Faculty Bio

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

• ICSSR Senior Fellowship, Indian Council of Social science Research (2013-13)
• Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Economics, 1979-80
• ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) National Doctoral Fellowship, New Delhi (1973-1976)
• WAGLE Gold Medal and BHU Gold Medal for standing FIRST at M. A. Economics Examination of Banaras Hindu University, 1964
• BHU Prize for standing FIRST in Economics at B. A. (Hons) Final Year Examination of Banaras Hindu University, 1962

OCCASIONAL/ WORKING PAPERS

• A Game-theoretic Model of Intergenerational Filial Piety and Care: What drives parental cohabitation among rural households in India? By Partha Gangopadhyay and Shyam Nath (Working Paper Center for Economic Fragility and Development Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham School of Business, Kerala, India) Forthcoming
• Is ethnic diversity a human resource curse? Yeti Nisha Madhoo and Shyam Nath (Working Paper Center for Economic Fragility and Development Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham School of Business, Kerala, India) Forthcoming
• Beneficiary charges: The Cinderella of Sub-national Finance (coauthored), Working Paper 13-17, International center for Public Policy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA, May 2013 Available at
• Sustainable energy from renewable biological resources: The case of sugarcane bagasse, IHDP Science Policy Dialogue 2008, United Nations University, Bonn (Germany)
• Modeling political economy of social security in Mauritius: A game theoretic approach (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/3, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
• Foreign ownership and labor productivity in Sub Saharan Africa (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/1, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
• A counterfactual analysis of fiscal decentralization in small countries: The case of Mauritius (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2005/02, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius (published in Journal of Public Finance and Management as indicated above)
• Aid motivation and donor behaviour (co-authored), DES Working Paper 2006/1, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius (published in American Review of Political Economy as indicated above)
• ​​​​On explaining Mauritian economic miracle, Coauthored Paper presented at the AERC Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, Nairobi, November 27-29, 2003
• A model of local fiscal choice (co-authored), Working Paper No. 3/89, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, May 1989 and Occasional Paper No 135, May 1990, International series of the Maxwell School, Metropolitan Studies Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse (New York, USA) (published in Public Finance/Finances Publiques as indicated above)
• Optimal mix of urban public services: A game theoretic approach (co-authored), Working Papers in Economics, No. 140, May 1990, The University of Sydney, Australia and Working Paper No. 5/89, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, July 1989
• Public expenditure decentralization in developing countries (Co-authored) Working Paper No. 21 National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, September, 1986 (published in Government and Policy as indicated above)
• Impact of standard rent on property tax base in India: An empirical analysis, Working Paper No. 11, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, October, 1982 and Occasional Paper, No. 75, The Maxwell School (published in Economic and Political Weekly as indicated above)
• Property tax revenue growth in Indian cities (co-authored), Occasional Paper No. 65, The Maxwell School, December 1982 and Working Paper No. 10, National Institute of Public and Policy, New Delhi, December 1982, (published in Nagarlok: Urban Affairs Quarterly as indicated above)
• Local fiscal response to expenditure reassignment and fiscal decentralization in India, Working Paper No. 1/93, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, January 1993

