Usha Rani Ahuja
Agricultural Economics
ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research
India
Biography
Dr. Usha obtained the Ph.D. degree in Dairy Economics from National Dairy Research Institute Karnal(Haryana) in 1989 .The title of her thesis was “Efficiency and Productivity of Capital in Public/cooperative sector dairy plants”. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in the discipline of Dairy Economics from National Dairy Research Institute Karnal (Haryana) in 1981. Usha joined as Scientist (Agricultural Economics) in April 1986 at Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) Jodhpur (Raj) and worked there for more than 21years. During her stay at CAZRI from 1986-2007 she conducted research on agricultural issues related to arid zone. She joined National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP) New Delhi, India in 2007 and presently working as Principal Scientist there. Usha in her initial period in NCAP worked on Gender Budgeting in agriculture and now pursuing research on mainstreaming gender in agriculture. Usha has contributed several research papers in national / international journals / conferences / workshops / seminars. Some publications in last 5 years are listed below.
Research Interest
Dairy Economics
