Naresh Kumar Sharma

Coordinator, CGET, UoH

Brief CV

1. Current Position: Professor, Department of Economics,

Coordinator, Centre for Gandhian Economic Thought, &
Deputy Director, Centre for Integrated Studies
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046 (INDIA)

2. Professional experience:

a. Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 2009 onwards

b. Visiting Professor, IIIT Hyderabad, India (on sabbatical from University of
Hyderabad) January-March 2009
c. Reader/Associate Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 2000 –
2009
d. Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India 1993 – 2000
e. SRA, University of Hyderabad, India,1993
f. Consultant, N I R D, Hyderabad, India, 1991 – 1992
g. Research Associate, London School of Economics and Political Science, London,
UK, 1989
h. Academic Visitor, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 1985
i. Research Associate in Project (study of village Palanpur in UP) of University of
Warwick, Coventry, UK, (work was done entirely in village Palanpur, UP, India)
1983 – 1984

3. Education:
a. B. Tech (Mech Engg, IIT Kanpur),
b. Ph D (Economics, ISI, Delhi),

4. Main Areas of interest

Economic Theory; Gandhian Economic Thought; Development Economics; Science

& Technology.

5. Action in Society

 Work with artisans and farmers

 Work with civil society

Have done studies in land reform laws across states of India. Have been actively
associated with artisans – particularly handloom weavers from Andhra Pradesh
working actively with their organization based in Chirala in Prakasam District, India.
Have organized seminars and workshops on artisan themes and relevance of local
markets for them. Further, have also organized programmes on impact of economic
reforms on poor.
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6. Research :

(A) Nature of Research Work: (Published (about 25) and unpublished (about 25)
• Economic Theory
• Understanding Indian Rural Economy
• Land Reforms Studies
• Traditional Technology and Economic Development
• Empirical Research into Market Intervention

(B) Projects completed : 4

(C) Conferences/workshops, etc organized : 11

(D) Research Guidance:

Awarded Submitted Ongoing
Ph D 7 1 3
M Phil 11 1 1

(E) Conferences/seminars/workshops participated in: over 70

7. Teaching :

 No. of distinct courses taught (since 2001) : 11 (One new course/year on average)
(such as micro, macro, development economics, general equilibrium theory, math, stat,
econometrics, social choice theory etc)

 Also taught full term courses at IIIT Hyderabad and IIRM Hyderabad

8. Academic Visits Abroad : 7 (West : 5; East : 2)

(a) Aix-en-Provence, France (4th World Congress of the Econometric Society), 1980;
(b) CORE, University of Louvain Belgium, 1980;
(c) DERC, University of Warwick, UK, 1985;
(d) STICERD at LSE, UK, 1989;
(e) GDN Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2000;
(f) CNSA, Beijing, China, 2008;
(g) India Observatory, Asia Research Centre, LSE, UK, 2009.

9. Contributions to Academics in General :

 Expert work with UGC

 Member editorial board of professional journal
 Journal referee
 Ph D examiner
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DETAILS OF PROJECTS AND PAPERS:

Projects completed

• Reproductive and Child Health (RCH- II), A Baseline Survey in Mahaboobnagar

District (with Dr. S. Sandhya and Dr. B. Shobha), 2007.

• Socio-economic survey of Lingampally Municipality (with Mr. Phanindra Goyari,

Prof. K. Uma Shankar Patnaik, Dr. S. Sandhya), 2005.

• Status of Plant Biotechnology in India: An Assessment from the Small Farmer

Perspective, funded by the Special Programme Biotechnology and Development
Cooperation, Government of the Netherlands, 1997.

• Biotechnology in Dryland Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh, funded by the Special

Programme Biotechnology and Development Cooperation, Government the
Netherlands, 1994-5 (jointly carried out with Dr. G. Pakki Reddy and Dr. Usha S.
Gupta of IPE).

Published papers:

1. “Economic Reforms in Agriculture Sector”, in R. K. Mishra and Zhou Shaopeng (editors):

Economic Reforms in India and China, published by Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, New
Delhi, 2011, pp. 59-88.

2. “Reflections on Gandhi’s Economic Ideas”, Lead article in Ailaan, Vol. 1, Issue 12,
December 2010, pp. 30-33

3. “Determinants of Capital Structure of Corporate Firms: Panel Data Evidence from India”
(Co-authors: Inder Sekhar Yadav and Phani Goyari) Asian Economic Review, Vol 52 (2),
August, 2010, pp.331–355.

4. “Indigenous Institutions, Benevolent Intervention and Justice: The Case of Rural Credit
Markets in India.” in Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social Sciences, North America,
6, jan. 2011. Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2010. pp. 1-24. The e-journal available at:
http://journal.ciiss.net/index.php/ciiss/article/view/80

5. “A Time Series Approach to Identify the Dynamic Interlinkages, Volatility Structure and
Long Run Equilibrium Relationships between the Stock Markets of South Asia Region",
(Co-author : Ajaya Kumar Panda) in Journal of Managerial Finance and Research, Vol.6,
No.1, Jan-June 2010, pp.35-52.

