P Mohanan Pillai

Centre for Development Studies,
Prasanth Nagar, Ulloor,
Thiruvananthapuram-695 011
Kerala, India
Phone: 91 471 2448881
Email: mpillai@cds.ac.in

PhD in Economics, 1983, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Gujarat

Industrial Economics, Foreign Investment, Technology transfer, Industrial Clusters and Regional Development.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1. Study of Indian Science Policy formulation for planning commission (1978)
2. First Indian Study on transfer pricing MNCs for UNCTAD (1979)
3. Study on technical changes in India Capital Goods Industry, UNCTAD (1983)
4. Developing Course on population and technical changes for UNFPA (1989)
5) Governing Body Member, CDS, Thiruvananthapuram.

POSITIONS HELD:
1) Consultant to Planning Commission, New Delhi (1978),
2) Consultant to UNCTAD (1982),
3) MemberTask Force on Small Industry, Planning Board, Govt. of Kerala, (1978).
4) Member, Task force on Electronics industry, Planning Board, Govt.of Kerala (1978),
5) Visiting Fellow CIRST, University of Quebec a Montreal (1993),
6) Chairman, Task Force on Small Industries Planning Board, Kerala (1997),
7) Member, Task force on Public Sector Industries, Planning Board, Govt. Kerala, Member Task Force on Large and Medium Industries Kerala Planning Board (1998),
9) Chairman Committee on Women Industries, Govt of Kerala (1998),
10) Member, Editorial Board, Kerala Journal of Social Sciences.
11) Chairman, Small Industries Development Task Force, Planning Board, Kerala (2007)

SERVICE EXPERIENCE:
1. Research Fellow (1974-75) National Council for Educational Research and Training, New Delhi.
2. Research fellow (1975-76), Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Gujarat.
3. Research Associate (1976-77), Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Gujarat.
4. Assistant Professor (1977-81), Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Gujarat.
5. Associate Professor (since1983), Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Gujarat.
6. Associate Fellow (since 1983), Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala.
7. Fellow since 2001,Centre For Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
8. Senior Research Fellow, (2003-5), Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis., Gaboron, Botswana.

INDUSTRIES WORKED ON:
Drugs and Pharmaceutical, Chemicals, Machine tools, Electrical goods, Transport equipments.

JOURNALS OF PUBLICATION:
Economic and Political Weekly, Social Scientist, Man and Development, Indian Economic Journal, Asian Journal of Economic and Social Studies.

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