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E. Revathi

E. Revathi

Professor and Director

Research Areas:
Agriculture- Structural Issues, Gender, and Agriculture with attention to land, labour market; Development Economics

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Brief Profile

Revathi Ellanki is a Development Economist. She attained her M Phil and PhD degrees from Kakatiya University, Warangal. She was an ICSSR doctoral fellow in ‘Women’s Studies’ during 1988-91 and worked on ‘Women, work and technology in agriculture’ for her PhD. She worked as a College lecturer for a brief period in Hyderabad and later joined as faculty in the department of Economics, Kakatiya University in 1992 and continued till 2004. She was a Visiting Fellow at CESS during 2004-09 and joined at the Centre as full time Professor in 2012. She was also Senior Fellow, ICSSR during 2010-12, for which she worked on ‘Land access to women and women empowerment’

She was a member in the curriculum development group for Economics constituted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission in 2015. She was an active member of Telangana Intellectual Forum which contributed to the cause of Telangana State. She Coordinated Working Group constituted by Telangana Development Forum for submission of report on Deprivation to Telangana: Case for Separate Statehood to Justice Sri Krishna Committee in April 2010. She contributed to Group of Ministers appointed by Govt. of India on Bifurcation of the State of AP on Special needs of the Backward Districts of Telangana (2013).

Research Interest

Prof. E. Revathi’s broad areas of research are Agricultural economics with attention to commodity studies, Development economics, and Gender studies with attention to land, labour, tenancy, work participation, and empowerment. She worked on the issues of agrarian crisis, rural indebtedness, farmers’ and weavers’ suicides, and farmers’ collective institutions and rural labour markets. She also works in the areas of regional disparities and small states; human development, water, and sanitation.

Publications

Books

  1. Economics and Technology of Soybean crop in Central India, Academic Foundation, New Delhi (2022)
  2. Aadhar, Gender Identity and Development (Coauthor) Academic Foundation, New Delhi, (2014)
  3. Women, Work and Technology, Spellbound Publications, Rohtak (1998)
 
Edited Books
  1. Intersecting Paths of Sustainable Development, Urbanisation and Women’s Empowerment (Co-editor) Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, 2024
  2. Issues and Challenges of Inclusive Development: Overview and Challenges (Co-editor), Springer 2020
  3. Book of Conference Papers: Covid 19 Effects and Impact and Women in Labour market – Telangana Economic Association (Co-editor) 2022
  4. Telangana Economy (English and Telugu versions) (Coeditor), Prescribed for Competitive Examinations, Telugu Academy, Hyderabad 2016.
  5. Telangana State Formation: Issues and Challenges (Telugu) (Co-editor) Prajahitha Publishers, Warangal, 2010.

 

Edited Journal

  1. Telangana Economy and Development, Special Issue of The Indian Economic Journal, December 2016

 

