AYAN KUMAR PUJARI

Education:

• PhD (Development Studies), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. (Continuing)

• Topic: Efficiency and Productivity in Indian Agriculture
• Supervisors: Prof. Kirit S. Parikh and Dr. Kausik Chaudhuri
• Committee Member: Prof. R. Radhakrishna

• M.A. (Economics), Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Orissa

• B.A. (Economics), Govt. College, Sundargarh, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Orissa

IRADe Projects:

• (Ongoing) Modeling Climate Change
• (Completed) Energy Policy Reforms and Agriculture in India: A General Equilibrium Eploration

Experiences/Training:

• Worked as a Research Assistant to Prof. Kirit S. Parikh, since Aug 2002 till July 2005. Being his Research Assistant, I have worked for projects like ‘The impact of trade liberalization on Indian agriculture’ (UNCTAD), ‘Energy policy reforms and agriculture in India: A General Equilibrium Approach’ (conducted by IRADe in collaboration with Stanford.

• Worked as a project investigator for a socio-economic survey of project WATER, conducted by CENDERET, XIM, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, during March-April 2000.

• Worked as a project investigator for a study on Baseline survey of proposed new mining areas in districts of Anugul and Sambalpur, Orissa, during May-June 2001.