Subject(s): Development in India- micro and macro perspectives -- Formal and informal institutions : Caste networks in modern Indian economy, evolution of judicial activism in India, corrupting- supply side and demand side solutions -- Aid and poverty : Can a country be donor and recipient of Aid, poverty declining so slow in India -- Indian agriculture- growth and distribution : Agriculture and structural transformation 1960-2040 - Implication for double digit inclusive growth, incremental reforms in food policy -- Financial markets and macro economy : Model of bubbles and crashes, experimental exploration into macro economics, effects of credit default swaps on credit risk, financial crisis and liquidity trap some theoretical and policy perspectives -- Technological change, trade and development : Implication for trade theory, policy and development, information technology and its role in India's economic development -- Ecosystems and energy : Value of biodiversity and ecosystem services in south Asia and India, climate resilient cities- vulnerability profiling to twenty Indian cities, challenges for sustainable energy development in India