Dr.Manju S.Nair is Professor of Economics and Honorary Director, Centre for Agroecology and Public Health, Department of Economics University of Kerala and specialised in Macro Economics, Econometrics, Agroecology, Public Health and Decentralised Governance and Public Policy.   She has authored eight books, several policy documents and numerous papers.  She has undertaken collaborative studies with NABARD, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and European Union. Currently she is the Nodal Officer for Concurrent Evaluation of National Food Security Act for the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep. She is a gold medalist for her graduation and post graduation from the University of Kerala and has additional Masters degree in English Language and Literature and Financial Management. With twenty seven years of teaching and research experience she has produced twelve Ph.Ds and twenty five MPhil degrees. She has bagged the best project award for 2021 and highest research grant award for 2021 and 2022 instituted by the University of Kerala. Centre for Agroecology and Public Health has been selected as the Nodal Office for the conduct of Social Audit of Public Distribution System by Government of Kerala. 

M.A. in Economics, University of Kerala , 1995.

Ph. D in Economics, University of Kerala, 2002.

Post Gradate Diploma in Computer Applications, University of Kerala, 2004.

MBA in Financial Management, Annamalai University, 2006

M.A in English Language and Literature, University of Kerala, 2008.

Junior Research Fellowship, UGC

K.N. Raj Research Fellowship from Centre for Development Studies

Agroecology : Action Research and Education from Norwegian University of Life Sciences

August 2018 till date Hon. Director, Centre for Agroecology and Public Health

February 2015 till date Professor, Kerala University

February 2012 to January 2015 Associate Professor, Kerala University

June 1996 to January 2012- Assistant Professor, Kerala University

Joint Secretary, Kerala Economic Association

Member, Indian Economic Association

Member, The Indian Econometric Society (TIES)

Member, Indian Association of Social Sciences and Health (IASSH)

Health Economics

Agricultural Economics

Financial Economics

Macro Economics

Econometrics

Civil Society Involvement and Resultant Health Care Utilization: A Study of Sickle Cell Disease Patients Across Communities in Kerala. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X221134425.2022

Understanding Long-Term Outcomes of Public Health Strategy in Palliative Care at Micro Level: Impact of Home-Based Palliative Care Services under Local Self-Government Institutions in Kerala, India. Indian journal of palliative care, 28(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.25259/IJPC_4_21.2022.

Impact of Tribal Development Programmes: Analysis based on Attappady Tribal Development Block, Kerala, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) 10 , 2021.

Health Related Vulnerability among patients from tribal communities in Kerala, India: The case of Sickle Cell Disease patients, IOSR Journal of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) 26 (Issue 5), 01-09, 2021.

Financial Inclusion of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 26 (4), 58-63, 2021.

Human Development Status of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Kerala, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol.17, No.1, Jan-March 2021.

Decentralisation and Collective Action in Watershed Development Programme: The  Killiyar Mission in Kerala, Inclusive Journal Volume I,No.1 ,August 2020.

Social Capital Generation through National Rural Livelihood Mission – The Case of  Attappady Tribal Block, Kerala, ISDA Journal, Vol.29, No.4,Oct-Dec 2019.

Human Development and Economic Growth in Kerala: Sustainability Issues –Productivity , 2018 – ISSN : 0032-9924

Feminisation of Poverty : The Case of Female Headed Households in India and Kerala, ISDA Journal ,2018 – ISSN -0971-2550

Scope for Associational Democracy in Neoliberal Era : An Analysis of Trajectory of State Civil Society Discourse, ISDA Journal, 2018, ISSN -0971-2550

Health Sector Crisis in Kerala, Journal of Political Economy and Fiscal Federalism, 2017

Health Care Responsibility at Grassroot Level – nd, Southern Economist , 2017, ISSN  0038-4046

Public Health Intervention by Local Self Governments in Kerala: An Effectiveness Analysis, BMJ Global Health,  Vol. 1, issue Suppl, June 2016.

Decentralisation of Health Care  System : India Compared with Uganda and Canada,  Southern Economist, Vol. 55, September 2016

Human Development Across Indian States: A  Convergence Analysis, Journal of   Global Studies in Economics, Vol.1, No.1, Jan-June 2015

Inclusive Growth in India: Conflicts and Concords in the Period of Liberalisation  ISDA journal, Vol.25. No.1, Jan-March, 2015.

Health Care Responsibilities at the Grass Root Level- Analysis of Effectiveness of Local  Self Government Institutions, Southern Economist, Vol.54, No.20, Febrary, 2015.

Governance and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: An  Analysis,  ISDA Journal, Vol.25, Number 2, April – June, 2015.

