Curriculum Vitae PRADYOT RANJAN JENA

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1 Curriculum Vitae PRADYOT RANJAN JENA PERSONAL INFORMATION Address: National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal. Telephone: Citizenship: Indian Date of Birth: 21 July 1978 Sex: Male Marital Status: Married EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION Ph.D. Economics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Dissertation: Impact of Trade Liberalization on Environment: The Evidence from India. M.Phil. Economics, University of Hyderabad, Dissertation: Integration of Financial Markets in India: An Empirical Analysis (Passed with 1 st class). M.A. Economics, University of Hyderabad, Special Subjects: Micro-economics, Macro-economics, Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Development Economics, International Finance, Environmental Economics (Passed with 1 st class). 1

2 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Duration Position held Institution Major responsibility May 2015 till Assistant National Institute Teaching BTech, MTech, date Professor of Technology MBA and PhD students, (NIT) Karnataka, Conducting independent Surathkal research, Obtaining external project funding 2013 Jan April Agriculture International Maize Poverty and hunger 2015 and and Wheat eradication in Sub-Saharan Development Economist (equivalent to Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi. Africa through innovating advanced technologies in agriculture, especially in Associate Maize and Wheat Professor) enhancing technologies. Design research projects, develop methodologies, collect and analyze primary data and publish journal papers Sept 2012 Dec 2006 July 2007 Aug Senior Research Fellow (equivalent to Assistant professor) Assistant Professor Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade (IUW), Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela Teaching Master level and undergraduate courses, Developing independent projects, raising funding for them, empirically analyzing the primary data, supervising MSc students Teaching and Research AREA OF SPECIALIZATION Development Economics, Agricultural Economics EXPERTISE IN QUANTITATIVE REEAARCH METHODS I have been working with quantitative methods of data analysis particularly econometric modeling right through my PhD and beyond. The specific quantitative techniques I am experienced with are Micro-econometric modeling Randomized Control Trial analysis Impact evaluation analysis Environmental Modeling. 2

3 PROJECT UNDERTAKEN/ RESEARCH GRANT Table: Project description Time period Project title Responsibility Funding agency From June 2018 till present From April 2018 till present From January 2013 till April 2015 From January 2014 till 2017 From June 2013 till December 2015 From 2011 to December 2013 Coffee Certification and Food Security with special reference to Gender sensitiveness in Araku valley, Andhra Pradesh A Study of Adaptation to Technological Innovation in Agriculture to Mitigate Climate Change Effects and its Impact on Rural farmers Assessment of Maize situation, outlook and investment opportunities in Southern and Eastern Africa Conservation Agriculture and smallholder farmers in Southern and Eastern Africa (CASFESA) Assessing the economic impacts of Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) in Kenya and Tanzania Assessment of Certification System on Farmer and Trade Levels for Horticultural Products in Thailand (WEGA) The Impacts of Forest Coffee Certification Schemes on Socioeconomic Sustainability: Case studies from Ethiopia, India, and Nicaragua (COFEIN) Evaluating the Socioeconomic benefits of Project leader Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany Principal ICSSR, India investigator Project leader Project leader in Kenya CGIAR EU, IFAD Project leader Government of Australia Project advisor Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany. Project leader Gottfried Leibniz University of Hannover Project leader Poverty, Equity and Growth Network 3

4 Geographical Indications (GIs): A Case Study of Basmati Rice in India (PEGNet), Kiel Institute for the World Economy COURSES TAUGHT Macroeconomic Theory and Policy Micro Economics Engineering Economics Applied Econometrics Economic growth and inequality World Trade Trade and Environment: Theory and Evidence PhD THESIS SUPERVISION (Ongoing) Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change in the State of Karnataka. PhD Thesis Ongoing at NIT Karnataka by Rajesh Kalli Estimation of Vulnerability to Poverty and Assessing Impact of Welfare Measures on Vulnerability: A Study from Odisha. PhD Thesis Ongoing at NITK by Sunil Khosla Climate Change Adaptation and Rural Livelihoods in Odisha. PhD thesis ongoing by Purna Chandra Tanti at NIT Karnataka Study on Multi Stakeholder Framework Evaluation to measure Multi Dimension Key Performance Indicators and to improve the Performance of Major Sea Ports in India. PhD thesis ongoing at NITK by Prathivi T N MSc THESIS SUPERVISION Integration of smallholders in the coffee value chain: A case study from India. Thesis submitted at Leibniz University of Hannover by Sabina Karki (2012). Effekte der Zertifizierung auf die ländliche Entwicklung. Thesis submitted to Leibniz University of Hannover by Andreas Schiller (2011). Impact of Garden Coffee Certification on Small-Scale Producers: A Case Study in Oromia Region of Ethiopia Thesis submitted to Leibniz University of Hannover by Bezawit Beyene (2010). 4

