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MA. Programme: Ritika Jain
Abhilash T
M. Parameswaran (Co-ordinator) S. Suresh Kumar (Registrar)
Rajit Biswas (Associate Co-ordinator) Ansamma Joseph
Faculty Committee Rajkumar Byahut (Student Representative)
Sabeer VC (Student Representative)
Sunil Mani (Chairman) Prince Bajaria (Student Representative)
U.S. Mishra (Convenor) IT Committee
K.J. Joseph (On deputation to GIFT)
S. Irudaya Rajan Beena P.L. (Chairman)
K.N.Harilal (on deputation to Kerala State Planning Board) V. Sarath (Convenor, Ex-officio)
Praveena Kodoth Srikanta Kundu
J. Devika S. Suresh Kumar (Registrar, Ex –officio)
Vinoj Abraham V. Sriram, (Chief Librarian, Ex –officio)
Academic Committee Sourish Dutta (Student Representative)
Ethics Committee
Sunil Mani (Chairperson)
Rajit Biswas (Convenor) US Mishra (Chairman)
All faculty (Members) Praveena Kodoth (Member)
Registrar (Member) Vinoj Abraham (Member)
Chief Librarian (Member) Hostel Wardens
Systems Officer (Member)
Publications Officer (Member) M. Parameswaran
Vidyanand Thombare (MPhil II Year representative) Tirtha Chatterjee
Aishwarya Prakash (MPhil I Year representative) Investment Committee
Trishna Boruah, (MA II Year representative)
Jatin Sharma (MA I Year representative) Sunil Mani (Chairman)
Praveena Kodoth (Finance Committee Member)
Academic Programme Committee S. Suresh Kumar (Registrar)
Sunil Mani (Chairperson) S. Suresh (Convenor)
M. Parameswaran (Convenor) Tharun Kumar M.P. (Internal Audit Officer )
All Faculty (Members) Staff Welfare Fund

Library Committee J. Devika (Chairperson)
Hrushikesh Mallick (Chairman) Suresh Kumar. S (Registrar)
V. Sriram (Chief Librarian) S. Suresh (Finance Officer)
Ansamma Joseph

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Staff Council Committee Against Sexual Harassment
Ex-offico Members:
Praveena Kodoth (Chairperson)
Sunil Mani (Director) Elsamma Praikalam (Advocate)
S. Suresh Kumar (Registrar) Vinoj Abraham
V. Sriram (Chief Librarian) Radhamoni K
S. Suresh (Senior Finance Officer) Ansamma Joseph
Vipitha V (Student Representative)
Representatives:
Kashif Mansoor (Student Representative)
Vinoj Abraham (Academic Staff) Campus Committee
P. L. Beena (Academic Staff)
H.S. Shareef (Convenor & Member, Administrative Staff A) J. Devika (Chairperson)
T.S. Geetha Devi (Member, Administrative Staff A) Suresh Kumar S, Registrar (Ex-Officio) (Convenor)
Ansamma Joseph (Library Staff) Praveena Kodoth,(GHMC Chairperson) (Ex-Officio) (Member)
Reeshma R.S. (Member, Administrative Staff B) Ajikumar A R (Member)
A.R. Ajikumar (Member, Administrative Staff B) Aanandh N R (Member)
G. Vijayan (Member, Administrative Staff C) Anoop Kumar P P (Member)
Sachu R Sunny (PhD representative)
Grievance Redressal Committee Amit Nandan, (MPhil II Year Representative)
Rahul Kamal (MA II year representative)
S. Suresh Kumar (Registrar) Right to Information Act
Praveena Kodoth
Ritika Jain S. Suresh Kumar, Registrar (Chief Public Information Officer)
Lekha K. Ajikumar A.R. (Asst. Public Information Officer)
Sunil Mani, Director (Appellate Information Officer)

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FACULTY Research Area: Innovation and Technology, Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property
Rights, High Technology Industry
Director
Research Area: Innovation and Development, India’s Plantation Agriculture
Sunil Mani
Ph.D in Economics Research Area: Migration and Human Development, Health and Education
(CDS/JNU)
Research Area: Gender and Development, Human Development,
Professors Health and Education

Joseph K. J. Research Area: International Political Economy, Regional Economy of Kerala,
Ph.D in Economics Rural Development and Agrarian Relations, Local Governments and Democratic
(CDS/JNU) Decentralisation
(On Leave from 19 July, 2019)
Research Area: Gender and Development, Migration Labour,
Irudaya Rajan S. Employment and Social Security
Ph.D.in Demography
(IIPS, Bombay) Research Area: History of, and present developments in, Gender, Politics,
Development, and Culture in Kerala; the history of Migration
Udaya Shankar Mishra and Cosmopolitanism in Kerala; local self- government in Kerala; translations
Ph.D in Population Studies and translation studies; Malayalam literature; contemporary politics.
(IIPS, Bombay) Research Area: Labour, Employment & Social Security
Gender & Development, Plantation Crops, Innovation & Technology
Harilal, K.N.
Ph.D in Economics
(CDS/JNU)
(On deputation to Kerala
State Planning Board)

Praveena Kodoth
Ph.D in Economics
(University of Hyderabad)

Devika, J.
Ph.D in History
(MG University)

Vinoj Abraham
Ph.D in Economics
(JNU)
(Promoted to Professor
w.e.f 12.02.2020)

