Research Area: Agriculture Transformation, Food Systems & Nutrition Transition
Seeing the Whole Picture: India’s Triple Burden of Malnutrition
TCI-TARINA Policy Brief No. 6, May 2017
Spatial Analysis: Visualizing Shifts in Indian Agriculture
TCI-TARINA Policy Brief No. 3, October 2016
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
Dr. Raghav Puri
Raghav is a research associate at the Tata-Cornell Institute. His research broadly examines the implementation and impact of health and nutrition policies in India. Raghav received his PhD in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs…
Essays on Human Capital & Development in India
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 students,...
Changes in Men’s and Women’s Economic Roles in Rural Indian Households, 2009-2014
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 wage and...
Essays On K-12 Education in Developing Countries – Causes, Consequences and Impediments
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 1 of...
Green Revolution: Impacts, Limits, and the Path Ahead
Abstract A detailed retrospective of the Green Revolution, its achievement and limits in terms of agricultural productivity improvement, and its broader impact at social, environmental, and economic levels is provided. Lessons learned and the strategic insights are reviewed as the world is preparing a “redux”...