AUTHOR OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONSULTANCY REPORTS

• Social Policy Challenges in Small States (with Yeti Nisha Madhoo), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, 2011
• Explaining African Economic Growth Performance in Africa: Mauritius (27 Countries Project), The Case of Mauritius, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Africa), Funded by Multiple International Donor Countries and Agencies, 2003-2006.
• Author of Economic Report on Africa, 2003: Mauritius, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, 2002
• Financing Local Governance in Mauritius, Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius and University of Mauritius Research Project, 2003
• Author of Common Country Assessment (CCA): Mauritius, UNDP (August- September- November, 1999)
• Author of Policy of Fiscal Decentralisation and Draft Policy Statement for the Royal Government of Cambodia (with Paddy Roome), United National Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), February – March, 1999
• Co-author of Local Government Financing and Fiscal Decentralisation in Malawi (with Larry Schroeder) UNCDF/WORLD BANK, May – July, 1998
• Author of Employment Structure Change in African Economies: Policy and Options with Special Reference to Mauritius, WIDER/UNU (United Nations University), Helsinki (Finland), 1995.
• Author of Donor Funds and Budgetary Practices in India, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), New Delhi, 1986
• Co-author of the Working Group Report on the Economy: National Long Term Perspective Study 2020, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Government of Mauritius, Port-Louis, 1997
• Principal Author of the Report on Management of Urban Local Finances in Non-Octroi States, A Study for the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1989-90
• Principal Author of the Report on Principles and Practices of Entry Tax, submitted to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, 1989-90
• Co-author of the Report on Finance and Management Capabilities of Urban Local Bodies, submitted to the Planning Commission, Government of India, 1988-90
• Co-author of the Report on Property Tax System in Delhi (with Raja J. Chelliah, submitted to Delhi Administration, Government of India, 1984
• Co-author of the Report on the Tax Reform in West Bengal (with AmareshBagchi), submitted to the Government of West Bengal, Municipal Finance Commission, 1980-81
• Co-author of the Report on the Tax System in the State of Assam (with Raja J Chelliah), submitted to the Government of Assam (India), 1977-78
• Co-author of the background paper entitled Elasticity and Buoyancy of State Indirect Taxes (with Raja J Chelliah) for the Indirect Taxation Enquiry Committee, Government of India, 1976-77

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS

• Taylor & Francis Group Journals’ Editorial Roundtable 2014, The Author-Impact, Engagement and Social Media, Claridges Hotel, November 10, New Delhi (Presentation of an international journal proposal)
• International Conference on Applied Economics, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 27-29 2013, Chaired a Session on Microeconomics (5.30-7.30 pm)
• The 18th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), University of Hull, UK, June 24-26, 2012, participation
• The 17th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), Earth Institute, Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development and Asian Development Bank Institute, New York, USA, May8-10 2011, participation
• The Asia Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, Berkeley, California, February 18-20, 2011, Participation
• Country Role Model of Economic Development Conference, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki (Finland), June 13-14 2008
• Climate Change and Economic Development Workshop, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), April 22-24, 2008
• Subject Specialist Workshop in Health Economics for Collaborative MA Program for Anglophone Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), June 28-30, 2007
• World Meteorological Organization’s Annual Meeting, Finnish Meteorological Office, Helsinki
  (Finland), July 6-10, 2006
• Special Senior Policy Seminar on Explaining African economic Growth Performance, held in Kigali (Rwanda), October 25-26, 2006.
• Workshop on Explaining African Economic Growth Performance, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), May 23-25, 2002
• Workshop on the National Human Dimensions Program,Organized by the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP, Bonn, Germany) on Global Environmental Change, Mauritius, March 25-27, 2002.
• Research Committee Meeting on Regional and Urban Development on the theme Social Inequalities, Re-distributive Justice and the City, Amsterdam Study Centre for Metropolitan Environment, University of Amsterdam, June 17, 2001
• Subject Specialist Workshop for Collaborative MA Program in Managerial Economics for Anglophone Africa, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), June 28-30, 2000
• Training Workshop in Capacity Building and Networking in the Area of Biogeochemical Budgeting and Socioeconomic Modeling including Human Dimension Aspects in Coastal Systems of South Asia, 18-22 September Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka, 2000
• Inter-Ministerial Conference and Workshop on Decentralized Commune Governance and Fiscal Decentralization, organized by United Nations Capital Development Fund, Phnom Penh (Cambodia), February 17-19, 1999 (Facilitator on Fiscal Decentralization)
• Workshop in Advanced Econometrics, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya), September 30 – October 11, 1996
• Ninth International Symposium on the Property Tax, held in Spain (Barcelona and Seville), November 22 – December 2, 1988
• Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Montreal (Canada), May 1-8, 1980 (Discussant)

