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AJIT KUMAR SINHA
Professor and Director
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics
BMCC Road, Pune 411004, India
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Date of Birth: January 27, 1959
EDUCATION
Ph.D Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1992
M.A Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1988
M.A Economics, University of Delhi, India, 1982
B.A Economics, Patna University, India, 1980
DISSERTATION
Title: The Concept of Value in Marx's Economic Writings: A Critique.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Director: March 2004- Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, India.
Professor: June 2001 – Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, India.
Professor: 1999 – June 2001. LBS National Academy of Administration, India.
Lecturer: 1995 – end of 1998. The University of Newcastle, Australia.
Course Director & Tutorial Leader: 1991-95. York University, Toronto, Canada.
Instructor: Fall 1987- Spring 1991 (Including Summers). SUNY at Buffalo, USA.
Lecturer: 1984--1985. Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
Lecturer: 1982--1984. Khalsa College, Unversity of Delhi.
VISITING POSITIONS
Maitre de Conference Associe: September 2005 (for one year). College de France, Paris.
Visiting Fellow: January--February 2000. Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaherlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Visiting Fellow: February--April 1999. Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi.
Visiting Scholar: July--October 1998. Faculty of Economics and Politics, Cambridge University, Cambridge.
COURSES TAUGHT
Principles of Macro and Microeconomics, Intermediate Macro and Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, History of Economic Thought, Development Economics (B.A., M.A.), Macroeconomics (M.A.).
PUBLICATION
‘The Concept of Value in Marx-A Reinterpretation’, Research in Political Economy,Vol. 12, 1990, pp. 41-79.
‘A Critique of Part One of Capital Vol. 1: The Value Controversy revisited’, Research in Political Economy Vol. 15, 1996, pp. 195-222.
‘Productive/Unproductive Labour: A note on Marx’s critique of Adam Smith’, History of Economics Review, No. 26, Winter-Summer 1997, pp. 125-130.
‘The Transformation Problem: A Critique of the “New Solution”’, Review of Radical Political Economics, vol. 29, No. 3, 1997, pp. 50-58.
‘Hollander's "Marx and Malthusianism": A Critique’, History of Economics Review, No. 28, Summer 1998, pp. 104-112.
‘Surplus Approach Economics’, Encyclopedia of Political Economy, London, Routledge, 1999.
‘Transformation Problem’, Encyclopedia of Political Economy, London, Routledge, 1999.
‘Understanding the Transformation Problem: Is the Standard Commodity a Solution?’, Review of Radical Political Economics, 32(2), 2000, pp. 265-281.
‘Labour Theory of Value’, Readers Guide to Social Sciences, (ed.) Jonathan Michie, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London, 2001. Also reprinted in Encyclopedia of Social Sciences (2002) by the same publisher.
‘Transformation Problem’, Readers Guide to Social Sciences, (ed.) Jonathan Michie, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London, 2001. Also reprinted in Encyclopedia of Social Sciences (2002) by the same publisher.
‘Some Critical Reflections on Marx’s Theory of Value’, in Value and the World Economy Today, (eds.) R. Westra and A. Zuege, Palgrave, 2003.
‘Trends in India’s GDP Growth Rate: Some Comments’, (with Shirin Tejani) Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX, No. 25, 2004, 5634-5639.
‘Minimum Income Guarantee’, Economic and Political Weekly (Commentary), July 2, 2005.
‘A Comment on Sen’s “Sraffa, Wittgenstein, and Gramsci”’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming.
‘Market Mechanics of Wage Determination of Skilled Labor’, Indian Journal of Labour Economics (Research Note), Forthcoming.
‘Some Critical Comments on de Vivo’s Interpretation of Sraffa’s Path to Production of Commodities’, Contributions to Political Economy (Forthcoming).
BOOK REVIEW
Wood, E.M. & J.B. Foster (eds.) 1997. In Defense of History. Review of Radical Political Economics, no.3, 1999, pp. 127-133.
Lapides, K. 1998. Marx's Wage Theory In Historical Perspective. Review of Radical Political Economics, No. 2, 2001, pp. 241.
Mongiovi, G. and F. Petri (eds.) 1999, Value, Distribution, and Capital: Essays in Honor of Pierangelo Garegnani. Review of Radical Political Economics, No. 4, 2002.
Celebrating Twenty Volumes of Research in Political Economy. Science and Society, 68 (1): 2004.
Philip Arestis, Gabriel Palma, and Malcolm Sawyer (eds.) 1997, Capital Controversy, Post-Keynesian Economics and the History of Economics. Review of Radical Political Economics, No 1, 2005, pp. 97-100.
