Prof. Pravat Kumar Kuri

Biography

P ravat Kumar Kuri h as been teaching economics at the post graduate level since last 24 years. Gold - medalist in Post - graduation from the University of Burdwan and UGC Research Fellow, Jadavpur & Calcutta Un iversity, Associate Fellow, Inter University Center of UGC, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, Dr. Kuri received Doctorate degree from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal and served in four premier Academic Institutes of India including two Cen tral Universities. Dr. Kuri is actively engaged in research and so far completed seven Major Research Projects from various funding agencies. Till date Dr. Kuri successfully supervised eight Ph.D scholars and nine M.Phil scholars in Economics. He was assoc iated with the preparation India Rural Development Report , 2013 , State Human Development Report, Arunachal Pradesh and several District level Human Development Reports of West Bengal. As Lead coordinator, he compiled District Human Development Report, Hoog hly , West Bengal, which was published by UNDP and the Department of Planning, Government of West Bengal and received Manav Vikash Award for its methodological innovations. Under sole and co - authorship, Dr. Kuri has so far written seven books and two edite d volumes and published around seventy research articles in reputed National and International journals of Social Science. He published his research articles in the Indian Journal of Human Development, Bangladesh Development Studies, Sri Lanka Journal of A gricultural Economics, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, J ournal of Rural Development, Indian Economic Journal , Pakistan Development Review etc

Research Interest

Agricultural Economics , Institution of Property Rights and Institutional Reforms , Environmental/Resource Economics , Human Development , Regional Disparity .