Dr. Kedar Vishnu Shankarrao

Assistant Professor of Economics

Email id: vishnu.kedar@nmims.edu

Academic and Professional Qualifications:

Ph.D. (Economics) from Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, India.

MA (Economics), Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.

BA (Economics), Jaikranti College, Latur (SRTM, University, Nanded), India.

Honors and Awards:

Travel Grants for Early Career Professionals and Graduate Students from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Washington, D.C. July 2023.
International Travel grant from NMIMS, Mumbai to present research paper at the Annual Meeting of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Washington, D.C. July 2023.
International Grant from the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), USA in August 2021.
International Grant from the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), USA in November 2019.
International Grants from ICSSR to visit China in November 2019.
International Travel Grants for Early Career Professionals and Graduate Students from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), USA in July 2019.
International Grant from the Higher School of Economics (HSC), Moscow, Russia, in June 2019.
Ronald Coase fellowship from Ronald Coase Institute, USA, in December 2018.
Best faculty award at Christ (Deemed to be University) Lavasa, Pune campus.

Membership in Professional Groups:

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, USA
International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), USA
Ronald Coase Institute, USA.
The Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE), USA.

Reviewer:

Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, Emerald Group Publishing (ABDC-C)
Journal of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Group (ABDC-A)
Studies in Microeconomics, Sage Publication (Scopus Indexed Journal)
Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer Publication (Scopus Indexed Journal)
ISEC Working paper

Courses Taught:

Applied Econometrics and Research Methodology for Ph.D. students
Macroeconomics for MSc and BSc Economics and BBA LLB Students
International Economics for MSc Economics
Institutional Economics for BBA LLB and MA Economics Students
Statistics for BBA LLB students
Development Economics and Microeconomics for BA LLB and BBA LLB students.

Teaching and Research Experience:

Assistant Professor, Kirit P Mehta School of Law, NMIMS , Mumbai from January 2023- Present
Assistant Professor & Economics Coordinator, Department of Economics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Lavasa Pune Campus from August 2019- December 2022.
Senior Research Fellow, ADRTC, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru from August 2018- July 2019.
Assistant Professor, Bengaluru Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE), Bengaluru from August 2017- June 2018.
Research Associate, Funded projects by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Govt of India at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru from June 2010- August 2013.

Service to the Institution and University:

Internship coordinate (with Prof. Maruthi) at ISEC Bangalore from March 2012 to August 2013.
Economics Coordinator CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune from January 2020 – December 2022.
International Affairs Coordinator at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune from June 2020 – December 2022.

Service to the School:

Member of Centre for Excellence, Kirit P Mehta School of Law, NMIMS , Mumbai.

Ph.D Topic: Organized Food Retail Chains in Fruits and Vegetables in India

Research Interest:

Applied Macroeconomics, New Institutional Economics, Agricultural Economics, and Applied Econometrics

Google Scholar: ‪https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wt9qsuMAAAAJ

Publications: International

Transaction Cost Estimation in Vegetable Marketing Involving Modern Food Retail Chains Impact on Profitability of Chili Growers (With Prof P G Chengappa), Advances in Biological Sciences Research, Atlantis Press, 2021, 10.2991/978-94-6463-028-2_51. (Web of Science) ISBN: 10.2991/978-94-6463-028-2_51.

Growth and Diversification of Horticulture Crops in Karnataka: An Inter-District Analysis, (with Komal Singha & Rohi Choudhary), SAGE Open, Sep 2014, 4(3) DOI: 10.1177/2158244014548018 (Scopus Indexed).

An Assessment of farmers' suicides in India, (with Elumalai Kannan), The Indian Economic Journal, Special Issue, December 2011, pp. 120-127.ISBN: 0019-4662.

Book Chapters:

Does FDI intensify economic growth? Evidence from China and India (with Pratibha Neharkar), In "The Rise of India and China Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts” Edited by Kala S Sridhar, Li Jingfeng title, Taylor and Francis Group, 2020, 46-70. October 2020 (Scopus Indexed) ISBN: 9780367562243.

Role of Transaction Costs in Modern Food Retail Chain. Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy (Alwin Dsouza) in "Transforming Agriculture in South Asia: The Role of Value Chains and Contract Farming" Edited by Ashok K. Mishra, Anjani Kumar, Pramod K. Joshi, Taylor & Francis. 116-135, December 2020, (Scopus Indexed) ISBN: 9780367457273.

Growth of Horticultural Sector: An Indicator of Urbanization and Overall Development, (with Komal Singha and Rohi Choudhary), in Development trends in urban and peri-urban agriculture, edited by R.S Deshpande at all, Westville Publishing House, New Delhi,2015.
Stages of Indian Agriculture and its Growth Factors edited book, in Agriculture under Sustainable Development, edited by Ram Krishna Mandal, Discovery Publishing House LTD., New Delhi,2015.

Publications: National (Refereed Journal Articles)

Dynamics of procurement of modern food retail chains: evidence from Karnataka (With Parmod Kumar), ISEC Working Paper, 461. ISBN 978-81-942744-7-6 (UGC-recognized journals).
How the Modern Food Retail Chains Emerging as Alternative Marketing? Evidence from Karnataka (With Parmod Kumar), ISEC Working Paper, 455. 2019.ISBN 978-81-942744-1-4 (UGC-recognized journals).
Structure and Strategies of retailing in Karnataka; gain for whom? (With Parmod Kumar) ISEC Working Paper,438,2019. ISBN 978-81-7791-294-4(UGC-recognized journals).
Assessment of Pre and Post-Harvest losses of Rice and Red Gram in Karnataka (with Elumalai Kannan, Parmod Kumar, and Hanna Abraham), Research report summary, and Agricultural Situation in India, Page no. 101-105. Vol. No-72, Issue no. 9, December.2015. ISBN: 0002-1679.
Retail Food Chain as an Alternate Marketing Channel in India, (with Parmod Kumar), Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing (Conf. Special), 28(3): 34-42, Sept-Dec, 2014. ISBN: 2456-8716.

Research Reports:

Assessment of Pre- and Post-Harvest Losses of Rice and Red Gram in Karnataka (with Elumalai Kannan, Parmod Kuma & Hanna Abraham) Submitted to Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India, Research Report No: IX/ADRTC/153, November 2013.
Assessment of Marketed and Marketable Surplus of Major Food grains in Karnataka (with Parmod Kumar, Elumalai Kannan, Rohi Choudhari), Submitted to Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India, Research Report No: IX/ADRTC/152 December 2013.
Problems and Prospects of Oilseeds Production in India: A Case of Karnataka, (With Parmod Kumar & Komal Singha) Submitted to Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India, Research Report No: IX/ADRTC/154, June 2013.
Agrarian Change and Farm Sector Distress: An Exploratory Study (With Elumalai Kannan & R. S Deshpande), Submitted to NCAP, Research Report No: 148, March 2012.
State Budgetary Resources and Agricultural Development: Consolidated Report (with G.B Lokesh) Submitted to Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India, Research Report No: 125, June 2011.

Popular writing:

Is the agricultural sector neglected the most in Union Budget 2023-24?, Feb 13 23, The Times of India (RB)
An Unfair and Unjustified Cut, Telangana Today (News Paper), 21 February 23.
Agriculture doesn’t get its due in budget, the Deccan Herald (News Paper), 20 February 23.
भाष्य : धोरण- प्राधान्यात शेती दुर्लक्षित, the Sakal newspaper , 21 February 23.

Fellowship:

D. research fellowship (ADRTC) Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt of India from August 2013- June 2017.

Paper presented in seminar and workshop: International

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meeting 2023 Washington, USA July 2023
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Meeting 2022 California, USA August 2022
Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics (SIOE), Toronto, Canada June 2022
Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), Beijing, China December 2021
Keynote Address at International Symposium (SEAVEG) (with P G Chengappa), Indonesia Nov 2021
31^stInternational Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) & (IAAE), USA August 2021
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2021 Meeting (Paper 1), Austin, USA August 2021
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2021 Meeting Paper 2), Austin, USA August 2021
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2021 Meeting (Paper 3), Austin, USA August 2021
Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis 2020, Moscow, Russia June 2020
Symposium organized by IAAE, USA, at Nanjing, China November 2019
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting 2019 Atlanta, USA July 2019
Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis 2019, Moscow, Russia July 2019
Ronald Coase Institute workshop at Bratislava, Slovakia December 2018
Gottingen University, Germany December 2018

Paper presented in seminar and workshop: National

11^th international conference on contemporary issues in management, ISME, Bangalore February 2023
6^th Equal Opportunities Conference at Ahlia University, Baharian February 2023
International Conference on Management (NIRMA), Ahmedabad January 2023
National Seminar on Recent Economics Reform at Jaikranti College, Latur September 2019
32nd Conference, Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing at ISEC, Bangalore November 2018
ISEC & Scicluna Academy of Social Science (SASS) at ISEC, Bangalore September 2018
5^th Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference 2016, IIM, Bangalore December 2016
International Conference on Climate Change and Social-Ecological, ISEC, Bangalore May 2015
3^rd Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference 2014, IIM, Bangalore December 2014
2^nd International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence, IISc-Bangalore December 2014
28^th Conference, by Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing, Anand December 2014
National Seminar on Urban and Peri-urban Agricultural, ISEC, Bangalore August 2013

Session Chair and Invited lecture:

Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), Beijing, China December 2021
Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Pune, and Indian School of Political Economy, Pune September 2021
Sixth Mini-Symposium, Humboldt Academy, Pune August 2021
Jaikranti Arts and Commerce Senior College, Latur November 2019
Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference, IIM, Bangalore December 2016