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Areas of
Specialization
Human
Development; Critical Political Economy; Critical approaches to
comparative social science; Knowledges & Epistemologies of
Development; Corporate capitalism and Development; South Asia
Projects
Directed
·
An inventory on
gender and human development teaching material (supported by IDRC, Canada)
· Universitas
Network: International University Partnerships for Local Human
Development and Poverty reduction,
supported by United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
·
Fighting
Urban Poverty, supported by United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for
Project Services (UNOPS),
Central America
·
Universitas:
Education and Training for Decent Work, Human Development and
International Co-operation, supported by International
Labour Organization (ILO),
Geneva
(completed).
Publications
Books
Perspectives
on India’s Corporate Economy: Exploring The Paradox of Profits,
Macmillan, UK 2001
(edited)
Corporate
Capitalism in Contemporary South Asia,
Macmillan-Palgrave UK (2003).
Human
Development and Social Power: Perspectives from South Asia (in
progress)
Articles
"Cultural
Liberty in Today's Diverse World: A Critique", Indian
Journal of Secularism, Volume
9 No.3 Jan - March, 2006.
“Conceptualizing Corporate
Capitalism: Conventional Wisdoms and South Asian Realities”
in Mukherjee (ed.) Corporate Capitalism in Contemporary South Asia,
Macmillan-Palgrave UK (2003).
"Three Historical Models of
Corporate Governance and their Impact on "Development", in Darryl
Reed et al (ed.) Corporate Governance, Economic Reforms and
Development (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003)
"On Governance and Development: Examining the Problematic Role
of Corporate Profit Strategies" in Darryl Reed et al (ed.) Corporate
Governance, Economic Reforms and Development (New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 2003)
"Economic Reforms & Corporate Governance in India: A
political economy perspective", Journal of Business Ethics,
May 2002.
"Corporate Capitalism in Contemporary South Asia: Realities and
Interpretations", (with A.Kundu) in Contemporary South Asia
(Volume 9:2)
"Gender Justice versus Religious Freedom in India: What
Constitutions Can and Cannot Do", Atlantis, Spring 2001.
"SAARC: From Statism to Economism", Revue d’Études
Internationales, Vol. XXIX, No. 1., March 1998, pp.71-84.
"Regionalism in South Asia: Theory & Praxis", Pacific
Affairs, Summer 1997, Vol.70, no 2, pp.235-251.
Encyclopedia
entries
on “human development” and “corporate governance” for International Encyclopedia of
Public Policy: Governance in a Global Age (Routledge: London and
New York, forthcoming).
Commissioned
Papers/Reports
Human Security, Human Development &
Regional Collaboration: Towards A New Partnership between Canada and
South Asia, report commissioned by
the South Asian Regional Program, Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA), December 2001 (co-authored).
Knowledge
and the Rethinking of Development: Implications of Human Development,
paper commissioned for a project on human development
sponsored by the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS),
Rome
,
Italy
.
Commentaries &
Opinion Pieces
·
Third
World Chicanery and First World Quiescence
, November 26, 2004, CommonDreams.org
·
Let
That Be Our Protest
, August 27, 2004, CommonDreams.org
The Iraq Resolution: A Sham?, June 9, 2004, CBC
Commentary
In a Neo-Classical Bind,
The Telegraph, September 22, 1997
Misplaced
Faith: Corporate profits do not mean India's gain
Welt of A Nation,The
Telegraph,
September 2, 1997
The Apolitical Economy of Hunger,
The Telegraph, October 2, 1996
A Reformist’s Utopia: The Contradictions of
Neo-Liberalism in India, The Telegraph, November 10, 1996
Recent Presentations
Panelist,
Public Forum on Canada’s International Policy Review, May 12
2005, Toronto.
Speaker,
Memorial Service for the victims of Tsunami, January 7, 2005,
York University
Democracy, Development and Human Security
in the Aftermath of September 11: A Gender Perspective,
presented at the UNIFEM/VADO-WAVE conference on Rethinking Gender,
Democracy and Development, Ferrara and Modena, Italy, May 20-22, 2002
Knowledge, Work and Human Development, for the Fourth Annual
Conference of Heterodox Economists, Dublin, July 2002
The Sceptre of Sen: Human Development or Neo-Liberalism with a
human face?, for the Annual Conference of the International
Development Ethics Association, Honduras, June 2002.
Research
Support
2006
Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Grassroots Networks and Women's struggle against
poverty: A study of the
Women's Development Network in Costa Rica
(Principal Investigator)
2005
Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC), A
Community-University Research Alliance for Southern Ontario
's Social Economy, (Co-Investigator)
2005 IDRC,
Canada, An inventory on
gender and human development teaching material, Phase II
(Principal
Investigator)
2004 IDRC,
Canada, An inventory on
gender and human development teaching material, Phase I (Principal
Investigator)
2003
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Central
America,
Fighting Urban Poverty (Principal
Investigator)
1999 Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Corporate Governance, Economic Reform
and Development: The Case of India
1998 Faculty Fellowship, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute ("Soft"
Budget Constraints in India: An Empirical Analysis)
From
York University
2006
Faculty of Arts Fellowship, The Business of Development:
Problematizing the Notions of Justice and Agency
2001
Social Science and
Humanities Research Council Small Grant, Human Development: Some Conceptual and Empirical Issues
2000 York University Faculty of Arts Research Grant, Human Development in
South Asia
Other Awards:
2002
Internationalization Initiatives
Competition, Office of the Vice-President Academic, York University to
develop A Specialized Training Module in International Development
2002
York University Release-Time Fellowship for
a pedagogical project
Development Education Without Borders: A
Proposal to Develop a Graduate Curriculum
in Human Development
1999
York University Senate Committee on
Teaching and Learning award for developing a teaching module Economics
as We Live It: A Pedagogical Approach for Making the Study of
Economics Relevant for Marginalised Groups
Other
Contributions
Member, Executive Committee,
International Development Studies Program, York University
Chair, South Asian Studies Collective, York University,
1998-2000
Member, Board of Directors, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute,
1998-2000
Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, Contemporary
South Asia
Member, Canadian Political Science Association
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