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BIODATA OF DR. RAMESH CHAND

 

Director, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP). Before this ICAR National Professor at NCAP (2006 to 2010). Ph. D. Agricultural Economics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India, New Delhi. More than 25 years experience in research and teaching. Worked in senior academic positions as Professor and Head – Agricultural Economics Unit, at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University; Professor of Marketing at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; Principal Scientist at NCAP; and Acting Director NCAP. International experience as Visiting Professor at University of Wollongong, NSW Australia (2000) and Visiting Fellow at Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba Shi, Japan (2003). His Ph.D. thesis, submitted to Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, was selected for Jawaharlal Nehru Award of Indian Council of Agricultural Research in recognition of its outstanding Research contributions. Dr. Chand has worked as consultant for FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, and World Bank. At present engaged in research on Food Policy, Trade and WTO, and Agricultural Growth and Development. Dr. Chand is author of seven books and 75 research papers published in reputed national and international journals. Served in several high level committees set up by GOI including “Steering Committee on Agriculture for XIth Plan” where he drafted the report of the Committee.


List of  Publications

A.       BOOKS

  1. Chand Ramesh, Free Trade Area in Asia, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, pp130, 2006.

  2. Chand Ramesh, India’s Agricultural Challenges: Reflections on Policy, Technology and other Issues, (Edited) Centre for Trade and Development, New Delhi, xiv+294., 2005.

  3. Chand Ramesh, Trade Liberalisation, WTO and Indian Agriculture: Experience and Prospects, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, xiv+154, 2002.

  4. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Development, Price Policy and Marketed Surplus in India: A Study of Green Revolution Region, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp. 128, 1991.

  5. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Diversification and Development of Mountain Region, M.D. Publications, New Delhi, 1997, pp.xi+416.

  6. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Diversification in India: Potential and Prospects in Developed Region, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 1999, pp.xv+195.1.

  7. Chand Ramesh, Trade Liberalisation, WTO and Indian Agriculture: Experience and Prospects, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2002.

B.       RESEARCH PAPERS

  1. Chand Ramesh (2005). Whither India’s Food Policy: From Food Security to Food Deprivation, Economic and Political Weekly,V.40(12):1055– 1061, March 12, 2005.
  2. Chand Ramesh and Parmod Kumar (2004). Determinants of Capital Formation and Agriculture Growth: Some New Explorations, Economic and Political Weekly, V.39 (52): 5611 to 5616.
  3. Chand Ramesh (2004). India’s Agro Export Performance and Competitiveness in Changed International Scenario in C H Hanumantha Rao, BB Bhattacharya and N S Sidharathan (ed) Indian Economy and Society in the Era of Globalisation and Liberalisation, Essays in Honour of A M Khusro, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, New Delhi, pp. 199-222.
  4. Chand Ramesh (2005). Agricultural Markets in India: Implications for Competition, in Pradeep Mehta (ed). Towards A Functional ompetition Policy in India: An Overview, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, pp. 135-144.
  5. Chand Ramesh and Suresh Pal, Technological and Policy Options to Deal with Imbalances in Indian Agriculture, Current Science, Vol.84 (3), 10 February, 2003, pp. 388-98. 
  6. Chand Ramesh, Liberalization of Grain Trade and Food Security Issues in Asia, The Asian Economic Review, Vol. 45 (3): 133-147. April 2003.
  7. Chand Ramesh, Dayanatha Jha and Surbhi Mittal, WTO and Oilseeds Sector, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 39 (6): 533-537, February 7, 2004.
  8. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Marketing and Trade in India: an Institutional Perspective, in Suresh Pal, Mruthyunjaya, P. K. Joshi and Raka Saxena (ed.) Institutional Change in Indian Agriculture, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 2003 pp. 349-368.
  9. Chand Ramesh, Trade Liberalisation and Net Social Welfare: A Study of Selected Crops, Economic and Political Weekly, V.34 (52): A153 – A159, Dec 25, 1999.
  10. Chand Ramesh, Emerging Crisis in Punjab Agriculture: Severity and Options for Future, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 34 (13): A-2 to A-10, March 27, 1999.
  11. Chand Ramesh, Removal of Import Restrictions and India's Agriculture: The Challenge and Strategy, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 33 (15):850-854, April 11, 1998.
  12. Chand Ramesh, Emerging Trends and Issues in Public and Private Investments in Indian Agriculture, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.56 (2) 161-184, April – June, 2001.
  13. Chand Ramesh, Ecological and Economic Impact of Horticultural Development in the Himalayas: Evidence from Himachal Pradesh, Economic and Political Weekly, V.31 (26): A-93 - A-99, June 29, 1996.
  14. Chand Ramesh, Role of Water Rights in Farmer- Managed Hill Irrigation Systems, Economic and Political Weekly, V.29 (13): A-26 - A30, March 26, 1994.
  15. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Diversification and Farm and Non-farm Employment in Himachal Pradesh, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, V.39 (4): 841-852, October - December 1996.
  16. Chand Ramesh, Wheat Export: little Gain, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 36 (25): 2226 to 2228, June 23, 2001.
  17. Chand Ramesh and Linu Mathew Philip, Subsidies and Support in Agriculture: Is WTO Providing Level Playing Field?, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 36 (32):3014 to 3016, August 11, 2001.
  18. Chand Ramesh and Dayanatha Jha, Trade Liberalisation, Agricultural Prices and Social Welfare, in S.S Acharya and D.P. Chaudhri (ed.) Indian Agricultural Policy at the Crossroads, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2001, pp.17-126.
  19. Chand Ramesh, Regional and Sectoral Disparities in Economic Growth and Incomes in India, in S.S Acharya and D.P. Chaudhri (ed.) Indian Agricultural Policy at the Crossroads, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2001, pp.589-604.
  20. Chand Ramesh and Linu Mathew Philip, Domestic and International Demand and Price Environment: Implications for Punjab Agriculture, Man and Development, Vol. 22(2): 99-117, June 2001.
  21. Chand Ramesh, Rapporteur’s Report on Agricultural Marketing: Issues and Challenges, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.53 (3): July - September, 1998.
  22. Mishra S. N. and Chand Ramesh, 1995. Private and Public Capital Formation in Indian agriculture: Comments on Complementarity Hypothesis and Others, Economic and Political Weekly, V.30 (24): A-64 - A-79, June 24, 1995.
  23. Chand Ramesh and P. S. Birthal, Pesticide Use in Indian Agriculture in Relation to Growth in Area and Production and Technological Change, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.52 (3): 488-498, July-Sept. 1995.
  24. Chand Ramesh and T. Haque, Sustainability of Rice-Wheat Crop System in Indo-Gangetic Region, Economic and Political Weekly, V. 32 (13): A-26 - A-30, March 29 - April 4, 1997.
  25. Chand Ramesh, Diversification of Punjab Agriculture: Need and Implications for Food Security, Agricultural Economics Research Review, V.9 (2): 156-163, 1996.
  26. Chand Ramesh and J.L. Kaul, A Note on the Use of Cobb-Douglas Profit Function, American Journal of Ag. Econ., V.68(3): 162-64, Feb., 1986.
  27. Chand Ramesh, Livestock in Himachal Predesh: Factors Affecting Growth, Composition and Intensity, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.50 (3): 299-310, July-Sept., 1995.
  28. Chand Ramesh and P. Kumar, Supply Response Functions for Major Crops of Punjab in Green Revolution Period - A Profit Function Approach, Indian Journal of Econ., V.67 (264): 91-110, July, 1986.
  29. Chand Ramesh, Estimating Effects of Input - Output Prices on Input Demand in Punjab Agriculture-A Profit Function Approach, Artha Vijnana, V.28 (2): 181-192, June 1986.
  30. Chand Ramesh, D.S. Sidhu and J.L. Kaul, Impact of Agricultural Modernisation on Labour Use in Punjab with Special Reference to Women Labour, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.40 (3): 252-259, July-Sept., 1985.
