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Faculty Prof. Rathinasamy Maria Saleth

Prof. Rathinasamy Maria Saleth

Distinguished Visiting Faculty

Department of Economics

Contact Details

rathinasamymaria.s@srmap.edu.in

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Easwari School of Liberal Arts Economics Faculty Prof. Rathinasamy Maria Saleth

Faculty Information

Education

1989
PhD (Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign USA
USA
BA (Economics, Statistics, and Commerce)
Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai
India
MA (Economics)
Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai
India
MPhil (International Studies)
Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
India

Experience

  • Since 2015 - Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India
  • 2014-2015 - Director, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India
  • 2009-2014 - Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India
  • 2002-2008 - Principal Researcher/Senior Institutional Economist, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2003-2006 - Adjunct Professor, Water Law and Policy Group, School of International Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2000-2002 - Professor of Ecological Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
  • 1998 - Visiting Research Fellow, World Bank, Washington, DC., USA
  • 1992-2000 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India
  • 1991-1992 - Ecological Economist, M.S. Swaminathan Research Institute, Chennai, India
  • 1989-1991 - Assistant Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
  • 1984-1989 - Doctoral Scholar /Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics/ Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • 1983-1984 - Project Associate, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
  • 1982-1983 - Assistant Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Research Interest

  • Economic and institutional dimensions of water resources management in particular and agricultural development in general
  • Transaction cost analysis of institutional reforms in water and agricultural sectors
  • Quantitative evaluation of sustainable development
  • Impact assessment in the context of multiple technologies and development interventions

Awards

  • 2008 - Distinguished Service Award from the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2006 - Certificate of Excellence in Research awarded by the University of South Australia for outstanding research performance during 2005 as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Comparative Water Law and Policy at the School of International Business.
  • 2005 - Supported Researcher Status given by the University of South Australia in appreciation of outstanding research performance during 2004 as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Comparative Water Law and Policy at its School of International Business.
  • 2005 - Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Water Association Publishing in recognition of the editorial and review works for the Journal: Water Policy
  • 2004 - S.R. Sen Prize from the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for the book: Strategic Linkages in Rural Diversification: Empirical Analysis and Policy Issues, adjudged as the best book in agricultural economics and rural development published in India during 1999-2000.
  • 2002 - Certificate of Appreciation from the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • 1998 - D.K. Desai Prize from the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for the paper: “Diversification Strategy for Small Farmers and Landless”.
  • 1998 - Visiting Research Fellowship from the World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 1991 - Distinction in Engineering Technology Award from the Central Board of Irrigation and Power for the Paper: “Operationalizing Sustainability in the Context of Groundwater Aquifer”.
  • 1988 - Outstanding Paper Competition Award from the American Water Resources Association/University Council on Water Resources for the Paper: “Water Markets under Bargaining Conditions”.
  • 1988 - Certificate of Achievement from the American Water Resources Association for an Outstanding Student Paper Presentation.
  • 1984 - National Overseas Scholarship Award from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.

