded by IIM Calcutta) (Sponsor: IIM Calcutta), 2003-05.
- Natural Resource Survey and Entrepreneurship Development in Nimpith (Centre for Development and Environment Policy, IIM Calcutta) 2002-03.
- Urban Waste Disposal: The case of Joka (self-initiated study), 2001.
- Review of Union Budget 2000-01, as a consulting project, 2000.
- Joint Forest Management in West Bengal (with B.E. College)
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Book/s
(2010-forthcoming) (eds.): Scenarios and Indicators for Sustainable Development (New Delhi: Oxford University Press) (with Joachim Spangenberg).
(2009): Economics of Hostile Hydropolitics over Transboundary Waters: Scarcity Values and Interstate Water Conflicts in India and US (Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag).
Journal Articles/ Book Chapters (All referred)
(2010–forthcoming): “Overview” in Spangenberg, J. and N. Ghosh (eds.) Scenarios and Indicators for Sustainable Development (New Delhi: Oxford University Press) (with Joachim Spangenberg).
(2010–forthcoming): “A Methodological Framework of Scenarios Development: Some reflections from the Global Environmental Outlook experiences”, in Spangenberg, J. and N. Ghosh (eds.) Scenarios and Indicators for Sustainable Development (New Delhi: Oxford University Press).
(2010 forthcoming): “Development and Conservation in three protected areas in East Africa and India: Does Tourism lead to a Synthesis?”, Decision, 36 (1) (with Emil Uddhammar).
(2010-forthcoming): “Interstate Water Conflicts in Colorado River in Western US”, Decision, 36 (1).
(2009): “A Nobel for the Commons: A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom”, Economic and Political Weekly, 44 (45), 16-18 (with Kanchan Chopra, Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, and Purnamita Dasgupta).
(2009): “Holistic Engineering and Hydro-diplomacy in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin”, Economic and Political Weekly, 44 (45), 50-60 (with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay).
(2009): “Effects of Trade Liberalisation on Oilseed and Edible Oil Sector in India”, in How Are the Poor Affected by Trade. (New Delhi: UNCTAD).
(2009): “An Indicative Exposition of Two aspects of Chana Trading in India: Price Volatility -Pay-off Dynamics, and Hedge Transfer in Futures Contract”, in Pavaskar, M. (ed.) Readings in Futures Markets: Effects of Futures Markets in Agricultural Commodities (Mumbai: TAER) (with Harish Purohit).
(2009): “A Scarcity Value based Explanation of Trans-boundary Water Disputes: The case of the Cauvery Basin in India”, Water Policy, 11 (2), 141–67 (with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay).
(2009): “Methods of Valuation of Water Resources: A Review”, South Asian Water Studies, 1(1), 19–50 (with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay) (modified version published as the chapter “Valuation of Water and Its Policy Implications” in Bandyopadhyay, J. (2009): Water, Ecosystems and Society: A Confluence of Disciplines (New Delhi: Sage Publications).
(2008): “Commodities Transaction Tax: A Recipe for Disaster”, Economic and Political Weekly, 43 (39), 17–20 (with Madhoo Pavaskar).
(2008): “System of Rice Intensification: More Rice with Less Water” in Förare, Jonas (ed.) Water and Food (Stockholm: The Swedish Research Council Formas).
(2008): “A new look at Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from the perspective of Scarcity Value of Water Resources”, Journal of Resources, Energy and Development, 5 (1), 27–48.
(2008): “Futures Trading and Commodity Prices”, Economic and Political Weekly, 43 (10), 78–79 (with Madhoo Pavaskar).
(2008): “Research in Engaged Social Sciences: A Few Concerns”, Economic and Political Weekly, 43 (4), 77-79.
(2007): “The Future Today”, Global Environmental Outlook 4 (Nairobi: UNEP) (with Dale Rothman, John Agard, Joseph Alcamo, et al).
(2007): “Agriculture, Water, and Ecosystems: Avoiding the costs too far” in Molden, D. (ed.) Water for Food, Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. (London: Earthscan) (with Falkenmark, M., M. Finlayson, L. Gordon, et al).