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Associate Professors Research Area: Energy Economics, Political Economy;
Development Studies, Statistics and Econometrics
Vijayamohanan Pillai, N.
Ph.D in Economics -Econometrics Research Area: Industrial Economics, Indian Corporate Sector, FDI,
(Madras University) M & As and Competition Policy, Globalisation
(Retired on 31 November, 2019) and Contempory Issues of Indian Economy, Kerala Economy
Research Area: Macroeconomic Performance, Industry and Trade
Beena, P.L.
Ph.D in Economics, Research Area: Macroeconomic Performance
(CESP, JNU)
Research Area: Technology, Innovation, Productivity, Spillovers
Parameswaran, M.
Ph.D in Economics Research Area: Agricultural Economics; Human Development Health and
(CDS/JNU) Education; Gender and Development; Labour,
Employment and Social Security; Plantation Crops
Hrushikesh Mallick
Ph.D in Economics Research Area: Industry and Trade, Labour Employment and Social Security,
(University of Mysore) Macroeconomic Performance

Chidambaran G. Iyer Research Area: Time Series, Macroeconometrics,
Ph.D in Development Financial Econometrics, Development Economics
Economics
(IGIDR)
(Joined 26 August, 2019)

Thiagu Ranganathan
Ph.D in Economics
(IIT, Bombay)
(Joined 31 October, 2019)
Assistant Professors

Sunandan Ghosh
Ph.D in Economics
(Jadavpur University)
(On leave from 29 July, 2019)

Srikanta Kundu
Ph.D in Quantitative Economics
(Indian Statistical Institute)

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Ritika Jain Research Area: Industry and Trade, Politics and Development,
Ph.D in Economics Labour Employment and Social Security
(IGIDR)

Rajit Biswas Research Area: Industry, Trade and Political Economy,
Ph.D in Quantitative Economics
(Indian Statistical Institute)

Abhilash Thadathil Research Area: Politics and Development,
Ph.D in Political Science & Human Development Health and Education, Labour,
International Studies Employment and Social Security
(JNU)

Jayaseelan Raj Research Area: Culture and Development and Politics and Development
Ph.D in Social Anthropology and Social Life, Ethnographic Methods
(University of Bergen, Norway)

Chandril Bhattacharyya Research Area: Growth Theory and Other Studies
Ph.D in Quantitative Economics
(Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)

Tirtha Chatterjee Research Area: Agricultural Economics, Development Economics
Ph.D in Development Studies
(IGIDR, Mumbai)
(Joined on 1 November, 2019)

RBI Chair Professor

Manmohan Lal Agarwal Research Area: History of International Monetary System,
Ph.D in Economic Implication of Establishment of New Development Bank
(Massachusetts Institute of Analysis of Structural Change in Indian Economy and
Technology, USA) Performance of the Indian Manufacturing Sector
(Service ended on
31 May, 2019)

Honorary Fellows

Vaidyanathan A. Former Fellow, CDS

Krishnaji N. Former Fellow, CDS

(Passed away on 7 November 2019)

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Zachariah K.C. Former Senior Demographer, The World Bank, Washington D.C.

Amit Bhaduri Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Mathew E.T. Former Professor and Head, Department of Economics, University of Kerala
Jayachandran T.N. Former Vice Chancellor, Calicut University, Kerala
Oommen M.A. Former Professor and Head, Department of Economics, University of Calicut, Kerala
Damodaran A.D. Former Director, Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram
Rao G.N. Former Fellow, CDS
Thomas Isaac T.M. Former Fellow, CDS
Mridul Eapen Former Fellow, CDS
Kannan, K.P. Former Director and Fellow, CDS
P. Mohanan Pillai Former Fellow, CDS
P. Sivanandan Former Fellow, CDS

Honorary Visiting Professor

A.V. Jose Research Area: Social and Labour Policies, Social Protection
Ph.D in Economics
(University of Kerala)

Visiting Research Fellow

R. Mohan Research Area: Public Finance, Centre-State
MPhil in Applied Economics Relation with focus on Devolution of Resources & Kerala Public
Finance, Trends in India’s Economic Growth

James J. Nedumpara Research Area: International Trade Law
PhD (New York)

Visiting Professor (Fixed term appointment)

Sudip Chaudhuri Research Area: Pharmaceutical Industry,
PhD (JNU) Economics of Patents, India’s Industrialisation.

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ADMINISTRATION

S. Suresh Kumar Registrar
Shareef H.S. Assistant Administrative Officer
Ajikumar A.R. Administrative Assistant (designated as PS to Registrar)
K. Lekha Receptionist cum Public Relations Assistant
Academic Programme Office

T.S. Geetha Devi Assistant Administrative Officer
Raji R.S. Junior Administrative Assistant
Arun K.C. Junior Administrative Assistant
Faculty Support Services
Emmanuel T.J. Personal Assistant
Satheesh S.S. Junior Administrative Assistant
Guest House

Shareef H.S. Assistant Administrative Officer
(designated as Guest House Manager upto 18.9.2019)
Saibabu S. Attendant
Sumesh C.S. Attendant
Publications
Tilak Baker Publication Officer
Finance
S. Suresh Senior Finance Officer
Arun Hrishikesh Asst Accounts Officer
K.Radhamoni Asst Accounts Officer
Reeshma R.S. Jr. Accountant
Biju R.S. Attendant

Internal Audit Officer on deputation from AG’s Office

Venukumar V Accounts Officer cum Internal Auditor
M.P. Tharun Kumar (Deputation ended on 31 December, 2019)

Internal Audit Officer
(Joined on 1 January, 2020)

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Director’s Office Section Officer (designated as P.S. to Director)
Praveen G. Attendant
Ajayanandam S.
Estate and Engineering Campus Supervisor
Aanandh N.R. Assistant Campus Supervisor
Anoop Kumar P.P. (designated as Guest House Manager w.e.f. 19.9.2019)
Attendant
G.Vijayan
Transport Driver Grade I
V. Surendran (Retired on 31 January, 2020)

