IGIDR Annual Report 2008-2009 - Indira Gandhi Institute of ...

Faculty ActivitiesMary, University of London and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management,Bangalore, scheduled during August 10-12, 2009. Work for this started from July 2008 and formalised as anInstitute activity from October 2008Panelist at the Economic Convention on ‗Indian Growth Miracle: Myth or Reality‘ Indian Merchants‘ Chamber,Mumbai, 13 March 2009: 'Farmers' Suicides and Agrarian Crisis in India' - discussion on ‗Rising Inequalities andSocial Tensions: Achilles heel of India‘s Reforms‘Delivered two lectures for Capacity Development Training Programme for Lecturers of Kabul University,Afghanistan, supported by United Nations Development Programme, IGIDR, Mumbai, April 2008Delivered two lectures at the UNDP-sponsored Young Scholars Programme, IGIDR, Mumbai, June, 2008Delivered two lectures to participants of V-PAGe Training Programme on Agricultural Policy Research, IGIDR,Mumbai, September 2008Delivered two lectures at the UNDP-sponsored Young Scholars Programme, IGIDR, Mumbai, Nov, 2008Motiram SripadSripad Motiram and Lars Osberg: "Demand or Supply for Schooling in Rural India?" Paper presented at the 4thAnnual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi,Dec 17-18, 2008Sripad Motiram and Lars Osberg: ―Determinants of Access to Drinking Water in India,‖ Paper presented at theworkshop on Economic Instruments of Water Resource Management, IGIDR, Jan 9-10, 2009Sripad Motiram and Lars Osberg: ―Tasks and Opportunities within Indian Families,‖ Paper presented at theworkshop on Unpaid Work, Time Use, Poverty and Public Policy, American University, Washington DC, March 9-11, 2009Mythili G.Presented a Paper titled ―Valuation of Urban Environmental Amenities in Mumbai and its Suburbs: A HedonicPricing Approach,‖ ( with Vijaya Gupta) at Fifth Biennial Conference on Environmental Governance- held atGujarat Vidyapeet, Ahmedabad, Jan 21-23, 2009Chaired a Technical Session - ―International Conference on Time Series Econometrics and Applied Economics,‖held at IBS Hyderabad, April 17-18, 2009Invited Lectures on Environmental Policy, Workshop held at Vasantdada Sugar Institute on ―EnvironmentalManagement,‖ Pune, Feb 16-17, 2009Delivered 3 lectures in the Workshop organised by NCAP and IGIDR in Agricultural Economics held at IGIDR,.September 15-20, 2008. Topics: a) Supply Response b) Production Risk and c) Estimation method for SupplyResponse.Nachane D.M.Gave lecture on ―Marketization and Democracy‖ for the 3 rd YSP Programme, June 26, 2008Gave lecture on ―Current State of the Indian Macroeconomy at the Indian Merchants Chamber,‖ July 24, 200834 Annual Report 2008-09