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tied to on-the-ground work, as described below. FACULTY FROM THE ECONOMICS AREA WORKING PAPERS/STUDIES • Constraints in Futures Trading of Plantation Crops funded by
• Honorary Advisor, Enable India MCX
Enable India is one of the largest disability livelihood pro PUBLICATIONS
viders in our country. Some of the projects have been about
enabling assistive technologies at workplaces, disability MEMBERSHIPS/POSITIONS/NOMINATIONS TO
sensitization at workplaces, working with other stakeholders TRUSTS/BOARDS/NGOs/POLICY THINK TANKS
(such as: Ashoka Fellows, ILO representatives, and so on) to Prof. Gopal Naik
create an ecosystem that focuses on disability inclusion from • Member of Commodity Derivatives and Advisory Committee
an economic perspective. Many of these have assumed the of SEBI
form of hands-on workshops, roundtables and speaker series. Prof. Kunal Dasgupta • Member of Advisory Academic Committee of Indian Institute
• Member, Impact Future Project • Measurement and theory of Non-Tariff Measures. Supported of Plantation Management
Predicated on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Impact Prof. Gopal Naik by ERIA (Economics Research Institute for ASEAN and East • Member of Karnataka Higher Education Council
Future Project is a collaborative thought leadership platform • Naik G., Narasinga Rao K.N., Baje A. ICT Intervention Asia) • Member of Academic Council, Rural Development and Pan-
for research and advocacy efforts. Prof. Mukta Kulkarni Challenges in Education in Rural India. In: Fong S., Dey N., • How internal and external trade costs affect regional develop- chayat Raj University, Bangalore
belongs to the disability accessibility vertical. So far, they have Joshi A. (eds) ICT Analysis and Applications. Lecture Notes ment in India, Supported by the World Bank • Member of the Board of Edubridge Learning Solutions Pvt
worked on impact ideas on accessible infrastructure, in Networks and Systems, vol 93. Springer, Singapore. 2020. • The effect of Covid-19 on income inequality in India Ltd
accessible mobility, and digital accessibility possibilities in our https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0630-7_18
country. Impact Future will later work with state governments • Gopikuttan, G. S. and Naik, G. Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
and the impact ideas are headed to NITI Aayog. and Agriculture, Economic & Political Weekly, August 29, Prof. Rupa Chanda
• Member, Advisory Committee, Nanagu Shaale Nanagu Shaale 2020:21-25. • Member, Technical Expert Group on Bilateral Agreements,
is focused on mainstreaming children with special needs • Krishna, A. and Naik, G. Addressing Crisis in Indian Agri- WHO, Geneva, 2021-22
(multiple disabilities included) through an inclusive education culture through Agricultural Information Delivery, IIMB • Member, CII Taskforce on Ease of Doing Business, 2021-22
approach. The aim is to build a model for inclusive education Management Review, 32, 2020, 217-229. • Member, CII Committee on International Trade Policy and
in Karnataka. • Naik, G. Agricultural Trade with Special Reference to Plan- Exports, 2015-present
tation Crops and International Trade Agreements, Indian
Below are listed other initiatives in disability inclusion that Journal of Agricultural Economics, 76(1), 2021, 109-143. Prof. Rupa Chanda
have had on-the-ground impact. Some are ongoing in the • Marval, A., Naik, G. and Mani, D. 2020. The Saboo Foundation • Betai, N. and R. Chanda, ‘Global Value Chain Participation and
form of conferences, workshops and conclaves. Model of Philanthropy: How a Self-Made Man Created Thou- Intermediate Export Sophistication’, Ideas for India, published
• Panel, Disability Sector as an Engine for Economic Growth. sands More, HBP Case, IMB 843-844. online, July 26, 2021
The Catalyzing Change webinar (Catalyst 2030) May 05, 2021. • Naik, G. and Gopikuttan, G. S. 2020. Totagar’s Cooperative • Chanda, R., ‘Emerging Value Chain Opportunities Post
This was with Ashoka Fellows and ILO. This has converted Society: Dovetailing Business to Meet Members’ Needs, HBP Covid-19 and India-ASEAN Relations’, ASEAN-India Centre