5 The Impact of Coffee Production on Nepali Smallholders in the Value Chain. Thesis submitted to Leibniz University of Hannover by Rishi Kattel (2009). JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 1. Pradyot Ranjan Jena and Ritanjali Majhi (2018). An application of artificial neural network classifier to analyse the behavioural traits of smallholder farmers in Kenya. Evolutionary Intelligence, Doi.org/ /s (SCOPUS) 2. Pradyot Ranjan Jena (2018). Does Trade Liberalization create more pollution? Evidence from a panel regression analysis across the states of India. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies,DOI /s x(2018) (SCOPUS) 3. Pradyot Ranjan Jena and Ulrike Grote (2017). Fairtrade Certification and Livelihood Impacts on Small-scale Coffee Producers in a Tribal Community of India. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 39(1), (SCOPUS) 4. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Till Stellmacher, Ulrike Grote (2017). The impact of coffee certification on income among smallholders in Jinotega, Nicaragua. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 19(1), (SCI) 5. S. Karki, Pradyot Ranjan Jena and U. Grote (2016). Fairtrade Certification and Livelihoods: A Panel Data Analysis of Coffee Growing Households in India. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 45 (3), (SCOPUS) 6. M. Jaleta, M. Kassie, K. Tesfaye, T. Teklewold, Pradyot Ranjan Jena, M. Paswel and O. Erenstein (2016). Resource saving and productivity enhancing impacts of crop management innovation packages in Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics. 47, (SCI) 7. D. B. Rahut, A. Ali, N. B. Chhetri, B. Behera and Pradyot Ranjan Jena (2016). Access to Safe Drinking Water and Human Health: Empirical Evidence from Rural Bhutan. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. 16(5), doi: /ws (SCI) 8. Dil Bahadur Rahut, Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Akhtar Ali, B. Behera and N.B. Chhetri (2015). Rural Nonfarm Employment, Income, and Inequality: Evidence from Bhutan. Asian Development Review, Vol. 32, No.2, (SCOPUS) 9. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, R. Majhi and B. Majhi, (2015). Development and Performance Evaluation of a Novel Knowledge Guided Artificial Neural Network (KGANN) Model for Exchange Rate Prediction. Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences, Elsevier, Vol. 27, No.4, (SCOPUS) 5

6 10. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, C. Ngokkuen, D. B. Rahut, U. Grote, (2014). Geographical indication protection and rural livelihoods: insights from India and Thailand. Asian Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 29, No.1, (SCOPUS) 11. T. Kindie, M. Jaleta, Pradyot Jena and M. Mutenje, (2014). Identifying Potential Recommendation Domains for Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi. Environmental Management, 55(2), (SCI) 12. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, U. Grote, (2012). Impact evaluation of traditional Basmati rice cultivation in Uttarakhand State of Northern India: What implications does it hold for Geographical Indications? World Development, 40, (SCOPUS) 13. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, B. Beyene, T. Stellmacher and U. Grote, (2012). The Impact of Coffee Certification on Small-Scale Producers Livelihoods: A Case Study from the Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics, 43(4), (SCI) 14. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, U. Grote (2010). Changing Institutions to Protect Regional Heritage: A Case for Geographical Indications in the Indian Agrifood Sector. Development Policy Review, 28(2), (SCOPUS) 15. Pradyot Ranjan Jena, U. Grote (2008). Growth trade environment nexus in India. Economics Bulletin, 17(11), 1-11 (SCOPUS) 16. S. Managi, Pradyot Ranjan Jena, (2008). Environmental productivity and Kuznets curve in India. Ecological Economics, 65, (SCI) 17. S. Managi, Pradyot Ranjan Jena, (2007). Productivity and Environment in India. Economics Bulletin, 17(1) (SCOPUS) 18. B. Rath, Pradyot Ranjan Jena (2006). Growth Determinants of Orissa and their Implications for Future Development of the State. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(2), (SCOPUS) BOOK PUBLICATIONS 1. Pradyot Ranjan Jena (2018). Impact of Economic Growth and Trade Liberalization on Air Pollution. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Fair Trade, Environmental Labels, Bans and Ecosystem Services (with Ulrike Grote), In Ecosystem Services and Global Trade of Natural Resources. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group

