Have 26 years of experience in applied economic research in Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and NABARD – mostly field based empirical research. It includes experience in development banking and credit policy monitoring and evaluation in NABARD. On-going research programme is on Graduation of SHG members and equity issues in rural credit.
Have formal experience of 3 years of teaching at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea and India in addition to guest faculty support. Taught Farm Management, Financial Management, Cooperation, Operations Research, Principles of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy.
Obtained Ph.D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi and had good academic scores in school and college.
Submitted thesis on Economics of Minor Irrigation in Semi Arid Tropics for Ph.D. and Agricultural Credit for M.Sc.(Ag.Econ).
My Research interests include rural credit, microcredit and SHGs, commercialization and diversification, irrigation and water management, rural non-farm sector, etc.
Published about 50 monographs and research papers on above research areas in refereed journals including Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economic and Political Weekly, Agricultural Economics Research Review, Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, Korean Journal of Agricultural Management and Policy, Korean Journal of Cooperative Studies.
Provided leadership for rejuvenating in-house research in NABARD and helped in bringing out several studies/publications.
Engaged in special assignments in and out of NABARD - that include working as co-opted member of Sub-group on disadvantaged farmers and women for XII Plan, Expert Group on Rural Credit (ECRC) under Chairmanship of Prof.V.S.Vyas.
Have been a contributing member of several professional associations in the area of development, economics and agriculture.