Articles

  1. Free Trade Agreements and Impact on Indian Turmeric Trade: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis, (Coauthor) Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, February 2025
  2. Economic inequalities in adolescents’ internalising symptoms: longitudinal evidence from eight countries, November 2024 , (Coauthor) The Lancet Psychiatry 11(11):890-898, DOI: 1016/S2215-0366(24)00255-4
  3. Can Institutional Interventions be Profitable for Millet Farming in India’s Rainfed Regions? Insights from MESR Models, (Coauthor) October 2024, Journal of Quantitative Economics, DOI: 1007/s40953-024-00419-5
  4. Women Empowerment in India: Assessing Status and Outcomes; IASSI Quarterly: Contributions to Indian Social Science – Journal of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, Vol 43, Number 1 January-March 2024, ISSN 0970-9061(with P Aparna) (UGC care listed journal)
  5. Growth of Cesses and surcharges in India: With Special reference to Education Cess and its Utilisation March 2024 Indian Journal of Human Development DOI: 1177/09737030241239738  (Coauthor ) (Scopus indexed)
  6. Private and Public Expenditure on Education in India: Trends over last seven decades and impact on economy, February 2024, Indian Public Policy Review 5(1):90-112; DOI: 55763/ippr.2024.05.01.002 ( Coauthoir ) (Scopus indexed)
  7. Public Expenditure on Education in India: Trends and Centre-State Allocations; July 2023 Journal of Development Policy and Practice  (Coauthor) 8(2):1 DOI: 1177/24551333231163949 (Scopus indexed)
  8. Private Expenditure on Education in India: National Level Analysis Exploring NSSO Survey (CES and SCE) Estimates, Research Note: April 2023 Indian Journal of Human Development Indian Journal of Human Development 1–17 © 2023 Institute for Human Development                 DOI: 10.1177/09737030231155242 (Coauthor ) (Scopus indexed)
  9. Changing Contour in Entrepreneurship among Disadvantaged Groups in Telangana -A Case Study of Scheduled Castes Entrepreneurs IASSI Quarterly: Contributions to Indian Social Science – Journal of the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, Vol 42, Number 2 April-June 2023 ISSN 0970-9061(Coauthor) (UGC care listed journal)
  10. Gender gap in Financial Inclusion in India: Status and Determinants, C-author The Micro Finance Review, 2023
  11. Assessing the potential impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) outcomes: evidence from telephone surveys in the four Young Lives countries (2021) (Co-author) Emerald Open Research 3:15 DOI: 35241/emeraldopenres.14263.1
  12. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: Evidence from a four-country cohort study April 2021 (Co-author) BMJ Open  11(4):e049653 DOI: 1136/bmjopen-2021-049653 License CC BY 4.0
  13. Economic Analysis of Farm Mechanisation in Chickpea Crop in Rainfed Regions (jointly authored), Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 33(2), 2019.
  14. Economic efficiency of chickpea farmers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (Coauthor), International Journal of Farm Sciences 9(2): 43-51 March 2019
  15. Agricultural Transformation and Farmers Well-being in Telangana- 1st Annual Conference Volume – Telangana Economic Association April, 2017
  16. Women’s Labour Force Participation in Telangana: Trends and Determinants Indian Economic Association Annual Journal Special Issue on Telangana Economy and Development December 2015
  17. Productivity and Economic Efficiency of Soybean Crop in Telangana (Co-author)  Indian Economic Association Annual Journal Special Issue on Telangana Economy and Development December 2015
  18. Development and Regional Exclusion in Andhra Pradesh, Kakatiya University Journal of Social Sciences, Vol 14, No 1, March 2012
  19. The Movement for Telangana: Myth and Reality (Co-author), Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLV No 2, January 9 2010
  20. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Andhra Pradesh: An Assessment (Co-author), LBS Journal of Management & Research, Vol VIII, January-June, 2010 No 1, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi 
  21. Trends and Patterns of Women Empowerment in India: An Interstate Analysis (Co-author), Kakatiya Journal of Women Studies, Vol IV No 1&2, September 2010
  22. Understanding Powerloom Weavers’ Suicides in Sircilla (Co author), Economic and Political Weekly, February 21, 2009, Vol XLIV, No 8
  23. Vyavasaya Sankshobham- Rytula Atmahatyalu: Oka Sameeksha, (Co- author) Veekshanam, February 2008
  24. Inter District and Intra District Pattern of Farmers Suicides in Andhra Pradesh, Kakatiya Journal of Social Sciences, Vol I December 2005
  25. Women and Globalisation , Veekshanam a Telugu Fortnightly, August 2005
  26. Agrarian Transformation: Study of few villages in Warangal district, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, (co-author), Conference Issue December 2001
  27. DWCRA in Khammam district, A Micro experience, Kurukshetra March 1999
  28. International Monetary Institutions and Developing Countries: Some Policy Implications, Mainstream, May 9 1998
  29. Farmers’ Suicides: Missing issues, Discussion, Economic and Political weekly, May 16 1998
  30. Land tenure systems and sustainable land use in Andhra Pradesh, locating confluence factors of confrontation, (co-author) Catena Verlag,35447 Reiskirchin 1998
  31. Development, Ecology and Women, Mainstream, February 10, 1996
 

