Title First Name Pulin Last Name Nayak Photograph Designation Department Economics Address (Campus) Department of Economics School of Economics University of, 110 007 (Residence) 11, Mandakini Enclave, New 110 019 011 2766 6533/34/35, Extn.143 Phone No Off. (Residence) 011 2627 7266 Mobile 99 105 92 760 Fax 011 2766 7159 Email pulin.nayak@gmail.com Web-Page http:/www.econdse.org Education Subject Institution Year Details Ph.D. in Economics University of Rochester, New York, USA 1971-75 Thesis topic: Essays in Optimal Taxation M.A. Economics School of Economics 1969-71 Subjects: Advanced Economic Theory, International Trade, Econometric Methods, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economic History, Planning, Statistics B.A.(Hons.) Economics University of 1966-69 Subjects: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Indian Economic History, Economic Development, Public Finance, Economic Systems, Indian Economics Career Profile Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role University o f Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) New Department of Economics School of Economics University of University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site (PLEASE FILL THIS IN AND SUBMIT A HARD COPY AND SOFT COPY ON CD ALONGWITH YOUR PERIODIC INCREMENT CERTIFICATE(PIC)) Instructor/Assistant 1975-76 Teaching undergraduates Senior Economist 1976-78 Researching on the structure of Indian direct and indirect taxes. Reader in Economics 1978-96 Devised and taught the optional paper on. Taught as well as tutored the compulsory paper on Microeconomics. St Antony s College, Oxford, UK Agatha Harrison Fellow 1982-84 Did research on the political economy www.du.ac.in Page 1
of the Indian public sector. National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) Reserve Bank of India 1988-89 Worked on the direct tax system in India. Planning Commission, New Advisor 1995-96 Was advisor in the Development Policy Division. Looked into policy issues pertaining to the Public Distribution System. Department of Economics School of Economics, University of of Economics 1996 onwards Continue to teach and do research on and Economic Theory. Department of Economics School of Economics, University of Faculty of Social Sciences University of Head of the Department 2000-2003 Looked into administration matters in the Department of Economics. Dean 2000 Looked into academic as well as administrative issues pertaining to the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of School of Economics Director 2005-2008 Formal administrative head of the School of Economics. Research Interests / Specialization Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught) 1. Instructor/Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA 1975-76. Principles of Economics Economic Systems 2. Reader, Department of Economics, School of Economics, University of, 1978-96. 3., Department of Economics, School of Economics, University of, 1996 onwards. Honours & Awards National Scholarship: 1969-71. Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA, 1971-75. Agatha Harrison Memorial Fellowship, St Antony s College, Oxford, UK, 1982-84. Member, Study Group on Expenditure Taxation, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New 1985-87. Member, Yash Pal Committee on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education in India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, 2008-09. Publications www.du.ac.in Page 2
Books Year of Pub. Title Publisher Co-Author 2010 India s Economy and Growth: Essays in Honour of V.K.R.V. Rao 2003 Markets and Governments Oxford University Press 1992 Development Policy and Oxford University Press Sage (co-editors: B. Goldar and P. Agarwal) 1990 Essays in Optimal Taxation Commonwealth Publishers 1987 Report of the Study Group on taxation of Expenditure. Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India (co-editors: K. Basu and R. Roy) (co-editor: K. Basu) (R.J. Chelliah, et al) Articles More than 100 newspaper articles and book reviews have appeared Conference Presentations Total Publication Profile optional Books Articles/Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals 2011 From Biography to Political Economy, Economic and Political Weekly. 2011 The Indian Economy in the Twenty First Century, in BRICs: The Hard Way Between Scepticism and Wonder, Edited By Arturo Oropeza Garcia, National Autonomous University of Mexico. 2011 Dualism in Policy Formulation, Economic and Political Weekly. 2010 V.K.R.V. Rao: Visionary Social Scientist and Institution Builder, in India s Economy and Growth, ed by P. Nayak, B. Goldar and P Agarwal, Sage Publishers. 2009 Anatomy of the Financial Crisis: Between Keynes and Schumpeter, Economic and Political Weekly, Special Issue, Reprinted in Global Economic and Financial Crisis, Sameeksha Trust, Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad 2007 Desarrollo economico y exclusion social en India (Economic Development and Social Exclusion in India), Foreign Affairs en Espanol, Vol.7 No.1. 2003 An Examination of Schumpeter s Tax State, in Markets and Governments, K. Basu, P. Nayak and R. Ray (eds.), Oxford University Press, New 2003 Revisiting Capitalism s Future, The Book Review www.du.ac.in Page 3
