|
EDUCATION
B.A. (Economics)
I Class, AAG
Arts College,
Musiri, 1982
M.A. (Economics)
'O' Grade, St.
Joseph’s College
Trichy, 1984
M.Phil.(Economics)
I Class,
Bharathidasan
University,
Trichy, 1985
Ph.D.
(Economics)
University of
Madras, MIDS,
Chennai, 1995
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Project
Investigator,
1986-1988.
Planning
Commission, GOI.
Project Director
Prof. A.
Vaidyanathan.
Ph. D. Scholar,
ICSSR
Fellowship.
1988-1992.
Supervisor
Professor A
Vaidyanathan,
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies.
Project
Associate,
1993-1997. MIDS
Project -
Environment
Action Programme-Small
Water Bodies.
Ministry of
Environment and
Forests, GOI.
New Delhi.
Project Director
Professor A.
Vaidyanathan.
Project
Associate,
1997-2001. MIDS
Project - Local
Options for
Water Supply and
Conservation
Management.
International
Development
Research
Council, Canada.
Project Director
Dr. S.
Janakarajan.
Assistant
Professor,
2001-Present.
MIDS.
RESEARCH
CONCERNS
The broad areas
of research
interest are in
the field of
Agriculture,
Water
Management,
Irrigation,
Irrigation
Institutions,
Rural
Development,
Village Studies,
DPAP-IWDP
Projects
Evaluation,
CAPART Projects
Evaluation,
Industrial Water
Pollution and
Coastal
Environment
Management.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED
ARTICLES
Parambikulam
Aliyar Project:
Past and
Present. Dams,
Rivers & People:
Vol. 6. Issue
1-2. Jan March
2008.
Land and Water
Productivity in
Tank Irrigation.
MIDS Journal.
Review of
Development &
Change: Vol.
XII. No.1.
January-June.
(with Prof. R.
Sakthivadivel).
2007.
Sustainable
Development of
Small Water
Bodies in Tamil
Nadu. In K.A.
Rasure (ed.)
Environment and
Sustainable
Development.
Vol. II. Serials
Publications.
New Delhi. 2007.
Land and Water
Productivity in
Tank Irrigation:
A Comparative
Analysis. In
Sailabala Debi
and V.B.
Annigeri (eds.)
Sustainable
Development and
the Indian
Economy: Issues
and Challenges.
Serials
Publications.
New Delhi (for
CMDR Dharwad).
(with Prof. R.
Sakthivadivel).
2006.
Sustainable
Development of
Small Water
Bodies in Tamil
Nadu. Economic
and Political
Weekly 30 June
2006. Vol. XLI
No. 26.
Efficiency of
Water Use in
Indian
Agriculture.
(with
A.Vaidyanathan).
Economic and
Political
Weekly: 3-9 July
2004. Vol. XXXIX
No. 27.
Tamilagamum
Thannerum (Water
and Tamil Nadu).
In K.M. Mathew &
Mamman Mathew
(eds.) Manorama
Yearbook 2004.
Malayala
Manorama Press.
Kottayam.
January 2004.
Strategy for
Development of
Watersheds in
Tamil Nadu. In
K.Palanisami,
D.Suresh Kumar
and
B.Chandrasekaran
(eds.) Watershed
Management:
Issues and
Policies for
21st Century.
Associated
Publishing Co.
New Delhi. 2002.
Irrigation
Institutions
under
Kaveripakkam and
Dusi-Mamandur
Tanks. In
A.Vaidyanathan
(ed.) Tanks of
South India.
Centre for
Science and
Environment. New
Delhi. 2001.
Tanks of
Periyar-Vaigai
Basin. In
A.Vaidyanathan
(ed.) Tanks of
South India.
Centre for
Science and
Environment. New
Delhi.(with
A.Vaidyanathan).
2001.
Tank Irrigation
in South India:
An Overview. In
A.Vaidyanathan
(ed.) Tanks of
South India.
Centre for
Science and
Environment. New
Delhi. (with
A.Vaidyanathan).
2001.
Impact of
Irrigation on
Cropping
Intensity,
Cropping Pattern
and Productivity
under Tank
Commands.
Gokhale
Institute of
Politics and
Economics
Journal. Artha
Vijnana.
Vol.XLII. No.4.
December 2000.
Tank Irrigation
under the
Periyar Vaigai
Basin: A
Historical
Perspective.
Institute for
Social and
Economic Change
Journal. Journal
of Social and
Economic
Development:
Vol. III. No.2.
July-December
2000.
Water Management
under
Traditional Tank
Irrigation
Systems: with
special
reference to
Mamulnamas. MIDS
Journal. Review
of Development &
Change: Vol.V.
No.2. July-Dec
2000.
Irrigation Under
the Palar Anicut
System: A Case
Study from Tamil
Nadu. Gokhale
Institute of
Politics and
Economics
Journal. Artha
Vijnana: Vol.XL.
No.4. December
1998.
Maintenance of
Irrigation
Networks under
Major Tanks in
Tamil Nadu. MIDS
Journal. Review
of Development &
Change: Vol.III.
No.2.
July-December
1998.
Irrigation
Management Under
Different
Conditions: A
Study of Large
Tank Systems in
Tamil Nadu.
Nepal Water
Conservation
Foundation
Journal. Water
Nepal: Vol.5.
No.2. July-Dec
1997.
Irrigation
Institutions
under Two Major
System Tanks in
Tamil Nadu. MIDS
Journal. Review
of Development &
Change: Vol.II.
