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Experts, Distinguished Fellows & Advisors

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Panel of Experts

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Dr. Basavaraj S Benni
Professor, Dept. of Economics Bangalore University, Bangalore

His experience in the field of Development economics, Labour and Employment, Research Methods, Human Resource Management and capacity building will be helpful to guide us in our Projects and capacity building programmes.
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Dr. D Rajashekar
Director, Institute for Social & Economic Change, Bengaluru

His rich experience in the field of rural development and Panchayat Raj – both in theory and practice – will be helpful to guide us in our Projects.
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Dr. Satyajeet Nanda
Associate Professor- Research and HRM CMS Business School Jain (Deemed-to- be) University, Bangalore

His rich experience in the field of Research methodology, Project implementation, Human Resource management, Capacity Development, project proposals and resource mobilization will be helpful in our Projects.
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Dr. Pranjala Tiwari
Associate Professor – SJCIT, Chickaballapur

Her experience in the field of Research methodology, Project implementation, Project proposals will be helpful in our Projects.
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Dr. Tara M S
Adjunct professor at the IIHMR, Bengaluru

Her strengths in Teaching, Training & Research activities in the twin field of women and Child-development along with skills including policy research, advocacy, capacity building, program implementation strategies & designing interventions will be helpful to guide us in our Projects and capacity-building programmes.
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DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS & ADVISORS

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Prof. Supriya Chowdhury
Fellow

Prof. Supriya Chowdhury is a Visiting Professor in National Institute of Advanced Studies. She specialises in labour and globalisation, migration and governance, urban poverty and slums. She did her PhD from Princeton University in 1992. Prof. Chowdhury wrote the book City of Shadows: Slums and Informal Work in Bangalore. She has previously worked as a Professor in Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru and Deputy Editor in The Hindu.
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Dr. Lalith Achoth
Fellow

Dr. Lalith Achoth has a span of experience in academics and research and consultancy. He served as a Consultant at leading management schools, Government agencies and Premier Research Institutes across the country, besides served as Agricultural Economist in several projects. His areas of expertise include Marketing, Quantitative Techniques, Marketing Research & Business’ Statistics.
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Dr. Sreekantaiah Pruthvish
Fellow

Dr. Sreekantaiah Pruthvish has more than 37 years of professional experience; distinguishing himself as teacher, researcher, public health specialist and administrator of high repute. Currently, Dr Pruthvish serves as Director-Academics and Training, Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore.
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Dr. Anitha Kurup
Fellow

Dr. Anitha Kurup is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Head of the Education Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her recent publications Trained Scientific Women Power: How much are we Losing and Why? and Trends Report: Creation and Analysis of Database of PhDs in India (1998-2007) have been widely appreciated.
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Dr. Priyanca Mathur
Fellow

Dr. Priyanca Mathur is currently Associate Professor at the Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education (CERSSE) Jain University in Bangalore. She is an international trainer with the Forum of Federations (FoF), Canada and has devised modules for FoF on Gender and Decentralisation and conducted Gender and Federalism workshops, as well as ‘Training of Trainers’ (ToT) Workshops on Gender for parliamentarians and civil society actors in Myanmar and Thailand.
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Prof. Narendar Pani
Advisor

Prof. Narendar Pani is an economist by training who has a multidisciplinary approach on issues related to the Indian political economy. He has over the last four decades held positions in academia and the media. His books include, ‘Inclusive economics: Gandhian method and contemporary policy’ (Sage, 2002); ‘Redefining Conservatism: An essay on the bias of India’s economic reform’ (Sage, 1994); and ‘Reforms to pre-empt change: Land legislation in Karnataka’ (Concept, 1983). He is also one of the editors of ‘Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru: Imaginations and their times’ (Sage, 2010). Apart from this he was a member of several official committees.
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G. Gurucharan (Retd. IAS)
Advisor

The beginnings of his illustrious career are rooted in the Civil Service - he served in the IAS - with a focus on public finance and its sustainability over the medium-long term. He worked with the Government of India for the greater part of his professional life. His work for the GoI centred on the oil and gas sector and later on international migration, a realm that he is incredibly passionate about. His book ‘Migration Matters - Mobility in a Globalizing World’, is widely recognised as a fundamental text for researchers on migration, and is the culmination of his years of migration research.
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Sunderrajan Shankar Iyer
Advisor

His interest areas include financial management of non-profits, and incentivisation of human resources through non-financial aspects.
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