6. “SEZ Policy – Socio-economic Implications”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV,
No 20, pp. 18-21, May 16, 2009.

7. “Input Specific Risk in HYV and Traditional Paddy Cultivation: An Analysis in Assam
Agriculture”, (Co-author : Phanindra Goyari), in The ICFAI University Journal of Applied
Economics, vol. VII, no. 6, November, 2008, pp. 48-81.

8. “Performance Evaluation of India Mutual Fund Industry: A Case Study”, (Co-author:

Deepti Sahoo), GITAM Review of International Business, Vol. 1, Issue 1, July 2008, pp.
100-118.
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9. “An Empirical Study of the Mid-Day Meal Programme in Khurda, Orissa”, (Co-author:
Anima Rani Si), Economic and Political Weekly, vol. XLIII, No. 25 (June 21, 2008), pp.
46-55

10. "A Theory of Agricultural Tenancy under Resource Constraints", in V.V.N. Somayajulu
(editor): Econometric Studies of Economic Reforms in India, published by Academic
Foundation, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 474-498.

11. “Liberalisation and Traditional S&T of India”, in P. Narayan Reddy (editor): Impact of
Liberalisation on Industries in India, published by CBIT, Hyderabad, 1999, pp. 218-225.

12. "Palanpur: Population, Society and Economy", (Co-author: Jean Dreze) in Nicholas H.
Stern and Peter Lanjouw (editors): Economic Development in Palanpur over Five
Decades: A Sort of Growth, published by Clarendon Press, Oxford and Oxford University
Press, New Delhi, 1998, pp. 3-113.

13. "Economic Development in Palanpur, 1957-93", (Co-authors: Jean Dreze and Peter
Lanjouw) in Nicholas H. Stern and Peter Lanjouw (editors): Economic Development in
Palanpur over Five Decades: A Sort of Growth, published by Clarendon Press, Oxford
and Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998, pp. 114-238.

14. The above two papers were earlier also published as Occasional Paper nos. 3 and 4 by the
Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, and were also
brought out under title, Palanpur, 1957-93, as Essays on Issues of Sustainability (CSD
paper Series - V) by the Centre for Sustainable Development, Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

15. "Tenancy", (Co-author: Jean Dreze) in Nicholas H. Stern and Peter Lanjouw (editors):
Economic Development in Palanpur over Five Decades: A Sort of Growth, published by
Clarendon Press, Oxford and Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998, pp. 462-500.

16. "Credit", (Co-authors: Jean Dreze and Peter Lanjouw) in Nicholas H. Stern and Peter
Lanjouw (editors): Economic Development in Palanpur over Five Decades: A Sort of
Growth, published by Clarendon Press, Oxford and Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
1998, pp.506-583.

17. "Production Models and the Neo-classical Framework", (Co-author: V. K. Chetty), Indian
Economic Journal, April-June 1998, pp. 127-130.

18. “A Thematic Introduction to Local Markets in Traditional Technologies”, in A. V.

Balasubramanian (ed): Selected Papers, 2nd Congress on Traditional Sciences and
Technologies of India, Vol. III, published by PPST Foundation, Chennai, 1998, pp. 2.2-
2.6.

19. “Sharecropping in a North Indian Village”, (Co-author: J. Dreze), Journal of

Development Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, October 1996, pp. 1-39. (This is an earlier and
slightly different version of item 5 above).

20. Biotechnology for Dryland Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh: Assessing Needs and
Opportunities, (co-editors: G. P. Reddy and G. W. Gijsbers) (Hyderabad; published by
IPE, India and Special Programme Biotechnology & Development Cooperation, The
Netherlands) 1995.

21. "Needs Assessment and Options for Biotechnology", (Co-authors: G.P.Reddy and Usha S.
Gupta) in G. P. Reddy, G. W. Gijsbers and N. K. Sharma (eds): Biotechnology for
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Dryland Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh: Assessing Needs and Opportunities, 1995, pp.
29-66.

22. Summary of Group Discussions, (Co-authors: G. P. Reddy and V. Mamatha), in G. P.

Reddy, G. W. Gijsbers and N. K. Sharma (eds): Biotechnology for Dryland Agriculture in
Andhra Pradesh: Assessing Needs and Opportunities, 1995, pp. 166-176.

23. Summary Proceedings of the National Workshop on "Role of Local Markets in Traditional
Technologies", PPST Foundation, December 1995, (published as part of source material
for 2nd Congress on Traditional Sciences and Technologies of India).

Book Reviews:

24. "Economic Reforms in India and the Market Economy" by Charan D Wadhva, Journal of
Institute of Public Enterprise, vol. 18, no. 1&2, January - March & April - June, 1995, pp.
92-100.

25. "Indian Economy under Siege" by J D Sethi, Journal of Institute of Public Enterprise, vol.
17, nos. 1&2, Jan-Mar & April-June, 1994, pp.88-96

Papers accepted for publication:

26. “Some Measures of Core Inflation for India”, (Co-authors: Motilal Anand Bicchal
and B Kamaiah) accepted for publication in IUP Journal of Applied Economics.

27. "Corporate Investment and Firm's Financial Policy in India : Panel Evidence on Co-
integration and Causality" (Co-authors : Inder Sekhar Yadav and Phanindra Goyari) in
Finance India, September 2012, Vol XXVI , No 3.

28. Title of the Chapter: Some Measures of Core Inflation for India (co-author: Motilal
Bichhal) in Bandi Kamaiah and S V Seshaiah (editors) Select Issues in Macroeconomics:
A Quantitative Approach, to be published by The ICFAI University Press (2010).

Papers Communicated

29. “An Estimation and Evaluation of Statistical Measures of Underlying Inflation for India”,
(Co-authors: Motilal Anand Bicchal and B Kamaiah) submitted to Macroeconomics and
Finance in Emerging Market Economies.

30. “Measuring Core Inflation in India: An Asymmetric Trimmed- Mean Approach”, (Co-
author: Motilal Anand Bicchal) Submitted to International Journal of Economic Sciences
and Applied Research.

Some recent popular magazine articles:

31. Hindi article, “Mahangaai kaa Arthashaarshtra – Ek Sarsari Nazar” in Lokavidya

Panchayat, p. 6, No. 4, September 2010.

32. Hindi article, “Andhra Pradesh Main Lokavidya se judee gatividhiyaan”, in Lokavidya
Panchayat, No. 4, pp. 5, & 7, September 2010.

Conference / workshop papers etc

33. “Measuring Core Inflation in India: An Asymmetric Trimmed- Mean Approach”, (Co-
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author : B Motilal) presented at 13th Annual Conference on Money and Finance in the
Indian Economy- at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai,
India held on February 25-26, 2011

34. Presented paper “Education and Society – An Integrated view of Education”, in the
Seminar on “Education : Meaning and Means”, 02 October 2010, Centre for Gandhian
Economic Thought, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

35. “Preferences and Well-being” in International Conference on Economic Theory, Markets

and Institutions of Governance, Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
and NIPFP, New Delhi in collaboration with the Centre for International Governance
Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and held at Delhi, March 22-24, 2010.

36. “Determinants of Capital Structure of Corporate Firms: Panel Data Evidence from India”
(co-authors: Inder Sekhar Yadav and Phanindra Goyari) at International Conference on
Quantitative Methods in Money, Banking, Finance and Insurance (ICQMBFI) jointly
organized by IBS, Hyderabad and IGIDR, Mumbai held at IBS, Hyderabad on March 19-
20, 2010.

37. “Some Measures of Core Inflation for India” (co-author: Motilal Bichhal) at International
Conference on Quantitative Methods in Money, Banking, Finance and Insurance
(ICQMBFI) jointly organized by IBS, Hyderabad and IGIDR, Mumbai held at IBS,
Hyderabad on March 19-20, 2010.

38. “Corporate Investment and Firm’s Financial Policy: Panel Evidence on Cointegration and
Causality” (Co-authors: Inder Sekhar Yadav and Phanindra Goyari) at the International
Conference on Business and Finance-2010 organized jointly by the IBS-Hyderabad and
IICM-Mumbai to be held at IBS Hyderabad during 12-13 March, 2010.

39. “Knowledge, Wisdom and Future” at symposium on Gyan Panchayat in the XXXIII
Indian Social Science Congress, 10-14 March 2010, held the Dr B R Ambedkar Open
University, Hyderabad.

40. “Evaluating Core Inflation measures for India” (co-authors: Motilal Bichhal and Bandi
Kamaiah) at the 12th Annual Conference on Money and Finance in the Indian Economy
organized by IGIDR, Mumbai, held at IGIDR, Mumbai on March 11-12, 2010.

41. Consumption Issues in Energy Security, in the Indo-Russian Seminar on “India and Russia
: Problems in Ensuring the Energy Security”, organized by the Institute of Public
Enterprise, Hyderabad, under the auspices of ICSSR, New Delhi, 25-26 February, 2009.

42. Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Small Farmer Interest, at National Symposium on 'The
Planet Earth: Peoples, Society And Science", organized by the Indian Academy of Social
Sciences, in association with Peoples Council of Education, held at JNU, New Delhi, 23-
25 January, 2009.

43. On An Equal India, at National Symposium on Creation of a New Democratic, Socialist

and Secular India” in the 32nd Indian Social Science Congress, held at Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi 18-22 December, 2008.

