About the InstituteThe Institute’s research falls into nine broad themes: • agriculture and rural development; • environment and natural resource economics; • globalisation and trade; • industry and development; • employment, labour and informal sector; • macroeconomic analysis and policy; • population and human resource development; • health economics and policy; and • social change and social structure.Institute of Economic GrowthIEG_c7e31d28-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) is an autonomous, multidisciplinary centre for advanced research and training. Widely recognised as a centre of excellence, it is one of India’s leading academic institutions in the fields of economic and social development. Established in 1952, it consists of a faculty of 30 social scientists (economists, demographers and sociologists) and a large body of supporting research staff, focussing on emerging and often cutting-edge areas of social and policy concern. Many past and current faculty members are internationally renowned and award-winning scholars.V.K.R.V. RaoThe faculty, board of directors and trustees of the IEG, which was founded by eminent economist V.K.R.V. Rao, have included and continue to attract distinguished intellectuals and policy makers, including V.T. Krishnamachari, C.D. Deshmukh, P.N. Dhar, A.M. Khusro, Dharm Narain, C. Rangarajan, C.H. Hanumantha Rao, T.N. Madan, P.C. Joshi and Bimal Jalan. V.T. KrishnamachariC.D. DeshmukhP.N. DharA.M. KhusroDharm NarainC. RangarajanC.H. Hanumantha RaoT.N. MadanP.C. JoshiBimal JalanPlanning Commission of IndiaSeveral former faculty members have served as members of the Planning Commission or on the Prime Minister’s Panel of Economic Advisors. India Prime Minister’s Panel of Economic AdvisorsPrime Minister Manmohan SinghPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has had a long association with the Institute, initially as chairman of the board (1977–82) and since 1992 as president of the IEG Society. Nitin DesaiNitin Desai is Chairman of the Board of Governors. Bina AgarwalProf. Bina Agarwal has been director of the IEG since September 2009.Indian Economic Service... the Institute organises regular training programmes for the trainee officers of the Indian Economic Service and occasional courses for officers of the Indian Statistical Service, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and University teachers. Indian Statistical ServiceNational Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)Doctoral StudentsThe Institute’s faculty members also supervise doctoral students from India and abroad, provide regular policy inputs, and engage with the government, civil society and international organisations. GovernmentCivil Society International OrganisationsInternational ScholarsOver the years, IEG has hosted many renowned international scholars, including Nobel Laureates Elinor Ostrom and Amartya Sen, and others such as Yujiro Hayami, Jan Breman, Ronald Herring, Nancy Folbre, Diane Elson and Nicholas Stern._c7e31f62-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99To serve as an autonomous, multidisciplinary centre for advanced research and training ... in the fields of economic and social development_c7e3205c-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99Research & TeachingServe as an advanced centre for research and training in economics and allied subjects_c7e3211a-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec991_c7e321ec-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99ExchangeEstablish a fruitful exchange with distinguished scholars and learned bodies in India and abroad_c7e322b4-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec992_c7e323e0-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99Cooperative ResearchPromote cooperative research within [our] own faculty and collaborative research with other institutions in India and abroad_c7e324b2-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec993_c7e3257a-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99Training Courses & SeminarsOrganise training courses and hold seminars for the benefit of the social science community and the development of the society_c7e32642-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec994_c7e3271e-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99PublicationsUndertake the publication of its research studies and disseminate them_c7e327fa-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec995_c7e328d6-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec99InvestigationConduct ad hoc investigation at the request of governments, organisations of employers, workers and peasants or of other bodies or persons interested in promoting a study of economic questions._c7e329ee-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec996Governments Organisations of Employers Organisations of WorkersOrganisations of Peasants_c7e32ade-548b-11e2-91eb-788b8a22ec992013-01-01http://iegindia.org/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net