Centre for Economic and Social Studies
K. Chandrasekhar
K. Chandrasekhar
Associate Professor
Area:
Agriculture (Structural Issues), Development Economics and Gender Studies
Qualification:
M Phil and Ph d
- Brief Profile
- G. Alivelu is Associate Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) Hyderabad. She joined CESS as Assistant Professor in 2007.
- She obtained Ph.D. (Development Studies with specialization in Economics) from Ambedkar Open University in collaboration with CESS, Hyderabad in 2007 and M.A. (Economics) from University of Hyderabad.
- Currently she is Dean, Division for Graduate Studies at the CESS. She was Registrar, CESS for two tenures- January-June, 2014 and 2016-2019
- Till now she has published one book, one edited volume, two articles in international journals (Journal of Transportation Research, Zagreb International Review of Business and Economics), 6 articles in National Journals, five articles in edited volumes, one discussion paper, one briefing paper, one monograph and eight working papers.
- She participated in various international (Stockholm, The Hague, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany, UNIDO, Vienna, Austria)/National Seminars and workshops and presented 20 papers.
- She was at Bonn, Germany during June – December, 2014 to participate in the “Managing Global Governance” programme hosted by Federal Ministry of Germany in collaboration with German Development Institute (GIZ and DIE). She also participated in the training programme on ‘International Futures’ at Berlin, Germany during August, 2014. She was at United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Vienna) as International Expert in the unit of ISID during September to November, 2014.
- Research Interest
Industry with particular interest on manufacturing sector and regional inequalities in the performance of industry sector, Services (Railways), Water and Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals
- Publications
- ‘The Estimation of Indian Railway Cost Function’ Zagreb International Review of Economics & Business, May 2007
- ‘Analysis of Productivity Trends on Indian Railways’ Journal of Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 47, No.1, 2008
- ‘Technological Upgradation and Cost Function of Indian Railways’, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol. 6, no. 1 &2, January and July, the Indian Econometrics Society, Mumbai, 2008
- ‘Managing the Human Face of Indian Railways‘ Gitam Journal of Management, Vol 6 No. 1 pp 176-187 Jan-Mar, 2008
- ‘Performance of Registered Manufacturing Sector in Andhra Pradesh – Role of Investment Climate’, Review of Development and Economics, MIDS, June – December, 2011
- ‘Firm Level Perceptions on State-Business Relations – A Case Study of Manufacturing Enterprises in Hyderabad, Journal of Social and Economic Development, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2012
- ‘Industrial Development and Regional Disparities in Andhra Pradesh (Pre and Post Economic Reforms)’, The Journal of Industrial Statistics, Vol 3 , No 2 , September, CSO Publication, Kolkata, 2014
- ‘Capital Intensity and labour productivity of select sectors of organized manufacturing sector in Telangana (Pre and Post Economic Reforms)’, The Indian Economic Journal, Special Issue – The Economy of Telangana, December, 2015
- Productivity, Employment and Wages in the Organised Manufacturing Sector” (co-authored with Priyadarshi Joshi), The Journal of Institute of Public Enterprise, 43(1), 1-17, January-June, 2020
- Trends in Productivity Across the Indian Zonal Railways 1981-82 through 2002-03 In Mishra , Nandita Sethi (Ed.) “Rethinking India’s Growth Strategy – Services vs. Manufacturing, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2008
- Industrial Development in Andhra Pradesh: A Regional Perspective’ in S. Mahendra Dev, C. Ravi and M. Venkatanarayana (eds.) Human Development in Andhra Pradesh Experiences, Issues and Challenges, Hyderabad: Centre for Economic and Social Studies, 2009 (Co-author)
- Edited Volume – Organising Poor Women – The Andhra Pradesh Experience, S. Mahendra Dev, S. Galab, G. Alivelu (eds.) Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2012
- ‘Organisation, Poverty and Women: Andhra Pradesh in Global Perspective’ in S. Mahendra Dev Ravi Kanbur, S. Galab, G. Alivelu (eds) Organising Poor Women – The Andhra Pradesh Experience (co-author) (Chapter 1), Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2012
- ‘Indira Kranthi Patham and Poverty Reduction in Andhra Pradesh, in Global Perspective’ in S. Mahendra Dev, Ravi Kanbur, S. Galab, G. Alivelu (eds) Organising Poor Women – The Andhra Pradesh Experience, Academic Foundation, New Delhi (co-author) (Chapter 6)
- ‘DPIP Outcomes: Assets, Livelihoods and Security’ in S. Mahendra Dev, Ravi Kanbur, S. Galab, G. Alivelu (eds) Organising Poor Women – The Andhra Pradesh Experience, Academic Foundation, New Delhi (co-author) (Chapter 7), Academic Foundation, New Delhi
- Cost of Provision and Managing WASH Services in Peri-Urban Areas’ in V.Ratna Reddy, Catarina Fonseca, Charles Batchelor (eds.) Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services – The Life-Cycle Cost Approach to Planning and Management, Earthscan from Routledge Publications, New York, 2013, (co-author)
- Indian Zonal Railways – Productivity and Cost Analysis, ISBN 978-3-8454-7142-6, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, Germany, 2011
- Piped Water in Premises and not in Premises – Impact on Illness among Households: A Case of Telangana State in India*Empirical Economics Letters, 21 (Special Issue 4): (July 2022) ISSN 1681 8997
- Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth in India: An Empirical Study, Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences, A biannually Journal of M. P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain ISSN: 0973-855X (Vol 27 No 6, June 2022)
- Productivity, Employment and Wages in the Organised Manufacturing Sector” (co-authored with Priyadarshi Joshi), The Journal of Institute of Public Enterprise, 43(1), 1-17, January-June, 2020
- Research Projects
- Poverty and Self-Help Groups, 2007
- State Business Relations and Performance of Organised Manufacturing Sector in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, University of Manchester, 2009
- Costs and Services of Water and Sanitation in Peri-urban areas of Andhra Pradesh, IRC, Netherlands through Melinda Gates Fundation, 2012
- Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh State Finances: Fourteenth Finance Commission Study, Fourteenth Finance Commission, Government of India, 2013
- Total Factor Productivity in Organised Manufacturing Sector in Andhra Pradesh and India, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany, UNIDO, Vienna, Austria, 2014
- Nourishing wombs – delivering an integrated package of maternal nutrition interventions in Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh, AMALTAS, UNICEF New Delhi, 2015
- Mission Bhagiratha, Baseline Survey-2017, Government of Telangana, 2017
- Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh State Finances: Fifteenth Finance Commission Study, Fifteenth Finance Commission, Government of India, 2018
- Historical Evolution of Industries in Hyderabad State, United Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State as part of the Telangana State Gazetteer, Government of Telangana, 2018
- Skill development initiatives in India, Telangana State Commission for Higher Education, 2020
- Mega Food Parks in Telangana, Government of Telangana
- Performance of SDG 1 and SDG 9 in Telangana, Telangana Vision on Sustainable Development Goals, Planning Department, Government of Telangana
- Science and Technology Innovations in Sustainable Development Goals
- Conferences / Seminars
- Industrial Development and Regional Inequalities in Andhra Pradesh during organized by the Department of the Economics, Nizam College, 23 -24 March, 2013, 31st Annual Conference of AP Economic Association, Osmania University, Hyderabad
- Presented on large and small scale industries in during 20,21st December, 2013, 1 ½ day consultative workshop on Human Development Reports and monitarable measures at the state and district level, Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu as per the orders of Special Chief Secretary, Planning Department, Government of AP
- An overview of Indian Economy, 3 July, 2014, Leadership Training – Managing Global Governance, German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn, Germany
- Industry Lobbying, 14 August, 2014, International Futures, Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin
- Costs and services of water and sanitation in peri-urban areas – one day Round Table Conference at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on March 13, 2013, Sustainable WASH Service Delivery – for everyone forever, International Water and Sanitation Centre, Netherlands, in association with All India Disaster Management Institute, Ahmedabad and Centre of Excellence for Change Management, Chennai
- Invited lecture on the topic “Estimation of Indian Railway Cost Function” at in the on 5th Feb, 2014, Training programme on Costing and Pricing of Rail Transport Services for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, National Academy of Indian Railway, Vadodara
- Total Factor Productivity of Different Sectors of Registered Manufacturing Sector in The Three Regions of Andhra Pradesh and India, 17 November, 2014, TFP of Industry across different countries, UNIDO, Vienna, Austria
- Delivered Lecture on the Growth and Performance of Industry 7 November, 2016, Group I and Group II aspirants Telangana State, Hyderabad Study Circle
- On Invitation, presented on “Socio-economic Impact of Mission Bhagiratha Preliminary findings from Baseline Survey along with Prof S. Galab, 2018, State Level Workshop Strategies for Effective Community Participation in Achieving Sustainable Water Quality and O & M in Mission Bhagiratha, Modern Architects for Rural India (MARI), Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA) in collaboration with Rural Water Supply Department, Government of Telangana RWS&S Office, SRTGN Bhavan, Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad
- Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity of select sectors of organized manufacturing sector in Telangana (Pre and post economic reforms)’, 27-29 December, 2016, Indian Economic Association Annual Conference, Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agriculture University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad
- Productivity, Employment and Wages in Organised Manufacturing Sector – A Comparative Study of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and India, 2017, 8th National Seminar on Industrial Statistics, CSO, Kolkata
- Productivity Growth in Organised Manufacturing Sector – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Few Select States in India, 2017, 100th Annual Conference of the Indian Economics Association (IEA), Special session on Andhra Pradesh Economy, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur
- Invited Lecture (Keynote address) during One Day National Seminar on ”Make in India: Start Ups”‘ which was held on 28 February, 2017 at Rayalaseema University, Kurnool
- Why clean water is important and how it can be made sustainable?, 13 – 18 November, 2018, Co-creative Workshop of the MGG Alumni, DIE, Bonn, Germany
- SDGs Toolkit , 24-26 April, 2019, International Conference Training and Dialogue for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda DIE, Bonn, ASCI, Hyderabad
- Narrative to Global Governance, 28-29 April, 2019, International Conference on The Power of Cooperation: Shaping a Positive Narrative of Global Governance, The Clardiges, New Delhi
- Teaching
- Microeconomics Classes on Consumption Behaviour and Markets (CESS in collaboration with Ambedkar Open University M.Phil/Ph.D Programme), 2012
- Development Theory (Models of Development) (CESS in collaboration with Ambedkar Open University M.Phil/Ph.D Programme), 2012
- Perspectives and Paradigms of Development, Full Time Ph.D Programme, CESS in collaboration with Telangana University, 2020
- Other Information
- External Panelist for selection of the students to the PG Diploma in Management for 2013-15 Batch, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, 7th April, 2013
- MGG in High Heels’- Short film made during Third leadership module Training, as part of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Programme was awarded Second Prize by the German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany, 2014
- Invited as a Judge to evaluate Jignasa (Student Study Project) in Economics, 4 February, 2019, AV&Degree PG College, Hyderabad
- Adjudicator for Ph.D thesis (Thesis evaluation and conducting viva-voce, Mumbai University, 10 April