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Dr. Venkatanarayana Motkuri

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Dr. Venkatanarayana Motkuri


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Educational Research
Qualification:
Ph d in Economics
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  • Brief profile

Venkatanarayana Motkuri, PhD, is currently Associate Professor and Coordinator, Research Cell on Education (RSEPPG) at Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He was earlier working with Sudhir Commission on Muslims in Telangana and subsequently with Centre for Good Governance (CGG). He is a post-graduate in Economics (MA) as well as in Education (M.Ed.) and holds M.Phil and Ph.D. in economics (PhD is from JNU, New Delhi through CDS, Trivandrum). He has diverse research experience of working for national (such as CESS, CGG, NIRDPR, ISB, IHD, CII, Sigma Consulting and others) as well as international organizations (The World Bank, DFID, Oxford University) for different research studies/projects and Consultancies. His experience includes working for various state governments and on education development in the states. The research projects he has been engaged with are supported by international organisations like UNICEF along with those of State and Central Government departments in India. He was a member of Expert Sub-Group on Data Definition and Index of Backwardness that was set-up for Sudhir Commission on Muslims in Telangana.

Along with four edited volumes to his credit, Motkuri has more than thirty publications in reputed national and international journals and chapters in edited volumes. The edited volume Adivasis in India (2016) is published by Bloomsbury India. A couple of recent co-edited volumes on Muslim in Uttar Pradesh, Muslim in Rajasthan and Muslims in Bihar have been brought out by CDPP, Hyderabad. His research work is published in journals (international and national) such as Agricultural Systems (Elsevier), Water Conservancy, EPW, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA), Millennial Asia, IASSI Quarterly, Review of Development and Change (RDC), Indian Economic Journal (IEJ), Indian Journal of Human Development (IJHD), Journal of Development Policy and Practice (JDPP), and Indian Public Policy Review (IPPR). He has also written for popular press, such as Telangana Today, Hans India, and Indian Express. He has published research papers on expenditure on education, higher education in India, adult literacy, educational deprivation of children, labour and employment including that of women and youth, shortage of human resources in healthcare sector, and on pharmaceutical industry and its regulations, and agriculture. His areas of interests are: Economics of Education, along with the domain of Human Development focusing on education, health, human and social capital. Employment/labour, poverty and inequality, agriculture and climate change, regional disparities, development of marginalized and poor, social policy and affirmative action are other research areas.

  • Research interest
Human Development focusing on education, health, human and social capital. Employment/labour, poverty and inequality, agriculture and climate change, regional disparities, development of marginalized and poor, social policy and affirmative action are other research areas.
  • Publications
  • Books/ Edited books:

Books and Monographs (Authored)

  1. Public and Private Expenditure on Education in India, CESS-RSEPPG Monograph#1, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), 2023 (forthcoming) (with E. Revathi).     

 

Books (Edited)

