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RBI Programme on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Economic Issues

Programme Head: Narendar Pani

The programme on interdisciplinary economics is supported by the Reserve Bank of India. While much of interdisciplinary economics, as a field, concentrates on using economic concepts to understand other social science disciplines, the focus of this programme is on using concepts from other social sciences to provide a more inclusive view of economic issues.

By bringing into economic analysis elements of a situation that would normally be seen to be in the domain of other social sciences, the programme hopes to capture the critical role that social, political, technological and environmental issues play in the working of the economy. The programme includes an effort to use ethnography and other methods from social anthropology to provide a richer analysis of farmers' suicides.

A project has also been undertaken on the garment industry in Bangalore which uses not just economic analysis but also concepts from urban sociology to provide greater, and more inclusive, insights into the process of globalisation.

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Kshitija Joshi
Assistant Professor

Narendar Pani
Professor and Dean

S.S. Meenakshis...
Visiting Professor

P, S. et al., 2019. Ignored in Life, Forgotten in Death: The Nature of Agricultural Labour Suicides (NIAS Working Paper 11 - 2019).
Pani, N. & Behera, A., 2018. On the ‘why’ of Indian politics. In Reasoning Indian Politics: Philosopher Politicians to Politicians Seeking Philosophy. Reasoning Indian Politics: Philosopher Politicians to Politicians Seeking Philosophy. London: Routledge, pp. 1-22. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Reasoning-Indian-Politics-Philosopher-Politicians-to-Politicians-Seeking/Pani-Behera/p/book/9781138201835#authorbio.
Iyer, S., 2017. Circular Migration and Localized Urbanization in Rural India. Environment and Urbanisation ASIA, 8(1), pp.105-119.
NIAS, , 2017. NIAS Wednesday Discussion Report: "Health Inequalities: The Indian Context", NIAS.
Ajay, A., 2017. Stepping into another Woman's Shoes: Substitute Women in Families of Female Emigrant Workers. , WP7-2017.
Bajar, S., 2017. Locational Mismatch between the Demand for Jobs and the Demand for Skills in India. , WP6-2017. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/1261/.
Pani, N., 2016. Historical insights into modern corruption: Descriptive moralities and cooperative corruption in an Indian city. Griffith Law Review, 25, pp.1-17. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2016.1165644.
Pani, N., 2016. The permanence of temporary workers. The Hindu Business Line. Available at: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/the-permanence-of-temporary-workers/article8757406.ece.
Pani, N., 2016. What the garment workers are saying. Available at: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/what-the-garment-workers-are-saying/article8637995.ece.
Ramamurthy, V.S. & Pani, N., 2013. Energizing Sustainable Development. In G. Madhavan et al. Practicing sustainability. Practicing sustainability. New York: Springer Science, pp. 151–154. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/367/.
Pani, N., 2013. Reform strategy may require a review. The Hindu Survey of Indian Industry, pp.11–13. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/582/.
Pani, N., 2013. Cash subsidies for food and the fallacy of composition. Yojana, 57, pp.20–22. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/351/.
Jafar, K., 2013. The impact of education-led growth on human development: A case study of Malappuram district, Kerala. National Institute of Advanced Studies. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/611/.
Pani, N. & Singh, N., 2012. Women at the threshold of globalisation, New Delhi: Routledge. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/309/.
Pani, N., 2012. Wages of Poverty. In Business Standard India 2012. Business Standard India 2012. New Delhi: BS Books. Available at: http://eprints.nias.res.in/314/.