7 2. Certifying Coffee Cooperatives in Ethiopia, India and Nicaragua: How Far Do Small-scale Coffee Producers Benefit? In Fair Trade and Organic Agriculture: A Winning Combination? CABI SELECTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/PRESENTATIONS 1. Assessing Climate Change Impact on Millet Yields in Karnataka Region of South India, 7 th International Engineering Symposium, Kumamoto University, Japan, March 7-9, Effect of Climate Variability on Agriculture using Regression Analysis, Conference on Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and Security, Guru Ghasidas University, Chhattisgarh, February 15-16, Does Climate Change Affect Agriculture Adversely at Small Spatial Scale? Evidence from District-wise Analysis in Karnataka, International Conference on and Business, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, January 13-14, Unravelling the Socioeconomic Determinants that Affect Poverty: An Econometric Analysis from Rural Odisha, Conference on Transforming Odisha: policies, Institution, and Innovation, Centre for the Study on Contemporary Societies, Bhubaneswar, March 4-6, Can third party certifications programme improve livelihoods and reduce food insecurity: An empirical study from southern India. 9th Biennial Conference of Indian Society of Ecological Economics, Thrissur, Kerala 6. Classifying Behavioural Traits of Small-scale Farmers Use of a Novel Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Classifier. Presented at the International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, and Optimization Techniques (ICEEOT). March 3 5, Chennai, India. (SCOPUS) (First author, Total 2) 7. Potential Recommendation Domains for Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa. 6 th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture. June 22-26, Manitoba, Canada. (Co-author, Total 4) 8. The Impact of Coffee Certification on Small-Scale Producers' Livelihoods: A Case Study in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. 28th Triennial Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) in Brazil from August 18 to 24, (First author, total 3) 9. A study of changing patterns of energy consumption and energy efficiency in the Indian manufacturing sector) MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (Only author) 7

8 10. Coffee certification and poverty in Nicaragua: Should we be optimistic? paper presented at PEGNet conference 2010, South Africa. (First Author, Total 3) 11. Does Geographical Indication (GI) labeling increase producer welfare? A case study of Basmati rice in Northern India. paper presented at the International society for ecological economics (ISEE) conference 2010, Bremen-Oldenburg, Germany. (First author, Total 2) 12. Estimating environmental efficiency and Kuznets curve for India. paper presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Beijing, China, August 16-22, (Only author). 13. Growth-Trade-Environment Nexus in India. Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Zurich 2008, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics. (First Author, Total 2) 14. Impact of Coffee Certification on Small-scale Producers: A Case Study in Jimma Zone of Ethiopia, Tropentag, 2011, Germany. (First author, Total 4) 15. Factors Determining Behaviour of Thai Households in Adopting Geographical Indication Certification for Jasmine Rice, Tropentag 2011, Germany (Co-author, Total 3) 16. Welfare Effects of Coffee Certification: Some Evidence from Nicaragua, Tropentag 2012, Germany (First author, Total 3) 17. Impact of Certification for Tribal Coffee Growers Wellbeing: A Case Study from Araku Valley, India, Tropentag 2012 (Main supervisor, Total 3) REVIEWER OF JOURNALS Reviewed articles for the following journals World Development Ecological Economics Agricultural Economics Applied Economic Perspective and Policy Journal of Cleaner Production Agribusiness Environment and Development Economics Regional Environmental Change Food Security Development Policy Review Journal of Agricultural Economics 8

9 EDITOR IN JOURNAL Currently in the Editorial board of the journal IJBMT (International Journal of Business and Management Tomorrow) published from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) ( STATISTICAL SOFTWARE SKILLS Excellent operating knowledge in the following statistical softwares: STATA, SAS, EViews, LIMDEP and SPSS PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE) South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) (Dr. Pradyot Ranjan Jena) 9