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National Conference On ‘Efficacy of the Indian Economic Policies (Sectoral Analysis)’

St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous, Mumbai
Department of Economics
Conference Dates: 6th and 7th February, 2015
St. Xavier’s College is an educational institution, which strives for an intellectual endeavor that focuses on critical
and creative thinking, with the aim of social transformation. It seeks to give an all-rounddevelopment, inculcating
both human and spiritual values.
The Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai is organizing a 2-day National Conference on
`Efficacy of Indian Economic Policies (Sectoral Analysis).’
Objectives:
The Conference aims to have intellectual discourse on issues related to Indian economic policies of various
sectors and provide platform to the researchers for communicating their views on their intellectual standing of
empirical research on Indian economic policies.
The conference will be built around plenary and parallel sessions that allow participants to present original
research, share innovative ideas, and deliberate openly on pressing issues.
We invite scholars and related individuals to contribute papers with rigorous analysis. Papers may be theoretical,
applied, or practical in nature, and will be reviewed by a Scientific Committee. Sessions are tentatively organized
around the following theme areas:
Important Themes:
Theme 1: Agriculture Policies
Theme 2: Industrial Policies
Theme 3: Services Sector (Banking and Financial Services)
Theme 4: Services Sector (Non-financial Services)
In addition to above mentioned themes, following Issues could be considered.
i. The origin of policies like the land reforms, the Industrial Policies, the Licensing Policies, Policies based on the
Stabilization and Structural Adjustment Programmes.
ii. The Amendments / Annulment / Abrogation of policies like MRTPA, FERA, Labour Security Acts.
iii. The introduction of ‘new’ laws that are based on neo-liberal inclinations, like the Competition Act, FEMA,
MGNREGA, Food Security Act, Acts that get the country to engage with FDIs and FIIs.
An extended abstract of 500 wordsshould state the objectives, data, methodology, preliminary findings and policy
recommendations of the paper. Authors are requested to provide detailed contact information, a series of keywords
that best characterizes the paper, and the Theme number in which the author feels the paper would most
appropriately be placed.
Important Dates:
Abstract submission: 30th October 2014
Acceptance of Abstract: 15th November 2014
Full Paper Submission: 15th December 2014 (along with Registration)
Abstracts and Final Paper to be emailed to: conferenceeconomics2015@xaviers.edu
Conference Co-ordinator Dr. Aditi Sawant, email:aditi.sawant@xaviers.edu
Selected papers will be published in ‘Xplore’ (St Xavier’s College – Autonomous, Mumbai Staff Research Journal
– ISSN 2249 –1878)
Registration Fee (without accommodation and there would be no TA / DA):
Faculty / Research Scholars: Rs 3000 / –
Participants: Rs 2500 / –
Students (UG / PG): Rs 1500 / –
Details for on-line payments:
Bank Name: Corporation Bank
Bank Account No.: 053600101000894
Name of the Account: The Bombay St. Xavier’s College Society
Address: Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai 400-001
TRG /NEFT / IFSC Code: CORP0000536
Bank MICR Code: 400017043
Branch Code: 0536
All Demand Drafts / Cheques should be drawn in favour of ‘The Bombay St. Xavier’s College Society’, payable at
Mumbai.

Internship at Debt RecoveryTribunal ,10 k stipend

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Debts Recovery Tribunal are located across the country. Some cities have more than one Debts Recovery Tribunals. New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai have three Debts Recovery Tribunals. Ahmedabad and Chandigarh have two Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) each. One Debts Recovery Tribunal has been constituted at Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Lucknow, Madurai,Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Vishakapatnam and Ranchi

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The general terms and conditions for Legal Internship

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National Conference on Economics & Development

About NCED

National Conference on Economics & Development, NCED 2014 will be held at India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi on 21 December 2014. NCED 2014 is primarily an academic event that provides interactive platform to the academics and researchers to share their views, research findings, and critique of contemporary issues revolving around economics and development studies.

Abstract Submission

Abstracts (150 words) of papers on any of the following tracks can be submitted at apg.mdrf@gmail.com latest by 15 October 2014:

Micro Economics
Macro Economics
Development studies
Rural Economics
International Economics
Industrial Economics
Economic Theories
Microfinance
Contemporary Issues in Economics/Development Studies

Full Papers

Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to contribute full papers latest by 20 November 2014. Results of abstract selection will be made by 20 October 2014. Length of full papers will be 3000-5000 words. Guidelines for contribution will be sent along with acceptance mail.

Conference Publication

All the papers selected for the conference will be published in any three of the journals published by MDRF viz. Journal of Politics & Governance, Journal of Management & Public Policy (indexed in EBSCO) or Review of Management (indexed in EBSCO).

Registration Fee

Registration process will begin after abstract selection. Registration Forms will be sent along with Acceptance Mail.

Registration Fee: Rs 3500/-

Registration Fee can be sent by Demand Draft in favour of “Management Development Research Foundation” payable at New Delhi.