Chapters in Edited Books  

  1. Understanding Women’s Employment Trends in Rural Andhra Pradesh in Labour Markets in Rural India- Dynamics and Emerging Issues (ed) Kailash Sarap, South Asia Press 2024
  2. Does Intersectionality of Location, Gender and Social or Religious Identities of Population in India affect their Post-Secondary Education Participation? October 2024 DOI: 1007/978-981-97-9218-4_13, In book: Intersecting Paths of Sustainable Development, Urbanization, and Women’s Empowerment, Edition: 1, Publisher: Springer
  3. Implementation of NEP 2020 in Telangana State: Some concerns and challenges (with M Venkatanarayana) NEP 2020: Implementation Challenges in TS Ed/ Ghanta Ramesh and B Shiva Reddy, Pre-Conference Volume, Telangana Economic Association, March 2021
  4. Response of School Education sector to COVID-19 Pandemic- The Case of Telangana State (with P Prudhvikar Reddy), V Annual Conference Volume, TEA, March 2021
  5. Issues and Challenges in State level Implementation of New Education Policy- 2020 –A Report of the proceedings of national and state level webinars (Jointly with M Venkatanarayana) – 2021
  6. Land Rights and Land Access to Women in Andhra Pradesh in Understanding Women’s Land Rights: Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership, Land Reforms in India- Vol 13(ed) Prem Chowdhry, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2017 pp 25-58
  7. Where are the women in India’s growth? Teacher Plus, Economics Special, Azim Premji University, May-June 2016
  8. Farmers Suicides: Causes, Consequences and Way out in Farmers Suicides: Causes, Consequences and Preventive Measures Ed A Punnaiah, Vaagdevi Publishers, Hyderabad, 2016
  9. Telangana Economy in the undivided state of Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014) in Telangana Economy Ed E Revathi and S Kishan Rao, Telugu Academy,  2016
  10. Revenue Expenditure and Budgetary Surplus of Telangana in Telangana Economy Ed E Revathi and S Kishan Rao, Telugu Academy,  2016
  11. Women and Land: Agriculture and Opportunity (coauthor) in Subalternity, Exclusion and Social Change in Indian Society Ed Ashok Pankaj and Ajit Pandey, Cambridge University Press, 2014
  12. Agricultural Distress in Andhra Pradesh: Can collective institutions be a way out? (co author) in ‘ Future of Indian Agriculture, Technology and Institutions ed Nilabja Ghosh and CSA Sekhar, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2013
  1. MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh: Examining the Role of State- enabled Institutions (co-author) in Right to Work and Rural India Working of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2012
  1. Telangana Agriculture: Growth and Distribution, in Telangana Issues and Challenges (in Telugu) Ed K Seetaram Rao and E Revathi, Prajahitha Publications, Warangal, 2010
  2. Agrarian Distress in Andhra Pradesh: Causes, Consequences and Responses (co author) in Agrarian Distress in India: Causes and Remedies, Ed BC Barah and Smita Sirohi, Concept Publishers, New Delhi, 2010 
  3. Economic Reforms and Regional Disparities in Agrarian Crisis and Farmer Suicides, (co author) Land Reforms in India, Vol 12 Ed RS Deshpande and Saroj Arora, SAGE Publications, 2010
  4. Women Empowerment and Child Well-being: An Inter State and Intra State Analysis (co author) , in Human Development in Andhra Pradesh: Experiences, Issues and Challenges , Ed S Mahendra Dev, C Ravi and M Venkatanarayana, CESS, 2009.
  1. Farmers’ Suicides in Andhra Pradesh: Issues and Policy Concerns, in Human Development in Andhra Pradesh, Experiences, Issues and Challenges Ed by S Mahendra Dev, C Ravi and M Venkatanarayana; CESS, 2009.
  2. Social Movements and Human Development in Andhra Pradesh , (co author) in Human Development in Andhra Pradesh: Experiences, Issues and Challenges, Ed by S Mahendra Dev, C Ravi and M Venkatanarayana, CESS, 2009
  3. Farmers’ Suicides and Unfolding Agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh, (co author) in Agrarian Crisis in India, Ed D Narsimha Reddy and Srijit Mishra, OUP, 2009
  4. Women’s Work and Technology: Irrigation Induced Dynamics in Timmapur of Karimnagar District, Rural Transformation: Perspectives from Village Studies in Andhra Pradesh, Studies in Local Level Development-6 Ed by G Niranjan Rao and D Narsimha Reddy, Daanish Books, Delhi, January 2008
  5. Jobloss Problems and Issue of Alternative Livelihood- Case study of Karimnagar Co-operative Spinning Mills, (co-author), Development Issues Ed, P Vijayalakshmi Reddy, Dept. of Sociology, Nizam College, May 2007.
  6. Changing Agrarian Relations in Dry Land Agriculture: Some Emerging Hypotheses (co-author), ‘Sustainable Agriculture in Drought Prone Regions’, Ed K Dasaratharamaiah & M Jayaraj, Serials publications, May 2007
  7. Agrarian Distress in Andhra Pradesh: Social, Political and Economic Outcomes, in ‘De Helling’, Dutch Quarterly of Economic and Political Questions, dehelling.net, Post bus 8008. 3503 RA, Utrecht September 21, 2007 .
  8. Farmers Suicides and Gender Vulnerability: A study of Post Suicide Effects on Women (co-author) ‘Marching towards Gender Equality, India’s Experience” Ed N L Murthy et al, Serials Publishers, April 2007.
  1. Grass roots Governance and Women Empowerment through Panchayat Raj Institutions (coauthor) in Decentralisation: An Indian Experience ed by MR Biju, National Publishing House, Jaipur & New Delhi, 2007. 
  2. Farmer Suicides in Andhra Pradesh: Intra District and Inter District Pattern and Policy Options in ‘Undeserved Death A Study on Suicide of Farmers in Andhra Pradesh’ (2000-2005) edited by KS Bhatt and S Vijay Kumar, Council for Social Development, Allied Publishers, New Delhi,  2006 
  3. Credit institutions and non-farm sector- A village analysis, (co-author) in ‘Credit Policy and Rural Development’, edited Iqbal Ali etal May 2000
  1. Rural Women and Rural Development, (co-author) in ‘Political Economy of Rural Development’, edited K Murali Manohar etal, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi 1998
 

