Gopal K Kadekodi

Biography

Prof. Gopal K Kadekodi is currently an Honorary Professor at Centre for MulitDisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad. Prior to this, he was the Director of Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (2003-06), a Research Professor at Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad (1998-2002), Professor at the Institute for Economic Growth, New Delhi (1973- 98) and Visiting Professor at Erasmus University, Rotterdam (Holland) during 1981 and 1989, and Technical University, Twente (Holland) in 1984. Prof. Kadekodi holds a Masters degree in Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta and awarded a Doctoral degree in Economics from University of Southern California, USA in 1972. His doctoral degree bagged the Thomas Nixon Carver award as the best thesis in Economics USA in 1973. He has been awarded several prestigious awards, such as, the Fulbright Fellow (1967-71), USA, Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1971-73), USA, SANDEE Fellow, and Rajyotsava award from Government of Karnataka 2005 for his contributions to the field of Education and Environmental Research. He has made significant research contributions in the fields of common property resources, energy, natural resource management and valuation, biodiversity, economic development and governance. He has authored sixteen books from reputed publishers such as Oxford University Press (three books), Sage Publications (two books), Academic Foundation (two books), Kluwer Academics, and Pargamon Press; The most recent books being: REMEMBERED THOUGHTS, in 2014 and STILL SEARCHINHG FOR A SHORE, IN 2016. He has published more than 100 articles in national and international journals. His article in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics was adjudged as the best article with the D K Desai award in 1998. Prof. Kadekodi has edited and brought out the Karnataka Development Report in 2006 and is on the Editorial Boards of Environment and Resource Economics, ThePacific and Asian Journal of Energy, and Journal of Quantitative Economics. He was the President of Indian Society of Ecological Economics during 2002- 04; member of the Nanjundappa High Power Committee on Redressal of Regional Disparity in Karnataka (2000-02) and Former Member, National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi. In the past, and even now, Prof. Kadekodi continues to serve as a member of several Committees, Commissions, Authorities of Government of India and World Bank and as Board Member of several research institutions and Member of Research Advisory Committees in India and abroad.

Research Interest

Environmental Economics, Energy, Economic Theory, Economic Development, Statistics and Econometrics.