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Dr.
K. Puttaswamaiah who
has had a brilliant academic record
during his educational career,
is a prolific writer both in English
and Kannada. He has authored about
30 books, most important among
them are listed separately. He
has translated into Kannada the
celebrated work Value and Capital
of the Nobel Prize Winner Prof.
J.R. Hicks. His book on Unemployment
in India-An Analysis in Kannada
has received the Mysore University’s
Award of First Prize. He has specialised
in Project Formulation, Appraisal,
Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Besides the books on these subjects,
he has formulated a large number
of projects for the Government
of Karnataka for World Bank’s
assistance and conducted evaluation
of several projects and programmes.
He has to his credit about 250
articles published in various
journals of repute.
Dr. Puttaswamaiah was the technical
Chief of the Planning Department
(Senior Director), Government
of Karnataka and was incharge
of Planning, Project Formulation,
Appraisal, Evaluation and Rural
Development. He has over three
decades’ practical experience
in these fields. He held the post
of Director, Drought-Prone Areas
Programme, Rural Development Department
concurrently with the post of
Senior Director, Planning Department
for over a decade. Earlier, he
was Editor, State Gazetteers.
He has widely travelled abroad
and has attended a number of international
and national seminars and conferences.
He has worked on a number of national
level advisory and steering committees.
At present, he is the Chief Editor,
Indian Journal of Applied Economics,
Bangalore, and a Member of the
Karnataka State Gazetteers’
Advisory Committee. |
