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p{ text-align:justify; line-height:_19px; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:_10px_!important; } Praveen_Jha,_Chairperson,_CIS&LS  E-mail:_chairperson_cisls@mail.jnu.ac.in;_praveenjha2005@gmail.com

Praveen_Jha_completed_his_Ph.D._from_Centre_for_Economic_Studies_and_Planning,_School_of_Social_Sciences,_Jawaharlal_Nehru_University_and_is_currently_a_Professor_in_the_same_Centre._He_is_also_the_Chairperson,_Centre_for_Informal_Sector_and_Labour_Studies._Prior_to_this_he_has_also_taught_at_St._Stephen's_College,_University_of_Delhi_and_at_Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_National_Academy_of_Administration,_Mussoorie._He_has_also_been_a_Visiting_Fellow_at_University_of_Bremen,_Germany;_Tianjin_University_of_Finance_and_Economics_Tianjin,_China_and_Visiting_Senior_Research_Economist_at_International_Labour_Organisation,_Geneva._His_areas_of_interest/specialization_are_Labour_Economics,_Agricultural_economics,_Development_economics,_Economics_of_Education,_Resource_Economics_and_History_of_Economic_Thought.

 

 

Select_Publications:

  • Progressive_Fiscal_Policy_in_India,_(edited)_Sage_Publications,_2011.

  • Land_Reforms_in_India_-_Issues_of_Equity_in_Rural_Madhya_Pradesh,_(edited)_Sage_Publications,_New_Delhi,_2002.

  • Contested_Transformations:_Changing_Economies_and_Identities_in_Contemporary_India,_(co-edited_with_Mary_John_and_S.S._Jodhka)_Tulika_Books,_2006.

  • Agricultural_Labour_in_India,_Vikas_Publishing_House,_New_Delhi,_1997.

  • 'Devil_Take_the_Hindmost_-_Economic_Reforms_and_Agricultural_Labourers_in_India' Economic_and_Political_Weekly,_Vol._32,_Nos._20_&_21,_1997.

  • 'India_After_1947:_Promising_the_Moon',_in_Zubeida_Mustafa_(ed.) Asian_Century_1900-1999,_Oxford_University_Press,_2001.

  • 'Poverty_in_Developing_Countries:_Stating_a_Longue_Duree_and_Unfashionable_Perspective',_Working_Paper_No._17, Institute_for_Human_Development,_New_Delhi,_2003.

  • 'Withering_Commitments_and_Weakening_Progress:_State_and_Education_in_the_Era_of_Neoliberal_Reforms', Economic_and_Political_Weekly,_Vol._40,_No._33,_2005.

  • 'State's_Growing_Intolerance_Towards_Labour_in_India:_A_Note_Based_on_Recent_Developments', Indian_Journal_of_Labour_Economics,_Vol._48,_No._4,_Oct.-Dec._2005.

  • 'Causes_of_Poverty_in_Developing_Countries"_in_Paul_Nkwi_(ed.) Human_Resource_System_Challenge_IV:_Poverty_as_part_of_the_Encyclopedia_of_Life_Support_Systems,_UNESCO_and_Oxford,_U.K,_2005.

  • 'Policies_for_the_Marginalized_in_India:_How_Many_Roads_and_Miles_More_Before_they_become_Really_Effective?' Labour_and_Development,_June_2006.

  • 'Fiscal_Strains_in_the_Era_of_Neoliberal_Reforms:_A_Study_of_Uttar_Pradesh',_(With_Subrat_Das)_in_Sudha_Pai_(ed.) Political_Process_in_Uttar_Pradesh:_Identity_Economic_Reform_and_Governance,_Pearson_India,_2007.

  • 'The_Well-being_of_Labour_in_Contemporary_India_Economy:_What's_Active_Labour_Market_Policy_got_to_do_with_it?' Economic_and_Labour_Market_Analysis_Department,_International_Labour_Office,_Geneva,_2009.

  • 'Labour_Market_Reforms_in_India:_Barking_up_the_Wrong_Tree',_(With_Peter_Auer) The_Indian_Journal_of_Labour_Economics,_Vol-52,_No-1,_2009.

  • 'Labour_Regulation_and_Economic_Performance:_What_do_we_know?' The_Indian_Journal_of_Labour_Economics,_Vol._53,_No._1,_Jan-March_2010.

  • 'Imperialism_and_Primitive_Accumulation:_Notes_on_the_New_Scramble_for_Africa'_(With_Sam_Moyo_and_Paris_Yeros)_Agrarian_South: Journal_of_Political_Economy,_Volume-1,_No.2,_2012

  • 'Transnational_Labor_Migration,_1970s_to_Present'_in_Ness,_Immanuel_(ed.) The_Encyclopedia_of_Global_Human_Migration,_Willey_Blackwell,_2013.

  • 'Labour_Conditions_in_Rural_India:_Reflections_on_Continuity_and_Change'_in_Carlos_Oya_and_Nicola_Pontara_(eds.), Rural_Wage_Employment_in_Developing_Countries:_Theory,_Evidence_and_Policy,_(Forthcoming)_Routledge,_2013.