India Observatory and Asia Research Centre public lecture
Date: Tuesday 29 April 2008
Time: 2-3pm
Venue: D302, Clement House
Speaker: Dr Kirit S Parikh
Chair: Dr Richard M Perkins
Update Tuesday 29 April: Unfortunately, due to illness, this event has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Dr Kirit S Parikh is member of the Planning Commission, Government of India. He has also served as senior economic advisor to United Nations Development Programme from October 1997 to September 1998. He has been a member of the Economic Advisory Council(EAC) of the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and had been a member of EAC of Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar and P.V. Narasimha Rao. He has been the editor of "India Development Reports" which provide a non-governmental assessment of India's development and policy options.
He is emeritus professor and founder director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India. He has been a member of numerous boards. He has authored more than 15 books in the areas of planning, water resource management, appropriate technology for housing, optimum requirement for fertilizers, energy systems, national and international food policies, trade policies, general equilibrium modelling and natural resources accounting. "
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