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Brief profile
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Prof. S. Mahendra Dev, age 67
years, is the Chairman of the Institute for Development Studies, Andhra
Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, since February 26, 2022.
Prior to this position, he was the
Director and Vice Chancellor of Indira
Gandhi Institute of Development Research from 2010 to 2022,
Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices,
Ministry of Agriculture from 2008 to 2010. He was Vice Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C. He was also member of the Board
of IFPRI for seven years from 2013 to 2019. He was member and
Acting Chairman of the National Statistical Commission, Government
of India. He got the prestigious Malcolm Adiseshiah Award in 2016.
He was Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad,
India for 9 years from 1999 to 2008. He was independent director of
the Board of Kotak Mahindra Bank for 8 years during March 15, 2013
to March 14, 2021 and independent director of Kotak Mahindra Prime
Ltd., during March 30, 2015 to June 2, 2021.
He is an expert on agriculture and
rural economy, economics and cooperation. He received his Ph.D.
from the Delhi School of Economics and did his postdoctoral
research at Yale University. His main areas of interest are
agriculture, rural economy, rural non-farm sector, cooperation,
economic growth, global economy, macro policies, employment and
unemployment, employment policies, social protection, development
economics and social sector.
He has around 200 research
publications in national and international journals in the areas of
agricultural development, poverty and public policy, inequality,
food security, nutrition, employment guarantee schemes, social
security, farm and nonfarm employment. He has written or edited 19
books. His well cited publication is "Inclusive Growth in India:
Agriculture, Poverty, and Human Development" published by Oxford
University Press. His book "Perspectives on Equitable Development"
was released by the former Prime Minister of India.
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