SHORT INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC VISITS, ATTACHMENTS AND INVITED TALKS

• University of Western Sydney, Macarthur (Australia), Department of Economics and Finance, July 1999, Research
• University of Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Economics, June 1993, Research
• Erasmus University Local Finance Centre and Municipality of Rotterdam (Netherlands), August 1990, Lecture
• Institute of Housing, Rotterdam (Netherlands), September 1990, Lecture

• Research Methodology Workshop for Social and Management Sciences, University of Mauritius, Sponsored by University Senior Management, University of Mauritius, July 24 -August 2, 2000
• Inter-Ministerial Workshop on Decentralized Commune Governance and Fiscal Decentralization, Organized by United Nations Capital Development Fund, Phnom Penh (Cambodia), February 17-19, 1999 (Facilitator and Resource Person on Fiscal Decentralization)
• Advanced Management Programs for Senior and Middle Level Executives in the Public and Private Sectors held at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius in 1993 and 1994 (Resource Person and Member of the Directorate)
• Resource Person, Supply Management Course, Ministry of Finance, Government of Mauritius,1993 and 1994
• Training Courses on Urban Finance, (1984-85), Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development
• National Workshop on Urban Finance (May 6-8, 1985), Government of India, Ministry of Urban Development
• Training Programs on the Techniques of Budgetary Projections (1978-79), Government of India
• Advanced Training Programs in Sale Tax Administration (1970-88), Government of India, Ministry of Finance
• Workshop on Computerization of Sales Tax Data (1978), at the request of State Governments in India

MEMBERSHIP OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES

• Member of the Committee on Professional and Institutional Development, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-99
• Member of the Academic Committee, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya, 1995-98
• Member of the Special Group to make recommendations about the ways and means to operate sewage treatment plants and stations on a commercial basis under River Ganges Action Plan, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, New Delhi (1986-87)
• Member of the Expert Committee on Used Oil, Ministry of Environment and Quality of Life, Government of Mauritius, Port Louis (1990-91).
• Member of the Working Group on the Mauritian Economy 2020 Scenario Building, Government of Mauritius, Port Louis (1992-93)

JOURNAL REFEREE

World Development, Journal of Developing Areas, International Journal of Economic Research, Economic and Political Weekly, Mauritius Research Journal, African-Asian Journal of Economics and Econometrics, International Journal of Development and Conflict.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

• Principal Editor (with John Roberts, Indian Ocean Commission, Mauritius and Yeti NishaMadhoo, University of Mauritius), Saving Small and Island States, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2007 to 2010
• Member of Editorial Board for the Committee on Research, Consultancy and Innovation, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2004-08
• Editor, Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, 2001-2008
• Member, Mauritius Research Council, Mauritius, Pool of Resources for screening project reports and PhD dissertations for publication grant, 1998-2004
• Resource Person, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

World Econometric Society, European Society for Population Economics, International Sociological Association Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development, North American Regional Science Association, International Institute of Public Finance

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

• Dean of Faculty, Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius (part time and full time 2001-2002)
• Member, Academic Promotion Appeals Committee, University of Mauritius, 1998-2005
• Chairperson Departmental Research Committee, Department of Economics, University of Mauritius, 2002-05
• Convener, Technical Committee, Department of Economics, University of Mauritius, 2000-02
• Academic Expert on Staff Selection Committees at the University of Mauritius during 1991-99
• Member, Advisory Committees on Curriculum Development, University of Mauritius, 1996-99
• Member, Academic Promotion Appeals Committee, University of Mauritius, 1999-2000
• Program Coordinator, Master in Public Policy and Administration, University of Mauritius, 2005-08
• Member of Faculty Board, Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, 1990-99
• Member of University Senate, University of Mauritius, 1990-95
• Member, Faculty Committee, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 1986/87
• Chairperson, Staff Council, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, 1987-88