No.2.
July-December
1997.
WORKING PAPERS
Farm Level Land
and Water
Productivity in
Tank Irrigation:
Some
Methodological
Issues. Working
Paper: No.194.
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies.
September 2005.
(Coauthored with
Prof.
R.Sakthivadivel).
Efficiency of
Water Use in
Indian
Agriculture.
Working Paper:
No.183. Madras
Institute of
Development
Studies. January
2004. (with
Prof.A.Vaidyanathan).
Conditions and
Characteristics
of Well
Irrigation under
Palar Basin,
Tamilnadu.
Working Paper:
No.179. Madras
Institute of
Development
Studies. May
2003.
(Coauthored).
Alapakkam - A
Resurvey.
Working Paper:
No.173. Madras
Institute of
Development
Studies. August
2002.
NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES (In the
Edit Page of
Dinamani - a
Tamil Daily)
Makkalum Malai
Neerum (People
and Rain Water).
03 January 2008.
Karaieruma
Kaalvaip
Paasanam
(Possibility of
Improving the
Canal
Irrigation). 19
January 2007
Nila Neerum
Nilaththadi
Neerum (Surface
Water and Ground
- water).
Vayalagam
Seithimadal.
Tamil (Monthly
Newsletter).
July 2005.
Malaineer
Semikka Erigal
Meetppu
(Evicting Tank
Encroachments
for Rainwater
Harvesting). 17
November 2004.
Periyar Dam:
Theyvai – Oru
Theysiyap Parvai
(Periyar Dam: A
Vision with
National
Perspective.
Theni
Seithigal–Fortnightly
Magazine. Tamil
(Edit Page).
December 16-31,
2003.
Velanmaiyil
Erippasanam
(Water
Management under
Tank
Irrigation). 29
August 2003.
Neervala
Mempattil Makkal
Pangu (Peoples’
Participation
for Water
Resources
Development).
Vayalagam
Seithimadal.
Tamil (Monthly
Newsletter).
April 2003.
Cauveryneer
Pankeettukkup
Puthiya Vazi
(Cauvery Water
Distribution: A
New Approach).
17 October 2002.
Cauveri: Mattru
Vazigal
(Alternate ways
to solve Cauvery
river water
problem). 30
July 2002.
Pon Vilaiym
Boomi (Reaping
gold in Indian
soil through
linking of
rivers). 22
March 2002.
Nel Urpathi:
Mummadanku
Perukkalam
(Paddy
Production:
Three fold
increase is
possible). 06
February 2002.
Malaineer
Sekarippin
Magathuvam (On
the necessity
for rainwater
harvesting). 27
October 2001.
Makkal Tharum
Paadam (On the
results of
Assembly
elections May
2001). 19 May
2001.
Kudineer
Patrakkurai
Neenka Vazi (On
the ways to
solve drinking
water problem).
22 March 2001.
Erikaley Thaagam
Theerkkum (Rain
water harvesting
for drinking
water supply).
27 May 2000.
Thanner Kattum
Karnatagam (On
the problems of
Cauvery river
water
management). 22
December 1999.
Neervalam Peruga
Nilayana Valigal
(On the
importance of
rain water
harvesting). 3
November 1999.
Ponnana Thanneer
Veenakalama! (On
the importance
of tank
maintenance). 30
October 1998.
Periyaru:Theyvai
Theysiya Nokku
(On Periyar
Dam). 11 August
1998.
Visath Thanneer
(On Tiruppur
Dyeing and
Bleaching units
effluents
problems). 23
June 1998.
A dam in
distress (On
Periyar Dam).
The Hindu
(Sunday
Magazine).4 May
1997.
Negligence Takes
Its Toll (On
Kaveripakkam
Tank). The
Hindu. 20 May
1994.
RECENTLY
COMPLETED AND
FUTURE RESEARCH
PROJECT
Submitted (March
2008) the major
resurvey
research report
on “Management
of Irrigation
and its Effect
on Productivity
under
Parambikulam-Aliyar
Project – A
Resurvey”
sponsored by the
ICSSR. This
project was
originally taken
up in 1985-88,
sponsored by
Union Planning
Commission, GOI.
This UPC project
covered two
major irrigation
systems viz. the
tank based Palar
Anicut System
and the canal
served
Parambikulam
Aliyar Project.
Since a part of
the original
project was
resurveyed, the
remaining part
of the resurvey,
namely, the
study on
irrigation
institutions
under tanks will
be aimed at in
the Palar basin,
Tamil Nadu.
BOOK REVIEWS IN
JOURNALS: 10
PAPERS PRESENTED
IN SEMINARS,
WORKSHOPS,
CONFERENCES and
LECTURE SERIES:
35
GOTN - DPAP MID
TERM EVALUATIONS
COMPLETED: 10
(since November
2005)
GOTN - IWDP MID
TERM EVALUATIONS
COMPLETED: 5
(since July
2005)
GOI – CAPART MID
TERM AND FINAL
EVALUATIONS
COMPLETED: 1 & 2
(since October
2007)
Contact Details
K
Sivasubramaniyan
Assistant
Professor,
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies
79, Second Main
Road, Gandhi
Nagar, Adyar,
Chennai – 600
020, Tamil Nadu,
INDIA
Cell: 9942276140
Tel: 0091 – 44 –
24412589 /
24419771, Fax:
0091 – 44 –
24910872
E-mail:
siva@mids.ac.in
Web:
http://www.mids.ac.in/siva.htm |
