Research Areas:
Environmental Policy;  Risk Analysis; Public Policy; Risk Management

Recent Consulting:
"Establishing an Urban Management Program," St. Joseph's College of Business Administration, Bangalore, 2004
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Karnataka and the World Bank, "State of the Environment Report-Karnataka," 2003
Government of Karnataka "Revitalising Kolar Gold Fields," Non-official member of Committee set up by Government of Karnataka, 2003.
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited "Communicating Power Sector Reform," 2002
Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission "Functional Review of Urban Development Department," 2001

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 2000- present
Research Fellow in Science and Public Policy, University of Oklahoma, USA, 1999-2000
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA, 1999-2000
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA, 1992-1999
Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment Program, University of Oklahoma, USA, 1999
Visiting Scholar, Center for Jurisprudence and Social Policy- Law School (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1991
John M. Olin Post-doctoral Fellow in Law and Economics- Law School (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1991

Other Professional Appointments:
Member, Central Board, Reserve Bank of India
Director, General Insurance Corporation of India, 2007-present
Member, Executive Council, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, 2008-present
Invited Columnist, Bangalore BIAS, Business World, Deccan Herald, Economic Times, India Today, Sunday Indian Express, Times of India, and Invited Quiz Columnist, Outlook

Awards:
John M. Olin Post-doctoral Fellowship in Law & Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
University Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Loyola Fellowship, Fordham University, USA

Significant Publications:

Books:
1. Judgments, Decisions, and Public Policy: Behavioral Decision Theory Perspectives and Applications, (Editor, with Jeffrey Fox), New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002
2. Integrating Insurance and Risk Management for Hazardous Wastes, (Co-editor, with Howard Kunreuther), Boston: Kluwer, 1990

Articles and Book Chapters:
1. "Indian Political Parties and Democracy" (with E. Sridharan), in Political Parties and Democracy: A Five Volume Comparative Survey, Kay Lawson and Baogang He (editors), Praeger, forthcoming 2009
2. "Evolution of Indian Political Parties and Political System," (with E. Sridharan), in State of India's Democracy, Larry Diamond, Sumit Ganguly, and Marc Plattner (editors), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
3. "Early Indian Initiatives in E-Democracy," International Journal of E-Government, 2007
"E-lectoral Reforms in India" in E-Government: Macro Issues (ed. R. K. Mitra), New Delhi: GIFT Publishing, 2006
4. "Transport and the Environment," (with K.M. Anantharamaiah, Aparna Sawhney and Somashekhar Reddy), in State of the Environment: Karnataka, Government of Karnataka, 2004
5. "Integrating Politics with the Social Amplification of Risk Framework," in The Social Amplification of Risk, Nick Pidgeon, Roger E. Kasperson, and Paul Slovic (eds.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003