COMPUTER CENTRE / IT Systems Officer

V. Sarath Chief Librarian
Senior Assistant Librarian
K.N. RAJ LIBRARY (Promoted as Deputy Librarian w.e.f. 18 September, 2019)
Senior Assistant Librarian
V. Sriram (Promoted as Deputy Librarian w.e.f. 18 September, 2019)
Ansamma Joseph Assistant Librarian
(Promoted as Senior Assistant Librarian w.e.f. 18 September, 2019)
G.P. Anitha Assistant Librarian
(Promoted as Senior Assistant Librarian w.e.f. 18 September, 2019)
Ameer Ali Junior Assistant Librarian
Attendant
S. Gopakumar

Sivakumar P
Sumesh C.S.

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Internal Complaints Committee Report (2019-20)

a. Number of complaints of sexual harassment received in the year:
A complaint was received from the agency that sub contracts cleaning workers that one of the women
staff was sexually harassed by a male contract worker. The woman concerned expressed her desire to
resolve the matter through a process of acknowledgment and reconciliation. The chairperson and a
member of the committee convened a meeting with the accused, the complainant and a member of
the contracting agency and the matter was resolved after the accused acknowledged that he had acted
wrongly and apologized. The accused accepted the apology.

b. Number of complaints disposed off during the year: One
c. Number of cases pending for more than ninety days: None
d. Number of workshops or awareness programme against sexual harassment carried out: One for the

incoming students of M. A., M. Phil and Ph D and one for the administrative staff
e. Nature of action taken by the employer: (see above – a.)

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9 RESEARCH TITLES

(a) CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT CDS-RULSG Monograph Series on Ecological
Challenges and Local Self-Government Responses
Completed Studies in Kerala

1. Crisis and Retirement: Alienation in Kerala’s Tea 4. Local Governments and the Politics of Post-
Belt Disaster Planning: The Case of the
Jayaseelan Raj Puthenvelikkara Panchayat
Status: Published in Focaal: Journal of Global and
Historical Anthropology 86 (2020); 84-96 J. Devika, Anamika Ajay (National Institute of Advanced
Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus,
(b) DECENTRALISATION AND GOVERNANCE Bengaluru), Arathy MR (Freelance Journalist)

Completed Studies Status: Ongoing - Approval has been secured in
March 2019; fieldwork yet to start. To be considered
2. Regulation and its Effect on Cost Efficiency in for inclusion in the CDS-RULSG Monograph Series
Electricity Distribution: A Use of Stochastic Cost on Ecological Challenges and Local Self-Government
Frontier Analysis for the Indian States Responses in Kerala
Hrushilesh Mallick and Amit Nandan (Doctoral
Scholar) (c) GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
Status: A revision is submitted to a journal for
publication Completed Studies

Ongoing Studies 5. The Defence of Aacharaam, Femininity, and Neo-
Savarna Power in Kerala
3. Local Governments and Cronyism in Kerala: A Case J. Devika
Study of Pallichal Gram Panchayat Status: Accepted for publication in the Indian Journal
J. Devika, S. Mohanakumar (Institute of Development of Gender Studies, 2020, and in a volume edited by
Studies, Jaipur) and Archana Ravi (Freelance Tanika Sarkar and Amritha Basu, from Anthem Press,
Journalist) forthcoming in 2021
Status: - Ongoing; deadline for presentation at CDS
is Nov 2020. To be considered for inclusion in the

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6. Women and the Defence of Aachaaram in Kerala: 11. Determinants of Inequality in Caesarean Delivery
A Historical Account in the Wake of the Neo- in India: A Decomposition Analysis
Savarna Disturbances around Sabarimala Udaya Shankar Mishra, Basant K Panda (IIPS,
J. Devika Mumbai) and Itishree Nayak (IIPS, Mumbai)
Status: Accepted a chapter in book edited by Nissim Status: Health care for Women International 2020,
Mannathukaren and Yasser Arafat, forthcoming Jan 13;1-16. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2020.
in 2021, Routledge India 1711757.

7. Gendered Childhoods to Gender-Neutral 12. Literacy Achievement in India: Across the States
Childhoods? Reflections on the History of Childhood and Over the Age Cohort
in Kerala Udaya Shankar Mishra and Vachaspati Shukla (Sardar
J. Devika Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research,
Status: To be presented at a seminar at ICAS organized Ahmedabad)
by Janaki Nair and Mary E John Status: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.54 (48),
7 Dec 2019 https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/48/
New Initiatives special-articles/literacy-achievement-india.html

8. Education, and Income Homogamy, and Women’s 13. Rising Extent of Caesarean Delivery and Its
Autonomy in India Differential Access in Regions of India
Thiagu Ranganathan and Avina Mendonca (Assistant 2005–2016
Professor, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Udaya Shankar Mishra, Basant K Panda (IIPS,
IIM Nagpur) Mumbai) and Sanjay Mohanty (IIPS, Mumbai)
Status: New Initiative (Expected date of completion: Status: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice
April 2020)
Ongoing Studies
(d) HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND
EDUCATION 14. Senior Citizens of India: Emerging Challenges and
Concerns (Book)
Completed Studies S. Irudaya Rajan and U.S. Mishra
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: May
9. Whether Levels of Education Matter for 2020)
Environmental Quality in Selected BRICS Countries?
The Role of Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy 15. Unmet Need: Whose Need and What is Unmet?
Demand with Some New Policy Perspective Udaya Shankar Mishra and Basant K Panda (IIPS,
Hrushikesh Mallick, Mantu Kumar Mahalik (IIT, Mumbai)
Kharagpur) & Hemachandra Padhan (IIT, Madras, Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: March
Chennai) 2020)
Status: Submitted to a journal
16. On Verifying the Genuineness of Rising C-section
10. Household Assets and Wealth Quintiles, India Deliveries in India
2006-16: Insights on Economic Inequalities Udaya Shankar Mishra and Basant K Panda (IIPS,
Udaya Shankar Mishra and William Joe (Institute of Mumbai)
Economic Growth, Delhi) Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: March
Status: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.55 (6), 8 2020)
Feb 2020

