India: Leading Issues in Economic Development
R.K. Mishra (Ed.)
About the Book
Set up in May 1964, the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), enters its Golden Jubilee year in May 2013. During this Golden Journey, IPE has had the privilege of eminent scholars, policymakers and public enterprise CEOs delivering lectures under the auspices of the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) and the Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS). The lectures have been delivered in the backdrop of the Global Context of India and the issues confronting India's development. The themes dealt with touch upon wide ranging issues starting from economic growth and outlook for India vis-à-vis China and Pakistan, India in the international economy, strategic management to make public enterprises globally competitive to the crisis in Indian education, emerging disparities in India and an economic analysis of Judicial activism.
The present volume incorporates seminal writings on public sector viz., public enterprises and evaluation, the future of public sector in India and emerging role of independent directors in the board room. The Golden Jubilee volume would be useful to policymakers, researchers, public sector executives and post graduate students in India and abroad.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
R.K. Mishra is ONGC Subir Raha Chair Professor on corporate governance and Senior Professor and Director, Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad.
With PhD from the University of Rajasthan and a visiting fellow at London Business School, UK, he studied for International Teachers programme at SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy. He has been a management consultant to PWC, DFID, Adam Smith Institute, ADB and Centre for Good Governance. He has supervised more than 50 doctoral researches from several universities and his areas of interest include: corporate governance, international management, technology management, PPP and corporate restructuring.
Contributors
T.C.A. Anant
Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Gautam R. Desiraju
R.H. Khwaja
N.J. Kurian
Sunil Mani
Ramesh C. Panda
K.N. Raj
V.V. Ramanadham
K.S. Rajasekhara Rao
A.K. Rath
Amartya Sen
Prajapati Trivedi
S. Venkitaramanan
N. Vittal
Contents in Detail
Section A
The Global Context of India
1. India, Pakistan and China: Economic Growth and Outlook
K.N. RAJ
2. India in the International Economy:
A Policy Framework for a Progressive Society
JAGDISH N. BHAGWATI
3. Strategic Management to Make PSUs Globally Competitive
N. VITTAL
Section B
Issues Confronting India’s Development
4. The Crisis in Indian Education
AMARTYA SEN
5. Quality and Quantity in Science Education and Research in India:
General Issues and Science Specific Issues
GAUTAM R. DESIRAJU
6. Emerging Disparities in India
N.J. KURIAN
7. An Economic Analysis of Judicial Activism
T.C.A. ANANT
8. Is India Becoming more Innovative since 1991?
Analysis of its Evidence and Some Disquieting Features
SUNIL MANI
9. Public Enterprise and Evaluation
V.V. RAMANADHAM
10. The Future of Public Sector in India
S. VENKITARAMANAN
11. Restructuring Public Enterprises in India
RAMESH CHANDRA PANDA
12. Key Issues Regarding Public Sector Under-taking and
the Turnaround of Singareni Collieries Company Limited
R.H. KHWAJA
13. The Role of Public Enterprises in Indian Economy
R.K. MISHRA
14. The Potential of Indian Public Sector Undertakings:
ECIL’s Experience
K.S. RAJASEKHARA RAO
15. Emerging Role of Independent Directors In the Boardroom
A.K. RATH
16. Re-inventing Democratic Constitutions
An Application of New Public Management Framework
PRAJAPATI TRIVEDI
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2013 |
| Number of Pages | 502 |
| ISBN |
9789332700314 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
Set up in May 1964, the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), enters its Golden Jubilee year in May 2013. During this Golden Journey, IPE has had the privilege of eminent scholars, policymakers and public enterprise CEOs delivering lectures under the auspices of the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) and the Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS). The lectures have been delivered in the backdrop of the Global Context of India and the issues confronting India's development. The themes dealt with touch upon wide ranging issues starting from economic growth and outlook for India vis-à-vis China and Pakistan, India in the international economy, strategic management to make public enterprises globally competitive to the crisis in Indian education, emerging disparities in India and an economic analysis of Judicial activism.
The present volume incorporates seminal writings on public sector viz., public enterprises and evaluation, the future of public sector in India and emerging role of independent directors in the board room. The Golden Jubilee volume would be useful to policymakers, researchers, public sector executives and post graduate students in India and abroad.
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
R.K. Mishra is ONGC Subir Raha Chair Professor on corporate governance and Senior Professor and Director, Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad.
With PhD from the University of Rajasthan and a visiting fellow at London Business School, UK, he studied for International Teachers programme at SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy. He has been a management consultant to PWC, DFID, Adam Smith Institute, ADB and Centre for Good Governance. He has supervised more than 50 doctoral researches from several universities and his areas of interest include: corporate governance, international management, technology management, PPP and corporate restructuring.
Contributors
T.C.A. Anant
Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Gautam R. Desiraju
R.H. Khwaja
N.J. Kurian
Sunil Mani
Ramesh C. Panda
K.N. Raj
V.V. Ramanadham
K.S. Rajasekhara Rao
A.K. Rath
Amartya Sen
Prajapati Trivedi
S. Venkitaramanan
N. Vittal
Contents in Detail
Section A
The Global Context of India
1. India, Pakistan and China: Economic Growth and Outlook
K.N. RAJ
2. India in the International Economy:
A Policy Framework for a Progressive Society
JAGDISH N. BHAGWATI
3. Strategic Management to Make PSUs Globally Competitive
N. VITTAL
Section B
Issues Confronting India’s Development
4. The Crisis in Indian Education
AMARTYA SEN
5. Quality and Quantity in Science Education and Research in India:
General Issues and Science Specific Issues
GAUTAM R. DESIRAJU
6. Emerging Disparities in India
N.J. KURIAN
7. An Economic Analysis of Judicial Activism
T.C.A. ANANT
8. Is India Becoming more Innovative since 1991?
Analysis of its Evidence and Some Disquieting Features
SUNIL MANI
9. Public Enterprise and Evaluation
V.V. RAMANADHAM
10. The Future of Public Sector in India
S. VENKITARAMANAN
11. Restructuring Public Enterprises in India
RAMESH CHANDRA PANDA
12. Key Issues Regarding Public Sector Under-taking and
the Turnaround of Singareni Collieries Company Limited
R.H. KHWAJA
13. The Role of Public Enterprises in Indian Economy
R.K. MISHRA
14. The Potential of Indian Public Sector Undertakings:
ECIL’s Experience
K.S. RAJASEKHARA RAO
15. Emerging Role of Independent Directors In the Boardroom
A.K. RATH
16. Re-inventing Democratic Constitutions
An Application of New Public Management Framework
PRAJAPATI TRIVEDI
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2013 |
| Number of Pages | 502 |
| ISBN |
9789332700314 |
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