Monographs

  1. Rapid Situational Assessment of Fundamental principles and Rights at Work in the Cotton Growing Communities in Telangana, India (Lead Researcher) Monograph 58, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, November 2024
  2. An Assessment of Millet-Based Agro-Biodiversity Systems Enriched with a Mix of Modern and Traditional Ecological Packages (Lead Researcher) Monograph 57, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, March 2024
  3. Biography of Biyyala Janardhan Rao,(1956-2002) Monograph, Telugu Academy Publications, Govt. of Telangana, 2017
  4. Economics and Technology of Soybean cultivation in Central India (Lead Researcher) Monograph 16, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, September 2016   
  5. Suicide in SAARC Countries: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Evidence (Co author) Monograph 12, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, March 2010
 

Working Papers / Keynote Papers

  1. Participation Disparities in Post-Secondary Education: Estimates Based on National Level Household Survey (PLFS-3), India (Coauthor), Working paper No 147, CESS-RSEPPG Working paper No 1, February 2024
  2. Institutional interventions and Farm profits: Evidence from Rainfed Agriculture Systems in Telangana, India, Working Paper No. 145, CESS, January 2024
  3. Women Empowerment in India: Status, Achievements and Challenges (Lead author) Keynote Paper Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, 23rd Annual Conference2-4, IHD and CESS, November 2023
  4. Liberalizing Lease Market: The Andhra Pradesh Licensed Cultivators Act Working Paper No 135, CESS July 2014
  5. Changing Seed Policy, Law and Regulation: An Appraisal of the Emerging Seed Markets in Andhra Pradesh, (co-author), Governance and Policy Spaces (GAPS) project series Working Paper 6, June 2005
 