  31. Kumar P., Mruthyunjaya and Chand Ramesh, Stabilization of Prices, Supply and Income for Paddy and Wheat in Punjab: A Unified Approach, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.40 (3): 382-389, July-Sept., 1985.
  32. Chand Ramesh, D.S. Sidhu and J.L. Kaul, An Economic Analysis of Various Sources of Irrigation in Punjab, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.39 (3): 506-511, July-Sept., 1984.
  33. Chand Ramesh, Economics of Perennial Crops: Some Methodological Issues, Indian Jr. Ag. Econ., V.49 (2): 246-249, April-June 1994.
  34. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Diversification and Small Farm Development in Western Himalayan Region, in T. Haque (ed.) Small Farm Diversification: Problems and Prospects, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, pp. 79-102, 1996.
  35. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Credit in India: Distributional Disparities and Overdues, Agri. Econ. Research Review, V.5 (2): 176-92, July 1992.
  36. Chand Ramesh and Anju Sharma, State-wise Trends in Rural Income, Output Growth and Input Use in Indian Agriculture, Agri. Econ. Research Review, V.7 (2), 11-24, July 1994.
  37. Singh Nasib, S.C. Tewari and Chand Ramesh, An Economic Analysis of Plum and Apricot Marketing in Himachal Pradesh, Ind., Jr. Ag. Mkg. V.4 (2): 140-147, July-Dec., 1990.
  38. Sambhar O.P., N.R. Shreon and Chand Ramesh, Price Spread, Marketing Margin and Cost of Green and Dry Ginger from Himachal Pradesh, Ind. Jr. Ag. Mkg. V.4 (2): 193-98, July-Dec., 1990.
  39. Chand Ramesh and S.C. Tewari, Growth and Instability of Indian Exports and Imports of Agricultural Commodities, Ind. Jr. Ag. Econ., V.45(2): 159-165, April-June, 1991.
  40. Sambhar O.P., Chand Ramesh and S.C. Tewari, An Alternative Method to Calculate Internal Rate of Return, Indian Jr. Ag. Econ., V.47 (1): 97-104, Jan-March, 1992.
  41. Vaidya Manoj and Chand Ramesh, Growth and Instability of Indian Exports and Imports of Forest Products, in P. K. Khosla (ed.) Problems and Prospects of Indian Forestry, Oxford and IBH Pub., New Delhi, 1992.
  42. Chand Ramesh and S.K. Goyal, 1991. Temporal Changes in Area Under Different Forest Species and Species mix in Himachal Pradesh, Journal of Tree Sciences, V.10 (2): 71-74.
  43. Chand Ramesh and D.S. Sidhu, Characteristics of Defaulters of Agricultural Credit in Punjab - A Discriminant Function Approach; Land Bank Journal, V.13 (3): 33-34, March, 1985.
  44. Chand Ramesh and D.S. Sidhu, Distribution of Agricultural Credit and Concentration of Overdues in Punjab, Financing Agriculture, V.13 (2): 18-20, April-June, 1981.
  45. Sharma L.R., Chand Ramesh and J.P. Bhatti, An Analysis of Dependence of Hill Farmers on Forests for Fuelwood, Fodder and Timber in Himachal Pradesh, Agril. Situations in India, pp.359-363, August 1989.
  46. Sharma B. R. and Chand Ramesh, Development Profile of Himachal Pradesh, in M.S.S. Rawat (ed.) Himalaya: A Regional Perspective, Resources, Environment and Development, pp.155-162, Daya Pub. House, Delhi, 1992.
  47. Sharma B.R. and Chand Ramesh, Diversification of Agriculture: An Aid to Employment Generation in Rural India, Agril. Situations in India, pp. 567-573, Oct.1992.
  48. Chand Ramesh, Diversification through High Value Crops in Western Himalayan Region: Evidence from Himachal Pradesh, Indian Journal of Ag. Econ., V.51 (4): 652-663, Oct -Dec., 1996.
  49. Chand Ramesh, Basics of Marginal Analysis, in John Kerr et. al. (ed.) Natural Resource Economics: Theory and Applications in India, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1997, pp. 652-663.
  50. Chand Ramesh, Agricultural Development, Growth and Poverty in India’s Mountain Region, in Mahesh Banskota, T.S. Papola and Jurgen Richter (ed.) Growth, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Resource Management in the Mountain Areas of South Asia, ICIMOD and German Foundation for International Development, Kathmandu, Dec. 2000, pp. 275-283.
  51. Sandhu, K.S. V.K. Arora, Chand Ramesh and B.S. Sandhu and K. L. Khera, Optimising Time Distribution of Water Supply and Fertilizer Nitrogen Rates in Relation to Targeted Wheat Yield, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 36, 2000, pp. 115-125.
  52. Sandhu, K.S. V.K. Arora and Chand Ramesh, Magnitude and Economics of Fertilizer Nitrogen Response of Wheat in Relation to Amount and Timing of Water Inputs, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 38, 2002, pp. 65-78.
  53. Chand Ramesh, India’s Agricultural Trade and WTO: Reflections on Domestic Policy and New Trade Round, in Kanniyan et.al. (eds). Implications of WTO on Agriculture in India. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 2002.
  54. Chand Ramesh, Indian Agriculture and WTO: Looking Beyond Doha, Keynote Paper, IX Annual Conference Proceedings, Agricultural Economics Research Review, 17-42, 2002.

C.  MONOGRAPHS

  1. Chand Ramesh, Import Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture: The Challenge and Strategy, Policy Paper 6, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 1997.

  2. Chand Ramesh and T. Haque (ed.) Vision of India's Rice Trade, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 1996.

  3. Chand Ramesh, Effects of Trade Liberalisation on agriculture in India: Structural and Institutional Aspects, Working Paper 38, CGPRT Centre, ESCAP, United Nations, Bogor, Indonesia, 1999.

  4. Chand Ramesh, Effects of Trade Liberalisation on agriculture in India: Commodity Aspects, Working Paper 45, CGPRT Centre, ESCAP, United Nations, Bogor, Indonesia, 1999.

  5. Chand Ramesh, Emerging Trends and Regional Variations in Agricultural Investments and Their Implications for Growth and Equity, Policy Paper 11, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 2000.

  6. Chand Ramesh, Government Intervention in Foodgrain markets in India in the Changing Context, Policy Paper 19, National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, 2003.

  7. Chand Ramesh, Changing pattern of Asia’s Trade and Growth in PTAs: Implications for Regional Strategic Framework in Asia, Institute of Developing Economies, External Trade Organization, Chiba-Shi, Japan. January 2004.