into an ongoing activity in 2021 which looks at how to get Case, IMB 855-856. at RIS, New Delhi, July 2021
the government and industry involved to propel economic
inclusion through accessibility. FUNDED RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY PROJECTS Prof. Manaswini Bhalla
• Accessibility and Inclusion in Progressive Organizations. Prof. Rupa Chanda Chairperson, Economics
Winter School of the Centre for Accessibility in the Global • Digital Services trade in Asia-Pacific, study done for Asian Member, Board, Centre for Collective Development
South, January 09, 2021. This had both academia and industry Development Bank, Manila to inform their work on Digital
participation. Livelihood agencies were also involved. Trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Panel on Imperatives and Initiatives to make India an • Study on Services in RCEP, study done for the Ministry of UNIQUE COURSES and MOOCs OFFERED
Assistive Tech Innovation Hub. A U.K. India Tech Hub Commerce, Govt of India, to inform their negotiations on the • Introduction to Managerial Economics on the edX, offered by
Initiative. January 08, 2021. This had government, academia, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Prof. Subhashish Gupta
and industry stakeholders. Prof. A Damodaran in Asia. • Multinational Corporations, offered by Prof. Kunal Dasgupta
• Organizing Committee member, EMPOWER Conclave 2020, Where Nothing is Everything – A Comparison of Japan’s Noh • UK-India Trade in Services: Prospects and Challenges, study
IIIT Bangalore. October 17, 2020. This is a group of academics Theatre with its Indian Counterpart’, (WORKING PAPER NO: done for the Department of International Trade, Govt of the
and industry partners to work on accessibility and technology. IIMB/IJSC/2020/003) UK, to inform the UK Government on its prospective negotia- INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, PARTICIPA-
• Organizing Committee member, EMPOWER Assistive tions for an FTA with India in services. TION IN WORKSHOPS & ROUNDTABLES
Technology Conference, IIIT Bangalore. October 28 to 30, • Regional Harmonization Processes and Health Worker Prof. Rupa Chanda
2021. Mobility, paper written for the WHO, Geneva to inform its • Panelist in webinar on 'Services and Innovation: The Future is
• Speaker at the International HRD Seminar in Asia. Korea work on Ethical Recruitment of Health Workers and Bilateral Digital', organized by Coalition of Services Industries, at WTO
University, Seoul, South Korea. January 10, 2020. This was an Agreements. Public Forum, September 30, 2021
invited lecture on disability inclusion. • Case Study of the SABAH Project, report done for the SAARC • Panelist in webinar on 'Promoting Internationalization of
Development Fund, Thimphu, to evaluate their work on em- Tertiary Education in India', organized by World Bank, Sep-
powering Home-Based Workers in the SAARC region. tember 23, 2021
• Panelist in webinar on 'Promoting the developing regions’
Prof. Subhashish Gupta participation in global ICT-enabled services trade', organized
• The Interaction between Technology, Business Environment, EXTERNAL GRANTS AND AWARDS by ECLAC, Global Services Forum Week, September 23, 2021
Society and Regulation in ICT Industries, IIMB Discussion Prof. Gopal Naik • Panelist in webinar on 'New Services Economy in South Asia',
paper, (forthcoming) IIMB Management Review • A study on Strategy Map for Karnataka Agricultural Produce, organized by World Bank, September 9, 2021
• Competition Law for Input Markets, IIMB Discussion paper, Processing and Export Corporation, funded by Government • Panelist in webinar on 'India-EU Trade Negotiations: A New
(forthcoming), Economic and Political Weekly of Karnataka Era of Collaboration?', organized by Trade Promotion Council
• Agricultural Warehousing Policies in India funded by NC- of India, May 28, 2021
DEX, Mumbai • Panelist at roundtable on 'RCEP-EU-India-China', organized
by Aspen Centre, March 24, 2021

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