Policy Briefs                                 

  1. Decentralised Paddy Procurement System during Covid 19: Ground level Anomalies in Telangana Policy Brief No 11, 2020
  2. Farmers’ Producer Companies in Telangana”, CESS Policy Brief No 7, March 2020.
  3. Productivity and Economic Efficiency of Soybean Crop in Telangana State (Coauthor), Policy Brief 1, CESS, 2016
  4. Gender Inequalities and Discrimination, to Strategies Towards Combating Dalit Marginalisation Proceedings of National Symposium, CAS, NIRDPR July 2014.
  5. State Policies and their Impact on Women’s Access to Land (Coauthor), Bhoomi, The Land Rights Newsletter, Landesa, Rural Development Institute, NALSAR 2012

                 

Book. Report Reviews

  1. Book Review: “Legitimation in a World at Risk: The case of genetically modified crops in India”, Asian Journal of Social Science, 48 (1-2), 163-166, (2020).
  2. Report Review: “India Social Development Report 2018: Rising Inequalities in India”, CSD: Review of Development and Change, 25(1), (2020), https://doi.org/10.1177/0972266120918034
  3. Revathi and B. Suresh Reddy (2023), “Book review of Economics and Technology of Soybean Crop in Central India”, by Sangeeta Shroff, Gokhale Institute of Policies and Economics, Pune.

 

Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops Organized

  1. Organised Ist Annual Conference of the Telangana Economic Association, at CESS, 8-9 April 2017 (Local Secretary)
  2. Organized and Chaired Panel Discussion on ‘Telangana Economy and Development’ at the 98th Annual Conference of the IEA, 27-29 December 2016
  3. Conducted workshop on Women, Land Rights and Agriculture in Telangana State: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Directions in collaboration with RSV, CSA,GRCW and CCC on 16th October 2014
  4. Organised one day workshop on Ongoing Agricultural Situation in Andhra Pradesh: Farmers’ Voice on 30 March 2013
  5. Co ordinated (Jointly) International Seminar on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Suicide: Experience of SAARC Countries, 9-10 January, 2009
  6. Organized workshops (Jointly) on Powerloom weavers’ suicides in Sircilla in Karimnagar, presented a report on Situation Assessment of Powerloom weavers suicide in Sircilla at CESS 15th and 25th October 2008
  7. Co ordinated (Jointly) the Seminar on ‘Movements, Social Transformation and Making of Modern Andhra Pradesh’, sponsored by ICSSR, 17 &18 March 2007 
  8. Organized UGC sponsored National Seminar on Socio-Economic Dimensions of Indian Economic Development in the Liberalisation Scenario at University Arts and Science College, Kakatiya University, during 15-16 July 1999