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17. Unnatural Deaths in India 23. World Development Report 2020: Trading for
Udaya Shankar Mishra and Basant K. Panda (IIPS, Development in the age of Global Value Chains
Mumbai) Chidambaran G. Iyer, Byahut R. (Doctoral Scholar),
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: April Dutta S. (Doctoral Scholar), Nataraj M. (Doctoral
2020) Scholar)
Status: Commentary on India’s Economy and Society
18. Gauging the improvement in Economic Status of Series – 11, CDS
Indian Households: Evidence based on NFHS
Udaya Shankar Mishra, Basant K. Panda (IIPS, 24. Efficiency of Indirect Taxes
Mumbai) and Rinju Rajit Biswas and NeelanjanSen (Madras School of
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: June Economics)
2020) Status: Under revision in International Journal of
Industrial Organization.
Completed Research Projects
25. How Effective has been Government Measures
19. Relative contributions of adult daughter and sons to Control Prices of Anti-Cancer Medicines in India
to elderly parents’ care in India Sudip Chaudhuri
S. Irudaya Rajan and Sharada Srinivasan (University Status: CDS Working Paper No 490, December, 2019
of Guelph, Canada)
Sponsor: IDG, Canada 26. Are Medicine Prices High and Unaffordable after
Status: Planning for Journal Articles TRIPS? Evidence from Pharmaceutical Industry in
India
20. Resource Allocation in lieu of State’s Demographic Sudip Chaudhuri
Achievements in India: An Evidence Based Status: CDS Commentary on India’s Economy and
Approach Society Series No 10, December, 2019
S. Irudaya Rajan and Udaya S. Mishra
Sponsor: 15th Finance Commission, Govt. of India Ongoing Studies
Status: Report, CDS Working Paper
27. Is there any Complementarity between Aid, Trade
New Initiatives and FDI from India? A Case Study of South Asia
Region
21. Assessing Development of Indian States over time Beena P.L. and Meena Abraham Chacko
M. Parameswaran, Manmohan Agarwal, and Amit Status: Ongoing (Plan to publish in a journal)
Shovan Ray (JNU)
Status: New initiative 28. Growth Dynamics of Handloom Sector in Kerala:
A Case Study of Chendamangalam Handloom
(e) INDUSTRY AND TRADE Industry
Beena P.L. and P. Kavitha (Doctoral Scholar)
Completed Studies Status: Ongoing (Plan to publish in a journal)

22. Structure, Direction and Export contribution of 29. The Combined Impact of Trade Wars and ‘Make in
Kerala State: With special reference to Cochin India’ on the Indian Economy
Special Economic Zone Chidambaran G. Iyer, Badri Narayanan G (School of
P.L. Beena, Pradeesh Kumar S (Researcher) and Environment and Forestry Sciences, University of
George Paily (Doctoral Scholar) Washington, Seattle, US), Rahul Sen (Auckland

