Senior Research Officer, Institute of Applied Manpower Research.

Professional Affiliation
1. Life Member, Indian Society of Labour Economics
2. Life Member, Association of British Scholars (Delhi Chapter)

Area of Research
Research interests include labour, employment, decentralised planning and human resource development

Current Research
Skill development, vocational education and social security for unorganised workers

Publications/ Articles/ Cases
List of some important publications follows:

Books Co-authored

 i)   Employment in the Informal Sector, Agricole Publishing Academy, New Delhi,  1994.

 ii) Employment Generation through Decentralised Development of Agriculture, Agricole Publishing Academy, New Delhi, 1994.                             

iii) Employment Promotion in the Urban Informal Sector, (Co-editor), New Age International, 1998        

iv) Human Resource Planning and Development, Vol. II - Employment (Co-editor), IAMR, New Delhi, 2000

Paper Published in Journals

A.1. Decentralisation Perspectives and Rural Development, in the Social Change, Vol. 21, No.3, September 1991.

A.2. Wage, Working and Living Conditions of the Workers in the Informal Sector, in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 37, No.3, July-September 1994.

A.3. Integrated   Approach of Rural and Urban   Employment, in the Manpower Journal, Vol. XXX, No.4, January-March, 1995.

A.4. Characteristics of Informal Sector: Empirical Evidence, in the Manpower Journal, Vol.  XXXIV, No.1, April-June 1998.

A.5. Rural Employment Generation Issues, in Special Issue on Rural Employment in the Kurukshetra, April 2000.

A.6. Disparities Among Labour Households and Diversification in Rural India: An Inter-State Analysis”, in the Manpower Journal, Vol.XXXVII, No. 1, April-June 2001.

A.7. Development of Hill Economy in a Regional Framework --- A Case of Uttaranchal State”, in the Economic Challenger, No.6, Issue 21, October-December, 2003.

A.8. Globalisation and Knitwear Industry ---A Case of Tirupur, in the Manpower Journal, Vol XXXVIII, No.4, January-March 2003.

A.9. Corporate Performance and Strategy: A Case of the Indian Telephone Industries Ltd., in the Confluence-- Management Journal of Faculty of Management Studies, Sagar, September 2004.

A.10. Macro Rigidities in the Rural Workforce: Recent Evidences from India, in the Indian Journal of Applied Economics, University of Lucknow, Vol.2, No. 1, 2005.

A.11. Public Sector in a Globalised Regime: A Case of Container Corporation of India Ltd, in the Confluence-- Management Journal of Faculty of Management Studies, Sagar, 2005.

A.12. Voice of the Poor: A Tale of Uttaranchal, in Souvenir Journal of Centre for Social & Management Solution, Vol. II, December 2006.

A.13. Employment in Uttaranchal: Issues and Challenges, in the Indian Economic Journal, Vol 53, No.2, 2005.

A.14. Mountain Economy in a Regional Framework: A Case of Uttaranchal State, in the Journal of Centre for Social & Management Solution, Vol. I, Issue I, December 2006.

A.15. Education and Employment Market: A Case Study of Krishna District, in the Journal of     Adult Education and Extension, Vol.2, No.2 July-September, 2006.

A.16. Base for Manpower Utilisation and its Characteristics, in India Year Book-- Manpower Profile, 2007, Institute of Applied Manpower Research, January 2008.

A.17. Globalisation and Labour Market in Tirupur Knitwear Industry, in Gitam Journal of Management, No.1, Vo.6, January-March, 2008

Paper Published in Books

A.18. Rural Employment Planning: Comments, in Employment Planning in   India, (Ed. R.K. Sinha), Deep & Deep, 1985.

A.19. Employment Policy:  Some Issues, in Economic Development Planning and Policy in India, (Ed. R.K. Sinha), Vol. 6, Deep & Deep, 1989.

A.20. Public Sector: A Vision, in Public Enterprises in India:  Principles and Performance, (Ed.V.K.L. Srivastava), Chugh, Allahabad, June 1990.

