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 Assistant Professor  rudraam@gmail.com
Rudra Narayan Mishra |   Ph.D. (Economics)
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Mr. Rudra Narayan Mishra has obtained his Ph.D. from the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Following a Masters in economics from the University of Hyderabad, he has completed his M.Phil. in Applied Economics at the CDS affiliated to the JNU. The doctoral thesis, titled Undernutrition in India: Dimensions and Correlates is a follow-up of his M.Phil. work. Unlike other forms of deprivation, undernourishment is a complex one with varied origins and therefore interventions also need to be varied. Given this premise, his doctoral work brings to the fore immediate correlates of undernourishment (both the dimension of undernourishment in terms of anthropometrics as well as calorie intake) that can be intervened for different vulnerable groups like women and children and for certain category of households belonging to weaker social-economic-occupational categories. Finally, a critical evaluation of dichotomy in measurement of undernutrition is offered to recognise the limitation in its comparison and evaluation and suggest some possible modifications. Along with undernutrition, in recent years he has done research in measurement of poverty, basic facilities for slum population living in urban-Gujarat, evaluation of nutritional intervention schemes for tribal children and livelihood issues of the tribals. So far he has worked in four major research projects funded by various agencies of Government of Gujarat and Government of India. His research interests also lie in exploring the available secondary data sources provided by various governmental and non-governmental agencies for doing relevant social science research.

Mr. Mishra has a sound academic record along with a qualifying certificate of the NET lectureship examination conducted by the UGC. He is a recipient of National Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development for his under graduation and was awarded ICSSR fellowships during his M.Phil. and doctoral studies. He has presented many research papers in scientific seminars/workshops as in forums like South Indian Development Convention, The Indian Econometric Society, South-East Asian Econometric Society, Indian Institute of Management, 
Bangalore and Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research. His present research interests include undernutrition, poverty, health, food security, livelihood and human development. He also undertakes occasional teaching assignments for in-house workshops/university/institutions.


  • Title:  Undernutrition in India: Dimensions and Correlates
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany.
    Published Year: 2010
  • Title: Trapped in a gulf of hope and despair: the Wagher small scale fisheries on the Kutch coast of Gujarat, India. Maritime Studies 23, 22 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-024-00362-4
    Authors: Tara Nair, Bharat Patel and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2024
  • Title: Book review: Sivanna, N., Narayan Billava and Nayantara S. Nayak (Eds.) (2023), Decentralised Governance and Planning in India. Odisha Economic Journal, 55 (1), 145-149. http://www.odishaeconomicjournal.in/Journal/JOURNAL_55_ISSUE_1.pdf
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2023
  • Title: Utilisation of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Nutritional Outcomes in Empowered Action Group (EAG) States of India Evidence from Two National Surveys’ in Sandhya R. Mahapatro, Udaya S. Mishra and Shubh Swain (eds.), Health and Nutrition of Women and Children in Empowered Action Group States: Status & Progress (First Edition), Published by Routledge India, ISBN Number 9781032374871 (hard book), 9781003430636 (e-book), Chapter 10, pages 156-187. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003430636
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2023
  • Title: Book review: Sandhya R. Mahapatro, Towards Newborn Survival: Challenges and Priorities. Review of Development and Change, 28(2), 288-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/09722661231201711
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2023
  • Title: ‘Balancing Economic Growth and Preservation of Biodiversity in India: A Case of Gujarat’, in Dr. Debabrata Das  (ed.) Biodiversity of Mother Earth (First Edition), Published by Bharti Publications, New Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-94779-42-6, Chapter 22, pages 312-326. 
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2022
  • Title: ‘Farming Futures: Emerging Social Enterprises in India’, (Book Review), Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences (MPJSS) in Vol. 26, Issue 1, pages 118-126. (UGC CARE GROUP - I).
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2021
  • Title: ‘Human Development, Education and Climate Change in India, Challenges to Policy in View of Human Development Report (2020)’, in Dr. M.Z.A Khan and Dr. Sunil Kumar Verma (eds.) ‘Environment and Unsustainable Human Life’; Vol. 5 (First Edition), Published by VL Media Solutions (VLMS), New Delhi with ISBN No. 978-93-91308-48-3, Chapter 8, pages 88-104. 