Memberships

  • In Professional Bodies
  • Since 2019 - UGC Nominee, Special Assistance Program (SAP), Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Gujarat
  • Since 2011 - Member, Board of Governance, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, India
  • Since 2002 - Member, Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
  • Since 1995 - Life Member, Indian Social Sciences Association, New Delhi, India.
  • Since 1991 - Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai, India.
  • 2014-2016 - Member, Governing Council, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
  • 2012-2014 - Member, Sub-Committee on Social Sciences, Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, New Delhi.
  • 2011-2014 - Member, Board of Governors, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India.
  • 2011-2013 - Member, Committee on Statistics of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
  • 2010-2013 - Member, Governing Council, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
  • 2010-2012 - Member, Executive Committee, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, New Delhi, India.
  • 2009-2012 - Member, Board of Governors, India Water Partnership, New Delhi, India.
  • 2005 - Member, International Scientific Committee, International Conference on: Economics of Poverty. Environment, and Natural Resource Use, Wageningen, The Netherlands, May 17-19.
  • 2003 - Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on: Managing Emerging Technologies in Asia, Singapore Management University, Singapore, November 2-3.
  • In Journal Editorial
  • Since 2014 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ICTACT Journal of Management Studies (ICTACT, Chennai, India)
  • Since 2010 - Editor, Book Series on: Global Issues in Water Policy (Springer Science, Amsterdam).
  • Since 2010 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Water Policy (International Water Association, London)
  • Since 1997 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Technological Forecasting and Social Change: An International Journal (Elsevier, New York).
  • 2018 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Economics and Policy on: “Institutional Economics of Water”.
  • 2013-16 - Member, Editorial Advisor Board, Water Economics and Policy (Springer Science, Amsterdam)
  • 2009-2014 - Editor, Review of Development and Change (MIDS, Chennai, India)
  • 2005 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Policy on: “Water Institutional Reforms: Theory and Practice” (Vol: 7, No: 1, January-March 2005).
  • 2004 - Convener, Special Section of Water Resources Research on: “River Basin Management: Economics, Management, and Policy” (Vol: 40, No: 8, August 2004).
  • 2004-2005 - Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Water Policy Series, Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC.
  • 2003 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Policy on: “Water, Poverty, and Gender”, (Vol: 5, Nos: 5-6, October-December 2003)
  • 2002-2004 - Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union, Washington DC).
  • 2000-2002 - Managing Editor, Journal of Social and Economic Development (ISEC, Bengaluru, India)
  • 1998-2010 - Associate Editor, Water Policy (International Water Association, London)

Publications

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Interests

  • Agriculture and Water Resource Economics
  • Impact Assessment Studies
  • Institutional Economics

Thought Leaderships

There are no Thought Leaderships associated with this faculty.

Top Achievements

Education
BA (Economics, Statistics, and Commerce)
Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai
India
MA (Economics)
Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai
India
MPhil (International Studies)
Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
India
1989
PhD (Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign USA
USA
Experience
  • Since 2015 - Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India
  • 2014-2015 - Director, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India
  • 2009-2014 - Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India
  • 2002-2008 - Principal Researcher/Senior Institutional Economist, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2003-2006 - Adjunct Professor, Water Law and Policy Group, School of International Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2000-2002 - Professor of Ecological Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
  • 1998 - Visiting Research Fellow, World Bank, Washington, DC., USA
  • 1992-2000 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India
  • 1991-1992 - Ecological Economist, M.S. Swaminathan Research Institute, Chennai, India
  • 1989-1991 - Assistant Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
  • 1984-1989 - Doctoral Scholar /Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics/ Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • 1983-1984 - Project Associate, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
  • 1982-1983 - Assistant Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Research Interests
  • Economic and institutional dimensions of water resources management in particular and agricultural development in general
  • Transaction cost analysis of institutional reforms in water and agricultural sectors
  • Quantitative evaluation of sustainable development
  • Impact assessment in the context of multiple technologies and development interventions
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2008 - Distinguished Service Award from the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2006 - Certificate of Excellence in Research awarded by the University of South Australia for outstanding research performance during 2005 as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Comparative Water Law and Policy at the School of International Business.
  • 2005 - Supported Researcher Status given by the University of South Australia in appreciation of outstanding research performance during 2004 as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Comparative Water Law and Policy at its School of International Business.
  • 2005 - Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Water Association Publishing in recognition of the editorial and review works for the Journal: Water Policy
  • 2004 - S.R. Sen Prize from the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for the book: Strategic Linkages in Rural Diversification: Empirical Analysis and Policy Issues, adjudged as the best book in agricultural economics and rural development published in India during 1999-2000.
  • 2002 - Certificate of Appreciation from the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • 1998 - D.K. Desai Prize from the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for the paper: “Diversification Strategy for Small Farmers and Landless”.
  • 1998 - Visiting Research Fellowship from the World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 1991 - Distinction in Engineering Technology Award from the Central Board of Irrigation and Power for the Paper: “Operationalizing Sustainability in the Context of Groundwater Aquifer”.
  • 1988 - Outstanding Paper Competition Award from the American Water Resources Association/University Council on Water Resources for the Paper: “Water Markets under Bargaining Conditions”.
  • 1988 - Certificate of Achievement from the American Water Resources Association for an Outstanding Student Paper Presentation.
  • 1984 - National Overseas Scholarship Award from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
Memberships
  • In Professional Bodies
  • Since 2019 - UGC Nominee, Special Assistance Program (SAP), Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Gujarat
  • Since 2011 - Member, Board of Governance, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, India
  • Since 2002 - Member, Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
  • Since 1995 - Life Member, Indian Social Sciences Association, New Delhi, India.
  • Since 1991 - Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai, India.
  • 2014-2016 - Member, Governing Council, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
  • 2012-2014 - Member, Sub-Committee on Social Sciences, Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, New Delhi.
  • 2011-2014 - Member, Board of Governors, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India.
  • 2011-2013 - Member, Committee on Statistics of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
  • 2010-2013 - Member, Governing Council, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
  • 2010-2012 - Member, Executive Committee, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, New Delhi, India.
  • 2009-2012 - Member, Board of Governors, India Water Partnership, New Delhi, India.
  • 2005 - Member, International Scientific Committee, International Conference on: Economics of Poverty. Environment, and Natural Resource Use, Wageningen, The Netherlands, May 17-19.
  • 2003 - Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on: Managing Emerging Technologies in Asia, Singapore Management University, Singapore, November 2-3.
  • In Journal Editorial
  • Since 2014 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ICTACT Journal of Management Studies (ICTACT, Chennai, India)
  • Since 2010 - Editor, Book Series on: Global Issues in Water Policy (Springer Science, Amsterdam).
  • Since 2010 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Water Policy (International Water Association, London)
  • Since 1997 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Technological Forecasting and Social Change: An International Journal (Elsevier, New York).
  • 2018 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Economics and Policy on: “Institutional Economics of Water”.
  • 2013-16 - Member, Editorial Advisor Board, Water Economics and Policy (Springer Science, Amsterdam)
  • 2009-2014 - Editor, Review of Development and Change (MIDS, Chennai, India)
  • 2005 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Policy on: “Water Institutional Reforms: Theory and Practice” (Vol: 7, No: 1, January-March 2005).
  • 2004 - Convener, Special Section of Water Resources Research on: “River Basin Management: Economics, Management, and Policy” (Vol: 40, No: 8, August 2004).
  • 2004-2005 - Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Water Policy Series, Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC.
  • 2003 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Policy on: “Water, Poverty, and Gender”, (Vol: 5, Nos: 5-6, October-December 2003)
  • 2002-2004 - Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union, Washington DC).
  • 2000-2002 - Managing Editor, Journal of Social and Economic Development (ISEC, Bengaluru, India)
  • 1998-2010 - Associate Editor, Water Policy (International Water Association, London)
Publications
Contact Details

rathinasamymaria.s@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Agriculture and Water Resource Economics
  • Impact Assessment Studies
  • Institutional Economics

