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Dr. Narayana Delampady
Professor Of Eminence
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School/College
School of Social Sciences
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Department
Department of Economics
Prof. D. Narayana, Ph D (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) was the Director of Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Thiruvananthapuram during 2012-13 and 2016-19. He was holding the position of RBI Chair at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum before taking over as Director of GIFT in 2012. He was at the State Planning Board as Technical Advisor to the Board between 2013 and 2016. He was a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies and a Visiting Professor at the Unit of International Health at University of Montreal. His latest book titled 'Basic Computational Techniques for Data Analysis: An Exploration in MS Excel' (SAGE TEXT) is an essential companion of all Social Science and Management students. Second edition of the book has been brought out by Routledge in 2023.
He has supervised more than 25 M Phil and around 10 Ph D dissertations of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during his 32 years' tenure at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Economics
Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta - 1995
- M Stat with Econometrics and Planning
Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta - 1975
- B Sc Maths and Statistics
MGM College Udupi under Mysore University - 1973
- Public Finance
- Decentralization
- Gender and Health
- Fulbright Fellow
- Indian Health Economics and Policy Association, Past President