Prof. S. Mahendra Dev has been the Director
and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (lGlDR) in Mumbai, India since 2010. Prior to this
position, he was Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural
Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture from 2008 to 2010. He
was Director. Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad,
India for 9 years from 1999 to 2008. He is Vice Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research
Institute, Washington, D.C. He was Acting Chairman of the
National Statistical Commission. Government of India. He
received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for outstanding research work
on development studies. He is currently the President of the
Indian Economic Association. He was Conference President of the
Indian Society of Labour Economics in 2017 and Conference
President of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics. He
received honorary doctorate (D.Litt) from the Acharya Nagarjuna
University. He has received honors for eminence in public
service.
He received his Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics and did
his post doctoral research at Yale University. His main areas of
interest are development economics, employment, poverty,
inequality, agriculture policies, rural development, and social
sector. He has around 130 research publications in national and
international journals. He has written or edited 2l books. His
book on 'Inclusive Growth in India: Agriculture, Poverty and
Human Development', published by Oxford University Press is well
known. He has been a consultant and adviser to many
international organizations, such as UNDP, World Bank, lFPBl,
UNESCO, lLO, FAO, and ESCAP.
He has been a member of several government committees in India, including the Prime Minister's Task Force on Employment, member of the Committee on Financial inclusion, member of the Expert Group on Poverty chaired by Dr. C. Rangaraian, member of the National Statistical Commission. He is the Chairman of the Committee on Terms of Trade on Agriculture constituted by the Ministry of Agriculture. He was member of several working groups for 9th, l0th, 11th, and 12th Five-Year Plans in India.
Read MoreEdubelli Nagabhushana Rao was a former
Professor, Senate Member, Special Officer, Dean and Head Department of Rural Development and Economics
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He is recognized as one of the
best teacher, Researcher, academic administrator and Institution
Builder.
He graduated, Post graduated (1975) and obtained Ph.D. (1982) in
the Andhra University.
Later joined as faculty member (1978) in the same university
served nearly three and half decades, successfully guided
Doctoral fellows (15), Post-Doctoral fellows (3) and authored 2
books in addition to few books and journals in the capacity of
editor. He has conducted six major research projects, organized
seminars and conferences (10), Participated in various national
and international conferences. He has been serving in various
academic and non-academic bodies in various capacities.
Associated with Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)
Hyderabad as Senior Consultant for few research projects,
SpecialOfficer, Centre for Tribal Development studies
Prof. S Galab did his Post Graduation in Economics and Statistics, and Ph.D in Economics at Andhra University. He is presently the Director of Institute for Development Studies, Andhra Pradesh. He is closely associated with several advanced research centres in social sciences in India and abroad. He has supervised a large number of PhD and MPhil students at CESS. He has been a member of several policy bodies and Committees constituted by Governments of India, and State Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He was formerly Director of Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He was special invitee to 'Committees and Commissions constituted by Government of India and Andhra Pradesh for enhancement of farmers' well-being such as Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, member of Farmer's Welfare Commission in Andhra Pradesh, Government of undivided Andhra Pradesh; and member of Commission on Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Development of Andhra Pradesh,
Government of Andhra Pradesh. He
has also a special invitee to the Working Group on Poverty
Elimination Programmes, Planning Commission, Government of
India. He has made pioneering research contributions in the
fields of Rural Development, Agriculture, Natural Resource
Management, Rural Indebtedness. Agrarian Distress and Farmers'
Suicides, and Rehabilitation and Resettlement. He has authored
many books and research papers in national and international
journals. He is a co-author of the books on Joint Forest
Management in Andhra Pradesh and organising Poor Women: The
Andhra Pradesh Experience. He is also an author of 42 research
reports brought out by CESS. These include Rural Indebtedness in
Andhra Pradesh (2007), Andhra Pradesh Human Development Report
(2007), Mid-Term Appraisal of the Xl Five Year Plan of Andhra
Pradesh (2010), Xll Plan Approach Paper on Agriculture in Andhra
Pradesh (2012), Human Development Report in Telangana State:
District Profiles (2015), Status of Millennium Development Goals
in Telangana State (2015), Human Development Report in Andhra
Pradesh: Regional Pattern (forthcoming), Millennium Development
Goals in Andhra Pradesh (forthcoming).
Professor Galab made significant contribution in organising
research programmes at CESS. He was instrumental in the
establishment of Division of Child Studies (DCS) sponsored by
UNICEF and Division for Studies 0n Sustainable Development
(DSDS) at CESS. He directed many research projects sponsored by
national and international organizations such as World Bank,
Wisconsin University, University of Amsterdam, Planning
Commission, ICSSR, Government of India, Andhra Pradesh, and
Telangana. He was principal investigator for Young Lives Project
which is an international Collaborative Longitudinal Project on
Childhood Poverty in Andhra Pradesh located at CESS. He was
Project Director for Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives
Project (APDPIP) and Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction
Project (APRPRP). He was a member of the Advisory Board of
Commission of Inquiry on Socio-Economic & Educational Conditions
of Muslims, Government of Telangana and Coordinator of Group on
Primary Sector for the Preparation of 12-Five Year Plan
Approach Paper, Government of Andhra Pradesh.