1. CURRICULUM VITAE
1. NAME Prof. GOPINATH PRADHAN
2. DATE OF BIRTH 6th
April 1952
3. ADDRESS Indira Gandhi National Open University,
Block F (New Academic Complex),
School of Social Sciences,
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi 110 068
India
Phone: 91-11-29532545 (o)
9899960393 ®
e-mail: gnpradhan@rediffmail.com
4. NATIONALITY INDIAN
5. EDUCATION
Sl. No. Education Institution Place Work
1. M.A. (Eco) (1975) Sambalpur
University
Sambalpur,
Orissa
Specialisation:
Econometrics and
Math. Economics
2. Ph.D. (Eco) (1984) Sambalpur
University
Sambalpur,
Orissa
Research area:
Industrial
Economics
3. Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholar,
Centre for Asian Development
Studies (1989-90)
Boston
University
Boston, U.S.A Work done: (i)
Research on
Industrial Policy
(ii) Courses
Audited:-
Development
Economics,
Industrial
Organisation and
Public Economics
4. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Shastri
Indo-Canadian Faculty
Research (Oct.-Nov., 1994)
Concordia
University
Montreal,
Canada
Work done:
Environment Policy
5. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Shastri
Indo-Canadian Faculty
Research (May –June, 2003)
University of
Victoria
Victoria, B.C.,
Canada
Work done:
Sustainable Forest
Management
6. Visiting Fellow (2003-2004) National
Institute of
Public Finance
and Policy
New Delhi Work done:
Sustainable Forest
Management
6. OTHER TRAINING (i) Research Methodology and Quantitative
Economics at Sardar Patel Institute of Economics
and Social Research, Ahmadabad in 1979
(ii) Environmental Economics, Institute of Economic
Growth in 2000
7. LANGUAGES AND DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY
Speaking Reading Writing
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Hindi Excellent Excellent Excellent
Oriya Excellent Excellent Excellent

2. 8. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Sl.No Position Employer Job requirement
1. Vice Chancellor, (interim) (1st
August,
2012 to 20th
March 2013)
Indira Gandhi National
Open University(IGNOU),
New Delhi
Administration of IGNOU
2. Director, School of Social Sciences
(SOSS), (2010- 2013)
-do- Academic Administration
of SOSS, the largest
School of IGNOU
3. Professor in Economics (1998-) -do- Research on Economic
Policy, and Design,
Preparation and Teaching
of Courses in Economics
under distance mode of
learning
4. Reader in Economics (1993-1998) -do- -do-
5. Senior Economist (1987-93) National Institute of
Public Finance and Policy,
New Delhi
Research on Economic
Policy
6. Economist (1983-87) -do- Research on Economic
Policy
7. Lecturer in Economics (1981-83) N.A.C. College, Burla,
Orissa
Teaching
8. Research Fellow (1976-81) Dept. of Economics,
Sambalpur University
Ph.D. degree work on
Structure and Working of
Industrial Estates in
Orissa
9. Research Assistant (May- August,
1976)
Dept. of Economics,
Sambalpur University
Research work in project,
Socio-Economic Impact
of H.S.L., Rourkela and
H.A.L., Sunabeda on the
Local Economy
10. Applied Statistics teaching resource
person (1976-77)
Post-Graduate
Department of Economics
Lecture on Applied
Statistics
9. Research Projects(Completed)
Sl. No. Project Nature of output Sponsorer
1. Planning For Sustainable Forest
Management: An Environment Integrated
Social Accounting Matrix Approach,
(2003)
Policy research and
capacity building training
module
South Asia Network of
Economic research
Institutes (Sanei)
2. Forestry Poverty Linkage Model for India
(2004) (Principal Author)
Policy Research Japan Bank of
International
Cooperation
3. Review of Industrial policy in Orissa
(with two other consultants, Prof.
K.L.Krishna and S. Choudhury) (2001)
Policy Research United Nations
Industrial Development
Organisation
4. Certificate in Involuntary Resettlement
and Rehabilitation (Coordinator) (2000)
Certificate programme
launched by IGNOU in
2001
World Bank
5. Strengthening of Local Government in
Madhya Pradesh (Portion related to
Training Component) (1998-99)
Research &Training
Programme for MP
government
Asian Development
Bank through Price
Waterhouse, Calcutta
6. A Background Note on Octroi (1993-94) Policy Research at
National Institute of
Public Finance and Policy
Ministry of Surface
Transport, Government
of India, New Delhi
7. Black Income Generation in Real Estate
in India (1993)
-do- Ministry of Urban
Development,
Government of India,
New Delhi
8. Non-Tax Revenue in Rajasthan,
(Co-authored with J. V. M. Sarma and O.
P. Bohra) (1993)
-do- Government of
Rajasthan, Jaipur

