Govind Ballabh Pant University

Profile

Dr. H.N. Singh
Head,
Department of Agricultural Economics,
College of Agriculture

Contacts
+91-5944-233072 (O), +91-9411160013 (M)
hns_eco[at]rediffmail[dot]com

Department of Agricultural Economics

The Department of Agricultural Economics started functioning in 1960 as an integral part of the College of Agriculture. In the beginning it used to offer only undergraduate courses. The Master’s degree programme was started in 1963 and the Ph.D. degree programme in 1970. A new M.Sc. (Ag.) programme was started in Rural Banking in the year 1976 which successfully continued till 1992.The Department engages itself in all the three core activities of teaching, research and extension which constitute the integrated system of education in the university. In the last 57 years of its existence, the department has built up expertise in almost all the major fields of agricultural economics.

Vision:

Agricultural and Rural Development with equity and sustainability through excellence in teaching, research, extension and training.

Mandate:

To offer core course(s) to the first degree programmes in Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Horticulture and Home Science.

To offer Ph. D and Master’s degree programmes in Agricultural Economics.

To offer ‘Minor Package’ for post graduate programmes of other disciplines.

To conduct independent research in thrust areas of Agricultural Economics.

To participate in multi-disciplinary research projects.

To participate in extension activities of the university.

To provide comments, opinion on policy issues and research and field based information to government and other development departments.

Dr. H.N. Singh

Professor & Head

+91-9411160013

hns_eco[at]rediffmail[dot]com

Dr. Anil Kumar

Professor

+91-9411300598

kumar70anil[at]yahoo[dot]com

Dr. S.K. Srivastava

Professor

+91-9411393099

sks_pantnagar[at]yahoo[dot]com

Dr. Virendra Singh

Professor

+91-9411159995

vsingh_pachara[at]yahoo[dot]com

Dr. Chandra Dev

Professor

+91-9412420903

cdev_2006[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in

Dr. Shweta Chaudhary

Assistant Professor

+91-9756603236, +91-9548083188

shwetachaudhary2118[at]gmail[dot]com
shwetaeconomist10[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Ruchi Rani Gangwar

Assistant Professor

+91-999704433

ruchigangwar16[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Ajay Kumar Tripathi

Assistant Professor

+91-9451178823

ajaytripathi[dot]bhu[at]gmail[dot]com

PG Students Details

Student Name	Id. No.	Advisor	Topic
Ph.D.
Ashish Prakash	33013	Dr. H.N. Singh	----
Soumitra Chowdhury	49651	Dr. M.L. Sharma	A Study on Access and Utilization Pattern of Agricultural Credit in Midnapore and Burdwan Division of West Bengal
Asha Bisht	34338	Dr. Anil Kumar	---
Ms. Anjali Jakhar	36861	Dr. S.K. Srivastava	Total Factor Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Major Crops in Western Region of Uttar Pradesh
M.Sc.
Haripriya Bagh	48078	Dr. H.N. Singh	An economic analysis of rice crop establishment method ‘beushening’ in Balangir district of Odisha.
Praveen Ganur	49545	Dr. H.N. Singh	Comparative economics of organic and inorganic sugarcane cultivation in Belagavi district of Karnataka.
Somya Misra	43636	Dr. H.N. Singh	---
Girdhar B.J.	51180	Dr. H.N. Singh	---
Sweta Naula	41792	Dr. M.L. Sharma	Economic Analysis of production and marketing of deferent varieties of tomato in Nainital District of Uttarakhand
Ankita Deo	43680	Dr. M.L. Sharma	---
Madhu Rawat	43664	Dr. Anil Kumar	---
Shubham Arya	43755	Dr. Anil Kumar	---
Devesh Kumar Pant	43677	Dr. Virendra Singh	---
Yogesh Pandey	51010	Dr. Virendra Singh	---
Sangita	43785	Dr. Chandra Dev	---

Student Achievements in Academic Session 2021-22

Ph.D. Students

Mr. Devesh Kumar Pant, Id. No. 43677 joined as Senior Research Fellow at Indian Agriculture Statistical Research Institute New Delhi w.e.f. 12 September, 2022.

Ms. Bhumika Giri Goswami, Id. No. 44385 joined as Assistant Agricultural Officer (AAO), Jageshwar Range, Almora w.e.f. 01 January, 2022.

Ms. Shefali Srivastava, Id. No. 43701 did 3 month’s internship with International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi (IFPRI), worked on the project, ‘Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)’ (01 July, 2022 to 30 September, 2022)

Guest Lecture was delivered by Ms. Shefali Srivastava, Id. No. 43701 on “Adoption of Crop Insurance: Behavioral Biases and Possible nudges’ on 8th October, 2022 organized by Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi NCR.

Student’s activities in academic session 2021-22

International Online Guest Lecture on “Recent Advances in Econometric and Statistical Tools in Agricultural Economics” By Dr. Aakansha Melkhani, Held on 12/02/2022 at 9:30-10:30 AM

International Online Guest Lecture on “Impact Assessment Techniques” By Mr. Subhash Surendran Padmaja, Held on 26/02/2022 at 2:30-3:30 PM

Quiz Competition on Agricultural Economics held on 28/04/2022 at 3:00-3:30 PM

Freshers of batch 2021-2022 was held on 29/04/2022 and certification distribution for the quiz competition held on 28.04.2022.

Online Guest Lecture on “Panel Data Regression Modelling” by Dr. Raviraj Shekhawat was held on 09/06/2022 at 3:30-4:30 PM

Online Guest Lecture on “Latest RBI Guidelines for Banks and Economics Centred Competitive Exams by Mr. H.C Yogesh was held on 10/09/2022 at 3:00-4:00 PM