A.21. Neglected Issues in Rural Development, in Human Resource Development – An Inter-disciplinary Approach, (Ed. Ashok Kumar), Vol. I, Anmol, 1991.

A.22. Manpower Planning Methodologies and Manpower Research in India:  Is there a Need to Review? in Impact of New Economic Policy on Manpower and Employment in India (Eds. K. Raghavan, et. al.), Agricole, 1995.

A.23. Poverty Level, Employment and Income Among Tribals, in Poverty and Employment, (Eds. K. Raghavan et.al.), New Age International Publishers, 1996.

A.24. A Vision for Human Resource Development in 21st Century, paper contributed to a Seminar on Government-Industry Parternership for Human Resource Development and Employment Generation, organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, (ASSOCHAM), August 17, 1999, New Delhi.

A.25. Manpower Planning vis-à-vis Economic Reforms, in Economic Reforms and Economic Development in India (Eds. V.K.L. Srivastava), Radha Publications, New Delhi, 2000.   

A.26. Technology and Training for Informal Sector: Need for New Initiatives, in Informal Sector in India: Perspectives and Policies (Eds: Amitabh Kundu and A.N. Sharma), IHD/IAMR, New Delhi, 2001.

A.27. Urban Poverty: Issues and Challenges in the Perspective of Globalisation, in Managing Urban Poverty (Ed. Sabir Ali), Council for Social Development, 2005.

A.28. Value in Management and the Globalisation in the Perspectives of Globalisation, in Value Management in Professions: Present Scenario, Future Strategies, (Eds. Nalin K. Shastree et.al), Concept Publishing Company, 2006.

A.29. Technical Education and Skill Development in Bihar paper contributed at Global Meet for Bihar for a Resurgent Bihar, organised by the Institute for Human Development, Bihar Times, Government of Bihar held at Patna on January 19-21, 2007.

Working Papers

A.30. Rural Employment: Past, Present and Future, IAMR Working Paper No. 2/1997.

A.31. Review of Urban Employment Situation, IAMR Working Paper No. 6/1998.

A.32. Are Micro Enterprises Poised for Take Off?  Experience of PMRY, IAMR Working Paper Series WP 3/2008, January 2008.

Policy Brief

             The Unorganised Sector Workers’ Social Security Bill, 2007: Implementation Challenges, IAMR Policy Brief Series PB1/2008, January 2008 (in-co-authorship with Mr A.P.William Wordsworth).

Book Reviews 

1.  Redeployment of Labour in South Asia by Dharni P, Sinha, in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 40, No., 1997.

2. ICSSR Journal of Abstracts & Reviews (Economics) Vol. II, 2002, (Eds: Ashok Mathur and R. K. Sharma), Manak Publications, New Delhi.

3.  Diversification and Sustainable Rural Livelihood:  A Study in the Semi-Arid Villages of Western India, by H.S.Shylendra and Uma Rani in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 48, No.2, August 2005.

4.   Managing Urban Poverty, Council for Social Development, (Ed: Sabir Ali), in the Indian Economic Journal, Vol.53, No.2, July-September 2005.

 5.  Enterprise Development in Mountain Areas, by T.S.Papola and D.N.Awasthi, in the Indian Economic Journal, Vol. 54, No.2, July-September, 2006.

6.  State Level Public Enterprises in Sikkim: Policy and Planning, by R.K.Mishra and J. Kiranmai, in Manpower Journal, Vol.42, April-June, 2007.

7.  Developmental Aspects of Entrepreneurship, Shivganesh Bhargava (ed.), Response, 2007, communicated to Manpower Journal, March 2008.

Member Editorial Board/Advisory Board

1. The Economic Challenger, Quarterly Journal on Economics, Commerce and   Management.

2. Guest Editor Manpower Journal Special Issue on Employment Promotion in the Urban Informal Sector, Vol.  XXXIV, No.1, April-June 1998.

Alumni

Alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

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