(2007): “Air Pollution in Urban India: The Post-Liberalisation Era”, in Shaw, A. (ed.) Indian Cities in Transition, 125–159 (Hyderabad: Orient Longman).
(2005): “Coastal Mangrove Ecosystems, Fishermen’s Welfare and Anthropogenic Externalities: Compensatory Payments through Mangrove-Fishery Linkages”, in Sengupta, N. and J. Bandyopadhyay (eds.) Biodiversity and Quality of Life, 294-315 (New Delhi: Macmillan Publishers) (with C.S. Shylajan).
(2002): “Environmental Valuation: An instrument for the promotion of a Sustainable Environment Management Regime”, Growth, 30(3), 22–29.
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Chapters in Referred Conference Proceedings
(2005): "Scarcity value based explanations of Transboundary Water Conflicts: Cases of Cauvery and Colorado River Basins", in Mathur, G.N, and A.S. Chawla (eds.) Water for Sustainable Development: Towards Innovative Solutions, Volume 3, 41–60 (IWRA and CBIP: New Delhi) (with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay).
(2005): “A dynamic framework with information asymmetries of community - Government conflicts over big dams in India”, in Mathur, G.N. and A.S. Chawla (eds.) Water for Sustainable Development, Volume 2, 85-96 (New Delhi: CBIP and IWRA).
(2003): “Valuation as a tool for the internalisation of Ecological-economic Factors in Upstream-Downstream Relations”, Water Resources Management in the 21st Century (Proceedings of XI World Water Congress) (Madrid: IWRA) (with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay).
(2002): “Valuation of mountain and highland waters: an instrument for the promotion of hydro-solidarity”, Proceedings of International Conference on Waters in Mountains, (Megeve: Societe d'Economie Alpestre de la Haute-Savoie) [with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay].
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Journal Articles as an Editor and Editorials
(2010): “When Future Shocks, Power Shifts, and Nature Rolls: Will Environmental Change aggravate Conflicts over Natural Resources?”, Commodity Vision, 3 (5), 18–29.
(2010): “Issues and Concerns of Commodity Derivative Markets in India: An Agenda for Research”, Commodity Vision, 3 (4), 8–19.
(2009): “Is Small Beautiful? Potential for SME Exchange in India”, Commodity Vision, 3 (3), 21–27. (With Harish Purohit)
(2009): “The Hoarse Story of Coarse Grains”, Commodity Vision, 3 (3), 53–59. (With Sarika Rachuri)
(2009): “Deficit Financing in India: How pleasant is the Monetary Arithmetic”, Commodity Vision, 3(2), 34-43 (with Sarika Rachuri).
(2009): “New Face of Financial Crisis”, Commodity Vision, 3(1), 32–39.
(2009): “Price Dynamics of Natural Rubber in India”, Commodity Vision, 2(4), 58–63 (with Harish Purohit and Bhuvan Sethi).
(2009): “Market Microstructure in the Indian Context”, Commodity Vision, 2(4), 10–17.
(2008): “The Futuristic Futures: How Gainful Currency Futures in India are to Commodity Market Players?” Commodity Vision, 2(2), 10–14.
(2008): “System of Rice Intensification: Too Good to be true?” Commodity Vision, 2(2), 34–41.
(2008): “Saga of Wheat Procurement and Imports in India”, Commodity Vision, 2(2), 52–59. (with Sean Vora).
(2008): “Ruthlessness and Generosity of Markets: Futures as Instruments for combating Agricultural Price Volatility”, Commodity Vision, 2 (1).
(2008): “RBI Report on Currency Futures: Good, but not Good enough”, Commodity Vision, 1 (3), 25–28 (with Madhoo Pavaskar and Danish Hashim).
(2008): “Price Discovery in Commodity Markets: Floated Myths, Flouted Realities”, Commodity Vision, 1 (3), 33–38.
(2007): “Inflation in India: A Tale of Policy Failures”, Commodity Vision, 1(2), 27–30.
(2007): “Trading in the Ecosystems Services: A Market for Nature”, Commodity Vision, 1(2), 92–99.