3. 9. Export Incentives in the Indian Economy
(1991-92)
-do- Ministry of Finance,
Government of India,
New Delhi
10. Pricing of Energy Products in India, (Co-
authored with Amol Sanyal and Hiranya
Mukhopadhyay) (1989)
-do- Planning Commission,
Government of India,
New Delhi
11. Fiscal Policy for National Capital Region,
(Co-authored with M. C. Purohit, S. Sai
Kumar and O. P. Bohra) (1987)
-do- Authority of National
Capital Region, New
Delhi
12. Terminal Tax in Delhi, (Co-authored with
V. G. Rao and O. P. Bohra) (1986)
-do- Delhi Administration,
Delhi
13. Alternative to Octroi in Rajasthan‚ (Co-
authored with M. Govinda Rao and O. P.
Bohra) (1985)
-do- Government of
Rajasthan, Jaipur
14. Excise Duty Evasion in Cotton Textile
Fabrics, (Co-authored with M. Govinda
Rao) (1984)
-do- Ministry of Finance,
Government of India,
New Delhi
10. Research Papers Published in International and National Journals
Sl.No. Name of the paper Journal Place of Publication
1. Environment-Friendly Behaviour and
Competitiveness: A Study of Pulp and
Paper Industry in India (Principal author)
(1999)
Environmental and
Resource Economics
Netherlands (Kluwer
Academic Publishers)
2. Total Factor Productivity Growth in
Developing Economies- A study of
Selected Industries in India (Principal
author) (1999)
Economic and Political
Weekly
Mumbai
3. Fluctuating Total Factor Productivity in
India, evidence from selected polluting
industries (Principal author)(February 28-
March 1998)
Economic and Political
Weekly, Review of
Industry and
Management
-do-
4. Capacity-Expansion and Competition
Enforcement Policy (May 31,1997)
Economic and Political
Weekly
-do-
5. Tax Burden on real estate properties
under economic liberalisation regime
(1996)
MDI Management
Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2
Gurgaon
6. Concentration in Cement Industry under
‘New Policy Regime’ (March 1992)
Economic and Political
Weekly, Review of
Management
Mumbai
7. Growth of Capital Goods Industry after
Mid-Sixties: An Alternative View (1990)
World Development Washington D.C.
8. Excise duty evasion on cotton textile
fabrics (November 2, 1985) (Co-
authored with M. Govinda Rao)
Economic and Political
Weekly
Mumbai
9. Comparative Performance of
Technocrats, Educated Unemployed and
Trader Entrepreneurs- A case study of
small scale industries in Orissa
(November 1984)
Economic and Political
Weekly, Review of
Management
-do-
10. Structure of Employment in the Small
Scale Industries of Orissa (1979)
Indian Journal of
Labour Economics,
Vol. 2, No. 4(1)
Lucknow
11. Share of Labour in Value Added: A Case
Study of Orissa (Co-authored with R. S.
Rao) (1980)
Indian Journal of
Labour Economics,
Vol. 23, No. 2
-do-
12. The Role of `Self-employment Scheme’
in the Process of Development: A Case
Study of Small Scale Industries in Orissa
(1980)
Orissa Economic
Journal, Vol. 13,
Bhubaneswar

4. 11. Supervisor M.Phil/ Ph.D Student
(i) M.Phil No. of students awarded M.Phil Degree: 4
(ii) Ph.D. (i) No. of students awarded
Ph.D. Degree:1
(ii) No.of students submitted
Ph. D. Thesis: 3
Comprises courses in the
frontier areas first of its kind
in the country
12. Development & Coordination of New Academic Programmes
(i) M.Sc. Actuarial Economics
(2010-2012)
Full time on-campus progamme Comprises courses in the
frontier areas first of its kind
in the country
(ii) M.Sc. Applied Quantitative
Finance (2010-2012)
Full time on-campus progamme Comprises courses in the
frontier areas first of its kind
in the country
(iii) M.Sc. Environmental
Economics (2010-2012)
Full time on-campus progamme Comprises courses in the
frontier areas first of its kind
in the country
13. Academic Books Publications in Economics
Sl. No. Books titled Publisher Place
1. Industrial Estates and State Development
(1986)
Criterion Publications New Delhi
2. Evasion of Excise Duty in India (Co-
author of the theme dealing with Cotton
Textile Fabrics) (1983)
National Institute of
Public finance & Policy
-do-
3. Fiscal Policy for National Capital Region
(Co-author) (1992)
National Institute of
Public finance & Policy
-do-
14. Published Books on Economics Courses
(a)Microeconomics (2004), for MA Economics Programme, MEC-001, Published by Indira Gandhi
National Open University, New Delhi, Author of themes:
 Producer Behaviour (Unit 6)
 General Equilibrium (Units 18 & 19)
(b) Microeconomics (2005), for MA Economics Programme,MEC-001, Published by Indira Gandhi
National Open University, New Delhi, Author of theme:
 Economics of Uncertainty (Units 20, 21 & 22)
(c) Quantitative Techniques (2005), for MA Economics Programme (MEC-003), Published by Indira
Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, Author of theme:
 Integral Calculus and Economics Dynamics (Units 7 & 8)
(d) Actuarial Economics: Theory and Practice (2006), for MA Economics Programme, MECE-003,
Published by Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, Author of theme:
 Quantitative Techniques for Risk Analysis (Units 1, 2, 3 and 4)
 Actuarial Techniques-I (Units 5, 6 and 7)
 Actuarial Modelling-I (Units 8, 9 and 10)
 Actuarial Modelling-II (Units 14, 15 and 16)
 Non-Life Reserving and Accounts (Units 17 and 18)
(e) Microeconomics (1998), for BDP Economics Programme , EEC-001, Published by Indira Gandhi
National Open University, New Delhi, Author of themes:
 Production Function (Unit 11)
 Consumer Behaviour (1996), in Consumer Studies, Block 4
(f) Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences (1997), Published by Indira Gandhi
National Open University, New Delhi, Author of theme:
 Problems of Economic Development (Units 15, 16, 17 and 18) Block-4 (Major Revision for
International Students),