  1. Development Challenges of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, Volume 2, 2024, Routledge, Forthcoming (with Abdul Shaban and Amir Ullah Khan).
  2. Muslims in Uttar Pradesh: Demographic Features and Socio-Economic Inequalities, Volume 1, 2024, Routledge, Forthcoming (with Abdul Shaban and Amir Ullah Khan).
  3. Muslims in Bihar: Diversity, Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP), Hyderabad, 2024 (with Abdul Shaban, Amir Ullah Khan and Amitab Kundu).
  4. Muslims in Rajasthan: An Examination of increasing Insecurity and Diversity, Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP), Hyderabad, 2023 (with Abdul Shaban, Amir Ullah Khan and Amitab Kundu).
  5. Muslims in Uttar Pradesh: A Discussion on Development, Inclusion and Incredible Security, Centre for Development Policy and Practice (CDPP), Hyderabad, 2022 (with Abdul Shaban and Amir Ullah Khan).
  6. Adivasis in India: Resources, Livelihoods and Institutions, Bloomsbury, New Delhi, 2016 (with Kailas Sarap). ISBN: 978-93-85936-23-4.
  7. Human Development in Andhra Pradesh: Experiences, Issues and Challenges, Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, 2009 (with S. Mahendra Dev and C. Ravi).
  • Papers in peer Reviewed Journals - International
  1. System of Rice Intensification provides environmental and economic gains but at the expense of social sustainability: A Multidisciplinary analysis in India, Agricultural Systems (Elsevier), Vol. 143, pp. 169-158, March, 2016 (with Alfred Gathorne-Hardy; D. N. Reddy and Barbara Harriss-White).
  2. A Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from SRI and Flooded Rice in South India, Taiwan Water Conservancy, Special Issue, 61 (4), December, 2013 (with Alfred Gathorne-Hardy; D. N. Reddy and Barbara Harriss-White).
  • Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals - National
  1. Growth of Cesses and Surcharges in India: With Special Reference to Education Cess of Union Government and its Utilisation, Indian Journal of Human Development (IJHD, of Sage), Online-First, 11 April 2024, Vol. 18(2) (with E. Revathi).
  2. Private and Public Expenditure on Education in India: Trends over last Seven Decades and Impact on Economy, Indian Public Policy Review (IPPR), Vol. 5(1), Jan-Feb 2024 (with E. Revathi).
  3. Public Expenditure on Education in India: Trends and Centre-State Allocations, Journal of Development Policy and Practice (JDPP, of Sage), Online-First 7 July 2023, Vol. 8 (2), 2023, (with E. Revathi).
  4. Private Expenditure on Education in India: National Level Analysis Exploring NSSO Survey (CES and SC-E) Estimates, Indian Journal of Human Development (IJHD, of Sage), Online First on 14 March 2023, Vol. 17(2), 2023 (with E. Revathi).
  5. Labour Force and Employment growth in India: Evidence from EUS (2011-12) & PLFS (I-II), Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), Vol. 56 (47), 2021 (with Balakrushna Padhi).
  6. Human Resources in Healthcare (HRH) and Health Outcomes in India, Millennial Asia (Sage), Vol. 11 (2), August, 2020, (with U.S. Mishra).
  7. Pharmaceutical Market and Drug Price Policy in India, Review of Development Change (Sage), Vol. 25 (1), March, 2020 (with Rudra N. Mishra).
  8. Levels of Development and Female Labourforce Participation Rates in Rural India, IASSI Quarterly- Contributions to Indian Social Science, Vol. 38(2), April-June, 2019.
  9. Growth and Structure of Workforce in India: An Analysis of Census Data, The Indian Economic Journal (IEJ of Indian Economic Association and Sage), Vol. 64 (1-2), pp.57-74, March-Dec 2016 (with Suresh V. Naik).
  10. When Will India Achieve Universal Adult Literacy: Status and Prospects, Journal Educational Planning and Administration (of NUEPA, New Delhi), Vol. 29 (2), April, 2015.
  11. Achieving Universal Adult Literacy in Andhra Pradesh: Status and Prospects, Indian Journal of Human Development (Sage), Vol. 7 (1), January-June, 2013 (with C. Ravi).
  12. Workforce in Indian Health Care Sector, Asian Economic Review, Vol. 52 (2), August 2010 (with V. Suresh Naik).
  13. Schooling Deprivation in India, Economic and Political Weekly (Commentary), Vol. 44 (32), 8 August 2009.
