Narayan Prasad

Narayan Prasad, Professor of Economics in School of Social Sciences, has been associated with IGNOU since 1992. Prior to IGNOU, he has worked in several reputed organizations, such as, Association of Indian Uniersities and Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission. He has contributed more than 20 research papers in reputed national and international journals. He has completed three research projects and presently engaged in another major Research Project entitled ‘Assessment of Human well-being in India’, financially sponsored by ICSSR. He has written two books. Presently, he is the Director Research Unit, and is teaching research methodology and human development courses to MPhil and PhD students. Labour eco­nomics, human development, and research methodology are his areas of interest. He was awarded fellowship by UGC for visiting France to conduct a research study and was invited to deliver lectures on Vedanta at various places including New York, Washington and Los Angeles in the USA. Read More Read Less