(2007): “The notion of Ingenuity Gap in Developmental Discourse: Can Economies adapt to Scarcity?” TERI Newswire, January 15.
(2006): “The Future of Research in Research Universities: A Love and Survival Story”, TERI Newswire, August 31.
(2006): “Integrated Water Resources Management: The Call of the Day”, TERI Newswire, April 15.
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Book Reviews/ Review Articles
(2009): “A Market, So Natural!”, Economic and Political Weekly, 44 (17), 38–41.
(2007): “Money and the City”, Commodity Vision, 1(2), 122–125.
(2007): “At the interface of Environment and Development: A Tale of Two Treatises”, Resources, Energy and Development, 3(2), 129–132 (with Souvik Bhattacharjya).
(2006): “Complementarity of Technology and Institutions: A Review of Social Designs”, Resources, Energy and Development, 3(1), 57–60.
(2002): “Review of 'S. Mahendrarajah, A.J. Jakeman and M. McAleer (eds.) (1999) Modelling Change in Integrated Economic and Environmental Systems'”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 6(1), 121–2 (with Jayanta Bandyopadhyay).
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Working Papers
(2009): “Can stakeholders in Natural Rubber hedge in Crude Oil?: An ex-ante analysis”, Working Paper No. 3, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research Ltd., Mumbai.
(2009): “Effects of Trade Liberalisation on Oilseed and Edible Oils Sector in India: Who wins and Who loses?”, Working Paper No. 2, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research Ltd., Mumbai.
(2009): “From Economic Growth to Sustainable Development: The Story so Far”, Working Paper No. 1, Takshashila Academia of Economic Research Ltd., Mumbai.
(2008): “The Road from Economic Growth to Sustainable Development: How was it traversed?” SSRN Working Paper, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1082686. (Top ten SSRN download)
(2007): “Virtual Water and Occam’s razor: An Explanation from the Perspective of New Economics of Water”, SSRN Working paper, Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1012235. (Among top ten downloads in Agriculture and Natural Resources).
(2007): “Optimal Pricing for Wireless Services: A Dynamic Analysis in a Spatial Framework”, SSRN Working Paper, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=981697 (Among top ten downloads in Quantitative Marketing and Management Marketing) (with S. Mandal, and D. Saha).
(2007): "A Methodological Framework of Scenarios Development: Some Reflections from the Global Environmental Outlook Experiences”, SSRN Working Paper Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=981685.
(2004): “Information Asymmetries in Disputes over Big Dams in India: Conflict and Community's Voice”, Working Paper, WPS/ 494, March, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
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Papers in Conferences/ Workshops/ Summit
(2008): “Effects of Trade Liberalisation on Oilseed and Edible Oil Sector in India”, Presented at “How are the Poor Affected by Trade?” International Conference organized by “UNCTAD-Commerce Ministry, Government of India- DFID under the project on Strategies and Preparedness for Trade and Globalisation in India”, New Delhi, 14–16 October.
(2007): “Spot Market Dynamics, Physical Market Pay-offs, and Hedge Transfer in Futures Contract: An Indicative Exposition to Two aspects of Chana Trading in India”, Seminar on Agri-Commodity Futures in India: Its Impact on Production and Prices, University of Mumbai, 28 September (with Harish Purohit).
(2006): “A Methodological Framework of Scenarios Development: Some reflections from the Global Environmental Outlook experiences”, Presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics, ISEE 2006, 16–18 December.
(2006): “Ecotourism and Development in East Africa and India: Biodiversity changes and Institutional designs in four protected areas”, Presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics, ISEE 2006, 16-18 December (with Emil Uddhammar).
(2006): “Valuation Framework for Water pollution for a self-polluting firm”, Presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics, ISEE 2006, 16-18 December (with A. Goswami and S. Bhattacharjya).
(2006): “Optimal Regulatory Instruments for a self- polluting firm in the presence of water pollution”, ECPR/CRI conference on Frontiers of Regulation. Assessing Scholarly Debates and Policy Challenges, University of Bath, September 7–8 (with A. Goswami and S. Bhattacharjya).
(2006): “An institutional framework for analysing the conflict between conservation and development in India: An Ecotourism Perspective”. Paper presented at International Conference on Environment, Livelihood and Development: Historical Probings in a Comparative Framework, Calcutta University, 6-8 March (with Emil Uddhammar).
(2005): "Development and Biodiversity in East Africa and India", Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University at Bloomington, 5 December (with Emil Uddhammar and Fanuel Shechambo).
(2003): “Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem, Fisheries and Fishermen's Welfare: Mangrove-Fishery Linkages and Valuation” Paper presented at The Third Biennial Conference of Indian Society for Ecological Economics on “Biodiversity and Quality of Life”, 18–20 December (with C.S. Shylajan).
(2002): "Models for the Valuation of Highland Waters", Presentation at the PhD students' network meeting organized by SaciWATERS, 20–21 April, Kathmandu.
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- Taught a module on “Transboundary Water Conflicts” in the Global Politics course to Masters’ students at the Department of Political Sciences, School of Social Sciences, Vaxjo University, Sweden.
- Taught courses in “Economics of Conflicts”, “Research Methodology”, “Econometrics” and “Quantitative Techniques” at M.Sc. (Natural Resource Management), M.A. (Public Policy and Sustainable Development) and Ph.D levels at TERI University.
- Taught Doctoral Level course in Methods of Regional Analysis at IIM Calcutta.
- Training Programme lectures on “Valuation of Water Resources” (SACIWaters and INSEE Workshop), “Basics of Research” (TERI, New Delhi), “Health Economics” (All Indian Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Kolkata), “Savings and Investment in developed and developing economy” (Institute of Economic Growth), “Air Pollution in Urban India” in Urban Management course (IIM Calcutta, Kolkata).
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Biswajeet Rath
Biswajeet Rath completed his MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) in 1991 and pursued a career in the publishing and print media. As Publishing Head at IIRNS Publications, Nasik (1991-99), he was involved in the planning of various titles for publication and editing of articles received for publication. He was Associate Editor of Numismatic Digest between 1994 and 1999 and Editor of the quarterly newsletter IIRNS Newsline between 1995 and 1999. While at the Institute, Biswajeet participated and presented research papers in three international colloquia (1991, 1994, 1997), and published one monograph and 20 research articles, and also edited a Festschrift. As a Workshop Coordinator, he was involved in various projects, including grants from the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, and designing the course structure for the PGDIN course under University of Poona.
As a Senior Editor in the Marg editorial team (1999-2004), Biswajeet was responsible for accepting and vetting articles for the quarterly Marg magazine and its hardcover counterpart, conducting picture research for specific issues of both the magazine and the book, interacting with writers/General Editor, editing articles in four different stages up to the final production, working with the Design and Production team. He also contributed newsletters and book reviews to Marg magazine. As web manager, he maintained and updated the Marg site www.marg-art.org
After a short stint as Project Manager with India Book House (2004-05), Biswajeet diversified into technical content editing for Microsoft courses at Lionbridge Technologies and Sify eLearning (2005-06), where he liaised with a team of writers and defined the content in various stages as per the Chicago Manual of Style/Microsoft Manual of Style for Editors, leading to the final deliverable.
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Deities on Indian Coins, IIRNS Publications, Anjaneri, 1999.
Back to the Future: Roots of Commodity Trade in India (with Jignesh Shah), TAER, 2009.
Edited Works
- Numismatic Panorama: Essays in the Memory of S.M. Shukla, Harman Publishing House, New Delhi, 1997.
- Numismatic Digest, Vols 14-16, IIRNS, 1997-99.
- IIRNS Newsline, Issues 1 to 20, 1994-1999.
Articles
- "Gold Coins of the Paramaras: A Reappraisal in the Light of Fresh Evidence", ND, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 41-54.
- "The Dalmau Hoard: A Case Study for the Gold Coins of Govindachandra Gahadavala", ND, vol. 18, 1994, pp. 75-116.
- "From the Editor's Desk: Numismatics, the Changing Face", a series of 22 articles in IIRNS Newsline, Nos. 1 to 20, 1994 to 1999.
