G S Ganesh Prasad
Assistant Professor
Madras Institute of Development Studies
79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar,
Adyar, Chennai - 600 020
Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

E-mail: gsgprasad@mids.ac.in
Tel: 0091-44-24412589 / 24419771 Extn: 317;  Fax: 0091 - 44 - 24910872

M Sc [Maths], M A [Development Studies], Ph D [Development Studies] {University of Mysore}

Areas of Research:
Research interests include issues related to Functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions with focus on devolution of finances to the local bodies, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development Programmes. Key interest in the areas of Sustainability of Food Security and Water Management

Selected Publications:
Atlas of Atlas of the Sustainability of Food Security [member of MSSRF Research Team], MSSRF and WFP, February, 2004
Finances of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Karnataka, Working Paper [Forthcoming]
Public Resource and Private Use - The emerging water markets, Working Paper [Forthcoming]
Capacity Building of Elected Representatives of PRIs through SATCOM, Article [Forthcoming]

Current Research Work:
Dr. Ganesh Prasad works in the area of Decentralisation and is looking at the contextual specificities that are critical to an understanding of the performance of fiscal devolution to PRIs. In particular the focus is on analysing the performance of PRIs in different states. Inter-state differences in the states are anchored in several factors. Principal among them are: socio-political preparedness for devolution, level of public awareness, and nature of political parties. An important dimension is what advantage political parties perceive in devolution.

He is also involved in Preparing the State Development Report for Pondicherry. This is sponsored by Planning Commission, Government of India. MIDS is the Coordinating Institution and the other partner agencies are M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation [MSSRF] and Institute of Financial Management and Research [IFMR], Chennai