Prof. C.H.Hanumantha Rao Profile                                             

Name                                      :  C.H.Hanumantha Rao

Date and place of birth      :  15th May, 1929;  Karimnagar (Andhra Pradesh), India.

Present Address                  :  240-B, Road No.18, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad-500 033, India.

Telephone                              : 23608656

Positions Held at present:

– Founder-Member, Hon. Professor and Chairman, Center for Economic and Social Studies, Begumpet, Hyderabad. 

–  Professor and Chairman, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi.

 

 Education:

–   Post-Doctoral Fellow,1966-67, Department of Economics,  University of Chicago, U.S.A.

–   Ph. D. (Economics),1962, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

–   M.A. (Economics), 1957, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Employment: 

• Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, 1961-92.

• Director, Institute of Economic Growth, 1976-80.

• Visiting Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C., in August & October, 1994.

• Consultant, ESCAP, United Nations, Bangkok, in November 1995 & March, 1996.

 

Distinction:  

• Awarded Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Prize for 1974-75, by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, for Outstanding Contribution in the field of Agricultural Economics.

• Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi.

• Received Sri Kambhampati Satyanarayana (Senior) Memorial Award, Visalandhra Vignana Samiti, Vijayawada, in January 1988.

• Received the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the S.K.University, A.P. in 1991.

• Received Sri Ravi Narayan Reddy Memorial Award, Ravi Narayan Reddy National Foundation, Hyderabad, in September 1994.

• Received K.H. Batheja Award for the Best Book published in Economics during 1993-94 (Book: Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Environmental Degradation in India, Oxford University Press, 1994). 

• Received the Financial Express Award for Lifetime Work in Economics, in 1995.

• National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research, 1994-1996.

• Received the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Kakatiya University, A.P. in 1998.

• Received ‘Telugu Atma Gaurava Puraskaram’ from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2000.

• Conference President: Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 1989; Indian Society of Labour Economics,1995; and Indian Society of Ecological Economics, 2001.

• Awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ by the President of India in 2004.

 

Publications:

–   Nine books, six edited books and over 100 research papers and articles  in journals and edited books in  India  and abroad.

Ph.D. Supervision:

Supervised, individually or jointly, the following six  scholars  for their PH.D. Theses submitted to the University of Delhi:

1. Subbarao, formerly Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; presently with the World Bank, Washington,D.C.;Subject of the thesis: Market Structure in Indan Agrculture; Completed in 1973.

2. Rangaswamy, formerly Reader, Agricultural Economic Research Centre, University of Delhi; Subject of the thesis: Economics of Dry Farming in Selected Areas; Completed in 1980.

3. Uma Kapila, formerly Reader, Department of Economics, Miranda House, University of Delhi; presently Senior Editor, Academic Foundation, New Delhi; Subject of the thesis: Stagnating Oilseeds Economy of India- A Case Study of Groundnut; Completed in 1980; (Joint Supervisor: R.Thamarajakshi).

4. K.Bandopadhyay, presently Chief General Manager, NABARD; Subject of the thesis: An Analysis of Agricultural Credit with Special Reference to Small Farms in West Bengal; Completed in 1982. 

5. Kailas Sarap, presently Professor of Economics, Sambalpur University, Orissa; Subject of the thesis: Interlinked Agrarian Markets in Rural India; Completed in 1986; (Joint Supervisor: K.Subbarao). 

6. Palanivel, Formerly at the United Nations University, Tokyo; presently with the U.N.D.P., Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Colombo; Subject of the the thesis:Inter-Sectoral Terms of Trade and Resource Flows: Some Implications for Agricultural Output, Income and Poverty in India; Completed in 1992;(Joint Supervisor: K.Subbarao).

 

Membership of Academic Institutions: 

• Served as Member on the Governing Bodies of  the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; Institute for Social and Economic Change(ISEC),Bangalore; Institute for Rural Management (IRMA),Anand; Centre for Economic and Social Studies(CESS), Hyderabad; and National Institute for Public Finance and Policy(NIPFP),New Delhi.

• Served on the Editorial Boards of the Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Asian Economic Review, Margin, and Artha Vignana.

• Served as Member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and its Committees.

• Life Member: Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore.

• Founder Member: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad.

• Life Member: Indian Society of Agricultural Economics; Indian Econometric Society; Indian Economic Association; Indian Society of Labour Economics; and Indian Society of Ecological Economics.

 

Membership of Expert Bodies:

• Member, Central Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India, 1994-2000.

• Chairman, High Powered Fertilizers Pricing Policy Review Committee, Government of India, 1997-98.

• Chairman, Expert Committee on Rehabilitation & Environmental Aspects of Tehri Hydro-Electric Project, Government of India, 1996-97.

• Member, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 1981-82 & 1995-97.

• Chairman, Advisory Committee, National Accounts Statistics, G.O.I., 1992-95.

• Chairman,Technical Committee on Drought Prone Area Programme and Desert Development Programme(DPAP&DDP),Ministry of Rural Development, G.O.I., 1993-94.

• Chairman, Working Group on Major & Medium Irrigation Projects for the Ninth Five Year Plan, Ministry of Water Resources, G.O.I.

• Chairman, National Commission on Rural Labour, G.O.I., 1990-91.

• Chairman, Expert Committee for Review of Methodology of Cost of Production of Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, G.O.I., 1990.

• Chairman, Advisory Council on the Implementation of the 20- Point Programme, G.O.I., 1987-89.

• Chairman, Task Force to Evaluate the Impact of Sheep & Goat Rearing in Ecologically Fragile Zone, Ministry of Agriculture, G.O.I.,1987.

• Chairman, Expert Group on Cropping Pattern, Ministry of Agriculture, G.O.I., 1987.

• Chairman, Study Group on Agricultural Price Policy for Balanced Development of Agriculture, Planning Commission, G.O.I., 1985-86.

• Member, Planning Commission, G.O.I., 1982-86.

• Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, 1983-85 (Chairman:Sukhamoy Chakravarty).

• Chairman, Working Group on District Planning, Planning Commission, G.O.I.,1984.

• Member, Eighth Finance Commission, G.O.I., 1982-84.

• Member, Economic Administration Reforms Commission, G.O.I., 1981-82 (Chairman: L.K.Jha).

• Member, Special Expert Committee on Cost of Production Estimates, Ministry of Agriculture, G.O.I., 1979-80 (Chairman: S.R.Sen).

• Member, ICSSR Working Group on Alternatives in Agricultural Development, 1978-79 (Chairman:Sukhamoy Chakravarty).

• Member, Committee to Examine the Procedures followed for the Imputation and Allocation of Costs under the Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops, Ministry of Agriculture,1977-79 (Chairman:Raj Krishna).

• Member, Seventh Finance Commission, G.O.I., 1977-78.

• Member, Board of Directors, Food Corporation of India (1973-74).

• Member, Board of Directors, Canara Bank (1970-73).

• Member, Expert Committee on Crop Insurance (1970), Government of India, (Chairman: Dharm Narain).