1996 The State and the Market, Review of Political Economy, Economic and Political Weekly 1995 Economic Development and Social Exclusion, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva 1994 Public Finance and the Planning Process : The Indian Experience (with A. Bagchi), in Tax Policy and Planning in Developing Countries, A. Bagchi and N.Stern (eds), Oxford University Press. 1994 A Normative Approach for Resource Transfers in a Federal State (with M. N. Murty), in Tax Policy and Planning in Developing Countries, a Bagchi and N. Stern (eds), Oxford University Press. 1994 Optimal Taxation and India : A Review of Theory and Applied Work (with M.N. Murty), in Welfare Economics, B. Dutta (ed), Oxford University Press. 1992 The Budget : Sharpening Inequities, Economic and Political Weekly. 1991 Some Key Issues in India s Current Economic Crisis, Paper presented at the Seminar of Fiscal Management in the Indian Economy : Issues and Policy Options, Indian Economic Trust for Research and Development, Arthasamvad. 1991 On Equality and Distributive Justice, Economic and Political Weekly, Annual Number, 1991. 1991 Public Debt in India : Some Emerging Trends, in Debt Crisis : India s Growing Debt and the World Economy, Centre for Research in New International Economic Order, Madras. 1991 On the Crisis and the Remedies, Economic and Political Weekly. 1990 Resource Mobilisation for the Eighth Plan, in Perspectives for the Eighth Plan (edited by M.Adiseshiah), Lancer International, New. 1990 Exemption Limit and Personal Income Tax : Discussion, Economic and Political Weekly 1990 (with P. Aggarwal). 1990 Fiscal Crisis and the Budget, Economic and Political Weekly. 1989 Personal Income Tax in India : Alternative Structures and their Redistributive Effects, Economic and Political Weekly, 1989 (with S. Paul). 1989 Exemption Limit and Personal Income Tax : An International Comparison, Economic and Political Weekly, 1989 (with P. Aggarwal) 1989 Towards a Fringe Benefits Tax, The Economic Times, 1989 (with S. Peerzade). 1989 Personal Income Taxes : No Case for Further Concessions, The Economic Times. 1989 Nozick s Entitlement Theory and Distributive Justice, Review of Political Economy, Economic and Political Weekly. 1988 On the Frontiers of Public Finance, Economic and Political Weekly. 1986 Fiscal Policy and Business Prospects, Economic Trends. 1982 Optimal Linear Income Taxation and Public Goods, Indian Economic Review. 1982 Fiscal Measures for Output and Price Stabilization in the ESCAP Region, ESCAP, Bangkok. 1982 Externality Abatement Technologies, Pigouvian Taxes and Property Rights, Indian Economic Review (with M.N. Murty). 1982 The Budget, Money and Credit, Economic and Political Weekly (with S. Madhur and P. Roy) 1978 Trends, Composition and Elasticity of Union Excise and Customs Duties, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Reprinted in The Indirect Taxes Enquiry Committee Report, Government of India (with K. Atri) 1978 Optimal Income Tax Evasion and Regressive Taxes, Public Finance/Finances Publiques. Conference Presentations Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity Professional Societies Memberships 1. Director, Exim Bank, Mumbai, 2001-2005. 2. Chairman, VKRV Rao Hostel, University of, from 2001-07. 3. Member, Managing Committee, Gandhi Bhavan, University of 2001-2004. 4. Member, Governing Bodies of Hindu College, Shriram College of Commerce, Kirori Mal College, Deshbandhu College, University of, during various years from 1997 onwards. 5. Member, Editorial Board, The Book Review, New, from 1995 onwards. 6. Member, Editorial Board, Indian Economic Review,, From 1996 onwards. 7. Member, Board of Governors, Nabakrushna Chaudhuri Centre for Development Stuies, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 2000-2006. 2008-continuing. www.du.ac.in Page 4
8. Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Economic Growth from 2001 onwards. 9. Member Board of Governors, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New, from 2001 onwards. 10. Consultant, ILO, 1994. 11. Honorary Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, 1989-90. 12. Member, Study Group on Progressive Taxation of Expenditure, Govt.of India, 1985-87. 13. Consultant, ESCAP, 1982. Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations) Other Details Date of Birth : 17.02.1950 (Signature of Faculty Member) (Signature & Stamp of Head of the Department) www.du.ac.in Page 5