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Challenges for Revival of Indian Agriculture

Dev

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Professor S. Mahendra Dev is the Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Earlier, he was Director of Centre for Economic and Social Studies at Hyderabad. He got his Ph.D. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and did postdoctoral research at the Economic Growth Centre, Yale University, USA. He served the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, for more than a decade. He was a senior fellow at Rajiv Gandhi Foundation during 1996–97 and Visiting Professor at University of Bonn, Germany in 1999. He has written extensively on agricultural development, poverty and public policy, food security, social security systems and allied areas. He was instrumental in formulation of the policy for Inclusive Agricultural Growth in India for the XI Five-Year Plan. He has been a member of several committees including Prime Minister's Task Force on Employment, and the Committee on ‘Financial Inclusion’, etc.

Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016, Andhra Pradesh.

Present address: Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

Professor Dayanatha Jha…….

Prof. Dayanatha Jha was a renowned agricultural economist who made seminal contributions to the area of agricultural economics. His contributions in the area of agricultural policy research and technological change are recognised internationally. His work on research investment and its impact on agricultural productivity and growth and resource allocation is widely acclaimed. His in-depth understanding of micro-dimension of technological change such as fertilizer response in dryland areas, pest and irrigation management, small farm considerations, and supply response led to significant contributions to the area of agricultural economics. Advancement of the agricultural economics profession and institutional development were very close to his heart. It was due to Prof. Jha's vision and leadership that National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP) could become a centre of excellence and institution of international repute. It is a befitting tribute to this great scientist, teacher, researcher philosopher, and humanbeing par excellence that NCAP has started Professor Dayanatha Jha Memorial Lecture from the year 2008.

The first Professor Dayanatha Jha Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr S. Mahendra Dev, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad on the Annual Day of NCAP in New Delhi.

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