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SUMMARY:"Contribution of Ancient Indians to Economic Thought" - Guest Lecture of Prof. Satish Deodhar - IIM, A
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Deodhar has worked on imperfectly competitive market structures, Worl
 d Trade Organization (WTO), agricultural trade, food quality & safety, 
 and CSR issues. Besides, he has conducted research projects for India’s Min
 istry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Indian Bank, an
 d Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture. He was sel
 ected as the Hewlett Fellow of the International Agricultural Trade Researc
 h Consortium during 2006–2008. He has published research papers in national
  and international journals and has authored quite a few monographs.  The p
 ublisher Penguin Random House has brought out 3 books authored by Prof. Deo
 dhar.  One of the books, Day to Day Economics, has gone on to become a nati
 onal bestseller in the non-fiction category. \n
Prof Deodhar has taken keen
  academic interest in economic ideas emanating from ancient Indian literatu
 re.  His recent book, Economic Sutra brings out the economic ideas expresse
 d in literature spanning from Ramayana to Mahabharata, Vedas to Upanishads,
  Arthashastra to Shukraniti, and Puranas to Sanskrit plays.  A paper based 
 on the theme of this book has appeared in the renowned journal The Annals o
 f Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI).  Another paper titled Hind
 u Economic Ethics is forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Eco
 nomic Ethics.  He will be presenting a paper next week in Houston, TX, USA 
 on the role of gold in the Indian economy through several millennia.\n
Prof
 . Deodhar’s efforts had resulted in bringing out commemorative postal stamp
  and envelop in memory of the great 18th century Indian statesman, Bajirao 
 Peshwa I.  He was the first Convener of the computerised Common Admission T
 est (CAT) conducted by IIMs for admissions to the business schools.  His pi
 oneering work in converting CAT into a computer based test (CBT) was replic
 ated subsequently for other admission tests such as Joint Entrance Examinat
 ion (JEE) of the IITs.  Prof. Deodhar has also held many administrative pos
 itions at IIMA including Admissions Chair, Placement Chair, Chair of MBA pr
 ogrammes, Welfare Chair, and Warden.  He is the Founding Member of Pune Int
 ernational Centre, serves on the advisory board of Savida Agricom, and was 
 on the board of Asian Granito as an Independent Director.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Prof. Deodhar has worked on imperfectly competitive market structures, W
 orld Trade Organization (WTO), agricultural trade, food quality &amp; safet
 y, and CSR issues. Besides, he has conducted research projects for India’s 
 Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Indian Bank,
  and Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture. He was 
 selected as the Hewlett Fellow of the International Agricultural Trade Rese
 arch Consortium during 2006–2008. He has published research papers in natio
 nal and international journals and has authored quite a few monographs.  Th
 e publisher Penguin Random House has brought out 3 books authored by Prof. 
 Deodhar.  One of the books, Day to Day Economics, has gone on to become a n
 ational bestseller in the non-fiction category. </p><p>Prof Deodhar has tak
 en keen academic interest in economic ideas emanating from ancient Indian l
 iterature.  His recent book, Economic Sutra brings out the economic ideas e
 xpressed in literature spanning from Ramayana to Mahabharata, Vedas to Upan
 ishads, Arthashastra to Shukraniti, and Puranas to Sanskrit plays.  A paper
  based on the theme of this book has appeared in the renowned journal The A
 nnals of Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI).  Another paper titl
 ed Hindu Economic Ethics is forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Religion 
 and Economic Ethics.  He will be presenting a paper next week in Houston, T
 X, USA on the role of gold in the Indian economy through several millennia.
 </p><p>Prof. Deodhar’s efforts had resulted in bringing out commemorative p
 ostal stamp and envelop in memory of the great 18th century Indian statesma
 n, Bajirao Peshwa I.  He was the first Convener of the computerised Common 
 Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIMs for admissions to the business schoo
 ls.  His pioneering work in converting CAT into a computer based test (CBT)
  was replicated subsequently for other admission tests such as Joint Entran
 ce Examination (JEE) of the IITs.  Prof. Deodhar has also held many adminis
 trative positions at IIMA including Admissions Chair, Placement Chair, Chai
 r of MBA programmes, Welfare Chair, and Warden.  He is the Founding Member 
 of Pune International Centre, serves on the advisory board of Savida Agrico
 m, and was on the board of Asian Granito as an Independent Director.</p>
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