Research Interests

Energy & Development, Sustainable Development, Sustainability & Business and Transportation.  

Projects 

• Adoption of Circular Economy Approaches in Sustainable E-Waste Management in India and Russia: Cross-Learning Opportunities and Solution Strategies (2023-25), Funded by SPARC, Govt. of India, INR 77,94,135/- (Principal Investigator)

• Pilot for Masters in Circular Economy (2021-22), Funded by Going Global Partnerships Grant, British Council, UK, INR 14,88,086/- (Co-Investigator)

• Analysing Poverty Change in India: Decomposition, Inclusiveness and Multidimensional Nutritional Deprivation (final report due), Funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, INR 15,000,00/- (Co-Principal Investigator)

• Human and Macroeconomic Impact Assessment of Cyclone Fani, in collaboration with Govt. of Odisha, United Nations, Asian Development Bank and World Bank (Team member)

• Annual School on Grassroots Innovations - Energy & Water (2017-19), Funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (Co-Principal Investigator)

• Nutritional Deficiencies in Maharashtra, 2004-05 and 2011-12 (2014-16), Funded by Natotam Sekhsaria Foundation (NSF), Mumbai (Co-Principal Investigator)

• Calorie Deprivation in Maharashtra: Analysis of NSS Data (2008-09), Funded by Support for Advocacy and Training to Health Initiatives (SATHI), Pune (Co-Principal Investigator)

Publications

• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Binilkumar Amarayil Sreeraman, Lakshmikanth Hari, and Shrabani B. Bhattacharjee (2024), “Guest Editorial: Towards Operationalizing Sufficiency”, Journal of Indian Business Research 16(1) (‘C’ Category Journal in ABDC list)

• Arvind Pandi Dorai, Sudarshan Sirsat, Satyendra Kumar Upadhyay and Lakshmikanth Hari (2022), “Digital Transformation at Regional Language Schools: A Study on State of Maharashtra (India)”, Global Challenges of Digital Transformation of Markets, Volume II (Ed.), Nova Science Publishers

• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan and Lakshmikanth Hari (2021),“ Energy, Poverty and Environmental Priority in Rural India", COVID-19, Climate Change and Environmental Governance (Ed.), New Century Publications

• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan and Lakshmikanth Hari (2020),“Towards a New Approach in Measuring Energy Poverty: Household Level Analysis of Urban India",Energy Policy, 140 ( ‘A’ Category Journal in ABDC list)

• Nachiket Gosavi, Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2018), “Factors Influencing Use of a Nonmotorized, Non-personalized Mode of Transport in a Mid-sized Indian City", World Transport Policy and Practice, 24(2) (‘C’ Category Journal in ABDC list)

• Nachiket Gosavi, Dinesh S Hegde and Lakshmikanth Hari (2016), “Density Linked Framework for Planning Mass Transit in the Context of Indian Cities", World Transport Policy and Practice, 22(3) (‘C’ Category Journal in ABDC list)

• Dinesh S Hegde and Lakshmikanth Hari (2015), “Writing Doctoral Dissertation", Essays in Research Methodology, DS Hegde(Ed.), Springer

• Rahul Mulay, Satish Ailawadi and Lakshmikanth Hari (2014), “Challenges in Urban Water Supply Distribution in India", SIMSR Global Supply Chain Management: Challenges in Emerging Economies(Ed.), Excel Books

• Lakshmikanth Hari, Nachiket Gosavi and Dinesh S Hegde (2014), “Urban Transportation and the Carbon Crisis in India", Contemporary Research in India, Special Issue, March - 2014

• Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2012), “Modelling Urban Transportation Sector Energy Demand: A Case Study of Mumbai, an Indian city", Proceedings of Odisha Environment Congress 2012, Human Development Foundation publications

• Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2010),“Study of Infrastructure Alternatives with Special Reference to Urban Transportation", Transportation System Studies and Policy Analysis(Ed.), Himalaya Publishing House

• Srijit Mishra and Lakshmikanth Hari (2009), “Calorie Deprivation in Maharashtra: Analysis of NSS Data", Nutritional Crisis in Maharashtra(Ed.),  SATHI, Pune

• Bas Van Ruijven, Lakshmikanth Hari, Detlef P van Vuuren and Bert de Vries (2008), “The Potential Role of Hydrogen Energy in India and Western Europe", Energy Policy, 36(5) ( ‘A’ Category Journal in ABDC list)

Policy Briefs

• Srijit Mishra and Lakshmikanth Hari (2019), “Fani’s Impact on Incidence, Depth and Severity of Poverty in Odisha", Policy Brief 9, Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies , Bhubaneswar

Working Papers:

•  Lakshmikanth Hari and Srijit Mishra (2019), “Nutritional Deficiencies in Maharashtra, 2004-05 and 2011-12", Working Paper No - 77, Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar

• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan and Lakshmikanth Hari (2019), “Towards a New Approach in Measuring Energy Poverty: Household Level Analysis of Urban India", Working Paper No - 289, Institute of Rural Management, Anand

• Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan and Lakshmikanth Hari (2018), “Measuring Energy Poverty: A Households Level Analysis of India", Working Paper No - 72, Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar

Conference Presentations

• Shrabani Bhattacharjee, Arvind Pandi Dorai, Lakshmikanth Hari and Sudarshan Sirsat (2021), “Amulya Bharat: Understanding Sustainable HRM practices in Indian Tourism Industry", Strategic Management Forum Annual Conference 2021, Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur, December 27-30, 2021

• Shrabani Bhattacharjee and Lakshmikanth Hari (2021),“Human Resource Management and Sustainability: Understanding the Relationship", International Conference on Rigor, Relevance & Resilience in Business & Management Research, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad, February 12-14, 2021

• Arvind Pandi Dorai, Sudarshan Sirsat, Satyendra Kumar Upadhyay and Lakshmikanth Hari (2020), “Digital Transformation at Regional Language Schools - A Study on State of Maharashtra (India)", Global Challenges of Digital Transformation of Markets (GDTM-2020), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia, September 24-25, 2020

• Nachiket Gosavi, Dinesh Hegde and Lakshmikanth Hari (2017) “Factors Influencing the Use of a Nonpersonalized, Non-motorized Mode of Transport in a Mid-sized City: The Case of Vadodara", 4th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG-2017), Mumbai, December 17-20, 2017

• Lakshmikanth Hari and Srijit Mishra (2017), “Nutritional deficiencies in India",22nd Biennial Conference 2017, Association of Indian Economic and Financial Studies (AIEFS), Bhubaneswar, July 31-August 1st, 2017

• Rohit Rajan and Lakshmikanth Hari (2016), “Energy Saving Potential of Solar Water Heater - A Case Study of Mumbai", XUB Sustainability Summit 2016 on Energy, Peace & Global Governance, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, August 11-13, 2016

• Lakshmikanth Hari and HSK Nathan (2016), “Urban Energy Poverty in India: A Household Level Analysis", The 8th Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) On Urbanization and the Environment, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, January 4-6, 2016

• Nachiket Gosavi, Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2015), “Linking Urban Population Density to the Mode of Urban Transport - A Case Study of Vadodara", 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG 2015), Kolkata, December 17-20, 2015

• Lakshmikanth Hari and Wricha Mishra(2015), “Sustainable Ergonomics in India: A review", International Conference on Ethical Prospects: Economy, Society and Environment (EPESE-2015), University of Mumbai, Ratnagiri Sub-Center, March 13-14, 2015

• Nachiket Gosavi, Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2015), “Measuring Non-motorized Mobility in City of Vadodara: Certain Issues", International Conference on Ethical Prospects: Economy, Society and Environment (EPESE-2015), University of Mumbai, Ratnagiri Sub-Center, March 13-14, 2015

• Wricha Mishra and Lakshmikanth Hari (2015) “A study on prevalence and intensity of WRMSDs among laboratory analysts", 102nd Indian Science Congress on Science & Technology for Human Development , University of Mumbai, Mumbai, January 3-7, 2015

• Rahul Mulay, Satish Ailawadi and Lakshmikanth Hari (2014), “A study on Determinants of Quality of Higher Education Institutions", De-Risking the Supply Chain in Global Environment, SIMSR Global SCM Conference, Mumbai, December 5, 2014

• Lakshmikanth Hari, Nachiket Gosavi and Dinesh S Hegde (2014),“Urban Transportation and the Carbon Crisis in India" , National Conference on Sustainability, Society & Environment (SSE-2014), University of Mumbai, Ratnagiri Sub-Center, March 14, 2014

• Lakshmikanth Hari, HSK Nathan, Dhruv Sanghavi and Arif Virani (2014),“Mumbai Public Road Transport at Crossroads: Will it Perish or Prosper?", IPE Golden Jubilee International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Development - Global Perspective, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, February 20-21, 2014

• Rahul Mulay, Satish Ailawadi and Lakshmikanth Hari (2014), “Challenges in Urban Water Supply Distribution in India" , SIMSR Global Supply Chain Management: Challenges in Emerging Economies, SIMSR Global Supply Chain Management Conference, Mumbai, January 10-11, 2014

• Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2012) , “Modelling Urban Transportation Sector Energy Demand: A Case Study of Mumbai, an Indian City", Odisha Environmental Congress 2012, Bhubaneswar, India, December 20-22, 2012

• Nachiket Gosavi, Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2011), “Bio fuels Plan of India: Implications for Agriculture", Fourth International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-11), SVNIT, Surat, India, December 15-17, 2011

• Lakshmikanth Hari and Dinesh S Hegde (2008),“Infrastructure Alternatives with Special Reference to Urban Transport: An Overview", International Conference On Transport System Studies (ICOTSS-2008), University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, January 10-12, 2008