The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations
Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy
Edited by: Raghbendra Jha
Please read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
The rapidly transforming Indian economy has thrown up a number of possibilities as well as several challenges with profound implications for India’s vast population as well as globally. The K R Narayanan Oration Series at the Australia South Asia Research Centre in The Australian National University has been devoted to in-depth examination of this important issue by leading experts. The present volume collects the first ten essays in this series. Contributors include Dr Raja Chelliah, Dr U R Rao, Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, Mr P. Chidambaram, Dr C. Rangarajan, Lord Meghnad Desai, Prof. Pranab Bardhan, Dr Vijay Kelkar, Dr M S Swaminathan, and Dr K. Kasturirangan. The essays cover a broad array of topics from various aspects of economic reforms, the political economy of India’s development, the role of agriculture in India’s food security and the role of space research in India’s economic development. His Excellency Dr Narayanan and his successor as President of India, His Excellency Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, have provided introductory messages to the orations.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781920942717
- ISBN (online):
- 9781920942724
- Publication date:
- Sep 2006
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/FTKRNO.09.2006
- Disciplines:
- Business & Economics
- Countries:
- South Asia: India
PDF Chapters
The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations »
Please read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
If your web browser doesn't automatically open these files, please download a PDF reader application such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
To copy a chapter DOI link, right-click (on a PC) or control+click (on a Mac) and then select ‘Copy link location’.
- Preliminary Pages (PDF, 77KB)
- An Introduction to the Volume (PDF, 97KB)
- About the Australia–India Council (PDF, 84KB)
- K R Narayanan Orators 1994 to 2006 (PDF, 141KB)
- Reforming India’s Tax Base for Economic Development (PDF, 285KB) – Raja J. Chelliah doi
- Space Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia (PDF, 3.3MB) – U R Rao doi
- India: Retrospect and Prospect (PDF, 480KB) – Jagdish Bhagwati doi
- Stronger Branches, Deeper Roots: The Democratisation of India’s Economic Reforms (PDF, 198KB) – P Chidambaram doi
- Monetary Policy in a Developing Economy — The Indian Experience (PDF, 198KB) – C Rangarajan doi
- Democracy and Development: India 1947–2002 (PDF, 208KB) – Meghnad Desai doi
- Political-Economy and Governance Issues in the Indian Economic Reform Process (PDF, 149KB) – Pranab K. Bardhan doi
- India: On the Growth Turnpike (PDF, 493KB) – Vijay L. Kelkar doi
- Science and Shaping our Agricultural Future (PDF, 801KB) – M S Swaminathan doi
- India’s Space Enterprise — A Case Study in Strategic Thinking and Planning (PDF, 992KB) – K. Kasturirangan doi
Reviews
The December 2007 issue of The Indian Economic Journal features a review of The First Ten K.R. Narayanan Orationsˆ, edited by Raghbendra Jha by Pulin B. Nayak. He discusses:
‘The recent rapid growth experience in India has been a matter of substantial interest worldwide. This came about after India initiated a process of liberalisation and large scale reform of its economy in 1991 under the stewardship of Dr. Manmohan Singh who was then Finance Minister … The K.R. Narayanan Oration series at the Australia South Asia Research Centre in the Australian National University has been devoted to a detailed examination of this important issue by eminent scholars and policy makers. The present volume contains the first ten essays in the series. The essays expectedly cover a diverse range: fiscal policy reform, role of agriculture in India’s food security, the political economy of India’s development and the role of space research in India’s economic development, among others.’ Nayak concludes:
‘All in all, this volume contains a highly though provoking set of lectures on a range of themes that should be of great interest to scholars and policy makers. The lectures are all topical and the reader is called upon to think creatively about some core issues that are transforming the rapidly growing Indian economy.’
(Pulin B. Nayak, Delhi School of Economics, review of The First Ten K.R Narayanan Orations, edited by Raghbendra Jha, The Indian Economic Journal, Volume 55(3), pp. 189–90, December 2007)
Other publications that may interest you
