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Parikshit Ghosh is the Editor-in-Chief of Ideas for India. Parikshit Ghosh is a Professor at the Delhi School of Economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Boston University, and has taught at Texas A&M University, University of British Columbia and the Indian Statistical Institute. Ghosh’s research focuses on game theory and information economics. He has written about contemporary policy issues in various Indian newspapers, including Hindustan Times, Economic Times and Anandabazar Patrika.
Posts by Parikshit Ghosh
A conversation on development - I
Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Kaushik Basu (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank and fo...
- Kaushik Basu Parikshit Ghosh
- 03 February, 2016
- Perspectives
A conversation on development - II
Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Kaushik Basu (Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank and fo...
- Kaushik Basu Parikshit Ghosh
- 03 February, 2016
- Perspectives
Land acquisition Act: Addressing both justice and prosperity
The Modi government’s land acquisition ordinance did away with the consent and social impact assessment requirements for private projects in certain sectors under UPA’s 2013 land Act. In this art...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Parikshit Ghosh
- 29 July, 2015
- Perspectives
John Nash and modern economic theory
In a tribute to John Nash, Parikshit Ghosh, Associate Professor at Delhi School of Economics, outlines the revolutionary contributions of the late Nobel laureate to economic thought.
- Parikshit Ghosh
- 04 June, 2015
- Perspectives
Land acquisition debate: The price is not right
The central government’s move to amend the 2013 land acquisition Act has come under criticism for being ‘anti-farmer’. In this article, Maitreesh Ghatak and Parikshit Ghosh argue that while the...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Parikshit Ghosh
- 31 March, 2015
- Perspectives
India's illiberal speech climate
India’s cultural watchdogs and hate speech laws are increasingly seeking to restrict free expression in the country. This article contends that the right to take offence is fundamentally incompatib...
- Parikshit Ghosh
- 05 March, 2014
- Perspectives
The Land Acquisition Act is deeply flawed
In the second part of the Land Acquisition Act debate, Ghatak and Ghosh argue that the legislation is ill-conceived and falls short on several counts. They contend that the formula for compensation is...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Parikshit Ghosh
- 23 October, 2013
- Perspectives
The Land Acquisition Bill
Will the new Land Acquisition Bill make protests like those in Singur and Bhatta-Parsaul a thing of the past? Will it make land acquisition so expensive and difficult that the pace of industrialisati...
- Parikshit Ghosh Shri Vallabh Goyal Dilip Mookherjee Abhirup Sarkar
- 26 April, 2013
- Symposium
The Land Acquisition Bill
Will the new Land Acquisition Bill make protests like those in Singur and Bhatta-Parsaul a thing of the past? Will it make land acquisition so expensive and difficult that the pace of industrialisati...
- Parikshit Ghosh Shri Vallabh Goyal Dilip Mookherjee Abhirup Sarkar
- 26 April, 2013
- Symposium
Land acquisition: Is there a way out?
India is hungry for space to grow into a developed economy. Yet this hunger is increasingly raiding farmland and threatening traditional livelihoods. For some, this is a necessary evil, for others it ...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Parikshit Ghosh
- 16 July, 2012
- Articles
Improving Urban Air Quality in India: Lessons from the Kolkata Clean Air Regulations of 2009
This paper analyses the change in the economic returns of auto-rickshaw drivers in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), roughly one year after they were required to shift to using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG...
- Parikshit Ghosh Rohini Somanathan
- 01 April, 2011
- IGC Research on India