Employment of People with Disabilities: An Analysis of Nature Determinants in Labour and Development Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2014.

 Financial Inclusion Policies: A cross Country Review in Exploration, Vol. IV, Issue 2.1 (Special issue on Financial Inclusion and Rural Development: Challenges and Opportunities), Devamatha College Kuravilangad, 2014

Civil Society and the States: Strategic Association for Social Development in the Development in the Globalized Era, ISDA Journal Vol.22, Nos. 1 and 2, Jan – March and April – June 2012.

Economic Growth in India and its Regional Convergence in the Liberalised Era,  Productivity, Vol. No. 53, No.1, National Productivity Council, New Delhi, April/ June 2012.

Economic Growth in India and Its Regional Convergence in the Liberalised Era,  Productivity, Vol.No.53, No.1, National Productivity Council, New Delhi. April/June 2012

Financial Liberalisation and Extent of Financial Exclusion in India : A Case of Kerala in the Economics and Social Issues of Financial Liberalisation : Evidence from Emerging Countries, edited by Krishna Reddy Chittedi, Bookwell Publishers, New Delhi, 2013.

Agrarian Crisis in Kerala, A Macro Perspective’ in the Journal of Kerala Studies, Vol XXXVIII 2012.

Agrarian Crisis in Cash Crops Sector in Kerala : An enquiry, ISDA Journal Vol 22. No.4., 2013.

Civil Society and State : Strategic Association for Social Development in the Globalised Era ISDA Vol.22 Nos 1&2, Jan-March and April-June 2012.

Disability in Gender Perspective : A Study on Kerala vis-à-vis India,  Journal of Kerala Studies Vol.XXXVI, Trivandrum, 2011.

Global Financial Crisis and Policies Adopted : Theory and Practice , ISDA Journal,Vol.20 Number 1, January – March, 2010.

Labour Market Status of People with Disabilities, ISDA Journal, Vol-20, Numbers 2 and 3, April-May 2010

Globalisation and Its impact on Agriculture : A Case Study of Kerala’ in Global Governance, Labour Market Dynamics and Social Change, edited by B.N.Ghosh, Wisdom House Publications, London, 2010.

Financial Sector Reform and Banking Sector Performance in India, Asian Economic Review, Vol.45, New Delhi, August 2003.

‘Differently Abled Persons and Effectiveness of Social Security Measures’  presented in the Kerala Vikasana Sangamom organized by KSSP, Palghat, 2013.

‘Inclusive Growth : Practice in the Period of Liberalisation’ in the National Seminar on Twenty Years of Liberalisation in India organized by Baselius College, Kottayam, 2013.

‘Disabled and Social Security in Kerala’ presented in the International Conference on Kerala Economy organized by AKG centre ,2011.

‘Operational Efficiency of Commercial Banks in the Liberalised Period’ presented in the Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society at Puduchery, 2011.

‘RTAs Promoting Development or Deprivation’ presented in the International Conference on Development vs Deprivation in the era of globalistion organized by the Dept of economics, University of Kerala, 2009

‘Socio-Economic Differentials in Health Status in India’ presented in the international conference on health, equity and human rights organized by school of social sciences and international studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 2009.

‘Rich-Poor Divide in Health Status of India’, presented in the International Conference on ‘Health and Development: Issues, Strategies and Options’ organized by the Department of Applied Economics, Kannur University 2008.

‘Disability in a Gender Perspective: A study of Kerala vis-à-vis India’, presented in National Seminar on Policies, and Programmes in Health and Family Welfare: Fifty Years of Indian Experience and Challenges, by Population Research Centre (PRC), University of Kerala, 2008.

‘WTO and Kerala Agriculture’ presented in the International Conference on Emerging India, Strategic Options in the New century, organised by School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 2008.

Revisiting the Kerala Model of Health, (ed), Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi,2021, ISBN 9789353246228.

Block Panchayaths As Change Agents in India’s Decentralisation: The Kerala Experience, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi, 2020, ISBN : 978-93-5324-301-2.

Nedumangad Block Panchayathinte Vikendreekarana Vijaya Gatha, State Institute of Languages, Government of Kerala, 2020, ISBN-978-81-94808-1-4.

Dimensions of Agrarian Crisis in Kerala  Synergy Publications, New Delhi, 2014.

Development Vs Deprivation in the Era of Globalisation, Sonali Publications, New Delhi, 2011.

Commercial Banks in India in the Reform Period, Sonali Publications, New Delhi,2010.

District Development Report of Ernakulam District, State Planning Board, Govt. of Kerala, Trivandrum. (contributed one chapter), 2010.

Disabled Population and the Issue of Sustainable Livelihood : A Regional Study,  Lambert Academic Publishing House, Germany, 2010.

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