5. 15. Papers Published in Financial Daily
Sl.No Paper published Daily Place of Publication
1. Organising the Unorganised Workers
(June 24,1984)
The Economic Times New Delhi
2. Industrial Estates: An Inter-
district Analysis of Orissa (August, 1984)
-do- Mumbai
3. Industrial Estates: An Orissa Case Study
(15-16th February 1979)
-do- -do-
16. Select Presentation in International and National Conferences
Sl.
No
Title of paper Conference/Seminar Place
1. Technology determined Employment: A
study of Indian Organised Aggregate
Manufacturing Sector, (Principal Author),
(2002)
Structure of Employment
and its Interface with
Technology: Present
Status and Policy
Imperatives for
Productivity Enhancement
Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi
2. Pattern of Output Growth in Registered
Aggregate Manufacturing Sector of India:
A Time Series Analysis, (Principal Author)
(2001)
37th
Annual Conference of
the Indian Econometric
Society
South Gujarat
University, Surat
3. Environment-Friendly Behaviour and
Competitiveness, June, 1999
(A modified version published in
Environmental and Resource Economics,
Netherlands)
Globalisation and
Economic Reform
University of
Western Sydney
Macarthur, Sydney,
Australia
4. Sustainability of Output Growth in Indian
Manufacturing: A Study of Selected
Industries, June 1999
35th
Annual Conf. of
Indian Econometric
Society, March 1999 &
1999 Australasian
Meeting of the
Econometric Society
Jaipur, India &
Sydney, Australia
5. The Participants of Kendu leaves Plucking
and Rate of Return: A case study (1983)
Seminar on
Unorganised Labour
Asian Workers
Development
Institute, Rourkela
6. Small Scale Industrialisation in Orissa: An
aspect of their Performance, (Co-author)
(1980)
Industrial Policy of the
Government of India
Hazaribagh, Bihar
7. Factors Affecting the Level of
Industrialisation (Small Scale) in Orissa,
(Co-author) (1979)
18th
Econometric
Conference, Indian
Econometric Society
Srinagar, J&K
17. Select Working Papers (unpublished)
Title of paper Institution Place
Employable Skill Generation through
Higher Education: A Framework for
Blended Learning (2015)
Department of
Economics, School of
Social Sciences, IGNOU
New Delhi
1
.
Living with Octroi: Some Policy Options
(1994)
Department of
Economics, School of
Social Sciences, IGNOU
New Delhi
1
6
.
2
.
Growth of Capital Goods Industry after Mid-
Sixties: Some Factual Observations,
Working Paper (No. 7/88) (1988)
National Institute of
Public Finance and Policy
New Delhi