  14. Gender and Schooling Deprivation in Andhra Pradesh, The ICFAI Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 4 (1), 2008. Also, it appeared in A. V. Yadappanavar and Gyanmudra (eds.) Gender Issues in Education, National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, 2008.
  15. Regional Disparities in Andhra Pradesh: With Reference to Sources of Irrigation, The ICFAI Journal of Public Administration, Vol.3 (2), 2007 (with R. N. Reddy and S. Satyanarayana).
  16. Child Schooling in a Community in Transition: A Case of Scheduled Tribes Community in Andhra Pradesh, Journal of Educational Planning Administration, 20 (1), January, 2006.
  17. Out-of-School Children: Child Labourers or Educationally Deprived?, Economic and Political Weekly (Commentary), Vol. 34 (38), 18 September, 2004.
  18. Telangana’s Agricultural Growth Experience, Economic and Political Weekly (Discussion), Vol. 34 (22), 29 May 2004 (with Varinder Jain).
  • Chapters in Edited Books
  1. Intersectionality of Identities in Post-secondary Education Participation in India, Chapter in an Edited book, Springer, 2024 (with E. Revathi).
  2. Reservations for OBCs in Rajasthan, chapter in Abdul Shaban, Amir Ulla Khan and Venkatanarayana Motkuri (eds.) Muslims in Rajasthan, CDPP, Hyderabad,
  3. Reservations for OBCs in Uttar Pradesh, chapter in Abdul Shaban, Amir Ulla Khan and Venkatanarayana Motkuri (eds.) Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, CDPP, Hyderabad,
  4. Employment and Unemployment among Socio-Religious Groups in Uttar Pradesh, chapter in Abdul Shaban, Amir Ulla Khan and Venkatanarayana Motkuri (eds.) Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, CDPP, Hyderabad, 2022 (with Balakrushna Padhi).
  5. Implementing National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Telangana State: Some Concerns and Challenges, in Ghanta Ramesh and B. Shiva Reddy (eds.) National Education Policy 2020: Implementation Process and Challenges in Telangana State, Telangana Economic Association (TEA), 2021 (with E. Revathi).
  6. “Data Definition and Analytical Methodology for Indexing Backwardness according to Socio-Religious Communities in Telangana: A Mandal Commission Framework Approach”, Chapter 15, in G. Sudhir, Md. Abdul Bari, Amir Ullah Khan and Abdul Shaban (eds.) Muslims in Telangana: Discourse on Equity, Development and Security, Springer Nature, 2021 (with Abusaleh Shariff, Kabita Baral and T. S. Vardhan).
  7. “Evolution of Reservations for Backward Classes: Commissions, Criteria and Challenges”, Chapter 17, in G. Sudhir, Md. Abdul Bari, Amir Ullah Khan and Abdul Shaban (eds.) Muslims in Telangana: Discourse on Equity, Development and Security, Springer Nature, 2021 (with Kabita Baral and T. S. Vardhan).
  8. “Health and Economy Linkage: Systems and Conditions in the Indian Context”, Chapter 9 in Ali Mehdi and Irudaya Rajan S. (eds.) Health of the Nation: Perspectives for a New India, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020 (with Amir Ullah Khan).
  9. “Health Policy Concerns: Where are we going Wrong”, Chapter 8, in Robert Lensink, Stefan Sjogren and Class Wihlborg (eds.) Paths for Sustainable Economic Development (A Festschrift to Shubhashis Gangopadhyay), L,S&W, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017 (with Amir Ullah Khan). ISBN: 978-91-639-5215-9.
  10. “Historical Factors in the Process of Educational Deprivation of Children: The Case of Telangana Region of Nizam’s Hyderabad State” (in English), in Lakshmana T., B. S. Puttaswamy and N. Nandeeshwara (eds.), Samshodana Siri (Kannada), A Festschrift to V. Srinivas, Manoj Prakashana, Bangalore, 2016.
  11. “Development of Adivasis in India: An Overview”, Chapter 1, in Kailas Sarap and Venkatanarayana M. (eds.) Adivasis in India: Resources, Livelihoods and Institutions, Bloomsbury, 2016.
  12. “Stagnant Structure of Workforce among STs in Andhra Pradesh”, Chapter 8, in Kailas Sarap and Venkatanarayana M. (eds.) Adivasis in India: Resources, Livelihoods and Institutions, Bloomsbury, 2016.
  13. “Human Development in Andhra Pradesh: Overview” in S. Mahendra Dev, C. Ravi and M. Venkatanarayana (eds.), Human Development in Andhra Pradesh, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, 2009 (with S. Mahendra Dev and C. Ravi).