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University of Technology, Auckland), Sangeeta Khorana 35. Making Covid-19 Medical Products Affordable:
(Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK), Voluntary Patent Pool and TRIPS Flexibilities
Sadhana Srivastava (Auckland University of Sudip Chaudhuri
Technology, Auckland) Status: SouthViews, No. 200, 16 June 2020,
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: August Geneva: South Centre.
2020)
36. Making Medicines for Pandemics: Can Bangladesh
30. Wide Gap Narrow Gap and Public Good Allocation do for COVID-19 what India did for HIV/AIDS?
Rajit Biswas Sudip Chaudhuri
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: three Status: Accepted for publication in The India Forum
months)
37. The Evolution of the Pharmaceutical Industry in
Completed Research Projects Bangladesh, 1982 to 2020
Sudip Chaudhuri
31. IPR Regime and Antitrust Implications of Mergers Status: submitted for CDS Working Paper
& Acquisitions: Evidence from the Indian Corporate
sector 38. To What Extent did Developing Countries use
P.L. Beena Compulsory Licensing to make Medicines
Sponsor: (SEED Grant, CDS) Affordable: An Analysis with Special Reference
Status: Journal of Antitrust Bulletin (Forthcoming, to India
2020) Sudip Chaudhuri
Status: expected to be completed by September
32. Structure, Direction and Export contribution of 2020
Kerala State: With special reference to Cochin
Special Economic Zone (f) INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
P.L Beena
Sponsor: Kerala and the World Economy, Government Completed Studies
of Kerala.
Status: Working Paper, CDS, Chapter in a Book 39. Effect of Innovation on Corporate Social
Responsibility: Does Ownership Matter? Evidence
Ongoing Research Projects from Indian Manufacturing Firms
Ritika Jain and Krishnapriya V.S. (Doctoral Scholar)
33. Industrialization for Jobs and Growth: A Case Study Status: Revise and resubmit from Economics of
of Cellular Mobile Phone Manufacturers in India Innovation and New Technology
Chidambaran G. Iyer
Sponsor: Indira Gandhi Institute for Development 40. Is R&D Spending Influenced by Disinvestment and
Research & Ford Foundation Local Political Corruption? The Case of Indian
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: June Central Public Sector Enterprises
2020) Ritika Jain
Status: Completed
New Initiatives
41. History Does Matter, India’s Efforts at Developing
34. Revisiting the Process of Industrialisation in Kerala a Domestic Mobile Phone Manufacturing Industry
P.L. Beena Sunil Mani
Status: New Initiative Status : Already published as a CDS Working Paper
No: 489; Also accepted as a special article in the
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Ongoing Studies 48. Analysing Digital Payment Systems in India through
the lens of Innovation Systems Framework
42. The Saga of Indigenous R&D in India’s High Chidambaran G. Iyer
Technology Industry: The Case of Train 18 Status: New Initiative
Sunil Mani and Chidambaran Gurunathan Iyer
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: April 49. Frugal Innovations for Dealing with Pandemics,
15, 2020. Will be published as an article in an online India’s Innovation Capability in Digital Technologies
journal) and in Medical Devices
Sunil Mani
43. Diffusion of Industrial Robots and Manufacturing Status: New initiative (Expected date of completion:
Employment, an International Comparative Analysis March 31, 2021)
Sunil Mani and Patarapong Intarakumnerd (National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo) (g) L ABOUR, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL
Status: Ongoing (To bring out as Working Paper and SECURITY
then a journal article)
Completed Studies
44. The Diffusion of a Cashless Economy in India, its
Trends and Challenges 50. Unauthorised Recruitment of Migrant Domestic
Sunil Mani Workers from India: Interest Conflicts, Patriarchal
Status: Ongoing (Plan to publish as a journal article Nationalism and State Policy
after completion) Praveena Kodoth
Status: Chapter in in Michiel Bass (ed.,) The Migration
45. Emerging Technology, State and National Innovation Industry in Asia: Brokerage, Gender and Precarity,
Capability: An International Comparative Analysis Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan
Based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics
and Autonomous Systems 51. Do Job Reservations Hurt Firm Performance? Job
Sunil Mani and Yasushi Hara, École des hautesétudes Reservations, Disinvestment and Firm
en sciences sociales (EHESS), Center for French- Performance in Indian Public Sector Enterprises
Japanese Advanced Studies in Paris (CEAFJP) Ritika Jain and Vinoj Abraham
Status: Ongoing Status: Submitted at World Development

Completed Research Projects 52. Gender-based Wage Discrimination in Indian
Labour Market: An Assessment
46. Performance of India’s National System of Udaya Shankar Mishra and Vachaspati Shukla (Sardar
Innovation, 2015-2020 Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research,
Sunil Mani Ahmedabad)
Sponsor: UNESCO, Paris Status : The Indian Journal of Labour Economics,
Status: Will appear as a chapter in UNESCO (2020), 2019, Vo.62, pp.361- 388.
UNESCO Science Report 2020, Paris: UNESCO. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41027-
019-00175-8?wt_mc= Internal.Event. 1.SEM.
New Initiatives ArticleAuthor OnlineFirst&utm_source= Article
AuthorOnlineFirst&utm_medium =email&utm_
47. IPR, Innovation and Developmental Implications: content=AA_en_ 06082018& Article Author
A Case Study of Selected Indian Industries OnlineFirst_20190817
P.L. Beena
Status: New Initiative

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53. An Analysis of the Unemployment Challenge and 60. Do Growth-Promoting Factors Also Affect Income
India’s Policy Response Inequality? An Empirical Evidence from the Indian
Vinoj Abraham States
Status: Accepted for an edited volume (India Hrushikesh Mallick and Amit Kumar Nandan (Doctoral
Development Report) Scholar)
Status: Aiming for a journal publication
54. Jobless Growth through the Lens of Structural
Transformation 61. Does Gender Equality Matter for Regional Growth
Vinoj Abraham and Income Inequality? An Empirical Analysis for
Status: Published in Indian Growth and Development the Indian States
Review, Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 182-201. 2019. https:/ Amit Nandan (Doctoral Scholar) and Hrushikesh
/doi.org/10.1108/IGDR-07-2018-0077 Mallick
Status: Journal of International Development
55. Dynamic Nature of Jobless Growth in India
Vinoj Abraham Ongoing Studies
Status: Published in an edited volume by Shyam
Sundar, Globalization, Labour Market Institutions, 62. Understanding the Role of Climate Change,
Processes and Policies in India: Essays in Honour of Institutional Credits and Public Sector Investment
Lalit K. Deshpande, Palgrave Macmillan on Agricultural Productivity in India
Hrushikesh Mallick
Ongoing Studies Status: Ongoing

56. Affirmative Action and Jobs in India 63. An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Total
Thiagu Ranganathan and Tirtha Chatterjee Foreign Aid Inflows vs. Foreign Energy Aid inflows
Status: (Expected date of completion: May 2020) for Environmental Quality and Climate Mitigation:
A Long Run Analysis for India
New Initiatives Hrushikesh Mallick, Mantu Kumar Mahalik (Indian
Institute of Technology Kharagpur), Muhammed Ashiq
57. Gender Diversity and Firm Performancein India V (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur), & Monika
Ritika Jain Gupta (Jain Institute of Management and Research,
Status: New initiative Mumbai)
Status: New Initiative
(h) MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Completed Research Projects
Completed Studies
64. Migration, Remittances and Dutch Disease:
58. Union, Efficiency of Labour and Endogenous Growth Evidence from Kerala Economy
Chandril Bhattacharyya and Manash Ranjan Gupta M. Parameswaran
(ISI, Kolkata) Sponsor: Earlier version was done with funding support
Status: Submitted to a journal from Kerala and World Economy project.
Status: Under revision for journal publication
59. Role of Governance and ICT Infrastructure in Tax
Revenue Mobilisation: An Empirical Assessment
for India
Hrushikesh Mallick
Status: CDS Working Paper No. 491