Research Project Reports

  1. Telangana Socio-Economic, Education, Employment Political and Caste Survey Report (February 2025)
  2. Social Audit of PM Poshan Scheme in Telangana, (May 2024)
  3. International Returnee Migrants in Telangana – A Study, January 2024
  4. An Assessment of Millet Based Agro-Biodiversity Systems Enriched with A Mix of Modern and Traditional Ecological Packages, Study report submitted to Deccan Development Society (DDS), February 2023
  5. Economic and Social Returns to Public Social Investment under Dalit Bandhu Scheme in Telangana: A Quick Evaluation of Potential Returns April 2023
  6. Report on Assessment and Evaluation of Dalit Bandhu Scheme (DBS) in Huzurabad Constituency, Telangana, Submitted to District Collector and Magistrate, Karimnagar District, Government of Telangana, July 2023
  7. Report on Mapping of S&T Needs of Telangana, Submitted to Telangana State Council of Science & Technology (TSCOST), February 2022
  8. Performance and Impact of Farmer Producer Companies promoted by NABARD in Telangana State, June 2021
  9. Supply and demand for financial services among cotton producing communities in Telangana State: (Jointly with B Suresh Reddy, P Aparna) Sponsored by ILO, Geneva, November 2022
  10. Rapid Assessment of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in cotton communities in Telangana State: (Jointly with B Suresh Reddy, P Aparna and P Sampath) Sponsored by ILO, New Delhi February 2022
  11. An Assessment of Millet Based Agro-biodiversity Systems Enriched with a Mix of   Modern and Traditional Ecological Packages (Jointly with B Suresh Reddy and P Dayakar) sponsored by Deccan Development Society, 2022
  12. Listening to Young Lives at Work: COVID-19 Phone Survey- Fourth and Fifth Call (Jointly with P Prudhvikar Reddy) 2021
  13. Young Lives – Phone Survey on Impact of Covid-19, sponsored by the DFID, Oxford University (Principal Investigator: E. Revathi; Senior Researcher: P. Prudhvikar Reddy
  14. Interrupted Education in India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana): Support for Students during the COVID-19 School Closures. (Principal Investigator: E. Revathi; Senior Researcher: P. Prudhvikar Reddy)
  15. Performance and Impact of Farmer Producer Companies promoted by NABARD in Telangana State, (Jointly with Arifa Sultana) Sponsored by NABARD, TSRO, June 2021 
  1. An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19-Induced Lockdown on Informal Workers in Telangana State: A Rapid Survey (Study team: E. Revathi, Pradeep Kamble, K. Bhaskar, and Bal Singh M 2020
  1. Assessment of Socio-Economic Conditions of Backward Castes in Telangana State (2019) sponsored by BC Commission, GoT
  2. Soybean Varieties and Package of Practices (Jointly) sponsored by ICAR, November 2015 and Revisit Revised Report August 2018
  3. Changing Perspectives of Women’s Work and Decline in Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Rural India: Study in Andhra Pradesh– Sponsored by SR Sankaran Chair, NIRDPR, November 2016
  1. Market Intelligence Study of Handloom Products from Andhra Pradesh Planning Department, GoAP March 2014
  2. Review of Land Tenancy and Land Leasing Laws across Andhra Pradesh with respect to Impact of Computerization of Land Records, Status of Tenants/ Sharecroppers on Bank Lending, sponsored by NABARD , (joint) April 2013
  3. Brief study on Mechanisation intervention in Adilabad district sponsored by Department of Agriculture, GoAP (joint) 2013
  4. Study on Supply of animal drawn implements under subsidy schemes in Medak and Adilabad by Department of Agriculture GoAP (joint) 2013
  5. Women’s Access to Land Through Lease Market: An Assessment of PoP Strategy in CMSA (joint), CESS 2013
  6. Mid–term Evaluation of Medium Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under APILIP (joint), I&CAD GoAP, 2013
  7. Andhra Pradesh Land Licensed Cultivator Study, Rural Development Institute, November 2012
  8. Existing State Policies, Programmes, Interventions and Processes and their Impact on Women’s Access to Land (Joint) National Institute for Agricultural Extension and Management (MANAGE), Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi, December 2012
  9. NREGS in Andhra Pradesh: Issues and Challenges, (Joint) Report submitted to the National Commission for Enterprises in Unorganised Sector GOI, March 2009
  10. Management of NREGS: Issues and Challenges in Andhra Pradesh (Joint) Report submitted to Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute for Management, New Delhi, June 2009
  11. Social Well-being outcomes of Rural Micro Finance in Andhra Pradesh, University of Wisconsin, Madison and CESS, 2008
  12. Rural Indebtedness in Andhra Pradesh, Planning Department, GoAP (Joint) April 2007
  13. Agrarian Distress and Farmers Suicides: A Study in Andhra Pradesh, CESS Project, 2004- 2006
  14. Moving Out of Poverty: Qualitative Study on Farmers Suicides, (Joint) Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Group, World Bank, 2005
  15. Women, Work and Technology: A Resurveyed Report’ under ‘Thematic resurvey of villages, Kerala Research Project on Local Level Development, Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum, co-ordinated by D Narsimha Reddy, 2004-05

