Development and Sustainability

Sarmila Banerjee is currently the Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor of Eco-systems and Sustainable Development at the University of Calcutta. She has served in the Faculty of Economics at the same institution for more than three decades. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA and carried out her post-doctoral research on Environmental Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Her teaching interest focuses on Econometrics and Environmental Economics; her research interest is primarily in Quantitative Aspects of Sustainable Development. She is the coordinator of the UGC-SAP program in her Department and Convener of the University of Calcutta’s Ph.D. Program in Economics. She is connected with different academic institutions and research networks in India and abroad through her active involvement in capacity building and curriculum development.   Anjan Chakrabarti received his PhD in Economics from the University of California, Riverside and is currently a Professor of Economics at the University of Calcutta. He is the Chairperson of the Undergraduate Board of Studies in Economics and a Committee Member of the University of Calcutta’s Ph. D. Program in Economics. His teaching interest is in Political Economics, History of Economic Ideas and Macroeconomics, while his research interest revolves around Political Economy, Development Economics, Indian Economics and Political Philosophy. He has published five books and over thirty academic articles to date. His published books include ‘Transition and Development in India’ and ‘Dislocation and Resettlement in Development: From Third World to World of the Third,’ both from Routledge, and ‘World of the Third and Global Capitalism” from Worldview Press. He is the recipient of Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao Prize in Social Science Research in Economics for the year 2008.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Rethinking and Theorizing the Indian State In the context of New Economic Map.- Chapter 3: Global Financial Crisis: What Did We Know, What Have We Learnt?.- Chapter 4: Volatility, Long Memory and Chaos: A Discussion on some “Stylized Facts” in Financial Markets with a focus on High Frequency Data.- Chapter 5: Globalization and Labour Markets.- Chapter 6: Production Performance of Indian Agriculture In the Era of Economic Reforms.- Chapter 7: Under the Shadow: Pricing and Marketing in Indian Agriculture in Globalisation.- Chapter 8: Promoting Entrepreneurship among Women in Agriculture.- Chapter 9: Construction & Engineering Industry of India in PPP Regime With a Special Focus on Airport Development.- Chapter 10: Performance Evaluation Techniques: An Application to Indian Garments Industry.- Chapter 11: Telecommunications Industry in the Era of Globalization with Special Reference to India.- Chapter 12: Market Structure of Crude Steel Industry and India’s Position in the Era of Globalization.- Chapter 13: Nabadiganta - A new horizon? Patriarchy, Globalization and women’s agency in the IT sector.- Chapter 14: Dualism in the Informal Economy: Exploring the Indian informal manufacturing sector.- Chapter 15: Indian Gems and Jewellery Industry: An Enquiry into the Nature of Competitive Advantage.- Chapter 16: On Assessment of Women Empowerment at Individual Level: An Analytical Exposition.- Chapter 17: Sustainable Poverty Reduction: Credit for the Poor.- Chapter 18: Employment Guarantee and Natural Vulnerability: A Study of MGNREGA in Indian Sundarbans.- Chapter 19: Inequality, Public Service Provision and Exclusion of the Poor.- Chapter 20: Stakeholder Attitudes and Conservation of Natural Resources: Exploring Alternative Approaches.- Chapter 21: Indoor Air Pollution and Incidence of Morbidity: A Study on Urban West Bengal.- Chapter 22: Efficient Pollution Management through CETP: The Case of Calcutta Leather Complex.- Chapter 23: Embracing the Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges facing Indian Higher Education.- Chapter 24: HIV Epidemic: Global Response and India’s Policy.- Chapter 25: The Political Economy of Mental Health in India.     ​