Faculty

Dr Prem Vashistha has had an extremely commendable career graph with a solid teaching experience of more than 40 years. He has worked on a wide range of Research in areas of Economics and Policy Issues like the Agricultural Economics & Rural Development, Health Economics, Human Resource Development, Poverty, Economic Demography, Subsidy, Economic Reforms in Fertilizer, Power and Irrigation Sectors, and Public Distribution Systems. Dr. Vashistha is also the member of several committees of Government Of India, the Planning Commission, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food.

As a consultant he is also associated with the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, IFPRI. As an editor of a Book – Commonalities and Complementarities in Asia and Pacific Region, ADIPA, Kuala Lumpur, 1990, he has achieved yet another milestone in the field of education and knowledge.

Recently his research is related to the new experiments in the reform in Targeted Public Distribution System (funded by the World Bank).

• Micro economics with Business Applications.
• Quantitative Methods.
• Social Sector Policies.
• Public Policy & Governance (focus on: Food Security, Poverty & Public Distribution System, Fertilizer,     Power & Irrigation Sectors, Water Sector, Subsidies and WTO & Agriculture).

• “Slow Growth Crops: Coarse Cereals, Oilseeds and Pulses (Rapporteur’s Report)”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol.57, No.3, July-September 2002, p.p.595-620.
• “Population and Land Use in Haryana”(with R.K. Sharma, R.P.S. Malik and Seema Bathla), in Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes – Studies from India, China, and the United States, National Academy Press, Washington D.C. 2001.
• “The Effects of Agricultural Price Liberalization and market Reforms on Rural Poverty”(with Anindita Mukharjee) in Economic Liberalization and Rural Poverty, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations, 1996.
• “Rural Household Saving and Investment Behaviour 1970-71 to 1981-82”(with I.Z. Bhatty) in Savings Estimates in India, edited by A. Bagchi et. al, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1990.
•  “Changes in Structure in Investment of Rural Households: 1970-71 to 1981-82”,Journal of Income and Wealth, Vol.10, No.2, July 1989.
• “Structure of Rural Non-farm Sector and Stages of Economic Development: India”in Reza H. Syed (ed.). The Rural Non-farm Sector and Process of Economic Development, a publication of Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, 1987, (Co-authored with I.Z. Bhatty).
• “Measurement of Private Efficiency under Diverse Technologies in Indian Agriculture”. Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics, 1978, Vol.39, Series C., pt., 4, pp-136-154.
• “Health and Medical Sector in India”(in collaboration with Anil B. Deolalikar) in Institutions, Incentives and Economic Reform, Satu Kahkonen and Anthony Lanyi (e.d.) Sage Publications, New Delhi and London, 2000.
• “Women’s Schooling, Home Teaching and Economic Growth” (in collaboration with Jere R. Behrman, Andrew D. Foster and Mark Rosenzweig), Journal of Political Economy, Vol.107, No.4, 1999.
• [This Article will also appear in the forthcoming book on Modern Classics in the Economics of Education(ed. by Civil Belfield), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., U.K.]
• “Location Specific Technical Change, Human Capital and Local Economic Development: The Indian Green Revolution Experience”(in collaboration with Jere R. Behrman and Mark R. Rosengweig) in Locational Competition in the World Economy, Edited by Horst Siebert, Kiel Institute of World Economy, Kiel, Germany 1994.
• “Income Distribution in India – A Re-examination”(with Surjit S. Bhalla) in T.N. Srinivasan and P. Bardhan (ed.) Rural Poverty in South Asia, Columbia University Press, 1988.
• “Urban Informal Sector: A Profile of Marginalized Irregulars”,Social Action, April – June 1990.
• “Some Dynamic Aspects of Rural Poverty in India”(with Irma Adelman and K. Subbarao) Economic and Political Weekly, (Review of Agriculture), September 28, 1985.
• Oilseed Production in Non-traditional Area– A Case Study of Sunflower Cultivation in Punjab, (Mimeo), AER Centre, University of Delhi, July 2005.
• Implications of Spatial and Farm Size group Variation in Fertilizer Consumption:Haryana, (Mimeo), AER Centre, University of Delhi, July 2005.
• Oilseed Production in Non-traditional Area– A Case Study of Sunflower Cultivation in Haryana, (Mimeo), AER Centre, University of Delhi, December 2004.

