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Jayan Jose Thomas Curriculum Vitae Visiting Research Fellow Updated May 25th 2005 Institute of South Asian Studies National University of Singapore Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Building 1 Hon Sui Sen Drive Singapore 117588 Ph: (65) 6874 6096 (off); (65) 97930645 (mobile) Fax: (65) 6776 7505 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Summary
Jayan Jose Thomas has completed his Ph.D. in development studies, and has wide research interests in development economics and political economy. He has worked and published papers on the links between industrialization and human development, new technologies and development, issues of labour, Indian economy, and the economy of Kerala. He is currently involved in a project that aims to study the impact of information and communication technologies in India’s rural areas. He was awarded the ‘Young Labour Economist Award’ of the Indian Society of Labour Economics in 2003. He teaches a course on ‘Knowledge Economies’ at the National University of Singapore. His future plans for research include the writing of a book on the association between industrial and social development based on the experience of the Indian State of Kerala; and carrying out a research project on the knowledge economy of India.
Personal Details
Male, Indian National, born on May 25, 1974
Educational Qualifications:
Ph. D. in Development Studies, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai (submitted the thesis in December 2003) Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Engineering), University of Kerala, 1995
Record of Employment:
Post Doctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore, from February 2004 to the present.
Research Scholar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, from August 1998 to December 2003.
Industrial Engineer/ Project Associate, Centre for Management Development, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, November 1995 to June 1998.
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Areas of Interest:
Development economics, political economy, Indian economy, industrialization and income growth, knowledge economies and economics of innovation, issues of human development, issues of labour, econometrics.
Ongoing Research Project
Impact of information and communication technologies for development of rural areas: a study based on field work in two Indian States, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Research Projects Undertaken/Awarded
Have been awarded a research grant (of S$7000) by the Faculty Research Committee (R-124-000-008-112-), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, for carrying out a project titled ‘Information and Communication Technologies for Development of Rural Areas’ (field study for the project in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala)
Awards/Honours Received:
‘Sanjay Thakur Young Labour Economist Award’ for the best paper writer below the age of forty in the 45th Annual Labour Economics Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, held in Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 15-17 December 2003.
Teaching Experience:
A course on ‘Knowledge Economies’ for students in the third year of under-graduate studies in National University of Singapore (January – May 2005). Tutorial assistance for a course on ‘Media, Globalization and Information Technology’
Selected Publications, Papers:
Published papers ‘Kerala’s Industrial Backwardness: A Case of Path Dependence in Industrialization?’ World Development, May 2005, Vol.33, No.5, pp. 763-783. ‘Political economy of Informational Development in Rural Areas: Some Evidence from Kerala and Andhra Pradesh’ in Political Economy and Information Capitalism in India: Digital Divide, Development Divide and Equity, edited by Govindan Parayil and published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., forthcoming (in 2005).
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‘New Technologies for India’s Development,’ in Parikh, Kirit and Radhakrishna, R (ed.) (2005), India Development Report 2004-05, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 126-40. Thomas, Jayan Jose (2005), ‘Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development of Rural Areas: The Case of India’, presented at the International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society held at the University of California, Berkeley, 18-20 February 2005, included in the conference proceedings (see http://t05.cgpublisher.com/proposals/81), and forthcoming in the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, Vol.1 ‘Labour and Industrialization in Kerala’ in Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 46, No.4, pp. 575-92., June-December 2003. ‘A Review of Indian Manufacturing’, in Parikh, Kirit and Radhakrishna, R (eds.) (2002), India Development Report 2002, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. ‘Economies of Scale, Technical Progress and Regional Growth Disparities: Indian Industry, 1959-98’ presented at the Conference on Economics for the Future, organised by the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge, U.K, September 2003, downloadable from <http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/cjeconf/delegates/thomasj.pdf> Papers under review/submitted for publication ‘Economies of Scale, Technical Progress and Regional Growth Disparities: Indian Industry, 1959-98’ submitted for publication in Cambridge Journal of Economics. Work in Progress ‘Information Technology, Globalization and the Rural Poor: Evidence from two Indian Villages’ to be submitted for the UNU-WIDER/JICA Conference on the Impact of Globalization on the Poor in Asia, Tokyo, April 25-26, 2005 and for subsequent publication in a special issue of a journal under UNU/WIDER copyright. ‘Learning at the Societal Level: Community-based Initiatives in Micro-hydro Power Projects in Kerala, India’ to be submitted to International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development (co-authored with Sebastian K. Jose). ‘Size, Structure and Growth of Kerala’s Industrial Sector: A Study of Regional Industrial Structures’ to be submitted for publication in Indian Economic Journal. ‘Information Technology for Rural Development? Some Evidence from Andhra Pradesh’ to be submitted to the Economic and Political Weekly.
