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University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site
Title Prof.
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Department
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Education
Subject Institution
First Name
J.V.
Last Name
Meenakshi
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Professor
Economics
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007
27008127
2766-7159
[email protected]
www.econdse.org/meena
Year
Phd
Cornell University
1991
MS
Cornell University
1986
BA
University of Maryland
1982
Career Profile
Organisation / Institution
University of Delhi
International Food Policy Research
Institute
Centre for Development Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram
Details
Subjects: Agricultural Economics, Statistics, Applied Econometrics
Subjects: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy
Subjects: Economics
Designation
Duration
Role
Research Associate, Lecturer,
Reader, Professor
Head, Impact and Policy
Research, HarvestPlus
Visiting Scholar
1992 present
4 years
Teaching and research
1 year
Teaching and research
Research
Research Interests / Specialization
Health economics, Economics of micronutrient malnutrition
Agricultural Markets and Institutions
Food Demand
Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught)
Econometric Methods, Economic Development and Planning in India
Honors & Awards
Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS)
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Books / Monographs (last five years)
Year of
Publication
Title
Publisher
Co-Author
Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals (last five years)
Year
Title
Journal
Co-Authors
E. Birol, Adawale
Oparinde, S. Perez, K.
Tomlines
Priyanka Gupta, Nitya
Mittal, Abhishek
Kulkarni and
Vijayalaksmi Bhatia
2015
“Developing Country Consumers’ Acceptance of
Biofortified Foods: A Synthesis”
Food Security, 7, pp.
555-568
2015
“Obesity and the Growth of Middle Socio-Economic
Group Children in Lucknow, India”
National Medical
Journal of India
2014
“Bargaining Power and Biofortification: The Role of
Gender in Adoption of Orange Sweetpotato in Uganda”
IFPRI Discussion Paper
01353
Daniel O Gilligan,
Neha Kumar and
Scott McnNiven
2013
Estimation of Calorie Norms and Measurement of Food
Intakes: Some Implications for the Magnitudes of
Prevalence of Undernutrition in India”
Indian Economic
Review, XLVIII(1), pp.
167-188
Brinda Viswanathan
2012
“Auctions in Grain Markets and Farmer Welfare”.
Economic and Political
Weekly
Abhijit Banerji and
Neha Gupta
2012
“Using a Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit the Demand
for a Nutritious Food: Willingness to Pay for Orange Maize
in Rural Zambia”
Journal of Health
Economics 31(1)
Abhijit Banerji, Victor
Manyong, Keith
Tomlins, Nitya Mittal,
Priscilla Hamukwala
2012
“Social Contracts, Markets and Efficiency: Groundwater
Irrigation in North India”
Journal of
Development
Economics 98(2)
Abhijit Banerji, Gauri
Khanna
2011
Are consumers in developing countries willing to pay
more for biofortified foods? Evidence from a field
experiment in Uganda
American Journal of
Agricultural Economics
Shyamal Chowdhury,
Keith Tomlins,
Constance Owori
2011
"A large-scale intervention to introduce orange sweet
potato in rural Mozambique increases vitamin A intakes
among children and women"
British Journal of
Nutrition
C. Hotz, C. Loechl, A.
de Brauw, P.
Eozenou, D. Gilligan,
M. Moursi, B.
Munhaua, P. van
Jaarsveld, A.
Carriquiry
Chapters in Books: Rekha Sharma, J.V. Meenakshi and Sanghamitra Das (2012), “Understanding the Drivers of Nutritional
Status of Children in Rural India” in K. Pushpangadan and V.N. Balasubramanyam, editors, Growth, Development and
Diversity: India’s Record Since Liberalization, Oxford University Press.
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Conference Presentations
Total Publication Profile optional
Books
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals
Articles
Conference Presentations
Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity
Member, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment, International Science and Technology Council of the CGIAR (Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research); Member Technical Working Group of the Food Security Information Network
(FAO, WFP and IFPRI).
Professional Societies Memberships
Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Indian Econometric Society
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)
Other Details
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