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New Initiatives 72. Locating Migration in Imagined Futures
S. Irudaya Rajan
65. Quality of Governance, Federal Transfers and Sponsor: REALM
Economic Development Status: Plan for Journal Articles
Hrushikesh Mallick
Status: New initiative Ongoing Research Projects

(i) MIGRATION 73. Should We Provide incentives for Investment Use
of Remittances? A Randomized Controlled
Completed Studies Experiment for India
S. Irudaya Rajan and Bharati Basu (Central Michigan
66. Handbook on Internal Migration in India University)
S. Irudaya Rajan and Sumeetha M (Christ University, Sponsor: UAE Exchange Centre LLC
Bengaluru) Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion:
Status: Sage Publishers (Published) December 2020)

67. Asianization of Migrant Workers in the Gulf 74. Flood and Migration in Kerala
Countries S. Irudaya Rajan
S. Irudaya Rajan and Ginu Zachariah Oommen (Kerala Sponsor: REALM
Public Service Commission) Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion:
Status: Springer (Published) December 2020)

68. Development, Environment and Migration 75. The Prospects and Impact of Migration at the Local
S.Irudaya Rajan and Debabrata Baral (Bennett Level through a Village Census
University) Vinoj Abraham, Praveena Kodoth, Parameswaran M,
Status: Routledge (Published) Ritika Jain
Sponsor: Kerala in the World Economy Programme/
Ongoing Studies CDS
Status: The research was to be completed by March
69. South Asia Migration Report 2020 (Book) 2020, but has to be extended due to the COVID
S. Irudaya Rajan pandemic
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: May 2020)
76. Evidence Generation on Child Migration: A State
70. India Migration Report 2020: Kerala Model of Level Study of Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Migration Surveys (Book) Praveena Kodoth and Vinoj Abraham
S. Irudaya Rajan Sponsor: UNICEF
Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion: May 2020) Status: Ongoing

Completed Research Projects New Initiatives

71. Recruitment and Migration of Indian Domestic 77. Study on Evidence Generation on Child Migration
Workers to the Middle East, Work in Freedom in TN and Kerala
programme (started on March 15, 2019) Vinoj Abraham and Praveena Kodoth
Praveena Kodoth Sponsor: UNICEF India
Sponsor: ILO, New Delhi Status: New Initiative
Status: Is in the process of being brought out as a
working paper

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(j) PLANTATION CROPS (k) POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Ongoing Research Projects Completed Studies

78. Collective Action among Small Tea Growers (STG) 83. Between Prohibition of Political Activity Capture
Thiagu Ranganathan, Vinoj Abraham and Tirtha of Political Space: The Predicament of Student
Chatterjee Politics in Kerala
Sponsor: National Research Programme on Plantation Praveena Kodoth
Development (NRPPD) Status: Chapter in Suresh Babu (ed. ) Education and
Status: Ongoing - Expected date of completion: June the public sphere: Exploring the structures of mediation
2020 in post colonial India, London: Routledge, 2019

79. Performance of Rubber Producer Societies in 84. Labour Market Corruption and Search Friction
Rubber Rajit Biswas and Debojyoti Mazumder (Indian Institute
Vinoj Abraham and Mithesh Madhavan (Research of Management, Indore)
Associate, NRPPD) Status: Submitted to BE Journal of Macroeconomics
Sponsor: NRPPD
Status: Ongoing (The research was to completed by 85. Bribery and Firm Performance in India: A Political
March 2020, but has to be extended due to the Economy Perspective
COVID pandemic) Ritika Jain
Status: Published in Journal of Asian Economics
80. An Assessment of the Impact of Self Help Groups
on Small Tea Growers 86. Effect of Electricity Act on Tariff Gap within the
Vinoj Abraham, Thiagu Ranganathan and Tirtha Subsidizing Sector: The Case of India
Chatterjee Ritika Jain and Amit Nandan (Doctoral Scholar)
Sponsor: NRPPD Status: Published in Energy Policy
Status: The research was to be completed by March
2020, but has to be extended due to the COVID 87. Electricity Prices and Firms’ Decisions and
pandemic Outcomes: The Case of India after a Decade of
the Electricity Act
81. Performance of Farmer Producer Organisations Ritika Jain and Amit Nandan (Doctoral Scholar)
in Coffee Status: Submitted at Energy Economics
Vinoj Abraham and Mithesh Madhavan (Research
Associate, NRPPD) Ongoing Studies
Sponsor: NRPPD
Status: The research was to completed by March 2020, 88. Only Half Way Through? Interrogating the Status
but has to be extended due to the COVID pandemic of Forest Right Act, 2006, Implementation in Kerala
Abhilash, T
82. Feasibility of e-auction in Rubber Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion August
Vinoj Abraham, Ritika Jain and Thiagu Ranganathan 2020)
Sponsor: NRPPD
Status: The research was to completed by March 89. Path Dependency: A Marxist Interpretation
2020, but has to be extended due to the COVID N. Vijayamohanan Pillai
pandemic Status: Ongoing

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90. Revisionism: The Game of Filling in the Marxian 95. Asymmetries in the Monetary Policy Reaction
Blanks Function: Evidence from India
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai Srikanta Kundu and Irfan Ahmad Shah (Doctoral Scholar)
Status: Ongoing (Chapter in Book) Status: Submitted to Journal

