Introduction


The Centre for Development Economics (CDE) was set up with a grant from the Ministry of Finance, Government of India as a research adjunct of the Delhi School of Economics (Department of Economics). It is a non-profit organization that supports research in all areas of economics. It came into existence in August 1992 and began effectively functioning from early 1993, with the full range of activities picking up only in late 1993 after it received its grants from the Government of India and the Ford Foundation

 
Advisors
   
Kaushik Basu Professor of Economics and Director, Program on Comparative Economic Development, Cornell University
Kenneth Arrow Professor of Economics, Stanford University, and Nobel Laureate in Economics
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri Former Professor of Economics and ex-Director, Delhi School of Economics
Bimal Jalan Ex-Governor, Reserve Bank of India
K. N. Raj National Professor of Economics
Amartya Sen Lamont University Professor, Harvard University and Nobel Laureate in Economics
Joseph Stiglitz Professor of Economics, Columbia University and Nobel Laureate in Economics
 
The Council
 
The composition and present incumbents of the CDE Council which is responsible for all major decisions are as follows
Partha Sen Executive Director
Rohini Somanathan Managing Director
Ram Singh Secretary
Sudhir A. Shah Treasurer
S. C. Panda Member
Pami Dua Member
Pulin B. Nayak Member
Mausumi Das Member
Poonam Gupta Member
 
Staff Members
 
Sanjeev Sharma Sr. Systems Administrator
Vinayan K.P. Sr. Systems Administrator
Surjeet Singh Sr. Office Assistant
Rajesh Papnai Sr. Office Assistant
Ravi Sarvan Office Assistant
Dinesh Kumar Jr. Office Assistant

 

Aims

 

  • to promote and disseminate research
  • to sponsor economists from outside Delhi and outside India to visit the Delhi School of Economics;
  • to conduct regular conferences and workshops;
  • to upgrade research infrastructure, including communication and computing facilities.

Training

 

The Centre has also started organising short term refresher courses on request from Government.

 

Computer Unit



The Centre has a well equipped computer unit with software and hardware for meeting the research and training needs of Post-Graduate, M. Phil and Research Scholars and has acquired several data sets. The Centre has a wide range of statistical and econometric software packages.

With the generous grant from the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the Centre has 256 kbps 1:1 broadband internet connectivity. In addition to this, web based E-Mail facility is also provided to faculty, visiting research scholars, M.Phil and Ph.D. students of the department of economics.

 

Library

 

The Centre maintains a mini library. It gets working/discussion papers from about thirty research institutes from around the world.

 

Seminars and Workshops

 

An important activity of the Centre is the holding of Conferences, Seminars, public lectures and workshops covering a wide range of economics issues on a regular basis.

 

Publications

 

The Centre's research output is available in the form of books, occasional papers and working papers. The publications of the Centre are currently being exchanged with about thirty research institutes in India and abroad.