Research Areas:
Energy; Environmental Economics; Electricity Reforms; Privatisation and Regulation; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Industrial Organization

Recent Consulting:
Review of National Power Training Institute (with Malathi Somaiah), Ministry of Power, GOI, 2006
Study of Tea Cooperatives in Tamil Nadu (with B. Mahadevan and Trilochan Sastry), GoTN, 2006
Study of rubberized coir market (with Ashish Mishra) for Coir Board, 2005-06
Advised Consultant (Mecon) for the study on Costing and Pricing of Electricity for different consumer groups for the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, 2001
Restructuring; done for Energy Dept., Govt. of Karnataka, 2001-02
Economic Evaluation of decentralized energy options for Karnataka for the Dept. of Science and Technology / Dept. of Renewable energy, 2001

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore:1977-present
Visiting Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA, fall 1998
Visiting Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, May 1999- August 1999

Other Assignments:
Senior Engineer, NTPC Ltd., New Delhi, 1976-1977
Development Engineer, Lucas TVS Ltd., 1972-1973
Graduate Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Bombay, 1969-1972

Other Professional Appointments:
Member, Committee to explore the options for using latest IC Technology in rural Post Offices, headed by CPMG, Karnataka, 2009
Member, Steering Committee, South Asian Forum on Infrastructure Regulation (SAFIR), 2004 - till date
Member, Infrastructure Committee, Govt. of Uttaranchal, 2005 - till date
Director, Bhorukha Power Corporation, Bangalore, 2001-05
Member, Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, 2000-01 & 2003-04
Member, Academic Council, National Power Training Institute, 2002-03
Member, ECON, (Consumer Council) KERC, Karnataka, Bangalore, 2002-03
Member of Academic Council, NPTI, New Delhi
Member, Southern Region Task Force, All India Council for Technical Education for recognition of educational institutions in management education
Editorial Boards: Sankalpa, Utkal Univ., Vilakshan, XIM Bhubaneswar

Awards:
Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholar, MESPOM, CEU and Lund University, 2008
Best elective from Economics Area, IIM Bangalore, for the course: Large Project Appraisal, 2000
Fulbright Scholar, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1982 83

Significant Publications:
1. Climate change and options for India, International Journal of Business Research 8-2, 2008
2. ‘Electricity sector reforms in transitional economies' International Journal of Business Research, 2006
3. "Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Power: Conceptual issues, Survey Results and Implications for pricing" with Rafiq Dossani Energy Economics 26 (2004) 359-369
4. "Hydro-power and environment in India" Energy Policy, Elsevier, UK, 25(4), March 1997
5. "Electricity privatization revisited" Energy Policy, 24(9), September, 1996
6. "Feast and Famine: Power sector in Zambia" (with A.Mbewe), Energy Policy, December 1995
7. Comments on ‘Issues in energy subsidies for irrigation pumping' Forum, Energy Policy 23(1) January 1995
8. "Electricity privatization: Case of India" Energy Policy, August 1993
9. "Rural electrification revisited" Energy Policy, February 1993
10. "Forecasting electricity demand in rural areas" Sankhya (B), Calcutta, 46(3) 1984

Books:
Rural Electrification in Africa (Edited), Zed Books, London, 1992
Planning and Management in the African Power Sector, (with A. Mbewe, L. Khalema and B.Ramasedi), Zed Books, London, 1998

Chapter in books:
1. ‘India Post: an agenda for restructuring and commercialization' in Handbook of worldwide Postal Reform Ed. James I Campbell Jr., Michael Crew and Paul Kleindorfer, Edward Elgar, 2008
2. ‘Farmer's Willingness to Pay for Power in India: Conceptual issues, survey results and implications for pricing' with Rafiq Dossani in Against the current: Vol. II, Ed. Joel Ruet, Manohar, New Delhi 2005
3. "Profit centre concept for performance enhancement of State Electricity Boards" in Against the Current (Ed.) Joel Ruet, Centre for Science, French Mission, New Delhi 2003. Reviewed in EPW, September 2003