NIRVIKAR SINGH is Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was also a co-founder and Director of the Santa Cruz Center for International Economics. He currently holds the title of Special Advisor to the Chancellor at UCSC, in which capacity he is taking the lead role in developing a new graduate management school in Silicon Valley.
In 1998, Professor Singh organized one of the first major conferences held in the United States on Indian economic reform. He is currently serving as Director of the South Asian Studies Initiative in the Social Sciences Division at UCSC, in which capacity he is organizing a major speaker series titled “Mapping the Future of India,” and leading the plan to establish a major new South Asia Studies center at UCSC.
Professor Singh received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and his BSc and MSc from the London School of Economics, where he was awarded the Allyn Young Prize, Gonner Prize and Ely Devons Prize. His current research topics include electronic commerce, business strategy, information technology and development, federalism and political economy, and economic reform in India. He has authored over 100 research papers and his book, The Political Economy of Federalism in India, co-authored with M. Govinda Rao, has recently been published by Oxford University Press. He has also served as an advisor for several startups and knowledge services firms in Silicon Valley and in India.
Recent Blog Posts by Nirvikar Singh
- Uncovering the Monetary Policy Rule in India
- India’s Budget: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- India: Recent Growth Forecasts
- India’s Stock Market and Growth Expectations
- India’s Upcoming Election
- India: More stimulus is coming – definitely monetary, probably also fiscal
- Some Views on India’s Policy Options
- Update on India’s Prospects
- India and Satyam: A Quick Recovery
- The Satyam Scandal: Causes, Consequences and Cures
- India’s Economic Prospects
- Thoughts on India’s Latest Policy Moves
- India after the Mumbai Attack
- India’s 9/11?
- India’s Growth Outlook
- Policy Chatter in India
- What Next for India?
- Emerging Markets – A Different Twist
- The current crisis in the US does not mark the end of financial capitalism, as some windy observers have claimed
- Bad News for India? It Depends on the Policy Response
- India’s Oil Subsidy Mess
- Inflation and Growth in India – How to Judge Policymaking?
- The New RBI Governor
- How Fast Will India Grow?
- Growth Analytics and Emerging Economies
- Is China’s Future Hazy?
- Currency futures trading in India
- Making India Flat
- India’s Global Role
- Management in India and China
- Monetary policy in India: A shocking exposé?
- India, China and the Olympics
- Are Indian inflation expectations anchored?
- RBI survey of forecasters
- Measuring inflation in India
- Surjit Bhalla on RBI policy
- How well is the RBI fighting inflation?
- Economist magazine on India
- India’s oil import bill
- Inflation expectations in India
- Another View on Indian Monetary Policy
- Risks for the Indian Economy
- China’s Turn to be Bad Guy in the Doha Round
- More Thoughts on Indian Monetary Policy
- Trying to Understand Monetary Policy in India
- A Great Source on the Indian Economy
- More on India and the Doha Round
- India, External Flows and Crisis Potential
- India and the Doha Round
- Financial Sector Reform for India’s Masses
- A Business Strategy Approach to India’s Financial Sector Reform
- India’s Nuclear Deal and Benchmarking against China
- My macroeconomic catechism
- Good (and Not So Good) to Great: A Prescription for Improving India’s Governance
- What Next for India?
- India’s Italian Connections
- India, China and the World Economy
- What is the Lesson of the US Financial Crisis for India and China?
- How Effective is Monetary Policy in India?
- How India Can Survive the Next Crisis
- Brave New World
- Rule and reform: China vs India
