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Chinmaya Kumar

Azim Premji University
hichinmaya@gmail.com

Chinmaya Kumar is an assistant professor at Azim Premji University. We finished his PhD from the University of Chicago. He was a Country Economist for IGC India Bihar. He holds an M.Phil. degree in development studies from the University of Oxford. He has previously worked with the Centre for Development Finance in Chennai, where he co-authored a pilot study on measuring the district-level economic governance for the state of Tamil Nadu. He also holds an undergraduate degree in economics from University of Delhi. 

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राजनीतिक आरक्षण के वितरणात्मक परिणाम

सन 2011 से 25 जनवरी को भारत में राष्ट्रीय मतदाता दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है ताकि 18 वर्ष की आयु पूरी करने वाले सभी मतदातों को मतदान के महत्त्व के बारे में जागरूक बनाया जाए। मतदान में हमेशा अनुसूचित...

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The distributional consequences of political reservations

This article identifies and attempts to fill in the gaps in understanding the effects of reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Panchayats. Using data from a state-wide census, multiple administra...

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Land acquisition and structural transformation in Bihar: An analysis of alternative approaches

This project has three main objectives: One, the construction and analysis of a theoretical framework to evaluate the various options open to the government of Bihar to facilitate land acquisition for...

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Is Bihar the new poster boy for PDS reforms?

Food security is a critical issue and Bihar has made remarkable progress over the years. The aim of this project was to document the supply side reforms in Bihar’s PDS and explain why or why not the...

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Social Justice in Education: Are School Uniform and Scholarship Schemes Marred with Discrimination in Bihar?

This project evaluated on how well the attendance conditionality is being implemented in the schools of Bihar, and whether it’s marred with caste-based discrimination. The study found that the atte...

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