PAPERS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY LEADING JOURNALS
‘Reading Sraffa: The Philosophical Underpinnings of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities’.
‘A Note on the Significance of the Standard Commodity in Sraffa's System’ (coauthor, Paul Cockshott).
BOOK UNDER PREPARATION
Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa
The book deals with the theories of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx and Piero Sraffa. It has six chapters including Introduction and Conclusion with one chapter each on the four theorists. In the chapters on the four theorists, I first present my interpretation of their theories of value, and then from this perspective I critique all the major interpreters of their theories, from their contemporaries to our contemporaries, and end with their brief intellectual biographies.
MEMBER ENCYCLOPAEDIA COMMITTEE
Member, Editorial Board for Encyclopedia of Political Economy (2 vols.) published by Routledge. I developed the a-z list for the Sraffian School and worked in the capacity of a general editor for the Marxist School.
BOOK EDITING
Co-editor with the General Editor Paul Zarembka: Special Issue, Research in Political Economy Vol. 15, entitled 'Latest Development in Marxist Theory'. JAI Press: Connecticut, London. The issue is 315 pages long volume in hard cover.
Co-editor with Siddhartha Mitra: Environment and Development. The book is based on an international conference held at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. It is under preparation to be published by Routledge.
JOURNAL EDITORSHIP & REFEREE
Editor: Arthavijnana, The journal of the Gokhale Institute (it is one of the oldest peer reviewed journal of economics in India and considered among the top five economics journals in the country).
Member Editorial Advisory Board: Indian Economic Journal (The journal of the Indian Economic Association).
Editorial Adviser and Referee: Research in Political Economy, North Holland.
Member (1993-95, 1997-) Editorial Board and Referee: Review of Radical Political Economics, Sage Publications.
Referee Cambridge Journal of Economics, OUP.
Referee Political Economy Review of Political Economy and Social Sciences, Ellinika Grammata: Athens.
Founding Member Editorial Board: Research and Society, SUNY at Buffalo.
Member Editorial Board (2000-2001): The Administrator, The Journal of LBS National Academy of Administration.
LECTURES
Presented a seminar on ‘Piero Sraffa’s Contribution to Economics’ at Asian Development Research Institute, Patna, September 2005.
Presented a lecture on ‘Globalisation and India’s Growth Performance’ at Poona College, October 2004.
Presented a seminar on 'A Comment on Sen's "Sraffa, Wittgenstein, and Gramsci"', Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, February 2004.
Presented a seminar at University of Bergamo, Italy, July 1, 2003.
Presented two seminars on Sraffa and Marx at Centro Sraffa, University of Rome 3, Italy, June 12-17, 2003.
Presented a seminar on 'Reading Sraffa' at IGIDR, Mumbai, on February 5, 2003.
Presented a seminar on ‘Some Reflections on Marx’s Theory of Value’ at the PHARE (Paris I/Paris X, CNRS), Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, on June 27, 2002.
Presented two seminars at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India, 2002.
Delivered several lectures to UGC sponsored ‘Refresher Courses’ for College and University teachers at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Central University of Hydrabad, India, 2002, 2004.
Presented seminars on 'Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa' at Jawaherlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum; February-March, 2000.
Presented seminars on 'Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa' at New School for Social Research, New York; State University of New York at Buffalo; James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA; and National University of Ireland, Galway; March-April 2000.
Presented a seminar on ‘Globalization’ at the occasion of ‘Whither India’ workshop at LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, India, November 2000.
Presented a seminar on ‘Historical Materialism and the Value Controversy in Marx’ at Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, February 1999.
Presented a seminar on ‘Value Controversy Revisited’ at Jawaherlal Nehru University, New Delhi, February 1999.
Presented a seminar on ‘Understanding Capital: A Counter Approach’ at Jamia Melia Islamia University, New Delhi, February 1999.
Presented a seminar on ‘Capital and Historical Materialism’ at State University of New York at Buffalo, December 1996.
Presented two seminars on 'Marx and the Value Controversy' at the A.N.S. Institute of Social Research, Patna, India, January 1996.
Presented four seminars on various topics at the Dept. of Economics, The University of Newcastle, 1995-97.
Presented three seminars on ‘A post-structuralist Reading of Capital’ at the Union for Radical Political Economists Summer Conference, August 1993.
Presented two lectures on ‘Value and Capital’ at the History of Economic Thought Graduate Workshop, University of Toronto; February 1993, 1995. Invitation by Professor Samuel Hollander.
Presented four lectures on ‘Value Controversy’ at the Marxian Economics Graduate Workshop, York University; Fall 1991.
