Research Area: Agriculture Transformation, Food Systems & Nutrition Transition

Sufficiency of Macronutrients and Micronutrients in the Indian Food Supply
TCI-TARINA Policy Brief No. 2, October 2016

Shaping Favorable Policies to Achieve Food Systems Diversity in India: An Agenda for Action
TCI-TARINA Policy Brief No. 1, September 2016

Guidelines for Incorporating Dietary Diversity Metrics in Agriculture-Nutrition Surveys
TCI-TARINA Training Manual No. 1, June 2016

Essays on Human Capital & Development in India
Cornell University, 2017 Abstract: This dissertation consists of three independent research papers, tied under a broad research agenda of “human capital” in India. Chapters 1 and 2 are closely related and both utilize a self-collected, primary dataset on the subjective beliefs, of a sample of 12th-grade...

Changes in Men’s and Women’s Economic Roles in Rural Indian Households, 2009-2014
Cornell University, 2019 Abstract: The purpose of my dissertation research is to examine the effect of men’s non-farm employment on women’s economic roles in rural India, as mediated by class, caste, and education. The main hypothesis of my dissertation is that changes in men’s time-allocation towards...

Essays On K-12 Education in Developing Countries – Causes, Consequences and Impediments
Cornell University, 2019 Abstract: This dissertation focusses on the causes and consequences of low human capital accumulation among children and adolescents in developing countries in Asia and Africa. My analysis is divided into three separate papers that explore different aspects of this research agenda. Broadly, chapter...

Green Revolution: Impacts, Limits, and the Path Ahead
In Wally Falcon and Rosamond Naylor (Eds.), Frontiers in Food Policy (pp. Chapter 4.). Stanford, California, USA: Stanford University Press. (2014).

Getting to zero hunger: Learning from the MDGs for the SDGs
In International Society and Sustainable Development Goals, Chapter 5. Portada: Thomson Reuters. ARANZADI.

Introduction to Agriculture and Rural Development in a Globalizing World
In P. Pingali and G. Feder (Eds.) Agriculture and Rural Development in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities. Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series. London, New York: Routledge. (2017)

Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of the Malnutrition Problem in India
In P. Pingali and G. Feder (Eds.) Agriculture and Rural Development in a Globalizing World: Challenges and Opportunities. Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series. London, New York: Routledge. (2017).