6. 18. Citation of Research Work (given for select fives papers)
(a) Citation recorded in Google Scholar
1. Fluctuating Total Factor Productivity in
India, evidence from selected polluting
industries
56
2. Total Factor Productivity Growth in
Developing Economies- A study of
Selected Industries in India
35
3. Environment-Friendly Behaviour and
Competitiveness: A Study of Pulp and
Paper Industry in India
13
4. Concentration in Cement Industry under
‘New Policy Regime’
9
5. Sustainability of Output Growth in Indian
Manufacturing: A Study of Selected
Industries
5
(b) Select Citation by Individual Scholar
Name of the scholar Name of the paper containing
citation
Journal/ Book/
Working paper
1. Hulten et al.
Infrastructure, Externalities, and
Economic Development: A Study of
the Indian Manufacturing...
World Bank Econ
Rev.2006; 20: 291-308
2. Klein, Florian
Air pollution performance of EU
member states: a quantitative tool
for tracing environmental regimes
The European Political-
Economy Infrastructure
Consortium, Working
Paper 1/2001
3. Goldar, B.N. and Arup Mitra
Total Factor Productivity Growth in
Indian Industry: A Review of
Studies
National Income
Accounts and Data
Systems, (ed.),
B.S.Minhas, Oxford
University Press,New
Delhi, 2002
4. Balakrishnan, P. and K.
Pushpangadan
What do we know about
productivity growth in Indian
industry?
Economic and Political
Weekly, August15, 1998
5. Mongia, Puran and Jayant
Sathaye Productivity Trends in India's
Energy Intensive Industries: A
Growth Accounting Analysis
Research report of
Climate Protection
Division, Office of Air
and Radiation, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency
through the U.S.
Department of
Energy(Oct. 1998)
6. Kathuria, Sanjay Export Incentives- The impact of
Recent Policy Changes
Policy Research Working
Paper, The World Bank,
Country Department II
Mission in India, 1994
7. Sen, Tapas K. M. Govinda Rao
and Madanmohan Ghosh
Implications of 1994-95 Budget for
Growth and Stability
Economic & Political
Weekly, April 16-23,
1994
8. Gokarn, Subir and Rajendra
Vaidya
Deregulation and Industrial
Performance; The Indian Cement
Industry
Economic & Political
Weekly, Feb.20-27,
1993
9. Bird, Richard M. Taxation in Developing Countries
(ed.) by Richard M. Bird and Oliver
Oldman
Taxation in Developing
Countries, The Johns
Hopkins University
Press, Baltimore and
London
10. Due, John F. A brief summary of Excise and
Sales Taxation in India
Working Paper 1986,
NIPFP, New Delhi

7. 19. Select Work in Distance Education
Course Coordination
(a) Ph.D.: Coordinator of Programme Development in Economics - responsible for planning, designing,
organising and liaisoning with the University Administration (1999 -)
(b) MA (Eco.): (Principal Coordinator)- responsible for planning, designing, organising and liaisoning with
the University Administration in programme development (2002-2007)
(c) B.A. (Eco.): (Coordinator) - responsible for planning, designing, organising and liaisoning with the
University Administration in the revision and development of BDP Programme (1998-2003)
Course Management
(a) Ph.D.: In charge of administration of the programme at the faculty level. The work requires initial
level screening of proposal submitted by the applicants, orginisation of Doctoral Committee meetings
and presentation of cases before the statutory bodies of the University
(b) MA (Eco.) Courses: In charge of coordination in Microeconomics (MEC-001), Quantitative
Methods (MEC-003) and Actuarial Economics: Theory and Practice (MECE-003). The work
requires looking after the day to day operationalisation of above three papers
(c) BA (Eco.) Course: In charge of coordination in Microeconomics of BDP Programme, EEC-011).
The work requires looking after the day to day operationalisation of the paper
Teleconferencing Responsibility
Coordinator of Sessions on MA (Eco.) and BDP (Eco.) with participation as resource person on themes
concerning Economic theory, Economic Development, Statistical and Survey Techniques, Elementary
Mathematics for Economics
Training Module Development for Strengthening Local Government in Madhya Pradesh, sponsored by
the Asian Development Bank through Price Waterhouse, with contribution to courses on
 Property tax
 Entry tax
 Sources of revenue in urban and rural local bodies
 Accountancy
 Financial Management
 Office Management
 Environmental Issues
Coordinator (G) in the project,
Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation with contribution of
5 courses, viz.,
 Baseline Data Collection
 Baseline Data Analysis
 Data Base Management
 Access credit
 R&R Costing and Budgeting
(g) Book Review published
(i) Cost of Distance Education in India – by Ruddar Datt; South Asian Publishers Pvt.Ltd., 1994,
Indian Journal of Open Learning, January 1995, Vol. 4 No.1
(ii) Economics of Distance Education: The IGNOU Experience – by C.R. Pillai and C.G. Naidu, 1997 ;
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1997,
Vol. 6 (1&2)
(iii) Economics of distance Education: Recent Experience - by G. Dhanarajan, P.K.; I.P., K.S., K.S.
Yuen and C.S. Wales (Ed.), 1994 Open Learning Institute Press, Hong Kong., Indian Journal of
Open Learning, 1998 Vol. 7 (1)

8. 20. References
(i) Dr. M. Govinda Rao
Former Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,
18/2, Special Institutional Area,
New Delhi- 110067
Mobile: 09810991790
e- mail: mgr@nipfp.org.in
(ii) Prof. Atul Sarma
Retd. Prof. Indian statistical Institute,
7, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,
New Delhi, DL 110016
Mobile No. 09873097723
e-mail: sarmaatul@yahoo.com
(G.Pradhan)