Area
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Agricultural
policy ,Sustainable Rural Development, Natural Resource
Economics, Environment Management and Co-operation. |
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Address
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C-3, "Shivamkar",
Shree Krishna Park, Near IRMA Campus, Anand - 388 001, Gujarat,
India |
Phone : |
(O) 91-2692-64759. , (R)
91-2692-61341. |
MailId
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bnh@fac.irm.ernet.in |
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PERSONAL
Family
Background:
Elder of the two children of his parents, Katar
Singh was born on August 6, 1939 in a well-to-do
farmer's family in Sapnawat village of Ghaziabad
district of western Uttar Pradesh,India.
He
had his primary school education in his village
school, and secondary and higher secondary education
in another nearby village school. While in his village
school, he helped his father in many farm chores
and in the process he acquired a hands-on experience
in agriculture and animal husbandry. In 1957, he
moved on to Kanpur for college education. Thereafter,
he used to come home during long holidays and summer
vacation. He still maintains close contact with
his younger brother who looks after the family farm
in the village. Thanks to his family background
,he is emotionally attached with rural India , has
first hand knowledge of problems of rural people
and is committed to promoting their well beings
as a professional agricultrual economist.
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Education
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University
/ Institute |
Degree |
Year |
Government
Agriculture College,Kanpur ,Agra Uni. |
B.Sc.(Ag) |
1959 |
| Government Agriculture
College,Kanpur ,Agra uni. |
M.Sc.(Ag.Econ) |
1961 |
| University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign,USA |
M.S.(Ag.Econ) |
1970 |
| University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign,USA |
PhD.(Ag.Econ) |
1972 |
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Post-Doctoral
training : |
University
/ Institute |
Field
of Training |
Department
of Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics
Oregon State University, Corvallis,USA |
Post-doctoral
training in Natural resources economics from
January-June, 1975 |
Workshop in Political
Theory and Policy Analysis
Indiana University, Bloomington,USA |
Research,
seminars, course work and writing in the area
of common pool natural resources management
from January-April,1989 |
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Period |
Position |
Organisation |
Main
Activities |
Since
:July 18, 1995 to August 31, 2002. |
Director
& Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Chair Professor. |
Institute
of Rural Management Anand.(IRMA India). |
Mainly administration
and partly research and consultancy in rural
development and natural resources management |
| From Oct 8,1994 to July
17,1995 |
Director |
Bankers
Institute of Rural Development, Lucknow,India |
Mainly administration
and partly research and consultancy in rural
development management |
| June 1st,1992 to Oct
7,1994 |
RBI
Chair Professor |
Institute
of Rural Management Anand, India. |
Mainly teaching,training,research
and consultancy in rural development,cooperatives
and natural resource management |
| March 20 ,1980 to May
31,1992 |
Professor |
Institute
of Rural Management Anand , India |
Mainly teaching,training,research
and consultancy in rural development,cooperatives
and natural resource management |
| July 1,1972 -March 18,1980 |
Associate
Professor |
GB Pant University of
Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar |
Teaching,training and
research in Agriculture Economics. |
| pril 1966-June 30,1972* |
Associate
Professor |
GB Pant University of
Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar |
Teaching,training and
researchin Agriculture Economics. |
| June 1963-April 1966 |
Asst.Agrl.Economist |
Dept .of Agriculture,
Govt. of Uttar Pradesh |
Research and Training
in Agriculture Developement. |
| uly 15,1961-June 1963 |
Senior
Research Assistant |
Dept. of Ag.Economics,
Govt. Agriculture College, Kanpur |
Research,training and
extension in farm management in Jhansi Dist
of Uttar Pradesh. |
| * From January
27 1969 to Jan. 31st 1971 ,doctoral studies
in the department of agricultural Economics
at the University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign,USA. |
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