• Fertilizer Subsidy in Agriculture, IFPRI, Asia Office, New Delhi, 2005.
• Fertilizer Subsidy in India – Agriculture and Industry (with Rajesh Mehta), IFPRI, Asia Office, New Delhi, 2005.
• Input Subsidy in Punjab Agriculture (with Kanupriya Gupta), IFPRI, Asia Office, New Delhi, June 2006.
• Input Subsidy in Andhra Pradesh Agriculture, IFPRI, Asia Office, New Delhi, Aug. 2006.
• Reforming Subsidy Regime in Agriculture, IFPRI, Asia Office, New Delhi, Aug. 2006.

Agriculture/Rural Development:

• ‘Buffer Stocking Policy for the Tenth Plan’ (with Linu M. Philip), Background paper for the Fifth Technical Group, Ministry of Food, Government of India, (Mimeo) November 2003.
•  ‘Tail-enders and Other Deprived in an Irrigation System’, Agricultural Economics Research Centre, University of Delhi, (Mimeo) November 2003.
• ‘Interaction between Population Growth and Land Use Change in Haryana’ (with R.K. Sharma and R.P.S. Malik), Report No.99/2, Agricultural Economics Research Centre, University of Delhi, 1999.
• ‘Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Agriculture (CSS)’, (An Analysis of Subsidy and Productivity of CSS for Selected Crops). In collaboration with Dr. N.J. Kurien. Report prepared for the World Bank, New Delhi, March 1996.
• ‘Sectoral and Spatial Differences in the Level and Structure of Household Income in India – The Role of Demographic and Technological Factors’, Paper presented at the VIIIth World Economic Congress of the International Economics Association, New Delhi, December 1-5, 1986.
• ‘Income and Wealth Inequality – A Source Wise Decomposition Analysis’ (with G. Chakravarty), Paper presented at the Twentieth Indian Econometric Conference held at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, December 1980.
• ‘Mechanization, Capital – Labour Substitution and Share of Labour in Indian Agriculture’, paper presented at the Seminar on Agrarian Relations in India, Organised by the School of Social Sciences, JNU, April 14-15, 1980.
• 'Output Effect and Employment Effect of Tractorisation: A Case Study'. Paper presented at the 12th Indian Econometric Conference at IIT, Kanpur, December 1972. 

Social Sector (education, health, poverty, gender, etc.)

•  ‘The Demand for Public and Private Health Services in India’(with Anil B. Deolalikar), Paper presented at the South & East Asia chapter of the World Econometric Society, December 1992.
• ‘The Demand for Public and Private Health Services in India’(with Anil B. Deolalikar), Paper presented at the South & East Asia chapter of the World Econometric Society, December 1992.
• ‘Financial Sustainability of Nutrition Programmes in India with Special Reference of ICDS’(Mimeo), 1997.

Reports/Monographs Completed at National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER):

• ‘Mobilization of Household Saving for Housing’ (for the National Housing Bank), September 1992.
• ‘Industrial Employment’ (for Ministry of Industry, Government of India), September 1991.
• ‘Survey of Household Financial Assets’, NCAER, (Mimeo), December 1987.
• ‘Household Income and Its Disposition–A Micro Level Study’. Report prepared for Planning Commission Government of India, New Delhi, Feb. 1985.
• ‘Rural Economic and Demographic Survey’ – (for USAID, New Delhi)
  - Saving and Investment Behaviour of Rural Households in India – A Longitudinal Study, 1970-71 to 1981-82, Mimeo, NCAER, September 22, 1986.
  - Changes in the Structure of Household Income and Distribution of Gains in the Rural Household Sector – An all India Temporal Analysis, 1970-71 to 1981-82, Mimeo, NCAER, June 1987.
• ‘Income, Saving and Investment in the Rural Sector – A Case Study of Western U.P., Haryana and Punjab’, February 1983. Report submitted to the Grindlays Bank, New Delhi.
• ‘Study of Asset Preferences’ – Report submitted to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, 1982.