Awards

  1. Awarded ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship under Women Studies Category during 1988-91
  2. Awarded ICSSR Senior Fellowship(2010-12) Report on ‘Land Access to Women and Women Empowerment under Different Situations in Andhra Pradesh

Academic Administration

Head, Research Unit for SC, ST Special Development Fund (2017 To 2019)

  1. Organized Brain storming sessions to map issues for priority setting of studies to be undertaken
  2. Contributed to the Report on Scheduled Tribe Development in Telangana –Issues and Challenges- Discussion Series I
  3. Contributed to the Report on Scheduled Caste Development in Telangana- Issues and Challenges- Discussion Series II
  4. Guided two studies on ‘Performance of Scheduled Caste Students under different School Managements in Telangana State’ and ‘Performance of Scheduled Tribe Students in Scheduled Areas of Telangana – A Comparative Study of Schools under Different Managements’.
  5. Currently leading half a dozen evaluation studies on programmes implemented by the Scheduled Caste Development Department.

 

Dean Division for Graduate Studies (2015 – 2019)

  1. Administering the PhD Programme
  2. Contributed to designing and starting regular PhD programme from 2016 in collaboration with Telangana University, Nizamabad
  3. Redesigning of Course Content for the PhD Programme: Three Core Papers – Research Methodology; Perspectives and Paradigms of Development;  Methodological  Debates in Economics
  4. Networking with Institutions in Hyderabad, and elsewhere for various academic activities related to the PhD Programme.
  5. Mentoring the Students Joined in the PhD Programme

Teaching And Research Supervision

  1. PhD Programme at CESS: Philosophy of Science; Methodological Debates in Economics
  2. Kakatiya University: Macro Economic Theory and Policy, Public Finance, Indian Economy, Agriculture Economics, International Trade, Economics of Women’s Studies, Financial Economics
  3. Research Supervision M.Phil and Ph.D Scholars in the broad areas of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Gender Studies, Informal Sector, Primary Education, Farmer Producer Companies.  

M.Phil

  1.  MGNREGS, Women’s Participation and Household Food Security among Scheduled Tribe Community: A case study in Jharkhand (awarded 2018)
  2. Rural Non- Farm Employment: A Village Analysis (awarded 1999)

Ph.Ds Awarded

  1. Economic Analysis of Farm-Level Adaptation to Climate Change in Dryland Agro-Ecosystem A Study in Telangana State (2025)
  2. Resources use Efficiency and Conservation of Natural Resources under System of Rice Intensification Technology (Joint) (2023)
  3. Political and Economic History of Telangana Land and its People (1636 to 1853) (Joint) (2022)
  4. Agricultural Technology Adoption and Sustainable Intensification in Chickpea Crop in Rain-fed Region: A Study in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh (2018)
  5. Farmers’ Producer Companies – A Study of Telangana State (Joint) (2018)
  6. Parental Perception of Primary Education: A Study in Tribal Areas of Adilabad District (Jointly) at Kakatiya University (2015)

About to be Submitted

  1. Socio- Economic Conditions and Social Protection of Construction Workers- A Study of Hyderabad City
  2. Islamic Micro-Finance: A Tool for Financial Inclusion- A Study in Telangana
  3. Export competitiveness of Indian Turmeric: A Post WTO Analysis

Ongoing

  1. Agriculture Growth and Well-being of Farmers in India: A Study of Telangana State
  2. Housing and Well-being in India: A Case of public Housing in Kerala and Telangana
  3. Goods and Service Tax (GST) and Fiscal Federalism in India – A Study
  4. Economic Viability of Organised and Unorganised Dairy Sectors in Telangana State
  5. A Study on Gender Budgeting- with Special Reference to Economic Empowerment Schemes in Telangana (Joint)
  6. Determinants of Household Food Security in the Semi-Arid Tropics of India (Joint)