Invitation by Professor Thomas T. Sekine.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Chair and presenter of a workshop panel at the International Conference on ‘Employment and Income Security’ organized by Institute of Human Development in collaboration with ILO, New Delhi, April 6-8, 2005.
Discussant of a panel at the international conference on ‘Wages and Incomes in India’ organized by IGIDR, Mumbai, Institute of Human Development, New Delhi, and Indian Society of Labour Economics, December 12-14, 2004.
Discussant of a panel at the conference on 'Development in Open Economies' organized by JMI University, New Delhi, and UNCTAD, April 1-3, 2004.
Presented a paper on 'Some Critical Remarks on Marx's Theory of Value' at the 5th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics at Nottingham, UK, held on 8-9 July, 2003.
Presented a paper on ‘Reading Sraffa’ and was a discussant for another paper at the 4th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics at Dublin, Ireland, held on 9-10 July, 2002.
Presented a paper on 'Sraffa, Value, Time' at the Eastern Economic Association's Annual Meetings, 2000, Washington D.C.
Participated, on invitation, in a round table debate on ‘the New Solution to the Transformation Problem’ at the ASSA Meetings, 1998, Chicago.
Presented two papers and was a discussant on another panel at the ASSA Meetings, 1997, New Orlenes.
Presented one paper and chaired the panel at the International Conference of Rethinking Marxism, U. Mass., Amherst, December 1997.
Presented two papers at the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Annual Meetings, August 1996, Sydney.
Presented two papers at the ASSA Annual Meetings, 1995, Washington D.C.
Presented one paper at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings, 1995, New York City.
Presented one paper at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings, 1992, New York City.
Presented one paper at the Learned Societies Conference, 1992, Charllettown, Canada.
Presented two papers at the International Conference of Rethinking Marxism, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1992.
Presented one paper at the International Conference on ‘The Marxist Intellectual Tradition’, SUNY at Buffalo, 1990.
Presented one paper at the International Conference of Rethinking Marxism, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1989.
Presented one paper at the ‘Strategies of Critique’ conference at York University, Canada, 1989.
Presented a paper at the Graduate Group in Marxist Studies annual conference at SUNY-Buffalo, 1987.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Organized an International Conference on ‘The Marxist Intellectual Tradition’, April 27-28, 1990, SUNY at Buffalo.
Organized a Conference/Workshop on ‘gender and class’ as a joint venture between SUNY-Buffalo and Ontario Institute of Sociology and Education, University of Toronto, 1991-92.
Organized a Conference on 'Whither India: Notions of Governance' at LBS National Academy, Mussoorie, 2000.
Organized a Conference on ‘Macroeconomic Policy’ at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, December, 2004.
Organized an International Conference on ‘Environment and Development’ at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, April 4-6, 2005.
Co-coordinator, UGC Sponsored ‘Refresher Course’ for college and university teachers on Development Economics at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, March 4-23, 2002, March 3-22, 2003.
Member, National Steering Committee of the Indo-Dutch Program on Alternatives in Development (IDPAD)—A Collaborative International Research Program of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and the Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO).
Member, Research Institutes Committee, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). ICSSR is the apex body for research in social sciences in India.
Member, Academic Council, LBS National Academy of Administration.
Member-Secretary, Governing Body, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics.
Member, Governing Body, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE).
Member and Chair, Academic Council, GIPE.
Chair, Selection Committee for Faculty Appointments, GIPE.
Chair, Selection Committee for non-Faculty Appointments, GIPE.
Member and Chair, Finance Committee, GIPE.
Member and Chair, Building Committee, GIPE.
Student Advising: Served as Undergraduate Economic Adviser, Dept. of Economics, SUNY at Buffalo, Fall 1986-Summer 1987.
Research Assistant to Professor J. Thomas Romans, SUNY at Buffalo, Spring 1986.
Teaching Assistant for Environmental Economics, SUNY at Buffalo, Fall 1985.
Convener, Delhi University Discussion Society, 1984-85.
Research Trainee, National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, July 1982.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Mentioned in Marquis’ Who Is Who In The World, 14th edition, 1999, New Providence, USA.
Mentioned in Marquis’ Who Is Who In Science And Engineering, 4th edition, 1999, New Providence, USA.
Mentioned in Dictionary of International Biography, 29th edition, 2001, Cambridge, England.
Graduate Assistantship for Interdisciplinary Research, Research Foundation, SUNY at Buffalo, 1989-90.
REFERENCES
Professor G. C. Harcourt
Fellow, Jesus College
Jesus College, Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK
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Professor John King
School of Business
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
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Professor Paul Zarembka
Department of Economics
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Fax: (1-716) 645-2127