About
My research studies how rural households adapt to change, from migration to the Gulf to new government schemes.
I teach development economics and research methods, and supervise doctoral students.
Research
Migration & remittances
How Gulf migration reshapes household spending.
Rural livelihoods
Employment schemes and their effects.
Publications
(2023). Remittances and rural household investment in Kerala. Journal of Development Studies (sample)
(2019). Migration, Money and Home: A Kerala Story. University Press (sample)
Teaching
Development Economics
M.A. Economics
Research Methods
M.Phil and Ph.D. students
Education
- 1996 – 2001
Ph.D., Economics
Institute for Development Studies (sample)
Awards
- 2017
National Research Fellowship
Research council (sample)
Speaking
- 2024
Keynote: Migration after the pandemic
Economics association annual meet