Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Forthcoming discussions...

Five most recent discussions...

Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan 30th Nov 2009
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The Matrix of Class and Caste in India

Modern India still cripples with the age old Caste System. Caste system is hereditary and has its roots in the four verna system of medieval India. In past, caste system primarily decided the types of occupation or the occupational class. This paper investigates whether the caste is still playing a role in deciding the kind of occupation one gets. In the process, it develops a caste-class intermix index and examine its trend over the last 10 years (1996-2006).
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Half baked ideas... for your comments

Use idea code (such as HB1, HB2 etc) for comments
HB1: Does slum population follows Kuznet curve?
Kuznet curve is popularly used to plot pollution versus development. The shape of the curve is inverse U indicating, initial increases in pollution with development and then it saturates and then decreases with further development. This indicates society prioritizes pollution control at a later stage.
Whether slums or informal settlements can be considered as pollution in housing sector? If that is the case, it is expected to follow Kuznet curve. Can we verify this by taking historical data of proportion of Slum housing in cities at different stages of development?
I invite your comments.
- Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Past discussions...

Topic: Health Inequalities among Socio Economic Groups in India: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh
Date/Time: 2nd Aug, 2009 (Sunday) / 9.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Tulika Tripathi

Topic: Evaluation of Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) - A Stakeholders' Perspective
Date/Time: 28th Jul, 2009 (Tuesday) / 9.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Reem Ashraf

Topic: Analysis of Business Cycles in India
Date/Time: 28th Jul, 2009 (Tuesday) / 7.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Anusha

Topic: Asset Sales by Indian Firms II
Date/Time: 23rd Jul, 2009 (Thursday) / 7.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Self help group - A survey of literature
Date/Time: 11th Jul, 2009 (Saturday) / 7.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vibha Tiwari

Topic: Analysis of consumption patterns in India
Date/Time: 8th Jul, 2009 (Wednesday) / 9.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Priya Rampal

Topic: Application of Theories of Aggregation and Indexation to Macroeconomic Analysis
Date/Time: 15th Apr, 2009 (Wednesday) / 7.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Sudhanshu Kumar

Topic: Climate Change Issues: Green House Gas Protocol - Accounting and Reporting of GHG
Date/Time: 14th Mar, 2009 (Saturday) / 7.30PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Nitin Harak

Topic: Modelling labour Market Adjustment to Trade Liberalisation in an Industrialising Economy
Date/Time: 06th Mar, 2009 (Friday) / 7.45PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Khaijamang Mate

Topic: Asset sales by Indian firms I
Date/Time: 28th Feb, 2009 (Saturday) / 7.00PM
Location: RB III 1st floor, new classroom
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Constriucting Political – Economy Models
Date/Time: Oct 01, Wednesday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Kumar

Topic: Game-theory and Applications
Date/Time: Sep 30, Tuesday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: The growth of Micro Finance in India
Date/Time: Sep 27, Saturday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Simanthini

Topic: Let the sleeping dog lie: Cooperation without friendship and foresight
Date/Time: Sep 23, Tuesday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Public Finance in India - Overview
Date/Time: Sep 30, Tuesday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Khaijamang Mate

Topic: What did you do last night? The Economics of Infidelity.
Date/Time: Sep 16, Tuesday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 3rd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Sarthak Gaurav

Topic: Understanding Prospect Theory – Part III
Date/Time: Sep 14, Sunday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 3rd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Multi Criteria Analysis – III
Date/Time: Sep 14, Sunday at 08:00 PM
Location: RB II, 3rd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Topic: Mechanism Design: How to Implement Social Goals
Date/Time: Sep 13, Saturday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 3rd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Topic: Multivariate Analysis in Statistics
Date/Time: Sep 12, Friday at 09:30 PM
Location: RB II, 3rd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Ankush

Topic: Understanding Prospect Theory – Part II
Date/Time: Sep 08, Monday at 07:15 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Multi Criteria Analysis II
Date/Time: Sep 07, Sunday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 3rd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Topic: Understanding Prospect Theory – Part I
Date/Time: Sep 02, Tuesday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Multi Criteria Analysis I
Date/Time: Aug 29, Friday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

Topic: An Introduction to Evolution of Cooperation
Date/Time: Aug 29, Friday at 07:00 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Vikash Gautam

Topic: Measuring Capability and Happiness.
Date/Time: Aug 10, Sunday at 07:30 PM
Location: RB II, 2nd floor
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Sarthak Gaurav

Topic: Is Fairness Good? - A Critique of Varian's Theory of Fairness.
Date/Time: Aug 02, Saturday at 05:00 PM
Location: Seminar II
Lead Discussant or Initiator: Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan