Teaching and Research in Economics

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Teaching and research in economics/T.C.A. Anant. 2. Teaching and research in economics in India: an introspection/Biswajit Chatterjee. 3. Environmental economics: a challenging area of research and teaching/M. Mishra and N.C. Sahu. 4. Economics research in Indian colleges/Rekha Jagannath. 5. Professional excellence for research guide in economics/R. Meenakshi. 6. Training in research in economics for the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees/V. Krishna Murthy. 7. Globalisation and quality education how can this be ensured?/Anup K. Mishra, P.K. Sen and Raj Kishor Pandey. 8. A comparative study of teaching and research in economics and other courses/Gangadhar V. Kayande Patil and Rakesh S. Patil. . Education in new socio-economic order/S.K.L. Das and Bishnu Ray. 10. Teaching in economics at undergraduate level in rural (Mufassil) colleges--a great challenge (a case study of Jharkhand)/N.C. Jha and Awadesh Kumar Sinha. 11. Some reflections on teaching and research in economics/U.N. Choubey and Sharmishtha Priti. 12. Teaching of economics at undergraduate level with special reference to Indian economics/V. Loganathan. 13. The economics of defence: need to Argument research/A.P. Tiwari. Index.

This book presents selected papers on Teaching and Research in Economics, presented at the 92nd annual conference of the Indian Economic Association in 2009.

Collectively these papers cover a wide range of recent issues and discusses diverse aspects related to teaching and research in economics. In particular, the book contains studies on environmental economics, professional excellence and economics of defence, their relevance and challenges in India under the changing scenario of the world. The book brings a unique ringside perspective to the current issues of teaching and research in economics.

The thirteen papers included in this volume are contributed by economists, academicians and scholars at different stages of their working career and belonging to different universities, colleges and policy institutes.

The book is expected to be of special interest to those who are keen to know the current changes and challenges in teaching and research in economics; academicians, researchers and the general readers. It would also be useful to the policy-makers for understanding the local and global requirements and effective implementation of changes in the theme. (jacket)