Anand Venkatesh
Associate Professor
Economics
The Institute of Rural Management Anand
India
Biography
Received Ph.D. Degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai in August, 2004 Area of Specialization: Transportation Economics Dissertation Title: Pricing, Cost Recovery and Production Efficiency in the Indian Railways Dissertation Guide: Professor S.Sriraman, Walchand Hirachand Professor of Transportation Economics, Department of Economics, University of Mumbai Fulbright Fellowship: Awarded Fulbright Nehru Fellowship for Academic and Professional Excellence in 2014-15. Researched at the University of Connecticut with Prof. Subhash Ray on Modeling of Productivity and Technical Efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Post-Doctoral Study: Venue: University of Pretoria, South Africa Period: September 2008- August 2009 Topic: Understanding Rural Travel Behaviour Using Stated Choice Modelling Facilitator: Prof. Christo Venter, University of Pretoria
Research Interest
 Worked as coordinator in Research Project “Policy Analysis of the Prime Minister’s Rural Roads Scheme”. Project is funded by IDRC.  Worked as coordinator in Research Project “Impact of Industrialization on Rural Communities in Kutch”. Project is funded by IDRC.
Publications
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Venkatesh, A. (2007): Production Efficiency and Technological Change: A Study of Indian Railways, Economics of Technological Change, Beane, L. T. (Ed), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York.
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Venter, C. and Venkatesh A. (2009): Captivity in Rural Travel- A Study of Kgautswane, Proceedings of International Association of Travel Behaviour (IATBR) Conference, Jaipur.
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Priya, P. and Venkatesh, A. (2012): Integration of AHP with Regression to Identify Attractive Locations for Market Expansion, Journal of Multicriteria Decision Analysis, 19, 143-153.