New Initiatives 96. Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Stock
Market Return and Volatility under Heterogeneous
91. Correcting the Historical Injustice or Adverse Market Characteristics
Inclusion?: an Ethnographic Study of Tribal Forest Srikanta Kundu and Amartya Paul (Doctoral Scholar)
Watchers in Kerala. Status: Submitted to Journal and CDS working Paper
Abhilash, T
Status: New Initiatives 97. Does Economic Status Matter in the relationship
among Democracy, Macroeconomics and
(l) OTHER STUDIES Happiness? A Panel Data Analysis
Srikanta Kundu, Ruma Kundu (Sikkim University,
Completed Studies Tadong, Gangtok) and Kul Bahadur Chettri (Research
Scholar, Department of Economics, Sikkim University)
92. From Nomadism to Precarious Living: Destitution Status: To be submitted in a journal
and Exclusion of Malai Pandaram in Kerala
Abhilash T and Prashanth Bansode (Gokhale Institute 98. Central Bank Intervention in Foreign Exchange
of Politics and Economics) Market under Managed Float: A Three Regime
Status: Social Change (https://journals.sagepub.com/ Threshold VAR Analysis of Indian Rupee-US Dollar
loi/scha) Accepted in January 2020 and Publication Exchange Rate
under progress Srikanta Kundu and Sunandan Ghosh
Status: To be submitted in a journal
93. The Role of the Federal Reserve in the U.S.
Housing Crisis: A VAR Analysis with Endogenous 99. Risk and Return Spillover: Does Liquidity Of Stock
Structural Breaks Market Play A Role? Evidence from US, UK and India
Srikanta Kundu and Mahua Barari (Department of Srikanta Kundu and Pratim Das (MA Student)
Economics, Missouri State University, Springfield) Status: To be submitted in journal
Status: Published in Journal of Risk and Financial
Management (https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/ 100. Mean and Volatility Spillovers between REIT and
12/3/125) Stocks Returns: A STVAR-BTGARCH-M Model

94. Nonlinear Relationships between Inflation, Output Mahamitra Das (Xavier School of Economics, Xavier
Growth and Uncertainty in India: New Evidence University Bhubaneswar), Srikanta Kundu, and
from a Bivariate Threshold Model Nityananda Sarkar (Economic Research Unit of the
Indian Statistical Institute)
Kusha Banik Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute Status: Completed
(North-East Centre), Tezpur, Assam) and Kaustav Kanti
Sarkar (Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai) and Srikanta 101. Conceptualizing Energy Efficiency: A Techno-
Kundu Economic Approach
Status: Accepted into Bulletin of Economic
Research N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy
Management Centre, Trivandrum)

Status: Under review for publication

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102. Measuring Energy Efficiency: A Review of the Status:Published as MPRA Working paper No. 97744.
Techno-Economic Empirical Methods https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/97744/1/
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy MPRA_paper_97744.pdf
Management Centre, Trivandrum)
Status: Under review for publication Ongoing Studies

103. Measuring Energy Efficiency in Kerala: Index 109. Bank Capital Structure and Monetary Policy
Decomposition Analysis Transmission: Evidence from India
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy
Management Centre, Trivandrum) Srikanta Kundu and Shelja Bhatia (Doctoral Scholar)
Status: Under review for publication Status: Ongoing (Expected date of completion:
September 2020)
104. Measuring Energy Efficiency in Kerala: Data
Envelopment Analysis 110. Separability in India Agricultural Households
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy Thiagu Ranganathan and Tirtha Chatterjee
Management Centre, Trivandrum) Status: To complete by September 2020
Status: Under review for publication
Completed Research Projects
105. Measuring Energy Efficiency: An Application of
Stochastic Frontier Production Function Analysis 111. An Assessment on Non- Tax Revenue in Kerala
to Power Sector in Kerala P.L. Beena and Ritika Jain
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy Sponsor: Administrative Reform Committee,
Management Centre, Trivandrum) Government of Kerala
Status: Under review for publication Status: Report

106. Energy Efficiency in Kerala 112. Institutional Support For Management Of Agro-
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy Biodiversity in Kerala: Access Capacity Gaps
Management Centre, Trivandrum) Pertaining to Agro Biodiversity and Identify
Status: Published as MPRA Working paper No. Opportunities to Mitigate Impacts of Current
97498. Practices of Agriculture and Allied Sectors on Agro
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/97498/1/ Biodiversity Conservation, Management and Use
MPRA_paper_97498.pdf Abhilash, T, Sunil Mani, Mohan Kumar (Research
Assistant) and Santhakumar V (Azim Premji University)
107. Economic Concept of Energy Efficiency Sponsor: UNFAO
Status: Under Publication
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy
Management Centre, Trivandrum) 113. Sector Wise Electrical Energy Intensity in Kerala
Status: Published as MPRA Working paper No. Factoring in Energy Efficiency and Productivity
97501. Sponsor: Energy Management Centre, Trivandrum.
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/97501/1/MPRA_ N. Vijayamohanan Pillai
paper_97501.pdf Status: Completed

108. Energy Efficiency Indicators: Estimation Methods
N. Vijayamohanan Pillai and A. M. Narayanan (Energy
Management Centre, Trivandrum)

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New Initiatives Status: New initiative (Expected date of completion:
September 2020)
114. Networks and Externalities with Fixed Cost of
Production 116. Performance of r – (k, d) class estimator in terms
Rajit Biswas of mean square error matrix and Mahalanobis loss
Status: New Initiative function under autocorrelated error
Srikanta Kundu and Nityananda Sarkar (Economic
115. Socio-Economic Influence on Child Immunisation Research Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute)
in East Sikkim Status: New Initiative
Srikanta Kundu and Ruma Kundu (Sikkim University,
Tadong, Gangtok)

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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 2020

EXPENDITURE Sch. 31 March 2020 31 March 2019 INCOME Sch. 31 March 31 March 31 March
2020 2020 2019
(Rs.) (Rs.)

