• (Co-Project Director) Household Survey on Food Safety and Quality Control of Drugs in Western India, sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and the World Bank: 2005-06.
• (Co-Project Director) ‘Livelihoods, Employment and Sustainable Development: An Initiative towards Improving Skills and Employability of People', sponsored by the Confederation of Indian Industries, Western Region, 2005-06.
• (Co-Project Director) ‘District Planning for Human Development', sponsored by UNDP-Planning Commission, Government of India and Government of Maharashtra, 2004-05.
• ‘Evaluation of User Fees in First Referral Hospitals in Maharashtra ', sponsored by Maharashtra Health Services Department Project, Government of Maharashtra, 2005.
• (Research Project Coordinator) ‘Valuation of Life and Injury Risks', sponsored by World Bank Funded, 2003-04.

Recent/Significant Publications

• (Co-author) Towards District Planning for Human Development in Maharashtra, HDRC-UNDP India, January 2006.
• Is the National Rural Health Mission, 2005-12 the Prescription for Rural Healthcare Maladies, Express Health Care Management, 6 (8), 2 and 14, 2005.
• (Co-Author) Social Impact of Globalisation. Background Paper for the South Asia Human Development Report 2001, Islamabad : Human Development Centre, Oxford University Press, Islamabad, 2001.
• Child Labour and Education, One India One People, April, 44-46, 2001.
• (Co-Author) Public Provision of Social Security: The Challenge in South Asia, South Asia Economic Journal, 2(1), 31-66, 2001.
• Changing Economic Structure and Labour Institutions in India, Research Notes and Communications: 41st Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics: A Rapporteur's Report, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 43(1), 153-155, 1999.
• (Co-Author) Financing Social Security in India : A Human Development Perspective, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 42 (3), 519-533, 1999.

Additional Relevant Information

Consultant

• Institute for Participatory Practices (PRAXIS-ADB) Estimating District-level Poverty Estimates for 3 Indian States: Assam, Chhattisgarh and Sikkim, 2004.
• HDRC-UNDP ( India ) for various Human Development related issues since 2003.

Papers Presented

• ‘Exploring Determinants of Employment Security Among Casual Workers in India: Voices of Casual Workers in Mumbai', International Conference on Employment and Income Security in India, organised by the Institute for Human Development, International Labour Organisation, Centre for Development Alternatives and Gujarat Institute of Development Research, New Delhi, April 6-8, 2005.
• (Co-Paper Presenter) ‘Gendered Poverty, Destitution and Social Security: Evidence from Urban Households in India, The 2004 Conference on Feminist Economics, International Association for Feminist Economics, Oxford, August 2004.
• ‘Social Security In India: Some Issues and Options', Conference on Critical Reflections on State Human Development Reports, organized by the Planning Commission (Government of India) and United Nations Development Programme, Goa, December 2003.
• Old Age Protection in Urban Agglomeration of a Developing Economy: An Inter-generational Analysis', 4th International Research Conference on Social Security, Antwerp, May 5-7, 2003.