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2021
  • Title: 'Sustainable Livelihood: A Study of Integrated Dairy Development Programme in Gujarat', Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences (MPJSS) in Vol. 26, Issue 2, pages 27-44. (UGC CARE GROUP - I)
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra and Jharna Pathak
    Published Year: 2021
  • Title: Pharmaceutical Market and Drug Price Policy in India, Review of Development and Change, Original Article, 25 (1), pages 31-53. (UGC CARE GROUP – I).
    Authors: Venkatanarayana Motkuri and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2020
  • Title: Implementation of Watershed Development Programmes in India: A Situational Analysis of Selected Dry Regions, International Journal of Academic Research & Development (IJAR&D), Volume 5, No. 2, July-December, Tenth Issue, pages 38-50. 
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2019
  • Title: 'Health Training Programme for Adolescent Girls: Some Lessons from India's NGO Initiative, Journal of Health Management 19 (1), pages 97-108. (UGC CARE GROUP – II).
    Authors: Leela Visaria and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2017
  • Title: 'Persisting Undernutrition in India; Causes, Consequences and Possible Solutions', by Nira Ramachandran (Book Review), anvesak, Volume 47, Number 1&2, pages 161-168. (UGC CARE GROUP – I).
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2017
  • Title: Impact of MGNREGA Programme on Income, Assets and Food Security of Poor and Vulnerable Groups: Evidence from Selected Semi-Arid Tropic (SAT) Villages in India, in K.P. Kumaran, P.K. Nath, K. Prabhakar and N. Kalpalatha (eds.) Flagship Programme: Impact, Problem and Challenges Ahead (First Edition), Academic Foundation, New Delhi, ISBN no. 9789332703711, Chapter 14, pages 303-332.
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra , P.K. Viswanathan and Madhusudan Bhattarai
    Published Year: 2016
  • Title: ˜Gender Impacts of MGNREGA: Evidence from Selected ICRISAT Villages in India, in K.P. Kumaran, P.K. Nath, K. Prabhakar and N. Kalpalatha (eds.) Flagship Programme: Impact, Problem and Challenges Ahead (First Edition), Academic Foundation, New Delhi, ISBN no. 9789332703711, Chapter 10, pages 223-254.
    Authors: P.K. Viswanathan, Rudra Narayan Mishra and Madhusudan Bhattarai
    Published Year: 2016
  • Title: Assessing Characteristic Differential in Dichotomous Outcomes: A Case of Child Undernourishment  ', Social Change and Development, Vo. XI, No. 2, 2014, pages 35-47.  (UGC CARE GROUP – I).
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra and Udaya S. Mishra
    Published Year: 2014
  • Title: ˜Dairy Farming as an Option for Livelihood Development for Poor and Landless Tribal Households: A Case Study, in Amita Shah and Jharna Pathak (Eds), Tribal Development in Western India: A Fresh Diagnosis (First Edition), Routledge India, ISBN 9781138095977, chapter 7, pages 232-292.
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2014
  • Title: Towards Making Comparison of Dichotomous Measures Robust: A Case of Calorie Undernourishment, The Empirical Economics Letters, 10 (3), pp. 259-267. 
    Authors: Udaya S. Mishra, William Joe and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2011
  • Title:Development-vs.-Displacement of Tribal People in India Problem and Prospects’, edited by R.C. Pandit’, (Book Review), Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences (MPJSS) in Vol. 15, No. 2, pages (118-126). (UGC CARE GROUP - I).
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2010
  • Title: 'On Comparison of Nutritional Deprivation: An Illustration Using Foster Greer Thorbecke Criterion', Applied Economics Letters,16 (10), pages 1021-1024.  (UGC CARE GROUP - II).
    Authors: Udaya S. Mishra and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2009
  • Title: 'Nutritional Deprivation at Household Level: Evidences from a National Survey', in Yatindra Singh Sisodia (ed.), India's Development Scenario: Challenges and Prospects (First Edition), Rawat Publication, Jaipur, ISBN no. 8131602087, Chapter 11, pages 213-233.
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2009
  • Title: 'Measuring Child Undernutrition in India: Does Gender Matter?', in Dr. S. Venkiteswaran (ed.), Results Based Monitoring & Evaluation: Issues & Challenges, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad, India,  Chapter 18, pp. 202-207 (ISBN no. not available).
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2008
  • Title: 'Nutritional Deprivation among Indians: Does Rural-Urban Disparity Matter?', in R.K. Mishra and Nandita Sethi (eds.), Rethinking India's Growth Strategy: Services vs. Manufacturing, Vol. 2, Concept Publications, New Delhi, ISBN 8180695492, Chapter 78, pp. 1085-1106
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2008
  • Title: 'Nutritional Deprivation among Pre-School Children in India: Where Did We Fail?’, The India Economy Review, V (Quarterly Issue), June. pp. 118-133. The journal was published by IIPM think tank, New Delhi.
