POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE & RESEARCH INSTITUTE

TAMILNADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

COIMBATORE

 

Dr. C. SEKAR

Associate Professor (Agricultural Economics)

Post Harvest Technology Centre

ACE & RI, TNAU, Cbe-3

c_sekar2000@yahoo.com

csekar2000@gmail.com

Research Interests

Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Economics, Food Safety   

and Security and Food Policy Issues

Academic Background

Ph.D                         TNAU, Coimbatore                        1997

MSc (Ag)                    TNAU, Coimbatore                        1986

B.Sc(Ag.)                   TNAU, Coimbatore                       1984

Membership in Professional Bodies

Indian Society of Agricultural Economics

Indian Society for Ecological Economics

International Society for Ecological Economics

Madras Agricultural Students Union

Social Scientist Association, TNAU, Coimbatore-3

Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing

Courses Taught

AEC 609 Agricultural Project Planning and Evaluation

AEC 612 Institutional Economics

AEC 802 Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis

AEC 608 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

 AEC 341 Economics of Food Processing and Marketing

Most recent publications

  1. Sekar.C. 2003. A study of growth and supply responses of little Millet (Panicum millare L.) in Tamil Nadu. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57(3): 406

2.    Ramasamy, C., C.Sekar  and S. Senthilnathan, 2003. Coconut Industry in Tamil Nadu – Production, Marketing and Price Behaviour. CARDS SERIES-8/2003 [ Coimbatore : Directorate of CARDS, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University].

3.      Sekar, C. 2002. Institutional Failure in the Use and Management of Common Property Resources and their Impacts on Agriculture and Socio-economics. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57(3): 568-569.

4.      Sekar, C. 2003. Effects of Industrial Effluents on Ground water and the Consequent Impact on Economic, Social and Environmental Governance. Invited Paper Presented in the National Seminar on Water held at Hyderabad . 462-486.

5.      Sekar, C., and P.Ramajeyam. 2003. Prospects and Retrospects of Conventional and Non-Conventional Energy Sources in India . India Economic Panorama,13(1): 29-34

 

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