Area of Research Interest:

Development Economics

Selected Recent Publications:

1. “State of the Farmer, Vol.1, Overview”, Academic, 2004.
2. “India 2020”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, January, 2004, pp 1-14.
3. “The Demographic Burden, Invited hesitations”: Seminar on Global Imbalances, IMF and ADB, Indonesia, Bali, Nov. 2006.
4. “Indian Economic Strategies after Doha” in R. Radhakrishna et al (ed) ‘India in A Globalising World, Essays in honour of C.H. Hanumantha Rao’, Academic, 2006.

Current Works:

1. Book on Future of Indian Agriculture, invited by National Book Trust.
2. Book on India 2020.
3. Book on Indian Development Policy.

Some publications:

1. 2004,State of the Indian Farmer- A millennium Study: Vol.1,An Overview, Delhi, Academic and Ministry of Agriculture.
2. 2005, Indian Agriculture:Problems and Prospects , SPWD Foundation Day Lecture, August 2005, for details: also Problems and Prospects, Yojana, Independence Day Special, August 2006, pp.17-23.
3. 2005, Indian Economic Strategies After Doha, in R.Radhakrishna, et. al.,India in A Globalizing World; Essays in the Honour of CHH Rao, Delhi, Academic, 2006, pp.205-232, earlier version in Seminar on the Ideas Institutional Nexus, CIGI and UNU, Buenos Aires
4. 2005, Water Security; An Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Agenda, in R. Subbaiah, et. al., Ed., Sustainable Management of Water Resources , Delhi, Himanshu.
5. 2005, Economics of Forestry in India, Anvesak, July, pp.1-16 Yoginder.K.Alagh, 2005, Governance and Development, First MV Mathur Memorial Lecture, Indian Economic Journal
   

1. 2005,On Sherpa’s and Coolies, in John English, et.al., (Ed.), 2005, Reforming From the Top: A Leader’s 20 Summit, : Tokyo, UNU Press, 2005 , Ch.19,pp. 169-186
2. 2006, India 2020, Journal of Quantitative Economics, New Series, Vol.4, No.1, January, pp.1-14
3. 2006,Demographic Dividend: Possibilities and Realities, in Seminar on Global Imbalances and their Impacts on Emerging Economies, IMF/ADB/Bank Indonesia, Bali
4. Methodology of Irrigation Planning: The Ken-Betwa Case, in Yoginder.K.Alagh, Ganesh Pangare and Biksham Gujja, Ed., Interlinking of Rivers in India , Delhi, Academic, 2006, pp.81-102.
   

1. 2006,Communitty Organisations in the Eleventh Plan, SK Dey Centenary Lecture at NIRD, Journal of Rural Development, July Sept.,pp.303-323 , reprinted in Raj Kapila and Uma Kapila, Economic Developments in India, Vol.111, pp.51-72
2. Indian Agriculture:Problems and Prospects , SPWD Foundation Day Lecture, August 2005, for details: also Problems and Prospects, Yojana, Independence Day Special, August 2006, pp.17-23.
3. Yoginder.K.Alagh and P.H.Thakkar, Short Notes on Urbanization Levels, Ahmedabad, SPIESR, 2006,Forthcoming, Indian Demographer

1. Alagh, Y.K., V.Bhandari and P.Misra, 2008, State of Panchayati Raj Vol.1,,IRMA
2. 2007, India’s Energy Future, CIGI Draft Working Paper
3. 2006,Demographic Dividend: Possibilities and Realities, in Iskandar Simorangkir, Ed., 2008, Global Imbalances and their Impacts on Emerging Market Economies, Denpasaar, Bali IMF, ADB, Bank Indonesia, pp.310-316
4. 2008, Economic Policy Accrual Accounting and Regional Growth, in A.K.Singh, ed., Twelfth Finance Commission: Recommendations and Implications,, Delhi, APH, pp.38-53.
5. 2008, Macro Models of the Indian Economy: From Command Economy to Behaviourial Studies, in N.Jayaram and R.S.Deshpande, Ed., Footprints of Change;Essays in the Honour of Prof. V.K.R.V.Rao, Academic, pp.53-80
   

