Initiated research on aspects of human resource development, with emphasis on health. Some major areas of research socioeconomic impact and developmental aspects of HIV/AIDS implications of GATS on the health sector in India demand for health care and health financing implications of private insurance on health sector in India nexus between poverty, health, occupation and development health of the elderly and adolescents GRANTS/AWARDS Fogarty Fellow, Yale University, School of Medicine & Public Health, Sept-Dec 2000. Professional Associate, Summer Seminar on Population, East-West Center, Hawaii 1997. Research Grant, British Overseas Development Administration, 1996. Research Grant, WHO, 1997, 1995. Professional Associate, Summer Seminar on Population, East-West Center, Hawaii 1995. Research Grant, Russell Sage Foundation, 1990-1992. Doctoral Dissertation Grant, Department of Economics, University of Maryland, 1989. Economic administration, project management and surveys Instrumental in setting up the Health Policy Research Unit at the Institute of Economic Growth, and in initiating research on important topics of health and development. Head of research and management at the Health Policy Research Unit of IEG. Negotiated and procured funding from bilateral and multilateral donor organisations for projects on developmental issues, with special emphasis on health. Managed the Retail Prices Section and the Commercial Crop Section in the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of India. Extensive experience in design, administration and management of household surveys. Assisted a nationwide rural household survey in India, as part of a project on the analysis of linkages between economic and demographic variables. Training in policy analysis and economic development Selected on the basis of a national competitive examination as a career economist in the Indian Government. Successfully completed two year training program in public policy, project analysis, development planning, and research methodology. Wrote a research paper on the determinants of deficit financing in India. Course director for a six weeks' WHO/Ministry of Health & Family Welfare sponsored training programme in Health Economics and Policy Analysis for mid-career health professionals from the government. Experience in teaching development economics, economic policy, monetary economics, and economic theory at the Universities of Maryland and Delhi. · Experience in teaching health and labor economics in various training programmes. PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS Commercial Presence in the Hospital Sector under GATS: A Case Study of India (with B.N. Goldar). Journal of International and Area Studies. Vol. 11, No.2 December 2004. India Database on HIV/AIDS: Report on Programme Management & Socio--economic Vulnerability and Impact. UNAIDS/IEG. October 2004. Third Party Administrators: Theory and Practice". (with A. Roy and M. Trivedi). Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. XXXIX, No. 28, July 10-16, 2004. "HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention of HIV/AIDS in India: Modeling the costs and consequences". (with M. Over, P. Heywood, K. Sudhakar et al). World Bank. June 2004. "Access to Antiretroviral Treatment: What role can health insurance play in India?" (with A. Roy and M. Trivedi). Population Council. May 2004. "Social Health Insurance Development: India Country Assessment Report (with M. Trivedi)". WHO (forthcoming). "Treatment and Prevention of HIV/AIDS in India: Modeling the costs and consequences". (with M. Over, P. Heywood, K. Sudhakar et al). World Bank 2004 (forthcoming). "Medical Attention at Death: Evidence from India" (with D. Sankar). Journal of Health Management, p.73-84, vol.6 no.1, Jan-June 2004. "Integrating HIV Prevention and antiretroviral therapy in India: Costs and Consequences of Policy Options". (with M. Over, P. Heywood, K. Sudhakar et al) World Bank 2003 (forthcoming). "Tobacco Consumption in India: A New Look using data from NSS" (with D. Sankar). Journal of Public Health Policy 2003 Volume 24 Numbers 3 & 4 2004 . " Economic Growth, Health and Poverty: An Exploratory Study for India" (with Arup Mitra) Development Policy Review, 22 (2), March 2004. "Third Party Administrators: Theory and Practice in the Context of the Health Insurance Market". (With A. Roy and M. Trivedi). Mimeo. February 2004. "Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex: The Compensating Differential for Condom Use among Calcutta prostitutes" (with V. Rao, M. Lokshin and S. Jana). Journal of Development Economics. Volume 71, Issue 2, Pages 585-603 (August 2003). "Health of the Elderly in India: A Multivariate Analysis". (with D. Sankar). Journal of Health and Population in Developing. June 24, 2003, June 24. "The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Looking Ahead" (with S. Panda). In Living with the HIV/AIDS Virus: The Epidemic and the Response in India. Edited by S. Panda, A. Chatterjee and A.S. Abdul-Quader. Sage Publications. October 2002. "Treatment Seeking Behaviour and the Willingness to Pay for Antiretroviral Therapy in India" (with D. Sankar). Mimeo. Institute of Economic Growth. July 2002. "Private Health Insurance and Health Costs: Results from a Delhi Study". Economic and Political Weekly. Volume 35, No. 27, July 6, 2002. "Tobacco Consumption in India: A New Look using data from NSS" (with D. Sankar). IEG Discussion Paper Series No. 47/2002. "Health of the Elderly in India: A Multivariate Analysis" (with D. Sankar). IEG Discussion Paper Series No. 46/2002. "Medical Attention at Death: Evidence from India" (with D. Sankar). IEG Discssion Paper Series No. 45/2002. "Basic Amenities and Health in Urban India" (with Arup Mitra). 2002. The National Medical Journal of India. Volume 15, No. 1 (Supplement). "Rural Migrants and Labour Segmentation: Micro Level Evidence from Delhi Slums" (with A. Mitra). 2002. The Economic and Political Weekly. Vol XXXVII, No. 2, January 12. "Is Poverty Alleviation a Solution? Socioeconomic Determinants of HIV/AIDS". Plenary talk given at the Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia-Pacific. Melbourne, Australia, 5-10 October 2001. "Commercial Presence in the Hospital Sector under GATS: A Case Study of India. (with B.N. Goldar). Report submitted to WHO/SEARO, Delhi, October 2001. "The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: How are Children Affected?" Paper presented at the UNICEF-organised South Asia High Level Meeting on Investing in Children, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2001. "The AIDS Epidemic and the Economic Burden of Treatment in India". Presented at the Meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group on Economics, Cuernavaca, Mexico, February 2001. "Health Status of the Elderly in India. May 2001, BOLD, International Institute of Aging, United Nations. Malta. Illegal Drug Marketing Delhi". March 2001 (with R. Ray, D. Dutt and A. Dhwan). - Published by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. - Report submitted to United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Rome. "Health-seeking Behaviour in Urban India: A Case Study of Delhi" (with P. Dasgupta ) - Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries. Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 2000. "Willingness to Avoid Health Costs: Results from a Delhi Study" - Institute of Economic Growth, Discussion Paper No. 15/2000. "The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Are we doing enough?" - Development Bulletin, No. 52, June 2000. "Demand for Health Care in Rural India: Choosing between Public, Private and No Care". - Discussion Paper No. 14/2000, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. - Working Paper Series No. 82. National Council of Applied Economic Research, Delhi. "Sex Workers and the Cost of Safe Sex: The Compensating Difference for Condom Use in Calcutta" (with V. Rao and S. Jana) - World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. May 2000. - Working Paper #99-02, Brown University, Population Studies and Training Centre,, February 1999. "Health Insurance in India: Prognosis and Prospectus" (with R. Ellis and M. Alam) - Economic and Political Weekly, Vol xxxxv, No. 4, January 22-28, 2000. "Health of the Vulnerable Populations: Identification of Vulnerable Population Groups". - Presented at the IMPO-WHO Conference on the Health of the Vulnerable Populations, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 1999. "GATS and TRIPS: Implications for the Health Sector in the South-East Asia Regional Countries" - Presented at the WHO sponsored Regional Consultative Meeting on International Health Development, Bangkok, 16-18 November 1998. "Slum-dwellers in Delhi: An Unhealthy Population" (with A. Mitra and M.K. Jha) - Working Paper No. E/194/98, Institute of Economic Growth, 1998. "Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Among Migrants in Delhi Slums" (with A. Mitra) - Journal of Health and Population in Developing Countries, Vol 2, No. 1, Fall 1999. "Socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on Individuals: A Planning Perspective from India" - In "The Looming Epidemic: the Impact of HIV and AIDS in India", ed. Peter Godwin, Mosaic, 1998. - Report submitted to British Overseas Development Administration, July 1997. "Human Capital, Growth, and Returns to Education: A Case Study of India (with B. Saha) - Report submitted to OECD Development Centre, Paris, February 1998. "Child Labor: A Profile of Delhi Slums" (with A. Mitra) - Indian Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 40, No.4, 1997. "AIDS, Poverty and Inequality in Kagera, Tanzania" (with M. Over) - Mimeo, World Bank, October 1997. "Does Adjusting for Residency affect Measures of Well-Being? A Methodological Note (with M.Over) - Mimeo, World Bank, October 1997. "Health Insurance in India: the Roles of Public and Private Sectors" - Paper presented at the 28th Summer Seminar on Population, Taiwan, July 1997. "Evaluation of Primary School Health Check-up Scheme in Delhi" (with M. Alam) - Report submitted to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, July 1997. "Trade in Health Services: A Case Study of India" (with B.N. Goldar and A. Mitra) - Report submitted to WHO/SEARO, Delhi, May 1997. - Chapter in "International Trade in Health Services: A Development Perspective", UNCTAD, June 1998. "HIV/AIDS in India: Why Knowledge is the Key to Prevention" - Presented at the Institute of Economic Growth, December 1996. "Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS: Developing a Set of Protocols" - Report submitted to the World Health Organisation and the National AIDS Control Organisation, Delhi, India, May 1996. "The Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in India" - Presented at workshops organised by the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom at Raichak, March 1998, Jaipur, march 1997, February 1996 and Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, August 1996. "Effect of Morbidity & Mortality on Income - Consumption: Results from the Kagera Study" (with M.Over and others) - Paper presented at the Third International Conference on AIDS in Asia Pacific, Chiangmai, Thailand, September 1995. "Does India Have a Multisectoral Approach to HIV/AIDS: An Analysis" (with V. Nadkarni) - Presented at the 26th Summer Seminar on Population, East-West Centre, 1995. "Economic Impact of Fatal Adult Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview" - Paper presented at the African Studies Association meetings, Boston, December 1993. "Inequalities in Lifetime Earnings of American Earners" - Report submitted to the Russell Sage Foundation, 1992. - Labor Economics Workshop, University of Maryland, 1991.