Last date for sending registration form and fee is 20 November 2014.

Registration Form and fee should be sent at the following address:

Management Development Research Foundation
4th Floor, Statesman House,
Connaught Place, Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi –110001

Timelines

Last date for abstract submission: 15 October 2014
Announcement of Results of Abstract Screening: 20 October 2014
Last date for full paper submission: 20 November 2014
Last date for registration: 20 November 2014
Conference Date: 21 December 2014

Conference related Queries: apg.mdrf@gmail.com

KN RAJ Fellowships: Call for Applications

TEACHING RESOURCES GRANT FOR TEACHERS IN ECONOMICS:

Fellowship Programme: During the term of the fellowship the awardee will have access to both library and computing resources at the Centre and, if she or he so chooses, may be mentored by one of the CDS faculty. Further, subject to availability, the awardees will also be provided with office space.

Who can apply: Teachers in economics from any of the universities or recognized secondary schools in India. Although all branches of economics are welcome, preference will be given to those wanting to prepare teaching resources in the areas of Economic Theory, Econometrics, the Indian Economy and International Economics.

Other things remaining the same, academics and researchers based in the state of Kerala will be given preference in the award of these fellowships. The selection committee reserves the right to invite teachers for the award of these fellowships.

Duration: They may spend up to a period of one month at the Centre.

Allowance: The fellowship will consists of a travel grant from the place of residence to CDS, Trivandrum and back, rent-free accommodation and boarding at CDS guest house/hostel for a period of thirty days and a grant of up to Rs. 10,000 for purchasing textbooks and other teaching resources.

Outcome: At the end of the award period, the awardee is expected to produce teaching resources such as lecture notes.

Number of fellowships available: 5 (per calendar year)

Application procedure: Twice a year (in January and August) on the basis of an online application. The selected persons may consider availing the fellowship any time within 6 months from the date of the award. For instance, if the date of award is 1 January, she or he may choose to avail of the fellowship for any one month before June 30 of that year.

Application Form I : Teachers

RESEARCH GRANT FOR RESEARCHERS IN ECONOMICS

Who can apply: Researchers in Economics from any of the affiliated colleges or university departments, journalists and development practitioners from India

Fellowship Programme: They may spend up to a period of three months at the Centre to write a chapter of their doctoral dissertation, prepare a research paper, or complete a book. During the term of the Fellowship the awardee will have access to both library and computing resources at the Centre, and if she or he chooses may be mentored by one of the CDS faculty. Further, the awardees will also be provided with office space.

Allowance: The fellowship consists of a travel grant from the place of residence to Thiruvananthapuram and back, rent-free accommodation and boarding at the CDS guest house/ hostel for a period of ninety days and a grant of up to Rs. 15000 per awardee for purchasing books and other research material.

Number of fellowships available: Five (per calendar year)

Application Form II : Researchers

For further information on these schemes please contact

Mr. A. R. AjiKumar
Centre for Development Studies,
Prasanth Nagar Road, Ulloor, Trivandrum – 695011
Tel: 2448881 (Extn.256), 2774256
E-mail: knrajf@cds.ac.in, web: http://www.cds.edu

Source Link: http://www.cds.edu/training/kn-raj-fellowship

Call for Papers: 30th Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE)

WHEN: September 26-28, 2013

WHERE: University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

ORGANISER(S):

Polish Association of Law and Economics (PSEAP), in cooperation with the Centre for Economic Analyses of Public Sector at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw and Warsaw School of Economics.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Those interested in presenting a paper are invited to submit the paper (in draft form), together with a short abstract, following the online procedure. Priority in selection will be given to completed papers.

Papers may be on any topic in or related to Law and Economics including:

Property rights, property law and growth – Antitrust and Regulation – Bankruptcy, Commercial Corporate Law and Corporate Governance – Behavioural Law and Economics – Comparative Law and Economics – Contract Theory and Contract Law – Crime, Deterrence and Criminal Law – Environmental Law and Economics – Experimental Law and Economics – Family Law, Gender, and Discrimination – Health Law – Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy – International Law, International Trade, and Immigration – Labour and Employment Law – Law and Development – Litigation, Dispute Resolution and the Legal Process – Market and Non-market Regulation – Mergers and Acquisitions – Political economy and public choice – Public and Administrative Law – Finance, Securities and Capital Market Regulation – Taxation and Social Welfare – Theory of the Firm (Includes Non-Profits and Government Orgs.) – Tort Law and Compensation Systems.

Emphasis on economic analyses of regulation, including regulatory impact assessment, is particularly welcome.

GORAN SKOGH AWARD

Authors, who fulfill the eligibility requirements (doctors no more than 2 years from the completion of their academic education) are also invited to enter the competition to win the Goran Skogh Award for the most promising paper presented at the EALE Conference. The winner will receive €1000.

Poster sessions will also be organized during the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES: