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C H R O N I C L E CDS Quarterly Newsletter January – June 2019
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CHRONICLE Newsletter
Vol. 15 Issue 1
January – June 2019
CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Thiruvananthapuram
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Vol. 15 Issue 1
January - June 2019
CHRONICLE Newsletter
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C O N T E N T
SEMINARS
EVENTS
CDS LECTURE SERIES
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
FACULTY’S INVOVEMENT
STUDENT’S INVOLVEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS
STUDENT’S SPEAK
K N RAJ LIBRARY NEWS
PUBLICATIONS
ANASWARA NEWS
A Dialectics - a Poem by Dr N. Vijayamohanan Pillai
CDS Biodiversity – Saibabu S
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S E M I N A R S
South Asian Immigrants in Italy: Integration and Conflict
(7 January, 2019)
*Independent Researcher, Italy)
Ibn-Khaldun’s Muqaddimah: A 14th
Century Analysis of
Long-run Dynamics,
(18 January, 2019)
*Formerly Visiting Fellow, CDS,
Measuring Science-Innovation Linkage of AI and Some
Policy Implications,’
(18 February, 2019)
*Professor, University of Tokyo
Embodied Vulnerabilities: Precarity and Body-work in Malayalam Soft-porn,
(22 March, 2019)
*University of Southern California
Internationalization of the Indian Car Industry: Some Insights
(12 April, 2019)
The making and unmaking of the coast in Thiruvananthapuram district: erosion(s),
accretion(s) and new development trajectories
(16 April, 2019)
Barbara Bertolani*
*
M. Kabir*
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Kazuyuki Motohashi*
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Darshana Sreedhar Mini*
*
Jatinder Singh
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Charles Alexis Couvreur
*
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Governing and Indian State
(30 April, 2019)
Reforming Agricultural Markets in India: Experience
and Policy issues
(3 May, 2019)
The Urbanisation-Construction-Migration Nexus: Notes
from Chennai, India
(6 May, 2019)
SEMINARS BY CDS FACULTY/STUDENTS
Human Development in Punjab: An Empirical Exploration,
(4 January, 2019)
*KN Raj Fellow, CDS
Swachh Bharat – 2019: Will Rural India be
ODF/Swachh? Commentary on India’s Economy and
Society Series-7
(January, 2019)
*Senior ICSSR Fellow, CDS
Industrial Investment in India: Broad Trends and Patterns at the State-level, Commentary on
India’s Economy and Society Series-8
(14 March, 2019)
*Assistant Professor, CDS
A. Ravindra
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Sukhpal Singh
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Sunil Kumar
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Kamlesh Goyal*
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G. Murugan*
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Ritika Jain*
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Walking on Eggshells in Cyberspace: A Report on Gender
Justice, Law Enforcement, Women’s Struggles and Negotiations
in Malayali Cyberspace
(21 March, 2019)
*Professor, CDS
Role of Governance and ICT Infrastructures in Tax Revenue
Mobilisation: An Empirical Evaluation for India
(29 March, 2019)
*Associate Professor, CDS
Monetary Policy in India
(5 April, 2019)
*RBI Chair Professor, CDS
** Doctoral Scholar, CDS
Egalitarianism and Resistance in Kerala’s Plantation Frontier
(2 May, 2019)
*Assistant Professor, CDS
Reforming Colonial Relics? Reflections on the Draft Indian Forest Act, 2019
(10 May, 2019)
*Assistant Professor, CDS
J. Devika*
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Hrushikesh Mallick*
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Manmohan Agarwal* and Irfan Ahmad Shah**
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Jayaseelan Raj*
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Abhilash T*.
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EVENTS
Is R&D spending influenced by disinvestment and local political corruption? The case of
Indian central public sector enterprises
(25 June, 2019)
Quality of Tribal Education and its Characteristics: A study in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha
at primary level with using primary data
(28 June, 2019)
*Doctoral Scholar, CDS
Round Table Discussion on Kerala Flood Disaster Management
A Round Table Discussion on Kerala
Flood Disaster Management was held
at the Joan Robinson hall on 8th
January, 2019.The team met with
Professor Sunil Mani, Director, CDS.
The introductory session on the
recent floods was given by Professor
S. Irudaya Rajan. Dr Ginu Zacharia
Oommen, Member, Kerala Public
Service Commission, Trivandrum
shared his own experience with the flood.
The other members of the discussion panel comprised of Professor Manas Chatterji, School
of Management, Binghamton University - State University of New York. Guest Professor,
Peking University, Beijing, China; Professor Norio Okada, Kyoto University, Visiting
Professor of Kumamoto University, and Adviser to Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization,
Regrowth and Governance (IDiARRG), Kwansei Gakuin University, and Former President of
Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society; Professor Bijay Anand Misra,
Formerly of School of Architecture and Planning, New Delhi; Professor Yoshio Kajitani,
Professor of Faculty of Design and Engineering, Kagawa University, Takamatsu City, Japan
and Prof. Yoshiyuki Yama, School and Graduate School of Human Welfare Studies, Kwansei
Gakuin University, Nishinomiya City, Japan.
Ritika Jain
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Susama Hansdah*
*
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A Panel Discussion on “Performance of states in India on Sustainable Development Goals
as seen through SDG India Index 2018” was held on held on 19 February, 2019. The
panelists included (1) Prof. Agarwal (2) Dr. Parameswaran (3) Prof. Mani.
Canadian Delegation
A delegation led by the Ms Nicole Girard, Consul
General of Canada in Bengaluru visited CDS on
March 29, 2019 and held a wide range of
discussions with Professor Sunil Mani, Director,
CDS. The other members of the delegation
included Mr Eric Robinson, Consul and Senior
Trade Commissioner and Mr Jake Thomas, Second
Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs at the
Canadian High Commission of India in Delhi. The
discussions focused on possible collaboration of
CDS with Canadian Universities and Institutes of
Higher Learning.
Second Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Event-Lecture on “Casteist Speech: Free Speech
or injurious Acts?” 30 April
The SC/ST Cell of the Centre organised the
Second Ambedkar Memorial Event and Lecture on
Tuesday, 30th
April, 2019. The lecture, titled
‘Casteist Speech: Free Speech or Injurious Acts?’
was delivered by Professor K Satyanarayana, Dean
of School of Interdisciplinary Studies, English and
Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. The
lecture focused on the significance of the legal
conception of caste speech in the SC/ST Act, 1989
and the limitations of the liberal framework of free
speech/hate speech. The recent Human Rights
Watch Report (2016) was discussed at length as the report highlighted alleged contradiction
between free speech and casteist speech. Locating codification of casteist speech in the
context of Dalit social movements and the historic enactment of the SC/ST Act, 1989,
Professor Satyanarayana argued that casteist speech is not simply speech but it is moral and
psychological violence and it often leads to physical violence. The category of hate speech is
limited and inadequate to recognize specificity of casteist speech. Professor Sunil Mani,
Director of CDS, presided over the function.
In addition to the above the following events were held at the CDS:
Meeting of the RULSG-Programme Advisory Committee was held on 22 May, 2019
One Day Round Table Discussion on “The Implementation of Forest Rights Act”
(3 June, 2019)
2nd
Round Table Discussion on “Implementation of Forest Rights Act” (14 June, 2019)
3rd
Round Table Discussion on “Implementation of Forest Rights Act” (21 June, 2019)
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CDS LECTURE SERIES
Lectures by Dr Rory Horner
As part of the Lecture Series scheduled for the year
2018-19 by our Visiting Professors at the Centre, Dr
Rory Horner, Senior Lecturer, The University of
Manchester, delivered a series of lectures at the
CDS.
Lecture -1 was on the topic ‘Global Value Chains
and the Uneven Rise of the Global South:
Unpacking 21st Century Polycentric Trade,’ on 21
January, 2019.
Lecture- 11, on ‘South-South Value Chains: India’s
Pharmaceuticals in Africa,’ was delivered on 22 January, 2019.
Lecture-111 the last in the series was ‘From International to Global Development,’ on
Monday 28 January 2019.
All the lectures were attended by CDS faculty and students, and open to research scholars and
guests from other academic institutions.
Lecture on “Co-operation among Emerging Economies and Global Governance:
Lessons from BRICS Experience”
A Lecture on “Co-operation among Emerging
Economies and Global Governance: Lessons from
BRICS Experience” was delivered by Ambassador
Anil Sooklal, Deputy Director, DIRCO, South
Africa at the Baker Auditorium, CDS on January
30, 2019.
The lecture outlined the history of BRICS and the developing world and about the joining of
South Africa to BRICS during the 1st Summit in 2011. He said that in 2013 South Africa
hosted the summit which concentrated on economic and financial cooperation. Several
meeting had been hosted till 2018 on the international level of interaction and cooperation.
He said that cooperation of areas mainly focused on insecurity, economic cooperation, people
to people interaction and institutional cooperation. He said that the BRICS Business Council
was floated in 2013. Ambassador Sooklal concluded the lecture by saying that the
cooperation between all the members of BRICS is a very solid one, so also is the desire to
move together and impact positively on the global environment.
Lectures by Prof Sudipto Mundle
Prof Sudipto Mundle, former Emeritus Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance
and Policy, New Delhi delivered a series of lectures at the CDS. Prof Mundle delivered the
KN Raj Memorial Lecture to commemorate the anniversary of Prof KN Raj on Monday, 11
February 2019. Prof Mundle stared his reflections on KN Raj by thanking the CDS for having
invited him; he said it was exactly 40 years ago that he had spent time at the centre as a
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CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
member of the faculty. He said that the CDS is actually Dr Raj’s memorial, a living and
vibrant centre of scholarship which he has left for all as his legacy. He said that he was
honoured to be able to pay his homage to Raj at the CDS on this day. Prof Mundle spoke
about Dr Raj as an institution builder, a teacher and a researcher and more particularly as a
family man who also had a very strong attachment and commitment to the family.
In addition to this 2 lectures were given: Lecture -1: ‘The Public Service Delivery
Performance of States’ on 12 February, 2019. Lecture -2: ‘Employment Challenge and the
Agrarian Crisis,’ on 13 February, 2019.
Lectures by Madhura Swaminathan
Lecture I - "Agricultural growth in India since Independence: pattern of growth, sources of
growth, role of technology vs institutions" 14 February, 2019
Lecture II - "Farmer incomes in India, and the farm size-profitability debate including
discussion of costs and prices and Minimum Support Price policy" 15 February, 2019
Lecture III- “Food security, the public distribution system and alternatives including cash
transfers"19 February, 2019.
Lectures by Prof J.V. Meenakshi
Prof J.V. Meenakshi, Professor, Delhi School of
Economics delivered a series of lectures on the
‘Methodology of Impact Evaluation’ at the Joan Robinson
Hall, CDS, during 10-12 April, 2019.
The lectures were scheduled for the afternoon sessions on
all three days and were attended by students of M A,
MPhil and Ph.D batches and a group of 20 teachers of economics from colleges across Kerala
who were undergoing a Teaching Innovations Programme at the Centre.
Curriculum Development Workshop for a Training Program (DBT) was held at the CDS
during 30-31 March 2019. The workshop was coordinated by Prof. U S Mishra.
Training course on the Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (UNU-MERIT DEIP
Programme) 4-8th
Feb, 2019
The Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy (DEIP)
programme was conducted at the Centre during
February 4-8, 2019. The programme was organised in
collaboration with the United Nations University-
MERIT, Maastricht in the Netherlands. It was organised
through twelve lectures spread over five days. Class
room lectures were supplemented with three field visits
to better illustrate the topics that were done. The
programmme was coordinated by Anthony Arundel
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TRAINING PROGRAMMES
(UNU-MERIT) & Sunil Mani (CDS)
About 40 participants from across the country, but primarily from Kerala attended the course.
Participants included those from all institutions supporting technological change, besides
Doctoral and M.Phil research scholars plus Master’s students specialising in the ‘Economics
of Technology and Innovation’.
A Two day Conference on Economic Theory and Policy 14th
to 15th
February, 2019 was
conducted at the CDS under the RBI Endowment Unit of the Centre. The conference was
coordinated by Dr. Manmohan Agarwal, Chair Professor of the RBI Unit.
NRPPD Research Advisory Committee Meeting on
28 February, 2019.
A Discussion on ‘Universal Basic Income’ by Dr Mark
Lindley, Adjunct Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Mission
(Aurangabad) and Visiting Professor at Babasaheb
Ambedkar University was held on 14 March, 2019.
ICSSR Sponsored Capacity Building Programme on ‘Pathways of Social Research: A
Methodological Training’ 11-16 March 2019
The Center has organized a week-long capacity
building programme for doctoral candidates of
SC/ST and other marginalised groups between 11th
and 16th March 2019. This programme, funded by
ICSSR, intends to enhance the research capability
of young scholars who otherwise had limited
exposure to holistic training in data collection and
academic writing. Based on their suitability to the
programme, 40 students were selected for the training from universities cross the country.
This year’s programme has mainly focused on academic writing and field survey methods.
The programme has provided students with a concise overview of different forms of
academic writing such as doctoral dissertations, peer-reviewed articles and monographs. The
workshop has also focused on training students with developing research
questions/objectives, collection, and presentation of data, research ethics, literature review
and dissemination of research findings. The six-day programme consisted of lectures by
academics both within and outside CDS. The invited lecturers include Dr Sumeet Mhaskar
(O.P. Jindal University), Dr Bhawani Buswala (Oxford University, UK) and Mr Bikram
Sharma (Contributions to Indian Sociology/Institute of Economic Growth).
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FACULTY’S INVOLVEMENT
Teaching Innovations Programme for College Teachers in Economics (TIPE)
Under the K N Raj Training and Fellowship Programme, March 18th
–April 12th
2019
In response to a felt need to improve the
quality of economics education primarily at
the undergraduate level a month-long training
programme, Teaching Innovations Programme
for College Teachers in Economics (TIPE), for
teachers working in universities and colleges
in Kerala was organised by CDS. The
programme was organized under the K N Raj
Training and Fellowship Programme funded
by the Government of Kerala and was coordinated by Dr. Vinoj Abraham.
The course consisted of taught sessions and interactive workshops on specific topics. Four
broad topics were covered during the course, Micro Economics, Macro Economics,
Econometrics and Issues in Indian Economy. Apart from the lecture sessions, interactive
workshops aimed at improving teaching skills were conducted. All the participants conducted
short mock lectures and thereafter comments and suggestions to improve their teaching skills
were discussed among the participants.
A Curriculum Development Workshop for Training Programme (DBT) coordinated by
Prof Udaya Shankar Mishra was held during 30 and 31 March 2019.
FACULTY’S DOMESTIC INVOLVEMENT
Beena PL.
Presented a paper jointly
with Kavitha P titled
‘Growth Dynamics of
Handloom Industry: A
Case Study of
Chendamanagalam
Handloom Co-operative Society”,
“Cooperative Alternative: Spatial
comparisons” at the National conference
held on 6th and 7th May 2019 at Kannur
University, Kerala, India.
Presented a paper jointly with Kavitha P
titled ‘Business Distress in Kerala: A Case
Study of Chendamangalam Handloom
Industry" in a seminar on Society, Polity and
Economy of Kerala:Shifting Paradigm after
Flood, organised by Public Policy Research
Institute, Trivandrum, April 26, 2019.
Delivered a lecture in the National
Workshop on Research Writing and
Publication in Business at the School of
Commerce and Business Management,
Deoartment of Commerce, Central
University of Tamil Nadu during February 8-
9, 2019.
Delivered a lecture, Understanding the
Current Crisis in the Indian Industrial Sector at
the Department of Economics Central
University of Tamil Nadu on February 9,
2019.
Beena PL and Siddik Rabiyath 2019. ‘IPR
Regime and Developmental Implications of
IP Asset Intensive industries,’ Report
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submitted to IUCAE, Kerala University,
May.
J. Devika
Delivered the Rajyashree
Khushu-Lahiri Memorial
Lecture titled Where is the
Love? : Thoughts
on Kamala (Das) Surayya’s
Affective Politics at IIT
Kanpur on March 5, 2019.
Delivered the inaugural lecture on ‘’Four
Observations on the Savarna Disturbances
around Sabarimala,’ in the Mukta Salve
Memorial Lecture Series at the Krantijyoti
Savithribhai Women’s Studies Centre,
University of Pune, March 25, 2019.
S Irudaya Rajan
Participated as an
external expert for
Doctoral Committee on
the thesis of Migration
and Political Ecology,
held at Rajiv Gandhi
National Institute of
Youth Development, Chennai on 21 January
2019.
Delivered a talk on Return Emigrants in
Kerala: Potential for Development? at the
International Conference on Restructuring
Kerala Economy: Alternative Perspectives,
organized by the Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics, Department of
Economics, held at Senate Hall,
Thiruvananthapuram, during 21-23 January
2019.
Participated in the Panel discussion on
Economics of Ageing at the Seventh Annual
Conference on Indian Health Economics and
Planning Association, held at Gulati Institute
of Finance and Taxation,
Thiruvananthapuram during January 24-25,
2019.
Participated in the 2nd China-India
Population Ageing Forum, held at the Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai during
28-29 January 2019 and spoke on Migration
and Ageing in India.
Participated in the State Level Seminar on
Develop Road Map to Ensure Safe Migration
of Unorganized Workers: With a Special
Focus on Welfare of Women and Children in
Gujarat organized by UNICEF, Gujarat held
at Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute during
30-31 January 2019 and spoke on the
technical session on Preventive Interventions
to Address Unsafe Migration in Children,
Adolescents and Women – Sharing Good
Practices.
Delivered a talk on Kerala Migration
Survey 2018 in the lecture series (no.5) at the
Department of Sociology,
SreeSankaracharya University of Sanskrit,
Kalady, on 31 January 2019.
Delivered a Ruby Year Celebrations
inaugural lecture on the Future of Migration
in Kerala at the Department of Demography,
University of Kerala, on 1 February 2019.
Visited the International Institute for
Population Sciences, Mumbai, to develop a
proposal on climate change and migration in
the context of Kerala floods with Institute for
Environment, Weather and Climate Risks
Group, Zurich, Switzerland on 5th February,
2019.
Attended a group meeting with the
visiting Vice President (External), University
of Guelph, Toronto, Canada at The Lady
Connemara Lounge at Hotel Taj Connemara
on 8th February 2019.
Delivered a talk to the Students of Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, on
14th February 2019 on Migration and
Development: The Kerala Experience.
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Delivered a key note address in the
seminar on Dimensions and Dynamics of
Inter-State Labour Migration: A Discourse
organized by Nirmalagiri College, Kannur,
on 15th February 2019.
Delivered a key note address at the
International Conference on New Directions
for Research on Aging: Work, Care and
Mobility held at Manipal Academy of
Higher Education, Manipal, Karantaka, on 1
March 2019 organized by the International
Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai,
Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea
University, UK and Department of Human
Geography and Planning, Utrecht University,
The Netherlands.
Chaired a session on the topic Marriage
and Fertility at the National Seminar on
Population Dynamics in India and its
Implications on Health and Environment on
7th March 2019 held at National Institute of
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj,
Hyderabad organized by International
Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai.
Delivered Valedictory address at the
Second International Conference on
Migration, Diaspora and Development: An
Indian Perspective on 8th March 2019
organized by Centre for Diaspora Studies,
Central University of Gujarat and supported
by Ministry of External Affairs, Government
of India and Indian Council for Social
Sciences, Research, New Delhi.
Spoke in the plenary session of the
International Seminar on Arrangements for
Elderly Care in an Urban Context: India and
China on 12th March 2019 organized by the
Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, held at
the India International Centre, Delhi.
Participated in the International
Conference on Ageing in Asia organized by
the Institute for Social and Economic
Change at Bangalore during 14-15 March
2019 and spoke on Migration and Ageing:
Issues and Perspectives.
Attended the Eight Technical Advisory
Committee meeting of the Longitudinal
Ageing Study in India (LASI) organized by
the International Institute for Population
Sciences, held at National Institute of Health
and Family Welfare, New Delhi, on 18
March 2019.
Spoke in the Session 4: Aging Population
and Global Macroeconomic Stability of 11th
Annual International G20 Conference on
Global Cooperation for Inclusive Growth:
Views from G20 countries in May 30-31,
2019.
K J Joseph
Made a presentation on
‘Plight of Plantation
Agriculture in India,’ in the
conference on Nation for
Farmers organised by Delhi
Science Forum, India
International Centre on March 2, 2019.
Sunil Mani
Presented a paper on
‘Non Resident Keralites, An
Analysis of their
Contribution to Kerala’s
Economy’ and also chaired
another session at the
international conference on
Indic Identity of Indian Diaspora: Its
Historical, Philosophical and Contemporary
Contributions to the World and India, jointly
organized by Organisation for Diaspora
Initiatives (ODI), and Banaras Hindu
University (BHU) at BHU, Varanasi during
January 24 -25, 2019.
Presented a paper on ‘Diffusion of
Automation Technologies and their Potential
and Actual Effects on Manufacturing
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Employment in India’ at the International
Conference on - Future of Employment:
Challenges and Opportunities (FECO -
2019) by Symbiosis School of Economics
(SSE), Pune on February 20, 2019.
Presented a paper on ‘Agro biodiversity in
Kerala :An Analysis of Policies Favouring
Agro biodiversity’ at the Experience Sharing
Workshop, Strengthening Agriculture and
Allied Sector Contributions to
India’sNational Biodiversity Action Plan
2008 and the National Biodiversity Targets,
UN Conference Hall, FAO, New Delhi,
March 6, 2019.
Presented a paper on ‘TRIPS Compliance
of India’s Patent Regime and its Effect on
Innovation Activity at the conference on
‘Trade War – Does it affect the Global Free
Trade Order?’, Department of Commerce,
University of Kerala, March 26, 2019.
N Vijayamohanan Pillai
Research Methodology
Course for the PhD students
of Gulati Institute of Finance
and Taxation,
Thiruvananthapuram:
delivered five lecture-cum-
computer sessions on statistics and
econometrics during 24 – 28 June 2019.
Attended as an Expert in the screening
committee of Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics for the selection of
Research Associate on 18th June 2019, at
Department of Economics, Kariavattom.
Attended as the guest of honor/expert
reviewer in the Dissemination Seminar for
Internships/Associateships/Projects,
organized by the Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics, at Department of
Economics, University of Kerala,
Kariavattom on 17 June 2019.
Attended as an Expert in the screening
committee of Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics for the selection of
Researchers under the Associate Research
Programme 2019 on 30th May 2019
afternoon, at Department of Economics,
University of Kerala, Kariavattom.
Attended as an Expert in the screening
committee of Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics for the selection of
Researchers under Short Term Project, 2019,
on 30th May 2019, at Department of
Economics, University of Kerala,
Kariavattom.
Reviewed a manuscript on “Growth
Maximizing Fiscal Rule Targets in India” for
MIDS working paper series during May
2019.
Attended as an Expert in the screening
committee of Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics for the selection of
Researchers under Short Term Project 2019
23rd May 2019, at Department of
Economics, University of Kerala,
Kariavattom
Two-day Workshop on Econometrics,
jointly organised by the Indian Accounting
Association, Kerala Branch and Department
of Commerce, University of Kerala, on May
21st and 22
nd, 2019 at the Department of
Commerce , School of Business
Management and Legal Studies, University
of Kerala, Kariavattom: eight lecture
sessions on Basic econometrics.
One-Week Workshop on Econometrics,
organised by the Department of Economics
and Public Policy, Central University of
Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Kangra,
from 13 to 17 May 2019; delivered twenty
lecture-cum-computer sessions on
econometrics.
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Attended as an Expert in the screening
committee of Inter University Centre for
Alternative Economics for the selection of
Associate Researchers 2019 on 6th May
2019, at Department of Economics,
University of Kerala, Kariavattom.
Evaluated a PhD Thesis on “Exchange
Rate Volatility and the Role of RBI”,
submitted to the MG University during
April-May 2019.
Evaluated a PhD Thesis on “Education
and Inclusive Development: A Comparative
Study of Rural and Urban Bangalore
Districts”, submitted to the University of
Mysore during April 2019.
Attended the meeting of the Board of
Studies of Department of Economics, Mar
Athanasius College (Autonomous),
Kothamangalam, on 27 March 2019.
Attended the meeting of the Board of
Studies of Department of Economics, St.
Teresa’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam,
on 23 March 2019 and delivered a lecture-
cum-computer session on Gretl package.
Three-day Workshop on Basic
Econometrics, organized by the Department
of Economics, Union Christian College,
Aluva, during 20 - 22 March 2019; delivered
twelve lecture sessions on ‘Basic
econometrics’.
Workshop on Teaching Econometrics for
College teachers, organized by the Centre
for Budget Studies, Cochin University of
Science and Technology Kochi, during
March 14-20, 2019; delivered eight lecture
sessions on ‘Classical Assumptions:
Violations and Remedies’ on March 18 and
19.
Workshop on Applied Statistics and Data
Analysis for Science and Society, organized
by the Department of Agricultural Statistics,
College of Agriculture, Vellayani,
Trivandrum, during 14 – 16, March, 2019;
delivered four lecture-cum-computer
sessions on ‘Time series Analysis’ on March
14 (afternoon) and 15 (forenoon).
Three day National Workshop on
‘Academic Writing and Doctoral
Colloquium' during 7th –
9th
March 2019,
organized by the Department of Economics,
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram;
delivered a lecture on “Interpreting
Statistical Tests and Regression
Coefficients” on 7th
and attended as an
evaluator in the Doctoral Colloquium on 9th
March.
UGC sponsored National Seminar on
“Demonetized Indian Economy – A Cross-
Sectoral Analysis; Building a Resilient
Economy?”, organized by the PG and
Research Department of Economics, Mar
Athanasius College (Autonomous),
Kothamangalam, during 1 – 2 March 2019;
chaired a technical session and presented a
paper on “Don Quixote in Utopia: Some
Reflexions on “Demonetized” Economy”;
also delivered the Presidential Address
during the Valedictory Session on March 2.
Visiting Professor at Gokhale Institute of
Politics and Economics, Pune; delivered 22
lecture sessions during February 19 – 24,
2019 on “Statistics and Operations
Research” course of M.Sc. Programme in
Economics, offered during the Semester
December 2018 – April 2019.
Evaluated a proposal on “history of
Electricity Sector in Kerala” submitted to
Kerala Council for Historical Research for
Fellowships for Post Doctoral Research
during February 2019.
Workshop on “Panel Data regression
Modeling”, organized by the Department of
Economics, St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri,
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Kozhikode, on 14 and 15 February 2019;
delivered eight lecture sessions.
MG University Sponsored Two-Day
Workshop on “Basic Econometrics” on 31
January and 1 February 2019, Jointly
organized by the Departments of Economics
of Baselius College and BCM College,
Kottayam; delivered eight lecture cum-
computer sessions on “Basic Econometrics”.
Attended as the Chief Guest at the
inaugural session of the three-day workshop
on PG Curriculum Design and Syllabus
Revision, organized by the PG Board of
Studies of MG University on 28 January
2019 at Government College, Kottayam, and
delivered a special lecture on ‘Significance
of Econometrics and Mathematics in
Economics’.
Served as the External Expert of the
Proposal Defense of a Doctoral Scholar, Mr
Gopikumar, on the topic "Determinants of
the trading behavior of institutional investors
in the Indian context", on 23 January 2019 at
the Amrita School of Business, Ettimadai,
Coimbatore.
Presented a paper on “Energy Efficiency
in Kerala” on 21 January 2019 afternoon in
the Technical Session of the International
Conference on “Restructuring Kerala
Economy: Alternative Perspectives”,
organized by the Inter-University Centre for
Alternative Economics of the Department of
Economics, University of Kerala,
Karyavattom Campus during 21 – 23
January 2019.
Served as a Resource Person in the
Faculty Development program on Business
Analytics organized by the School of
Management of the College of engineering,
Trivandrum (CETSOM) during January 19 –
23, 2019; delivered four lecture-cum-
computer sessions on ‘Time Series Analysis”
during the forenoons of 21 and 22 January
2019.
Delivered a Guest Lecture on 18 January
2019 forenoon (two lecture sessions) for the
Economics students on the topic ‘Linear
Regression Model’ and attended as the
Resource Person in Faculty Training
Programme on 18 (afternoon) and 19
January 2019 on the topic ‘Applications of
Time Series in Research’ (six lecture
sessions), organized by the Research Centre
and Department of Economics, Lady Doak
College, Madurai.
Served as the External Expert in the Pre-
submission presentation of a Ph.D thesis on
“Structural Imbalances and Economic
Development: the Case of Kerala”, on
January 16, 2019 at 2. PM at the Department
of Economics, Kariyavattom.
Attended the meeting of the Board of
Studies of Department of Economics, St.
Teresa’s College, (Autonomous),
Ernakulam, on 11-01-2019 to review the
syllabus for both UG and PG programmes.
Evaluated the PhD thesis and chaired the
Viva Voce Board for conducting the PhD
Viva Voce of a candidate on a Thesis on “An
Analysis of the Performance of Targeted
Public Distribution System in Kerala” at MG
University, Kottayam, on 10 January 2019.
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STUDENT’S INVOLVEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS
FACULTY’S GLOBAL INVOLVEMENT
S. Irudaya Rajan
Visited Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University on
22 February 2019 to deliver a special lecture on South Asia Migration to
the Gulf supported by Relational Studies on Global Crisis and
International Migration financed by Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology, Government of Japan.
Participated in the Third Annual REALM workshop held at New York
University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates during 15-16 March 2019 and delivered a talk
on Kerala Migration Survey 2018 Follow up
Kashif Mansoor PhD (2017)
Presented a paper titled “An analysis of occupational segregation among religious groups in
India”, in Advanced Graduate Workshop on Poverty, Development and Globalisation held at
Azim Premji University in collaboration with Institute for New Economic Thinking in
Bangalore, India, during June 2-15, 2019.
Shraddha Jain, PhD (2016)
Jain, Shraddha & P. Kodoth.2019. ‘Locality Specific Norms and Wage Bargaining by “Part
time” Domestic Workers in the National Capital Region,’ in Neetha N (ed.) Working at
Others’ Homes: The Specifics and Challenges of Paid Domestic Work. New Delhi: Tulika
Books.
Jain, Shraddha , & Mishra, US. 2018. ‘Demand for Domestic Workers in India: Its
Characteristics and Correlates,’ The Indian Journal of Labor Economics , 61 (4), 659-679
New Faculty
Dr. Chidambaran Gurunathan Iyer joined as Associate Professor with
effect from August 26, 2019. His Areas of Specialisation include
Technology, Innovation, Productivity, Spillovers. The Centre wishes
him all the best.
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STUDENTS SPEAK
FIELD WORK EXPERIENCES
My Field Survey Experience: Reflections by Sabhavat Premkumar, Ph.D. (1st year)
My MPhil dissertation dealt with a
comparative analysis of institutions between
the Gond and Lambada tribes of Adilabad
district in Telangana. The study was based
on a field survey of four blocks in the
district,consisting of 20 tribal villages in
total; 10 of them being inhabited by the
Lambada tribe and another 10 by the Gond
tribe. Adilabad district has been experiencing
recurrent conflicts between the tribes which
meant that I had to intimate the concerned
authorities about the purpose and scope of
the study. Hence, I had to get in touch with
the local Police stations of the four blocks
and informed them about the purpose of my
visit. Contrary to my expectations, the task
of convincing them was not that difficult. It
could be because these police officers get
frequent requests from other researchers;
hence my request was not unique.
Accordingly, the police officers of the
blocks, in turn, informed the tribal chiefs
about my visit.
After getting the necessary permission, I
started with the survey. My first job was to
find a shelter for myself. I used to stay 20km
to 30km away from the fields where it was
comparatively easier to get rooms. Since my
area of survey was vast, I had to shift my
staying lodge twice also. My survey started
on 01/11/2018. I used to set out early to
collect data and would reach the homes of
the people by 7:00 AM as most of the
tribesmen leave for their farming fields by
9:30 AM. The entire exercise of collecting
the information required for the study took
me around2 months.
The objective of the survey had two parts:
The first part was where quantitative data on
certain indicators were required, and the
second part dealt with the qualitative
information (using semi-structured
interview). For the first part, I collected
information related to education and
employment at the individual level. Data at
the household level for income, spending
pattern, type of land, credit, type of crops
cultivated, and sources of irrigation were
also collected. Our total sample size was
220; 109 were Gond, and 111 were
Lambada. The second part consisted of semi-
structured interviews which were conducted
with 10 individuals from each tribal
community and 10 individuals from the non-
tribal community who maintained close
interactions with the tribes. Out of the 10
individuals from the tribal community, five
were educated up to 10th
standard and above
Gond tribe family asked me to take a picture of their house.
Collecting information from the household head
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and the rest of them were illiterate. The 10
non-tribal community individuals included
officials such as Sarpanch, local teachers,
and Integrated Tribal Development Agency
(ITDA) officers. The interview was focused
on some qualitative information which can
be classified under two broad heads. First, it
relates to the relationship of the tribal
community with the State. This was done by
looking at the State-related provisions and
the implementation of government
programmes and schemes meant for tribal
welfare. Second, it relates to community-
specific information like that on tribal
history, culture, economic activities,
interaction with other, and political
information were also collected.
The first part of the survey took me the most
time- around one and half months. During
this time, I had to gain their confidence and
gradually, they were getting familiarized
with me. As I started my survey, all the head
respondents of the houses (male or female)
used to ask me lots of questions regarding
the purpose of my visit and about my
background. Their questions were to check
how much power and authority I had to help
them through my work (though they
understood my “work” at best partially); and
what best can I do to help them. It turned out
that a few households were not giving
accurate answers to questions about
ownership of land-size and government jobs.
This was reported by their neighbors, who
used to inform me that they were
understating. This is especially true for the
Lambada. This is maybe because, while
responding to these questions, they were
under the presumption of losing further
facilities from the government.
One interesting observation during the
fieldwork was that the responses of the two
tribes were contrasting. Lambada tribal
community members would respond in
Telugu fluently and were confident enough
to answer the questions put forward. This
was possibly because of their regular
interaction with the non-tribal communities.
In the case of Gond, only the educated would
speak in Telugu. They were rather shy and
most of the young girls used to hide while
something was asked to them or their
parents. Another interesting fact is that even
after informing about my research, most of
them regarded me as a government official
who had come to survey their condition. This
belief was mainly held among the Gond.
This is clearly because of the lack of
awareness about independent research
initiatives in comparison to the Lambada.
Hence, to convey their grievances, few of the
Gond showed the poor condition of their
houses. Some of them also gave the
narratives related to their land documents
and asked me to forward it to collector and
police officers for immediate resolution.
Thirdly, some of the villages in deeply
forested areas do not have access to proper
road facility and mobile network
communication. To reach these places I had
to walk for almost 5 kilometers. I found that
these areas were mostly inhabited by people
of the Gond tribe.
With regard to the qualitative part, the
responses of non-tribals and tribal educated
persons contained complaints against the
community culture. Lack of education and
employment among the tribals is attributed
by them to tribal ‘cultural importance’, i.e.
economic imperatives are outclassed by the
symbolic ones. On the other hand, illiterates
- both male and female - have emphasized
the superiority of their culture to other
mainstream culture.
Overall, I found that the responses of the
Gond – who are generally poorer – made it
clear that they expected to influence
government opinion through my research
attempts. However, the responses of the
Lambada did not seem to have any such
objective, and they understood that this was
purely a research-oriented exercise.
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Ph.D FOREIGN INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES BELGIUM TRIP
Irfan Ahmad Shah (PhD 2016 Batch)
The intervening night of 4th
and 5th
November 2018 was quite restless for me. I
don’t know was it because of the
excitement or the nervousness. All I know
is that I was going out of my country for
the first time and that too for three months
to Europe. Thanks to CDS for selecting me
for PhD internship abroad (PIA)
programme. I was going to Belgium to do
my PhD internship at the University of
Ghent. I reached Belgium (Brussels
Airport) in the morning hours of 6th
November and had to catch a one hour train
to Ghent (Gent-Sint-Pieters) railway
station.The travel from Brussels to Ghent
was amazing. The thoughts of being inside
Europe coupled with the beauty of open
green fields, yellow flowers, scattered red
and golden leaves all around was charming.
The calmness, cleanliness and the well
maintained infrastructure was making me
even more excited to reach Ghent. As the
train started approaching Saint-Pieters
Station, a wave of disquiet spread across
me. Will I be able to fulfill the expectations
of my supervisor in Ghent? I was going to
work with Prof Gert Peersman- a world-
known researcher and an advisor to
European Central Bank (ECB) and the
Bank of Belgium. Yes, you heard it right,
advisor to the ECB and former student of
Frank Smets- the director general of ECB.
These thoughts made me a bit scared about
how to spend my three months there.
On 7th
morning I had a meeting with Prof
Gert Peersman. After a small chat with
him, I was quite relaxed. He showed me my
office space and introduced me with some
of his students. Fredrick, the German guy,
Marco, the Italian and Bruno, from
Portugal were my immediate office mates
for next three months.A few more students
like Andrez, from London, Walter, from
Belgium, Kim, from Vietnam were in other
rooms. It was for the first time in my life
that I had to work with people from
different parts of the world. To make me
more comfortable, Prof Peersman threw a
lunch party for all the students. Though I
knew Belgium is famous for chocolates,
waffles and fries, I had no idea what to
order for lunch. So, the best and easy
option was to go for Pizza. It was good but
not amongst the finest ones that I realized
later.
As days passed, I adopted the ambience and
tranquility of Ghent in general though my
officemates were quite generous and
welcoming from the very beginning. Apart
from the academic discussions which used
to be professional, serious and
brainstorming, we used to discuss about
different cultures, food habits, tourist
places and what not. It was from these
discussions that I realized how particular
Italians are about food, Germans for
professionalism and Belgic for living
within Belgium. The stories of Cristiano
Ronaldo from Bruno were always exciting.
I also got to know that Belgium, despite
being a small country, is actually a tourist
hub. A number of attractive tourist
destinations such as Bruges, Antwerp,
Ghent and Brussels were always flooded
with tourists. I got a chance to visit these
places and they were more beautiful than I
ever imagined. I visited large cathedrals,
amazing churches, big supermarkets,
roamed across the streets, sitting on the
pavements across canals and visiting old
castles was an amazing experience. The
late-night walks in the cold breezy winters,
commuting in trams and buses driven by
ladies was altogether a different experience.
So, every time I felt bored, I used to walk
around in one or the other painted streets of
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Ghent and often lose my way while
returning back. It all used to be fun.
The best part in Ghent was cooking by
myself. I stayed in one of the university
houses (Home Gottingen)- a beautifully
well-crafted studio with an attached
washroom, Kitchenette and a bedroom.
Usually, I used to make my own breakfast
and cook something or the other for dinner,
lunch I used take from university canteen. I
used to get fresh vegetables from
supermarkets, mutton/chicken from Turkish
shops and cook them using Indian spices. It
all was a learning experience.
After around two months in Ghent, I
decided to explore some more European
countries. The first one without a second
thought was France, particularly Eiffel
Tower. However, after I reached Paris, I
found there is more than that in there. I
reached Paris on 31st December 2019 and
straight went to Trocadero metro station to
get the best view of Eiffel Tower. From
there on, I took a boat to visit world famous
Louvre Museum, Notre Dame, Arc de
Triomphe and many other places. The best
part was being there to welcome the New
Year 2019. Around hundreds of thousands
of people gathered near Champs-Elysees to
welcome 2019. Trees on the sides were
decorated in red and white. The
celebrations went on till 3 am, still woke up
early next morning to enjoy the beauty of
Paris. I spent the entire day shopping,
eating and roaming around to see the art
and well-crafted cities of Paris. Buying
French souvenirs, visiting a few restaurants
and eating French street food was
altogether an exciting experience. I finally
managed my way back to Ghent with lot of
memories from Paris.
By the time I was planning my trip back to
CDS, two more students, Shraddha and
Vineesh from CDS had already arrived in
The Netherlands for their PhD internship.
We planned a get together at Amsterdam.
Shraddha was coming from Hague,Vinesh
from Utrecht and me from Ghent. We met
in Amsterdam and luckily on that particular
day, there was a tulip festival in
Amsterdam. We all went for the flower
exhibition but it was only Shraddha who
managed to get a few tulips for her
extraordinary patience. In Amsterdam, be it
parks, Cathedrals, Museums, long-walks
besides the canals or the boating, we
enjoyed every bit of it. Though Shraddha
and Vineesh went back to their respective
institutes, I stayed back for an extra day. I
spent almost the entire day inTrams of
Amsterdam going from one corner to
another in every possible direction. Thanks
to Shraddha for providing me a full day
cheap public transport card. By the time I
was packing back my stuff, Amsterdam had
become quite known to me.
I went back to Belgium, prepared my final
three month progress presentation. The
presentation went for an hour and a half
with a lot of questions and comments.
Some I could answer and rest I
incorporated in my paper, which will be
published soon.
Thank you CDS for providing me this
opportunity to learn what is not written in
books, an experience I will cherish
throughout my life.
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K.N. RAJ LIBRARY NEWS
During the reporting period, the library
borrowing membership increased by 8,
institutional membership by 1 and the
reference membership by 365. The library
collection increased by 447 books, and
110 e- books. The library catalogue
[OPAC] is available online at
http://cdslib.cds.ac.in:8380/opac4x/. To
access the “CDS Information Repository”
service, check out http://ir.cds.ac.in. The
"Content Alert Service” has been updated
with 802 posts and has received 9920
visits. The following is the URL
http://knrajlibrary.wordpress.com/ of this
service.
A group of 30 students each from Govt.
College, Kodenchery, Nehru Arts &
Science College, Kanhangad, Krishna
Menon Memorial Govt. Women’s College,
Kannur, Govt. Arts & Science College,
Kondotty, Govt. Arts & Science College,
Thavanoor, Nirmalagiri College, Kannur,
Christ College, Irinjalakuda, and NSS
college, Manjeri visited the library on
18th, 22 th, 23 th, 25 th, 29 th, 30 th
January, 1st, 6th February and 6th March
respectively as part of the ‘Walk with the
Scholar’ scheme of Government of Kerala.
All of the above were given tour of the
library to familiarize the library collection
and services.
V. Sriram, Chief Librarian was nominated
as a member of the Board Of Studies
(Library Science) of Rajagiri College of
Social Science (Autonomous), Kochi in
February 2019 for a period of two years.
V. Sriram delivered a lecture on the topic
“Reference Management using Zotero” at
the Workshop on Qualitative Research
Writing and Publishing, Department of
Sociology, University of Kerala. India on
February 14, 2019.
The Joan Robinson Collection at KN Raj Library
Professor Joan Robinson of University of
Cambridge has been a great friend and
well wisher of CDS who has even donated
royalties of two of her books, Selected
Economic Writings and An Introduction to
Modern Economics, to CDS. She was a
frequent visitor to CDS during the 1970s
and early 1980s and the last time that we
had the privilege of hosting her was during
December 1981 and January 1982. She
passed away in 1983. CDS has kept her
memory in more ways than one. We have
now a Joan Robinson Prize that is awarded
to best outgoing Master's student and one
of our major seminar halls where most of
the academic conversations and debates go
on is named the Joan Robinson
Hall. Recently her daughter, Ms Barbara
Jeffrey, has donated Professor Robinson's
personal library to the CDS. The collection
of books containing 110 titles has a
number of books by Professor Robinson
herself and John Maynard Keynes. This
precious collection of books add to a
distinguished collection of personal
libraries of such distinguished economists
as Nicholas Kaldor, Sanjaya Lall and K N
Raj, that the CDS library is privileged to
have. CDS is extremely thankful to one of
our Visiting Professors, Professor Frances
Stewart who took the initiative of putting
us in touch with Ms Barbara Jeffrey and
also to one of our distinguished and most
helpful alumni, Mr Gareth Wall in helping
Ms Jeffrey to ship the books to CDS from
St Albans, near London. The CDS is most
grateful to Ms Barbara Jeffrey for donating
the books to the CDS Library.
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PUBLICATIONS
Book
S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed.), India Migration
Report 2019, Diaspora in Europe, Routledge.
2019.
Journal Articles
Beena, PL. 2019. ‘India’s Recent Inward
Foreign Direct Investment : An Assessment,’
Emerging Markets Journal, Volume 9 No. 1
(2019) | ISSN 2158-8708 (online) | DOI
10.5195/emaj.2019.176 | http://emaj.pitt.edu
| (Review article)
S Irudaya Rajan, Ashwin Kumar, Arokkiaraj
Heller. 2019. ‘The Realities of Voting in
India,’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
54, Issue No. 18, 04 May.
Chapters in books
Joseph, KJ. 2019. ‘Commodity Markets,
Computers and Inclusive Development: A
Study of Marketing and Price Formation of
Cardamom with e-Auctions,’ in Raina
Rajeswari S., Das, Keshab (Eds.) Inclusive
Innovation Evidence and Options in Rural
India New Delhi, Springer, 2019.
S. Irudaya Rajan and Nikhil Panicker. 2019.
‘The Impact of Trump Administration on
Immigration,’ Chapter 17 in S. Irudaya
Rajan (ed.) India Migration Report 2019:
Diaspora in Europe, Routledge.
S. Irudaya Rajan, Benoy Peter, Udaya S
Mishra and Vishnu Narendran. 2019.
‘Impact of Demographic Transition in Kerala
on Migration and Labour Force,’ Chapter 18
in S. Irudaya Rajan (ed.) India Migration
Report 2019: Diaspora in Europe. Routledge.
S. Irudaya Rajan and K. C. Zachariah. 2019.
‘Panel Data Analysis in Kerala Migration
Surveys, 1998-2013,’ Chapter 19 in S.
Irudaya
Rajan (ed.) India Migration Report 2019:
Diaspora in Europe. Routledge.
Working Papers
K. P. Kannan, India’s Social Inequality as
DurableInequality : Dalits and Adivasis at
the Bottom of an Increasingly Unequal
Hierarchical Society, W.P. 488, June 2019.
Sunandan Ghosh, Vinoj Abraham, The Case
of the ‘Missing Middle’ in the Indian
Manufacturing Sector: A Firm-Level
Analysis. W.P. 487, June 2019.