Internship Reports

  1. Dynamics of Social norms and Gender, July 2023
  2. Macro-Economic Indicators of countries in South Asia, July 2022
  3. Capability Approach to Well Being, July 2015
  4. Understanding the evolution and sustainability of the movement for a separate statehood of Telangana in India, Dissertation submitted as part of M.Sc in Social Policy and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2010-11

International Seminars/ Workshops

  1. Presentation on ‘Research at CESS- Major themes’, at Tata Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition for future collaborations with CESS TCI Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 20 December 2022.
  2. Young Lives at Work: Discussion/ Workshop on Round 6 Survey, Oxford University, United Kingdom, February 2020
  3. Presented Paper Small Holder Agriculture, Women Farmers and Sustainability: Scenario in Telangana, India at Workshop on Playing Development Roles: The Political Ecology of Performance in South Asian Agricultural Development at Karl Jaspers Centre, Heidelberg University, Germany during 23-25 April 2017.
  4. Presented paper on ‘Second in the Agenda: Women, Land and Agriculture in India: Emerging Concerns in Workshop on Agriculture, Land and People: Comparison of India and China, at East China University of Science and Technology during 25-28 May 2015.
  5. Visited Uppsala (Sweden)  , Belgium, and Heidelberg (2000): Attended Workshop on Indigenous Peoples: The Trajectory of a contemporary concept in India held at the collegiums for Development Studies, Uppsala University, April 3-5 2000; participated in academic discussions at FIAN, Heidelberg, 20th April.  

Baseline Reports of Cess

  1. Editor of Sustainable Development Report for Telangana State 2023
  2. Coordinator for Mission Bhagiratha, Bringing Equity through Access to Piped, Adequate, Clean and Safe Drinking Water within the Premises, Baseline Survey- 2018 and Coauthor of the Report
  3. Co-author of the Human Development Report for Telangana State-2017
  4. Co-author of the Human Development Reports for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Telangana State- 2017
  5. Millennium Development Goals in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh 2015- Goal 3 on Promote Gender Equity and Empower Women

Course Writer

  1. Contributed to preparation of course content on Telangana Economy for the competitive examinations, Telangana State Public Service Commission ( English and Telugu) Telugu Academy (2015)
  2. Post-Graduate Courses under Distance Learning Education, Macro Economics and Public Finance, Kakatiya University 1996
  3. Post-Graduate Paper on Agricultural Economics, Labour Economics for BR Ambedkar Open University 1997

Contribution to Policy Reports

  1. Contributed to Group of Ministers appointed by Govt. of India on Bifurcation of the State of AP on Special needs of the Backward Districts of Telangana (2013)
  2. Contributed to India Rural Development Report 2012-13
  3. Coordinated Working Group constituted by Telangana Development Forum for submission of report on Deprivation to Telangana: Case for Separate Statehood to Justice Sri Krishna Committee, April 2010 
  4. Contributed to the Mid Term Appraisal of XI Five year Plan (2007-08 – 2011-12) on Agriculture and Water Management and State Horticulture Mission
  5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Andhra Pradesh: An Overview Paper submitted to the Mid Term Appraisal of the XI Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, New Delhi. (Joint)
  6. Contributed to Study Group on Gender and Agriculture in formulating the XI Five Year Plan Proposals
  7. Contributed (coauthor) Two Background Chapters for the Andhra Pradesh Human Development Report, 2007, prepared for GOAP

           1. Social Movements and Human Development in Andhra Pradesh
           2. Women Empowerment and Child Well – being in Andhra Pradesh

  1. Contributed to Alternative Economic Survey 1991-1998 (Joint) on Tribals (Tribals: Protected or Persecuted).  

Articles in News Papers

  1. Gendered Poverty in a Matrilineal State by E Revathi and Govind Kelkar published in The Shillong Times 29th June 2024
  2. Is Education cess serving its purpose? E Revathi and M Venkatanarayana, Hans India, 15 September 2024.