FACULTY & STAFF COST 1 7,63,07,725 6,18,36,152 GRANT IN AID
FELLOWSHIP A. FROM ICSSR
ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT
REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 2 34,85,176 46,40,003 SALARY 2,75,32,000
NON-PLAN 50,00,000 3,25,32,000 3,05,48,000

3 95,32,210 1,00,34,459 B. FROM GOVT. OF KERALA

4 82,44,150 83,98,221 PLAN 2,53,00,000
NON-PLAN 3,08,42,600 5,61,42,600 6,44,65,000

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 5 27,21,488 27,75,377 TOTAL GRANT (A+B) 8,86,74,600 9,50,13,000
6 1,21,00,760 1,31,93,458 LESS: UTILISED FOR CAPITAL 56,77,919 1,19,09,876
SPONSORED RESEARCH/ FELLOWSHIP/
PROJECTS EXPENSE EXPENDITURE

SURPLUS FROM & RECOVERY OF OVERHEADS 7 1,28,47,011 88,15,589 ICSSR ORIENTATION PROGRAM : SC/ST 8,29,96,681 8,31,03,124
TRANSFERRED TO ENDOWMENT FUND FEES RECEIVED 5,00,000

8 9,17,095 9,23,190

ICSSR ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR SC/ST - 5,00,000 OTHER INCOME 9 28,91,210
26,28,794
NET INCOME FROM EARMARKED FUNDS B 4,41,78,753 4,05,71,283 LESS : TRANSFERRED TO 2,62,416 4,49,663
TRANSFERRED TO RESPECTIVE FUNDS ENDOWMENT FUND

DEPRECIATION SPONSORED RESEARCH/ FELLOWSHIP/ 6 1,21,00,760 1,31,93,458
G 1,35,51,598 1,41,42,826 PROJECT/ INCOME TRANSFERRED

SURPLUS FROM & RECOVERY OF 7 1,28,47,011 88,15,589
OVERHEADS TRANSFERRED FROM
PROJECT FUNDS

INTEREST ON INVESTMENT OF B 5,76,58,102
EARMARKED FUNDS 1,34,79,349 4,41,78,753 4,05,71,283
LESS : EXPENDITURE

TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND G 1,35,51,598 1,41,42,826
(DEPRECIATION) 1,61,14,557 32,08,235

TRANSFER FROM ENDOWMENT
FUND (DEFICIT)

TOTAL 18,29,68,871 16,49,07,368 TOTAL 18,29,68,871 16,49,07,368

Notes to Accounts as per Schedule L For Centre for Development Studies For Krishnan Retna & Associates
Director Chartered Accountants (FRN.001536S)
04.07.2020
Thiruvananthapuram A. Retnakumaran Nair
Partner (M.No. 024791)

CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH, 2020

LIABILITIES As at As at ASSETS As at As at
31.3.20 31.3.19 31.3.20 31.3.19

(Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)

GENERAL FUND A 9,84,04,099 10,59,56,825 FIXED ASSETS G 9,75,56,949 10,51,09,675

EARMARKED FUNDS B 84,44,81,663 80,01,18,563 INVESTMENTS
DEPOSITS EARMARKED FUNDS
CURRENT LIABILITIES B 83,66,86,256 79,53,75,408
LOANS & ADVANCES
C 13,54,895 13,11,495 W F LOAN/OTHER ADVANCE
PREPAID EXPENSES
D 49,98,548 7,91,089 TDS H 58,09,497 61,87,320
I 9,39,194 9,46,799

19,89,910

UNSPENT GRANT E 11,63,777 23,26,399 CURRENT ASSETS
39,25,910 96,49,990 CLOSING STOCK
SPONSORED PROJECTS & FELLOWSHIPS CASH & BANK BALANCES J 48,501 70,689
K 87,44,605 1,24,64,470
SPONSORED PROJECTS &
UNSPENT GRANT F FELLOWSHIPS

GRANT RECEIVABLE F 25,53,980 -

TOTAL 95,43,28,892 92,01,54,361 TOTAL 95,43,28,892 92,01,54,361

Notes to Accounts as per Schedule L For Centre for Development Studies For Krishnan Retna & Associates
Director Chartered Accountants (FRN.001536S)
04.07.2020
Thiruvananthapuram A. Retnakumaran Nair
Partner (M.No. 024791)

Vaidyanathan A. HONORARY FELLOWS
George P.S. (As on 31.3.2020)
Krishnaji N.*
Zachariah K.C. Former Fellow, CDS
Amit Bhaduri Former Director and Fellow, CDS
Mathew E.T. Former Fellow, CDS
Former Senior Demographer, The World Bank, Washington D.C.
Jayachandran T.N. Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Oommen M.A. Former Professor and Head, Department of Economics,
University of Kerala
Damodaran A.D. Former Vice Chancellor, Calicut University, Kerala
Rao G.N. Former Professor and Head, Department of Economics,
Thomas Isaac T.M. University of Calicut, Kerala
Mridul Eapen Former Director, Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram
Kannan, K.P Former Fellow, CDS
P. Mohanan Pillai Former Fellow, CDS
P. Sivanandan Former Fellow, CDS
Former Director and Fellow, CDS
Former Fellow, CDS
Former Fellow, CDS

* Passed away on 7 November, 2019
Cover design : Ajikumar A.R.