2.Designation : Professor,Economics Area

2.Designation : Professor,Economics Area

CURRICULUM VITA

1.Name : LATHA RAVINDRAN

2.Designation : Professor,Economics Area

3. Address for Communication:Xavier Institute of Management

Bhubaneswar– 751013, India

4. Teaching Experience:30 years

  1. Post-doctoral Research Experience : 28 years
  1. Educational Qualification :

Ph. D. (Economics) / 1985 / BharathiarUniversity, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
M.Phil. (Economics) / 1978 / Autonomous P.G. Extension Centre
University of Madras
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
M.A. (Economics) /

1976

/ University of Madras
  1. Specialised Training:

“Training for Promotion of Micro Enterprise”, Cranfield School ofManagement, U.K.

“Training in Resettlement & Rehabilitation” The World Bank / Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India.

8.Training Experience:

  • Programme Director/ Co-programme Director/ Resource Person in several Management Development Programmes conducted at Centre for Development Research and Training (CENDERET), Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, on:
  1. Promotion of Small and Micro Enterprises
  2. Project Formulation and Planning with people
  3. Techniques of Monitoring and Evaluation of Development projects
  4. Training of Trainers
  5. Managing Development-induced Displacement and Rehabilitation
  • Identified as a resource person by the UNDP as well as Directorate of Resettlement & Rehabilitation, Govt. of Orissa as a resource person for training on various aspects pertaining to Displacement, Resettlement & Rehabilitation.
  • Coordinated One Year Post Graduate Programme in Management of R&R and CSRfor the executives of Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd (THDC India Ltd.)
  1. Research and Consulting Experience:

Sl. No / Title of the study / Sponsors / Year
1 / A Study of Marketing of Cotton in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. / 1978
2 / Cotton Production in Tamil Nadu- An Economic Analysis. / 1985
3 / Performance of Agriculture in Orissa during Post- Independence / ICSSR, New Delhi / 1987
4 / Impact of Operation Flood II in Orissa / OMFED / 1989
5 / An Inventory of Voluntary Organisations in Ganjam District of Orissa / SDC, New Delhi / 1989
6 / Viable Alternatives to Shifting Cultivation in Orissa – Recommendations for an Action programme / SIDA, Bhubaneswar / 1990
7 / Study on DWCRA groups in Bolangir and Sundargarh districts of Orissa / UNICEF, Bhubaneswar / 1990
8 / Base-line Study of Marine Fish Marketing in Orissa / Bay of Bengal Programme, FAO / 1991
9 / Group Entrepreneurship Amongst Rural Handicrafts People of Orissa / IDBI, Bhubaneswar / 1991
10 / Research on First Generation Successful Women Entrepreneurs / EDII, Ahmedabad / 1992
11 / Evaluation of Drought Prone Area Programme / Govt. of Orissa, Bhubneswar / 1992
12 / Identification of People’s Perceptions in orissa: Their Needs and Piorities (Puri and Bolangir Districs) / IDRC, New Delhi / 1993
13 / Socio-economic Survey of the Displaced Persons of the Upper Indravati Project in Orissa / The World Bank, New Delhi
Dept. of Energy, Govt. of Orissa, Bhubneswar / 1994
14 / Identification of People’s Own Perception about Development / Consortium of Funding Agencies
The Netherlands / 1996
15 / Rehabilitation of Substantially Affected Persons of NTPC, Kaniha: Possibilities of Using Market Opportunities”. / NTPC, Kaniha, Orissa / 2000
16 / Establishment of Base-line Status on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Among the Members of Mahila Mandal Regarding Maternal and Child Health Care in Rayagada District of Orissa / UNICEF, Bhubaneswar / 2003
17 / Resettlement and Rehabilitation of the Tribals Displaced due to Similipal Tiger Reserve / CORDAID / 2003
18 / Socio-economic Empowerment of Tribal People through Cluster-level Approach in Mayurbhanj District of Orissa / ILO, New Delhi / 2003
19 / Empirical Study on the People Affected and Displaced due to Industrial Projects in Orissa / UNDP, Orissa / 2005
20 / Empirical Study on people Affected and Displaced due to Tata Steel in Kalinganagar, Orissa / Tata Steel,
Harsha Trust, Bhubaneswar / 2006
21 / Exploratory Study on To-be-affected Areas of POSCO-India Private Limited / POSCO-India / 2006
22 / Gender Issues in Development Induced Displacement and Rehabilitation: A Study in Irrigation Projects in Southern Orissa” / XIM, Bhubaneswar / 2007
23 / Sample Survey among the persons to-be-affected by Posco - India Project / XIM, Bhubaneswar / 2007
24 / Socio-economic Survey for NTPC, Kaniha in respect of New MGR Project / NTPC, Kaniha, Orissa / 2007
25 / R&R Package for Project Affected People – Naraj Marthapur Thermal Power Project / The Tata Power Company Ltd. / 2008
26 / Socio-economic Survey of the project affected villages in Gadakujanga, Nuagaon and Dhinkia Gram Panchayats of Ersama Block, Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa, for POSCO – India Project / POSCO - India / 2008
27 / Socio-economic Survey of the project affected villages in Khandadhar mines areas, for POSCO – India Project / POSCO - India / 2008
28 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastrutural Survey in respect of M/S TATA Sponge Iron Ltd., Angul, Orissa / TATA Sponge Iron Ltd. Bhubaneswar / 2009
29 / Resettlement & Rehabilitation Action Plan for the Displaced Families of Monnet Power Company Ltd., in Mallibrahmini Village, Angul District, Orissa, In progress (since May 2009) / Monnet Power Company Ltd. / 2009
30 / Impact Assessment Study of Capacity Development to Operationalize the Orissa Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 2006 Project, UNDP, / DfID / UNDP / 2009
31 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastrutural Survey in respect of M/S Mandakini Coal Company Ltd., Orissa / Mandakini Coal Company Ltd., Orissa / 2009
32 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastructure Survey in Manoharpur Coal Mine, Hemgir Block, Sundargarh District, Orissa / Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC),
IB Thermal Power Station, Jharsuguda / 2010
33 / Resettlement & Rehabilitation Action Plan for the Displaced Families of Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited ( MIEL ) in villages Golagadia , Konshidipa and Raijharana of Tehasil Chhindipoda in Angul,Orissa / Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. / 2010
34 / Resettlement & Rehabilitation Action Plan for the Displaced and Affected Families of VISA Power Co. Ltd., Brahmanabasta, Bamanpur & Kalankipur Villages, Cuttack Dt., Orissa / VISA Power Co. Ltd. / 2010
35 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastructure Survey and Formulation of R&R Scheme for various Sub-Stations in Keonjha and, Bolangir Districts, Orissa / Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
New Delhi / 2010
36 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastructure Survey and Formulation of R&R Scheme for Jharsuguda Pooling Station, Orissa / Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
New Delhi / 2011
37 / Socioeconomic Impact Assessment Survey / Darlipali Integrated Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC / 2011
38 / Socio-Economic, Socio-Cultural, Resource Mapping and Infrastructure Survey for Astaranga Port Project in Orissa in respect of M/S Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. (NECL) / M/S Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. (NECL) / 2011
39 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastructure Survey in New MGR Project, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh districts, ODISHA / Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC)
Bhubaneswar / 2012
40 / Socio-Economic Survey, Socio-Cultural Resource Mapping and Infrastructure Survey in the villages affected by OTPCL / Orissa Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (OTPCL)
Bhubaneswar / 2013
41 / Socio Economic Survey of Project Affected Families for the MGR-Rail Corridor in villages Kalamegha and Chuabahal of Dist. Sundargarh. / NTPC Ltd.) / 2014
42 / Socio-economic, Socio-cultural, Resource mapping and Infrastructural survey in Gumudasan and Dulinga villages in Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh District / OPGC, Coal Mines Project, Sundargarh, Odisha / 2014
43 / Social Impact Assessment and Social Impact Mitigation Plan in the Villages Affected by Dolomite Quarry Project / Tata Steel Ltd. / 2015
44 / Need Assessment Survey in the Peripheral Villages of Kalinganagar Project, Odisha / Tata Steel Ltd. / 2015
45 / Baseline Survey for Need Assessment and CSR Plan / Saraf Agencies Pvt. Ltd. / 2016
46 / Socio-economic Survey at Kutrumali and Sijimali Bauxite Mines in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of Odisha / L&T Ltd. / 2016
  1. Publications:
  1. Ravindran, L. “Resettlement and Rehabilitation from Policy Guideline to Practice” in “Development Induced Displacement” by Mohapatra, Pyarimohan, etal. (Ed.), Prachi Prakasan, New Delhi, India, 1998.
  2. Ravindran, L. etal.,“Comparative Analysis of Economic Status of the People before and after Displacement in Upper Indravati Project, Orissa”ASCI Journal of Management, September, 1998.
  3. Ravindran, L. “Economic Impact of Development Projects on the Displaced and Project –affected families: An Empirical Study on Industrial Projects in Orissa” Vilakshan: XIMB Journal of Management, Vol. IV, Issue No. 1, March 2007
  4. Ravindran, L. “Build Trust First, Brand Later”, Economic Times, dt. 4th December 2008
  5. Latha Ravindran and Babita Mahapatra.“Gender Issues in Displacement: A Study of Irrigation Projects in Southern Orissa”, Chapter 10,“Beyond Relocation: The Imperative of Sustainable Resettlement” (Ed.) Dr. Renu Modi, SAGE India, June, 2009
  6. Ravindran, L. “Provisions for R&R in the New Land Acquisition Act and (Amendment) Ordinance 2014: An Appraisal”Vilakshan, XIMB Journal of Management, Vol. 12, No. 1, March, 2015