Education
BA (Economics, Statistics, and Commerce)
Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai
India
MA (Economics)
Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai
India
MPhil (International Studies)
Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi
India
1989
PhD (Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign USA
USA
Experience
  • Since 2015 - Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India
  • 2014-2015 - Director, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India
  • 2009-2014 - Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India
  • 2002-2008 - Principal Researcher/Senior Institutional Economist, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2003-2006 - Adjunct Professor, Water Law and Policy Group, School of International Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2000-2002 - Professor of Ecological Economics, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
  • 1998 - Visiting Research Fellow, World Bank, Washington, DC., USA
  • 1992-2000 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India
  • 1991-1992 - Ecological Economist, M.S. Swaminathan Research Institute, Chennai, India
  • 1989-1991 - Assistant Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
  • 1984-1989 - Doctoral Scholar /Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics/ Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • 1983-1984 - Project Associate, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
  • 1982-1983 - Assistant Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Research Interests
  • Economic and institutional dimensions of water resources management in particular and agricultural development in general
  • Transaction cost analysis of institutional reforms in water and agricultural sectors
  • Quantitative evaluation of sustainable development
  • Impact assessment in the context of multiple technologies and development interventions
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2008 - Distinguished Service Award from the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • 2006 - Certificate of Excellence in Research awarded by the University of South Australia for outstanding research performance during 2005 as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Comparative Water Law and Policy at the School of International Business.
  • 2005 - Supported Researcher Status given by the University of South Australia in appreciation of outstanding research performance during 2004 as an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Comparative Water Law and Policy at its School of International Business.
  • 2005 - Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Water Association Publishing in recognition of the editorial and review works for the Journal: Water Policy
  • 2004 - S.R. Sen Prize from the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for the book: Strategic Linkages in Rural Diversification: Empirical Analysis and Policy Issues, adjudged as the best book in agricultural economics and rural development published in India during 1999-2000.
  • 2002 - Certificate of Appreciation from the Asia-Pacific Forum of Environmental Journalists, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • 1998 - D.K. Desai Prize from the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics for the paper: “Diversification Strategy for Small Farmers and Landless”.
  • 1998 - Visiting Research Fellowship from the World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 1991 - Distinction in Engineering Technology Award from the Central Board of Irrigation and Power for the Paper: “Operationalizing Sustainability in the Context of Groundwater Aquifer”.
  • 1988 - Outstanding Paper Competition Award from the American Water Resources Association/University Council on Water Resources for the Paper: “Water Markets under Bargaining Conditions”.
  • 1988 - Certificate of Achievement from the American Water Resources Association for an Outstanding Student Paper Presentation.
  • 1984 - National Overseas Scholarship Award from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
Memberships
  • In Professional Bodies
  • Since 2019 - UGC Nominee, Special Assistance Program (SAP), Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Gujarat
  • Since 2011 - Member, Board of Governance, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, India
  • Since 2002 - Member, Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
  • Since 1995 - Life Member, Indian Social Sciences Association, New Delhi, India.
  • Since 1991 - Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai, India.
  • 2014-2016 - Member, Governing Council, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
  • 2012-2014 - Member, Sub-Committee on Social Sciences, Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, New Delhi.
  • 2011-2014 - Member, Board of Governors, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India.
  • 2011-2013 - Member, Committee on Statistics of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, New Delhi, India.
  • 2010-2013 - Member, Governing Council, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
  • 2010-2012 - Member, Executive Committee, Indian Association of Social Science Institutions, New Delhi, India.
  • 2009-2012 - Member, Board of Governors, India Water Partnership, New Delhi, India.
  • 2005 - Member, International Scientific Committee, International Conference on: Economics of Poverty. Environment, and Natural Resource Use, Wageningen, The Netherlands, May 17-19.
  • 2003 - Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on: Managing Emerging Technologies in Asia, Singapore Management University, Singapore, November 2-3.
  • In Journal Editorial
  • Since 2014 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ICTACT Journal of Management Studies (ICTACT, Chennai, India)
  • Since 2010 - Editor, Book Series on: Global Issues in Water Policy (Springer Science, Amsterdam).
  • Since 2010 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Water Policy (International Water Association, London)
  • Since 1997 - Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Technological Forecasting and Social Change: An International Journal (Elsevier, New York).
  • 2018 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Economics and Policy on: “Institutional Economics of Water”.
  • 2013-16 - Member, Editorial Advisor Board, Water Economics and Policy (Springer Science, Amsterdam)
  • 2009-2014 - Editor, Review of Development and Change (MIDS, Chennai, India)
  • 2005 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Policy on: “Water Institutional Reforms: Theory and Practice” (Vol: 7, No: 1, January-March 2005).
  • 2004 - Convener, Special Section of Water Resources Research on: “River Basin Management: Economics, Management, and Policy” (Vol: 40, No: 8, August 2004).
  • 2004-2005 - Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Water Policy Series, Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC.
  • 2003 - Guest Editor, Special Issue of Water Policy on: “Water, Poverty, and Gender”, (Vol: 5, Nos: 5-6, October-December 2003)
  • 2002-2004 - Associate Editor, Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union, Washington DC).
  • 2000-2002 - Managing Editor, Journal of Social and Economic Development (ISEC, Bengaluru, India)
  • 1998-2010 - Associate Editor, Water Policy (International Water Association, London)
Publications
Contact Details

rathinasamymaria.s@srmap.edu.in

Scholars