  14. “Structure and Change of Employment in Andhra Pradesh” in S. Mahendra Dev et al. (eds.), 2009 (with S. Mahendra Dev).
  15. “The State of Human Development among the Marginalised in Andhra Pradesh: A Case of SCs and STs” in S. Mahendra Dev et al. (eds.), 2009 (with L. Sudhakar Reddy).
  16. “The State and Child Schooling in India” in Arjun Rao (ed.) Ideas and Issues in Education, N. Mani Publications, Hyderabad, 2009 (with S. V. S. Sastry).
  17. “Telanganalo Prathamika Vidyaku Duramouthunna Chinnarulu” (Educationally Deprived Children in Telangana), in Telugu, in Sridhar Deshpande and Raghava (eds.) Telanganalo Chaduvu (Education in Telanagna), Telangana Intellectual Forum, Hyderabad, 2007.
  18. “Regional Disparity in Irrigation in Andhra Pradesh: With Particular reference to Telangana Region” in K. Dasaratharamaih and M. Jayaraj (eds.), Sustainable Agriculture in Drought Prone Regions, Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2007 (with Salla Satyanarayana).
  19. “On the Heterogeneities in the Incidence of Educational Deprivation of Children in Andhra Pradesh”, in G. K. Karanth (ed.) Dimensions of Social Development: Status, Challenges and Prospects, Social and Economic Change Monograph Series 8, March, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, 2005.
  20. “Rural Credit and Non-Farm Sector: A Village Study” in Md. Iqbal Ali, Sudarshan, Renuka and Manoja Devi (eds.) Credit Policy and Rural Development, Booklinks, Bombay, 1998 (with E. Revathi).
  • Working Papers
  1. “Contours of Educational Development in Telangana: A Long-run View as a Region in Hyderabad State and United Andhra Pradesh and as Separate State”, CESS-RSEPPG Working Paper #2, Research Cell on Education (RSEPPG), Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad 2024. Forthcoming.
  2. “Post-Secondary Education Participation Rate in India and extent of Disparities: An Analysis using Estimates based on National-level Household Survey (PLFS-3)”, CESS-RSEPPG Working Paper #1 / CESS Working Paper#147, Research Cell on Education (RSEPPG), Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, February 2024 (with E. Revathi).
  3. “Rural Workforce in India: Analysis of Growth and Changing Structure based on Census Data”, Working Paper No. 254, Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmadabad, February 2019 (with Rudra Narayana Mishra and Lakhiram Hansda).
  4. “Pharmaceuticals Industry and Regulations in India: A Note”, Working Paper No. 250, Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmadabad, September 2018 (with Rudra Narayana Mishra).
  5. “SRI Cultivation in Andhra Pradesh: Achievements, Problems and Implications for GHGs and Work”, RGTW Working Paper No. 13, South Asian Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS), Oxford University, Oxford, 2013 (with D. Narasimha Reddy). See at http://www.southasia.ox.ac.uk/sites/sias/files/documents/SRIinAP2013%20Working%20Paper%2013.pdf. Also see as a MPRA paper No. 52114, accessible at: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/52115 /1/MPRA_paper_52115.pdf. Also in Conference Proceedings of International Symposium on ‘Technology, Jobs and a Lower Carbon Future: Methods, substance and ideas for the informal economy (the case of rice in India), held at Delhi during 13-14 June, 2013. Organised by Oxford University, IHD, DFID and ESRC. See at: http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/pdf/outputs/ESRC_DFID/60955_ Conference_Book.pdf.
  6. “Youth Employment and Unemployment in India”, WP-2011-009, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, April 2011 (with S. Mahendra Dev).
  7. “On the Non-Random Distribution of Educational Deprivation of Children in India”, Working Paper No. 372, June 2005, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. It was also selected for Poster Session 3 of Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting Programme 2006 held during 30th March – 1st April 2006 at Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles, California.
  8. “Educational Deprivation of Children in Andhra Pradesh: Levels and Trends, Disparities and Associative Factors”, Working Paper No. 362, August 2004, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.