11.International Conference:

  1. Ravindran, L & Sahoo, B.K. “Measuring Risk Intensity due to Displacement & Challenges in Translating Policy into Practice: Case Study of a Village in a Coal Mining Project in Orissa, India” 15th International Metropolis Conference, The Hague, October 4-8, 2010
  2. Organized International Conference on Resettlement and Rehabilitation (ICRAR 2012), April 10-12, 2012

12. Other experiences:

a. Chosen as a course writer by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)to write the course material on “Training for Rehabilitation” in the web-based course offered by IGNOU on ‘Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation’.

b. Presented a paper titled “Taking Bull by the Horns” in the National Seminar on Marketing: New Dimensions and Challenges, organized by the Department of Business Management, UtkalUniversity, Bhubaneswar, on 27th February, 2001.

c. Produced a Documentary film, “Asha…”, a visual report on the lives of the tribal households, who have been displaced from Similipal Tiger Reserve and resettled in resettlement colonies.

d. Chosen as a course writer by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to write the course material on “Gender Issues in R&R Projects” in the web-based course offered by IGNOU on ‘Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation’.

12. Positions Occupying Currently:

  1. Member of Governing Board of Harsha Trust, a consultancy firm.
  2. Included as a member in the Committee constituted by the Govt. of Odisha for recommending modifications in the Orissa R&R Policy of 2006.
  3. Member of the High level Committee constituted by the Government of Odisha to review the R&R Bill drafted by the MoRD, Government of India.
  4. Member in the Working Committee for Framing Rules for operationalising LARR Act of 2013, Govt. of India
  5. Member of the Ethics Committee of L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar

Other Interests:

  • Rotarian, Member of Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar Metro, R.I. District 3262; Past President (2008-09); Assistant Governor (2010-11)
  • Life member, Bhubaneswar Music Circle

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