Education

M A (Economics) and Ph D (Thesis in Development Economics)

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books

Non‑formal Education for Harijan Agricultural Labourers in Tamil Nadu, Sangam Publishers limited, Madras, 1981. Preface by Prof. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah. He appreciated this book as ?a valuable pioneering attempt at non-formal education?.

Research Papers

I.R.D.P. in Ramanathapuram, in Structure and Intervention: An Evaluation of D.P.A.P; I.R.D.P. and related Programmes in Ramanathapuram and Dharmapuri Districts of Tamil Nadu, Madras Institute of Development Studies, 1980.

Regional Patterns of Development in Tamil Nadu, in Bulletin, Madras Institute of Development Studies, 1981.

National Sample Survey Data on Household Consumer Expenditure: A Critique, Working Paper No. 43, Madras Institute of Development Studies, November 1983.

The Impact of Agricultural Growth on Poverty: A Review of Literature, Digest Series No. 5, Madras Institute of Development Studies, April 1987.

Some Aspects of Agro‑Economic Transformation in Tamil Nadu: A Case Study of Enathimelpakkam Village, Working Paper No.86, Madras Institute of Development Studies, September 1988.

Government Policies, Programmes and Poverty Eradication in India, in J. Murickan (ed): Poverty in India: Challenges and Responses. A Xavier Board Publication, October 1988.

Verkadu: A Study of a Backward Agricultural Village in Tamil Nadu, Working Paper No.109, Madras Institute of Development Studies, August 1991.

Enathimelpakkam Revisited 1993‑94, Working Paper No. 127, Madras Institute of Development Studies, February 1995.

Verkadu: A Resurvey, Working Paper No. 128, Madras Institute of Development Studies, February 1995.

Agricultural Transformation and Poverty: Some Issues For Discussion, in of development & change, January‑‑June 1997.

(Co- authored) Social Science: Dialogue for Revival, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.36, No.33, August 18-24, 2001

Financial Crisis in Tamilnadu, India Today (Tamil Version), December, 2001

State Government Finances in Tamil Nadu, in Kumudham (Tamil Magazine), December 10, 2001.

Study of Enathimelpakkam Village At the Millennium Threshold. Working Paper No. 166, Madras Institute of Development Studies, February 2002.

Women in Economic Development: Some Experiences from Rural Tamil Nadu, in Women and Ecological Development, A. Ranga Reddy (ed.), Serial Publishers, Delhi, February 2002.

Some Observations on Food Security, Sufficiency and Safety, Working Paper No.169, Madras Institute of Development Studies, May 2002.

Delegation to Devolution: Tamil Nadu. This is being published as a Working Paper of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, August 2004.

Research Projects

Structure and Intervention: An Evaluation of D.P.A.P; I.R.D.P, and related Programmes in Ramanathapuram and Dharmapuri Districts of Tamil Nadu, for the Union Planning Commission, Govt. of India, 1980. This is an independent field based study.

Evaluation of Social Forestry Programmes in Tamil Nadu, Funded by the Dept. of Forests, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. This is an independent field based study carried out by me in 1982.

Evolution of Devolution: A Study of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Tamil Nadu. This Project is funded by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, and U.K. 2002-04. I am In- charge of Tamil Nadu study for conducting extensive field studies in the villages of Tamil Nadu and for report preparation in the year 2003. Project Director: Prof. V.K. Natraj.