1. In V. Pandit, etal, Theory, Measurement and Policy, Evolving Theories in Quantitative Economics, Academic Foundation, October 2009.
2. Macro Models of the Indian Economy: From Command Economy to Behavioural Models, in N. Jayaram and R.S. Deshpande, ed., Footprints of Development and Change, Essays in Memory of Prof. V.K.R.V. Rao , Academic Foundation, 2008.
3. Energy Sector in India – Performance, Opportunities and Promises to Keep, at the Centre for Geopolitics of Energy and Raw Materials of Dauphine University, Paris on June 18, 2009.
4. Agricultural Pricing in a WTO Economy: Policy Advice and Decisions, Economic Developments in India”, No.138, 2009, Academic Foundation, New Delhi.
5. Energy and High Growth in India : Sustainability Issues, in India’s Economic Future : Education, Technology, Energy and Environment, - Manmohan Agarwal, ed., published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada, Social Science Press and Basic Books, 2009.
6. “Foreword” in a book ed., by R. Swamination `Gujarat Perspectives of the Future’, Academic Publishers, 2009,
7. Member of the Task Force Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), which submitted a report on “Enhancing India-U.S. Cooperation in the Global Innovation Economy – June -2009.

Membership:

1. International Board of Governors, Centre for International Governance Innovations, Waterloo Canada, since 2003 Chancellor, Nagaland University, since 2003
2. Chancellor, Nagaland University, since 2003
3. Chairman, Institute of Human Development, Delhi, since 2003
4. Chairman, IRMA, Anand, since 2006
5. Chairman, Oversight Committee for Life Time Training Programmes of IAS, DOPT, Government of India, since 2006 earlier Expert Committee for Setting up Programmes.
6. Chairman, Advisory Committee, PGP for Public Policy, IIMA, since 2006
7. Chairman, 2006, Working Group for Rainfed Regions in Eleventh Plan, Planning Commission
8. Chairman, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow
9. Executive Council, Central University, Hyderabad, since 2007
10. Executive Council, IGNOU, Delhi, since 2005
11. Court, BHU, since2007
    Court, Vishwabharati University, since 2007
12. Independent Director, Tata Chemicals since 2006
13. Independent Director, Shree Cements, since 2004
14. Consultant, Indian Express, since 2006

Membership of Committees:

1. Chairman, Institute of Rural Management, Anand.
2. Member, International Board of Governors, Centre for Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada.
3. Member, Managing Committee, South Asia Network of Environment and Development Economics (SANDEE).
4. Chairman, Committee on Training for Life time of the IAS, Department of Personnel Affairs, Government of India.
5. Chairman, Working Group on Rain fed Areas, Planning Commission, Government of India.
6. Chairman, Advisory Committee, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
7. Chairman, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi.
8. Chairman, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow.
9. Chairman, Institute of Development Communication, Chandigargh.
10. Member, OECD Network, Define, Paris
11. Elected Chairman, South Asian Network of Development Economists located at ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
12. Chairman of the Expert Group on Pulses Promotion – constituted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
13. Chaired Search Process for Secretary, Agricultural Research and Education and DG, ICAR, GOI
14. Represented The ChairPerson, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Sonia Gandhi at The Rajiv Gandhi Technology Lecture, IIAS, Bengaluru, Oct. 11, 2009
15. Chaired the Inaugural session on Learning from Bangladesh in the India-Bangladesh
16. Dialogue on October 12, 2009 at Delhi. Organized by the Asian Institute of Transport Development, Delhi, Indo Bangla Desh Forum, Delhi, Oct. 12, 2009
17. Chaired, HD Shourie's Common Cause meeting on Administrative Reform, at Delhi, on October 24, 2009
18. Chaired Gujarat Cluster Development Workshop, Ahmedabad, Oct. 26, 2009
19. Chaired, Gujarat Media Club On India's Security, Oct. 31, 2009
20. Attended a meeting on the proposed amendments in the Multi State Cooperative Societies Act, by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. The meeting was called by Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of India, on Nov. 4, 2009 at Delhi.
21. Attended the invited Lecture on Water and Energy Security, India Water Partnership, Nov.5, 2009 at Delhi.
22. Delivered an Inaugural Lecture at a Seminar on Research Methods organized by the Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI), at Lucknow, Nov. 6, 2009
23. Chaired the Institute for Human Development (IHD), Delhi’s Foundation Day Lecture by Lord Nicholas Stern, on Village Studies, on Nov.6, 2009
24. Addressed the Indo Poland Conference, at Nehru Memorial Museum, Delhi on 26 Nov, 2009
25. Chaired, Foundation for Small and Medium Industries Foundation Meeting, at Delhi on Dec. 12, 2009
26. Inaugurated the Social Science Research Seminar at IRMA on Dec. 15, 2009
27. Chaired Search Process, VC, Kolhapur Shivaji University meetings at Delhi/ Anand / Mumbai.
28. Member, Society of the Nehru Memorial Musuem and Library, Teenmurti, New Delhi."

Contact:

Email: alagh@spiesr.ac.in
Telephone: +91 79 26859950, 26855984
Fax: +91 79 26851714