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Papers presented
‘Kerala’s Industrial Backwardness: A Case of Path Dependence in Industrialization?’ presented at a joint seminar organised by South Asian Studies Programme and Information and Communications Management Programme, National University of Singapore, 5 November, 2004. ‘Labour and Industrialization in Kerala’ presented at the 45th Annual Labour Economics Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, held in Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 15-17 December 2003. ‘Social Achievements and Economic Backwardness of the State of Kerala, India’, presented at the Seminar on Foreign Investment and Economic Development in India and China, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, February - March, 2002. ‘Power Shortage and Industrial Backwardness in the Indian State of Kerala’, presented at the International Conference on Ecobalance and Life Cycle Assessment, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, February 2002. ‘Kerala’s Industrial Backwardness: An Econometric Investigation’, presented at the 38th Annual Conference of Indian Econometric Society, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, January 2002. ‘Institutional Factors in Industrialization: A Case Study of Kerala’, presented at the Conference on Industrialization in a Reforming Economy, held at the Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, December 2000.
Conferences/Workshops attended:
International Development Economics Associates (IDEAS) Conference on Revisiting Macro economics in the Age of Finance, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, September 1-5, 2003. VIIth International Conference on Economics of the Economic Research Centre, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, September 6-9, 2003. International Development Economics Associates (IDEAS) Conference on International Money and Developing Countries: Theoretical and Policy issues in the Current context, Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu, India, December 16-19, 2002. International Conference on Democratic Decentralisation, May 23-28, 2000, Kerala State Planning Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Details on Ph. D. Thesis:
Title of the thesis: State Policy, Industrial Structure and Industrialization: The Case of Kerala This thesis examined some problems of industrialization and income growth in the Indian State of Kerala. Kerala has attracted international attention for its exceptional achievements in social spheres. In essence, my thesis attempted to explain the paradox of high “human development” achievements and relatively low achievements with respect to industrialization in Kerala.
Courses Completed/ Examinations Cleared/ Degrees Obtained:
1. Two-year advanced course work in Economics as part of the requirement for registering for Ph. D., Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, August 1998 to May 2000
Compulsory courses: Macro Economics, Micro Economics, Econometrics (with a rigorous quantitative approach in each of these courses), Issues in Development Policy, Optimisation Theory, and Energy and Environment. Optional courses: Land and Labour in Rural India, Indian Economy, Time Series Analysis, Mathematical Methods in Economics, and Institutional Economics (audit course). Grade obtained: Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.23 on a scale with a maximum of 4.
2. Four Year course leading to Bachelor of Technology, Industrial Engineering, (Mechanical Engineering stream), Government College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University, Kerala, September 1991 to November 1995. Major subjects covered: Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics. Grade obtained: First Class with Distinction (cumulative score of 77 per cent)
3. Two-year Pre-degree course, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, August 1989
to April 1991. Major subjects covered: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. Grade obtained: First Class with Distinction (cumulative score of 84.7 per cent).
4. Secondary School Leaving Examination, Board of Public Examinations, Kerala, March 1989. Grade obtained: First Class with Distinction (92.3 per cent).
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Proficiency in Computers: Extensive working experience with the Microsoft Windows applications, Word, Excel, and Power Point; familiarity with statistical/mathematical packages including SAS, LIMDEP, STATA and GAMS; limited familiarity with UNIX and LINUX computing environments, and with the programming languages, FORTRAN and C; and experience in using computer databases.
Proficiency in Languages: Can speak, read and write English, Malayalam and Hindi.
Major Projects Completed as Industrial Engineer/Project Associate:
Study on the maintenance function at Peninsula Polymers Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, May 1996. Work study and manpower planning at the Handicrafts Development Corporation of Kerala, February 1997. Work study and Manpower planning at Trivandrum Air Cargo Terminal, Thiruvananthapuram, July 1997.
Demand Forecasting and Price Determination for Kerala State Electricity Board (only as an associate in a project team), June 1998.
Other Work experience:
Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Eco-Balance and Life Cycle Assessment, IGIDR, Mumbai, February 13-15, 2002. Member, Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Development Strategies for the New Millennium held in honour of Professor Kirit.S.Parikh”, IGIDR, Mumbai, July 12-14, 2000.
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Address for Correspondence: Jayan Jose Thomas, National University of Singapore, Post Doctoral Fellow, Information and Communications Management Programme,Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Block AS3, #04-16, 3 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 Tel: (65) 6874 1023 Fax:: (65) 6779 4911 Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Permanent Address: Jayan Jose Thomas, Kollappallil House, Thodupuzha North P.O, PIN-685584 Idukki District, Kerala, India Phone: 91-4862 225511.
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Names of Referees: V.K Ramachandran (PhD thesis supervisor) Professor, Sociological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, PIN-700035, India. Phone (office): 91-33-25772088, 25773241 Phone (residence): 91-33-23347654 Fax: 91-33-2577668 E-mail: [email protected] Govindan Parayil (former senior colleague), Professor, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, P.O Box 1108 – Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway, Tel: 47 – 2284 – 0650 Fax: 47 – 2284 – 0601 Email: [email protected] R. Radhakrishna, Director and Senior Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Goregaon East, Mumbai, PIN-400065, India. Phone: 91 –22 – 28400919, 28400920 Fax: 91 –22 – 28402752, 28402026 Email: [email protected] Kirit Parikh Member, Planning Commission, Government of India and Emeritus Professor (and former Director and Vice-Chancellor) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Goregaon East, Mumbai, PIN-400065, India. Phone: 91 –22 – 28400919, 28400920 Fax: 91 –22 – 28402752, 28402026 Email: [email protected], [email protected]