Social Sector (education, health, poverty, gender, etc.)

• Financing of Primary Health Care, 1994 (for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Bank).
• ‘Shifting Cultivation – A Case Study of Abujhmarh, Bastar, Madhya Pradesh (for Planning Commission, Government of India), October 1994. (A Study on Tribal Economy).
• ‘Efficiency and Funding of Social Safety Net Programmes’ (Ministry of Finance) 1993.
• ‘Regional Variations in Urban Poverty’ (for Planning Commission, Government of India) July 1991.

• Journal of Political Economy; Sankhya; Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economic and Political Weekly; Journal of Income and Wealth, Social Action.
• Articles in Books Published by Oxford University Press; Columbia University Press; Kiel Institute of World Economy, Germany; National Academy Press (USA); Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; Sage; Vikash Publishing House; [One of the articles appeared in Modern Classics in the Economics of Education (ed. by Clive Belfield), Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., U.K.].
• Report on Buffer Stock of Food grains formed the basis of Buffer Stock Policy for the Tenth Five Year Plan.

Commonalities and Complementarities in Asia and Pacific Region, Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, 1990.

• Evaluation of Food Stamp Program – Targeted Public Distribution System in Bihar (Mimeo.) – Institute for Human Development, Delhi, August 2008. (sponsored by World Bank).
• ‘Conflict and Inequality in Surface Irrigation: A Socio-Ecological Perspective’ in Managing water in the Face of Growing Scarcity, Inequality and Declining Returns: Exploring Fresh Approaches, IWMI- Tata Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, 2008 (with Dalbir Singh).
• Unequal Access to Water and Options for Conflict Resolution: An Exploratory Study, sponsored by India Water Partnership (Mimeo). 2007 (with Dalbir Singh).

Teaching

• Assistant Lecturer, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, Delhi.
• Lecturer, Hindu College, University of Delhi (was on leave for the period 1971-73 and 1976-77) - 1965 – 76.
• Doctoral Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, U.S.A.(1976 – 77).
• Visiting Assistant Professor - Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 1978.
• Visiting Associate Professor - Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 1983.

• Visiting Professor, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi (Dec.2008-till date).
• Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership (associated with Regional & Global Water Partnership) since 15 Dec 2006.
• Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, ( Feb 2006 - Nov 2008)
• Director - Agricultural Economics Research Centre, University of Delhi, (April 1995 – Jan. 2006).
• Visiting Fellow/Collaborator ASIA Office, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Director, Associate Director, Senior Economist - National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi.

• Visiting Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, U.K.
• Visiting Scholar, Centre for Asian Development Studies, Boston Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Visiting Scientist, the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics and Centre for Advanced Study of India (CASI), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

• Consultant/Collaborator, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), South Asia Office, New Delhi (Jan.- December, 2005),
• Director, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi (1978-95)..
• Visiting Fellow - (1994 & 1996, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

World Bank, UNDP, ILO, IFPRI.

• Member of Buffer Stocking Policy for the Tenth Five Year Plan, Fifth Technical Group, 2002-03.
• Member of Research Programme Committee (RPC), National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), April 2000 – till date.
• Member of Committee to Review the Progress of Work of Agro-climatic Regional Planning (ACRP)/ARPU, Planning Commission, Government of India, 1999-2000.
• Member of Evaluation Advisory Committee, Programme Evaluation Organization (PEO), Planning Commission (1998-2001).
• Member of Evaluation Advisory Committee, Project Directorate for Cropping System Research (ADCSR),
• Member of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Modipuram – (April 24, 1998 – 2001).
• Member of Quinquennial Review Team (QRT), National Seed Project, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1995-96).
• Member of Task Force on Terms of Trade, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, 1995-96.
• Member of Monitoring & Evaluation Committee of National Agricultural Innovation Project, ICAR.