Email id : vvyasulu at iihs dot ac dot in
Dr. Vinod Vyasulu is a research advisor for the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore – India’s first prospective National Innovation University addressing the challenges of urbanisation through an integrated programme of education, research, consulting and advisory services.
Education:
- Ph.D Certificate in Latin American Studies, awarded in conjunction with the Ph.D in Economics, by the Centre for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida.
- Ph.D, School of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- M.A., Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
- B.A. (Hons) Economics, St Stephen’s College, Delhi
Dr. Vyasulu has taught at the Universidad de las Americas in Mexico, the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and XLRI Jamshedpur. While at the School of Business in the University of Florida, Gainesville, he was part of the Centre for Latin American Studies and earned a certificate in conjunction with the Ph.D in economics in Latin American studies.
Dr. Vyasulu held the Reserve Bank of Chair Professorship in the Institute for Social and Economics Change. He has also been Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad and Economic Advise to the National Small Industries Corporation. He was co-convenor with Amulya Kumar N Reddy of the 4 volume set of Essays on Bangalore (1984).
Dr. Vyasulu has taken up consulting assignments with various agencies on ongoing economic issues and development projects in the last 15 years. He has worked with ILO, World Bank, UNDP, various bilateral agencies, and public and private institutions in India.
In 1998, Dr. Vyasulu set up the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore and was its Director till December 2010. He has taken part in programmes of the Forum of Federations, Canada, and presented a paper at the 4th Global Conference in Delhi.
Dr. Vyasulu is currently working on decentralized planning, focusing on district planning centres in order to locate data collection and estimation at the local level which will then inputs for local plans within the framework of large state plans.
Dr. Vyasulu is a life-member of The Indian Econometric Society, The Indian Economic Association, The Indian Society of Labour Economics, The Indian Agricultural Economics Association, The Indian Association for Research in National Income and Wealth. The AP Economic Association, The Karnataka Economics Association, The Indian Institute of Public Administration and The Institute for Social and Economic Change.
Dr.Vyasulu’s current area of interest is in federal system, federal finances, especially the working of local governments, and inevitably the process of urbanisation.
Books
- The Paradox of Static Change, Sterling, Delhi 1978
- Technological Choice in the Indian Environment, [ed] Sterling, Delhi 1980
- Essays on Bangalore [ed, with Amulya Kumar N Reddy] 4 volumes, Karnataka State Council of Science and Technology, Bangalore. 1984.
- Managing India’s Planning, 2 volumes, edited with S.N Chary,
- Facets of Development, Studies in Karnataka, Rawat, Jaipur, 1997.
- Panchayats, Democracy and Development, Rawat, Jaipur 2000
- Estimating District Income in India, with Meenakshi Rajeev, and Rohini Nayyar, Macmillan, Delhi 2003
Centre for Budget and Policy Studies – Publications
- Small Enterprises in Karnataka – Lessons from a Survey in Karnataka, A. Indira, B.P. Vani and Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, February 2001.
- Development at the District Level – Kodagu in the 1990’s, A. Indira and Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, April 2001.
- Health Budget in Karnataka – A Preliminary Study, A. Indira and Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, April 2001.
- The Estimation of District Income and Poverty in the Indian States – A. Indira, Meenakshi Rajeev and Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, August 2001.
- The Budget for Education – A Study at the District Level in Karnataka, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu and A. Indira, November 2001.
- Budget Transparency, Accountability and Citizen Participation – The PROOF Campaign in Bangalore, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, May 2003.
- With Rohini Nayyar and Meenakshi Rajeev: Estimating District Income in India. Macmillan India, Delhi 2003. There is also software for this called Indical.
- Exploring Institutional Linkage – Panchayati Raj Institutions and Natural Resource Management in Karnataka, V. Vijayalakshmi and Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, March 2004.
- With Kriti Toshniwal: Karnataka: Fiscal Correction for Human Development, CBPS, 2008.
- Karnataka – Fiscal Correction for Human Development, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, 2008.
- Global Bengaluru – 21st Century Challenged, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu, March 2009.
Papers in Economic and Political Weekly
- 1998 XXXIII 16 COMMENTARY, On Prohibition-Dangers of a Blanket Solution, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu
- 1998 XXXIII 46 COMMENTARY , Telecom Pricing Some Issues of Regulation, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu
- 1998 XXXIII 23 COMMENTARY, BJP s First Budget The Pluses and Minuses, Dr. Vinod Vyasulu
- 2002 “Development and participation: What is missing? A Review of Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze, Participation and Development.
- The Case against Health Insurance 27-09-2008 [commentary] Vol 43 No. 39 September 27 – October 03, 2008
- Budget 2009-2010: Beyond Fiscal Rectitude 01-08-2009 [Commentary] Vol 44 No. 31 August 01 – August 07, 2009
- Brazil’s Fome Zero’ Strategy: Can India Implement Cash Transfers? 26-06 2010 [Insight] Vol 45 No. 26 and 27 June 26-July 09, 2010