Chandril Bhattacharyya, Unionised
LabourMarket, Environment and
Endogenous Growth. W.P. 486 May 2019
Pulapre Balakrishnan, M. Parameswaran,
The Dynamics of Inflation in India. W.P.
485, March 2019.
R. Mohan Finance Commissions and Federal
FiscalRelations in India - Analysing the
Awards of 11th to 14th Finance
Commissions. WP 484, January 2019.
S. Irudaya Rajan, K.C. Zachariah,
Emigrationand Remittances: Evidences from
the Kerala MigrationSurvey, 2018. WP. 483,
January 2019.
RULSG Lateral Studies Series
KK Eswaran. 2019. ‘Petty Production – A
Survival Strategy and its Limits: Some
observations on Kudumbashree’s Productive
Activities,’ Lateral Studies Series on
Kudumbashree -4, May.
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ANASWARA NEWS…
Praveena Kodoth. 2019. ‘How
Kudumbashree Forged a Massive Network
of Neighbourhood Groups: Micro Politics
and the Strategies of Mobilisation of Women
in Kerala,’ Lateral Studies Series on
Kudumbashree -5, May.
Saija Väyrynen, Darley Jose Kjosavik. 2019.
‘Inclusive Development and Empowerment
of Women: A Study of Microfinance
Programmes in Kerala, India,’ Lateral
Studies Series on Kudumbashree -6, May.
Other Publications
Beena PL. 2019. ‘IPR regime and
Developmental Implications: Case study of
IP Asset Intensive industries,’ Report
submitted to ICAE, Kerala University, May
2019.
S. Irudaya Rajan 2019. South Asia, the
Migration Hub. DNA. January 15, 2019
https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-
south-asia-the-migration-hub-2707872
U S. Mishra and S Irudaya Rajan. 2019. The
State of the States. The Hindu. Opinion,
February 12, 2019.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/ op-ed/the-
state-of-the-states/article26240864.ece
The Association for Non-Academic Staff
Welfare and Recreation Activities, CDS is
organizing a series of programme called
‘Chintha Sarani’ for sharing the
knowledge of administrative staff
themselves. The programme has been
conducting in the staff recreation room on
second Wednesday of every month at
lunch break time. It helps to update and
developing the administrative skill of the
staff members.
Shri V Venukumar, AOIO, lead the
session on Income tax rules on 15.01.2019.
and 14.02.2019. Shri Sarath V has taken a
class on IT infrastructure in CDS on
14.03.2019.
Shri Sai Babu S presented his travel
experience of Agasthyarkoodam yathra on
16.05.2019.
ANASWARA remembered Shri Laurie
Baker, the Architect of the Centre on his
death anniversary, 01.04.2019, by
exhibiting a documentary on his life and
career.
ANASWARA has also been conducting a
get together function of all the staff
members on last working day of every
month with a delicious lunch. One of our
members sponsoring the meals on each
month. Shri. G. Vijayan, Shri Suresh
Kumar S, Smt. Anitha G.P, Shri Shareef H
S, Shri Anoopkumar P P had sponsored
the lunch from January to June
respectively.
Ajikumar A. R.
Convener, ANASWARA
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A Poem by Dr N Vijayamohanan Pillai
Dialectics
An unseen presence,
Or a seen absence,
So munificently beneficent;
Or beneficently maleficent;
A dangerous track of touch;
A touching vector of danger;
A torturing scorcher; a scorching torch;
Can you forecast it?
Yes, you say.
But forecasting has a limit….
Yes, you say, the sky is the limit!
And you argue:
There is a method even in madness….
My Socrates adds:
And Vice versa!
You put equations in time;
Does time put you in equations?
You put time in equations;
Does time put equations in you?
Are you a whole of parts;
Or a part of a whole?
Forecasting a whole upon the parts,
Or, the parts upon a whole?
Or, both?
And my Socrates adds:
A dialectics!
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BIODIVERSITY IN CDS - Saibabu S
Thiruvananthapuram is
the capital city of Kerala,
which is located in the
southern part of the state.
A very important feature
is that it is connected
with the Western Ghats
at several points. This
shows the wide biodiversity present in this
area.
Centre for Development Studies is located in
the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city,
especially in one of the highest areas of the
city. The height and greenish atmosphere
show the huge presence of living diversity in
all its areas. The 10-acre campus is abundant
in its undulating landscape with all kinds
steep curves and wetlands lavish with a
green growth of all kinds of plants and trees.
While observing the floral on campus it is
seen that there are all kinds of trees and
plants are present. Trees like mahogany,
teak, mango and a large number of coconut
trees are also present on the campus. Even
cocoa trees are present which bear plenty of
fruit during the season. There is also a wide
array of plant development on campus with
plenty of flowers and flowering plants seen
in the areas near the main building.
Proper water management and rainwater
harvesting and saving methods are also used
here which helps in channelling the water to
recharge the groundwater. This not only
helps in keeping the campus recharged but
also helps those living around the campus for
getting enough water in their wells. The
campus is abuzz with a large presence of
birds, butterflies and insects. An area has
been named as the butterfly park where one
can find special species like "Blue Tiger",
"Chocolate Pansy", "The Small White",
"Cirrochroa thais." The large variety of
flowers and plants seems to attract various
kinds of butterflies which are seen most in
the eastern part of the campus. Similarly a
huge variety of insects are also present in the
campus like "Zygaena" " Red Ants", "Dwarf
Honey Bee".
On many occasions, big honeycombs, even
wild ones, have been seen in various
buildings of the campus including
administration block and guest house area.
This points to the favourable climatic and
environmental conditions that are favourable
for natural living for these insects.
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Our proximity to the Akkulam Lake attracts
backwater birds which appear during the
season. Some of them are "Indian Little
Green Bittern", "Paddy Bird" etc. Common
birds like "Rufous Treepie," "Asian Coel,"
"Indian Cuckoo,” "Cattle Egret," "Black
Drongo", are also seen in various parts of
campus. During the day the "Spotted Eagle",
"Golden Eagle" is quite often seen circling
atop the library tower building.
On the ground we have a huge variety of
snakes and reptiles. Several snakes like
"Indian Rat Snake", "Indian Cobra", "Indian
Crait" also found in various parts of the
campus. A large group of Kerala Mongoose
are also seen roaming the campus.
From the above, it is clear that the campus is
steeped in biodiversity. The eco-friendly
campus helps living organisms to flourish
undisturbed. The plastic and pesticide-free
environment help to keep the atmosphere
clean.
A strict rule ensures against the destruction
of trees and plant cover. Proper waste
management helps with increasing the
productivity of the land and the presence of
water. The three main wells, along with an
efficient system of rainwater harvesting
helps to maintain a green campus with a
sufficient balance of the ecosystem which
helps support the biodiversity to exist in a
perfect way.
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