Indias Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century

About

Pallavi Choudhuri is Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). Her primary research interests are in the area of poverty and inequality informality social protection and gender. Her recent work has focused on measurement gaps in the income and consumption data womens paid and unpaid work and social protection. Prior to joining NCAER Choudhuri taught courses in Economics at the Grand Valley State University as Visiting Assistant Professor. She has a PhD degree in Economics from the University of Wyoming.Sonalde Desai is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Marylands Department of Sociology and Professor at the National Council of Applied Economic Research. Her work deals primarily with social inequalities in developing countries. She studies inequalities in education employment and maternal and child health outcomes. While much of her research focuses on South Asia she has also engaged in comparative studies across Asia Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. She has published articles in a wide range of sociological and demographic journals. She is the principal investigator for the India Human Development Survey (IHDS).Amaresh Dubey is Professor of Economics at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. Before moving to JNU he taught Economics at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong and worked at the Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) New Delhi. His publications include 6 co-authored and co-edited books 50 articles and papers in international and national refereed journals and 40 articles in edited volumes. In addition he has 36 research project reports and commissioned policy papers for the Government of India World Bank DFID UNDP Asian Development Bank etc.