- "A Conversation with D.W. MacDowell", IIRNS Newsline, No. 2, April 1994.
- "The Find of Mughal Silver Coin Hoard from Yeola: A Report", IIRNS Newsline, No. 3, July 1994.
- "A Conversation with Michael Mitchiner", IIRNS Newsline, No. 4, October 1994.
- "Dr Amjad Ali: A Portraiture in Prose", IIRNS Newsline, No. 5, January 1995.
- "The Survival of Foreign Coin Nomenclature in Indian Epigraphy and Literature" in D.W. MacDowall and A. Jha (eds), Foreign Coins in the Indian Subcontinent, Nasik, 1995, pp. 121-124.
- "Fire Altar Type Coins of Skandagupta: Towards a Typological and Chronological Definition" in K.K. Maheshwari and Biswajeet Rath (eds.), Numismatic Panorama, Essays in the Memory of S.M. Shukla, Delhi, 1996, pp. 179-194.
- Garuda Type Silver Coins of Kumaragupta Reconsidered in Ex Moneta, Essays in Honour of Dr D.W. MacDowall, vol. II, 1998, pp. 293-320.
- "A Note on the Coins of Harshadeva of Kashmir: Innovation or Imitation?", IIRNS Newsline, No. 20, 1998.
- "Transition from Early Medieval to Medieval: Evidence from Coin Hoards and the Dravyapariksha" A. Jha (ed.), 5th International Colloquium on Medieval Indian Coinage: A Historical and Economic Perspective, Nasik, 1999, pp. 73-84.
- "Notes from Bhubaneswar: A Sculptural Find" in Marg, June 2002.
- "Bullion to Coinage: The Romanticism in Metals", Commodity Vision, Vol. 1, issue 1, July 2007, pp. 36-41.
- "The Enduring Image: Indian Textiles Through 2000 Years of Indian Art", Commodity Vision, Vol. 1, issue 2, October 2007, pp. 55-60.
- "The Magic Oils: Ancient Remedies, Modern Commodities," Commodity Vision, Volume 1, Issue 3, January 2008, pp. 40–47.
- "Taste of the East: The Ancient Spice Trade," Commodity Vision, Volume 1, Issue 4, April 2008, pp. 26–30.
- "Wind, Water, and the Mountains: The "Power" Behind Civilizations," Commodity Vision, Volume 2, Issue 1, July 2008, pp. 32–38.
- “Sifting Through the Time Sieve: Grains in Diet and Commerce,” Commodity Vision, Volume 2, Issue 2, October 2008, pp. 26–33.
- “A Tale of Ores: Metallurgy in the Bronze–Iron Ages and After,” Commodity Vision, Volume 2, Issue 3, January 2009, pp 36–42.
Review Article
John S. Deyell, Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India, ND, vol. 15, 1991.
Book Reviews
- B.N. Mukherjee, Coins and Currency System in Gupta Bengal, ND, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 239-243.
- B.N. Mukherjee, Media of Exchange in Early Medieval India, ND, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 244-245.
- Rekha Jain, Ancient Indian Coinage: A Systematic Study of Money Economy from Janapada Period to Early Medieval Period (600 BC to AD 1200), in ND, vol. 19, 1995, pp. 209-211.
- Uno Barner Jenson, Trankobarmønter 1620-1845, Danish India Tranquebar Coins, in IIRNS Newsline, no. 10, April 1996.
- S.K. Bhatt, Nishka: The Rigvedic Money, in IIRNS Newsline, no. 19, July 1998.
- Ratan Parimoo, Studies in Indian Sculpture: Essays in New Art History, Vols I and II, in Marg, July 2003.
- Nayanjot Lahiri (ed.), Decline and Fall of the Indus Valley Civilization in Marg, December 2004.
- Planet India: How the fastest growing democracy is transforming the world in Commodity Vision, Vol. 1, issue 1, October 2007, pp. 106-108.
- Darryl D'Monte (ed), Mills for Sale: The Way Ahead, in Commodity Vision, Vol. 1, issue 2, October 2007, pp. 111-114.
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