44. Background Paper, at the 1-Day National Workshop, Gandhi’s Vision and New
Directions for Economic Theory”, held at the University of Hyderabad, 15 December
2008.
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45. On Indigenous Institutions and Idea of Economic Performance, at JNU-CIGI-NIPFP

International Conference on “Growth, Inequality and Institutions”, held at Jawaharlal
Nehru University, November 27-29, 2008.Varanasi, 18-20 November, 2008.

46. SEZ: The Act, the Action and the People, presented at the National Seminar on “Special
Economic Zones : Economic and Social Perspective” organized by the Indian Academy of
Social Sciences in association with Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla during
18-20 September 2008 at IIAS, Shimla.

47. Economic Reforms in Agriculture Sector in India, presented at the CNSA-IPE Seminar on
“Economic Reforms in China and India”, held at the China National School of
Administration, Peoples Republic of China, Beijing, 2-3 June 2008.

48. An Analysis of Agricultural Credit Market Reforms and Capital Formation in Agriculture,
(coauthor: Reena Devi), 2008, draft under revision.

49. Microfinance for the Poor : Functioning and Impact (co-author: Simantini Mohapatra),
2008, darft under revision.

50. Idea of Man in Economic Theories, presented at the National Seminar on Changing
Interface of Science and Humanities, at IIIT, Hyderabad, organised by Indian Institute of
Advanced Studies, Shimla, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development
Studies, New Delhi, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, 28 –
30 March 2007.

51. Tenancy, Poverty, Inequality and Land Reforms, presented at the workshop on, “Land
markets and Rural Poverty”, 10-11 August 2004, the Centre for Rural Studies, National
Institute of Administrative Research, L.B.S. National Academy of Administration,
Mussoorie.
52. Plant Biotechnology and the Small Farmer Context, in Interdisciplinary National Seminar
on Plant Biotechnology Knowledge and its Application: Reconfiguring Social Relations in
Agriculture organized by Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad and AP-NL
Biotechnology Programme, 19-21 February 2004.

53. A Note of Economic Efficiency and Human Rights in Seminar on Social Sciences: Human
Rights, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, 9-10 January 2004.

54. Indigenous Institutions, Benevolent intervention and justice: The case of rural credit
market in India, Second Annual Global Development Conference, Tokyo, December 10-
13, 2000.

55. Role of Local Markets in Traditional Technologies, edited volume, Institute of Public
Enterprise, Hyderabad, 2000.

56. Role of Traditional S&T in Re-Generation of Indian Society, Report of One-Day

Workshop, mimeo, Hyderabad, 1999.

57. Role of Biotechnology for Dryland Agriculture, Co-authors: G. P. Reddy and G. W.

Gijsbers, mimeo, IPE, 1996.

58. Land Tenures and Tenancy Law in India: A Historical Review and a Comparative Study,
mimeo, April, 1992.

59. Law to Prohibit Alienation of Tribal Land in India, mimeo, Centre for Agrarian Studies
(CAS), National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, March, 1992.
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60. Tenancy Legislation in India: A Comparative Study of Major Indian States, mimeo, CAS,
NIRD, Hyderabad, January, 1992.

61. Tenancy, Poor and Land Reforms, mimeo, CAS, NIRD, Hyderabad, July, 1991.

62. Credit Market in Palanpur: An Empirical Study, mimeo, Indian Statistical Institute, New
Delhi, October, 1989.

63. Price and Quantity Controls in Indian Sugar Industry, (Co-author: V. K. Chetty), 1980.
Paper presented at the Fourth World Congress of Econometric Society held at Aix-en-
Provence, France, 28 August - 2 September 1980.

Seminars/Conferences organized recently at the CGET

1. The Centre for Gandhian Economic Thought organized a Round Table Discussion on the
theme of “Value and Economic Performance”, 30 January 2011. There were about 30
participants from various social science, humanities and science disciplines, in the
seminar, which was jointly organized with the NSS Cell of the University.

2. The Centre for Gandhian Economic Thought organized seminar “Education : Meaning and
Means”, 02 October 2010. There were about 150 participants from various social science,
humanities and science disciplines, in the seminar, which was jointly organized with the
NSS Cell of the University. The seminar received partial financial support from the
Andhra Pradesh State Council of Science & Technology (APCOST), Hyderabad.

3. The Centre for Gandhian Economic Thought organized a One-Day Discussion Meet on,
“Constructive Programme And Economy” on 30 January 2010.

4. The Centre for Gandhian Economic Thought organized a One-Day National Wrokshop on
“Gandhi’s vision and New Directions for Economic Theory”, 15 December 2008. This
workshop was preparatory event to discuss the vision of the Centre for Gandhian
Economic Thought and this effort originated in the Department of Economics.