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Published Year: 2008
  • Title: Rural Workforce in India: Analysis of Growth and Changing Structure based on Census Data
    Authors: Venkatanarayana Motkuri, Rudra Narayan Mishra and Lakhiram Hansda
    Working Paper No.: 254
    Published Year and Month: February 2019
  • Title: Pharmaceuticals Industry and Regulation in India: A Note
    Authors: Venkatanarayana Motkuri and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Working Paper No.: 250
    Published Year and Month: September 2018
  • Title: Health Training Programme for Adolescent Girls:Lessons from India's NGO Initiative
    Authors: Leela Visaria and Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Working Paper No.: 229
    Published Year and Month: October 2015
  • Title: Assessing Characteristic Differential in Dichotomous Outcomes: A Case of Child Undernourishment
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra and Udaya S. Mishra
    Working Paper No.: 201
    Published Year and Month: April 2011
  • Title: Nutritional Deprivation among Indian Pre-School Children: Does Rural-Urban Disparity Matter?
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Working Paper No.: 178
    Published Year and Month: October 2007
  • Title: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Development Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Programme in India: A Review of Studies on its Implementation Performance, Outcomes and Implications on Sustainable Livelihoods across States. September 2014.
    Authors: P.K. Viswanathan, Rudra Narayan Mishra, Madhusudan Bhattarai and Hema Iyengar
    Publication Type / Year: Occasional Paper Series - No. - 4/2014

  • Title: Spatial Differences in Consumption of Selected Food and Non-Food Items in India
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra and Amita Shah
    Publication Type / Year: Occasional Paper Series - No. - 3/2013

  • Title: Implications of COVID-19 on India’s Fight to Eliminate Undernutrition
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: https://practiceconnect.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/implications-of-covid-19-on-indias-fight-to-eliminate-undernutrition/
    Published Year: 2020
  • Title: COVID-19 Pandemic Reaffirms the Importance of Right to Clean Air and Water for Indians
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: https://www.eleventhcolumn.com/2020/09/03/in-india-covid-19-pandemic-reaffirms-the-importance-of-right-to-clean-air-and-water/
    Published Year: 2020
  • Title: India’s NEP 2020 Reaffirms the Importance of Early Child Care Through Anganwadis
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: https://www.eleventhcolumn.com/2020/09/29/indias-nep-2020-reaffirms-the-importance-of-early-child-care-through-anganwadis/
    Published Year: 2020
  • Title: New farm bills in India: Focusing on farms or farmers?
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/other/1266679-new-farm-bills-in-india-focusing-on-farms-or-farmers
    Published Year: 2020
  • Title: India’s Energy Policy needs Balancing Economic Growth with Human Development
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: https://www.sixdegreesnews.org/archives/29694/indias-energy-policy-needs-balancing-economic-growth-with-human-development
    Published Year: 2020
  • Title: ˜Has Food Security Bill Reduced Malnutrition in India? An Interview with Rudra Narayan Mishra, System of Promoting Appropriate National Dynamism for Agriculture and Nutrition
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: http://spandan-india.org/cms/data/Article/A20171229153530_11.pdf
    Published Year: 2017
  • Title: MGNREGS in Context of Recent Changes in Rural India: Learning from Selected States (GIDR-ICRISAT Policy Brief 1)
    Authors: Rudra Narayan Mishra, P.K. Viswanathan, Madhusudan Bhattarai and Hema Iyengar
    Source: http://oar.icrisat.org/8760/1/GIDR-ICRISAT%20Policy%20Brief%201-Final.pdf
    Published Year: 2014
  • Title: 'How to Tackle Food Insecurity in Asia, Review of Amitava Mukherjee, Food Security in Asia ', by  Amitava Mukherjee
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: http://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/Show_Article.aspx?qs=Q9lVWWbSwFtVGoJFoqmz5cYDWipblkDn/jbJGZXULq+zaKyk/FfVjpz71DvqZ4klokisEOUhGj5Jz5zH2A//oA
    Published Year: 2013
  • Title: ‘Right to Food Security Bill: Challenges and Opportunities ', eSS Policy Note, December 30, 2011.
    Author: Rudra Narayan Mishra
    Source: https://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/showArtic
    Published Year: 2011