Dr. Sridhar Telidevara ( Professor )


Dr. Sridhar Telidevara
Email : sridhar[@]dmi.ac.in
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Academics


Prof. Sridhar Telidevara has varied research interests and has published articles in journals like Poverty and Public Policy, Macroeconomics, and Finance in Emerging Market Economics, International Journal of Sociology, and Social Policy. He did his doctoral studies from SUNY Buffalo, USA. His academic research encompasses wide-ranging topics from the economics of crime, nutrition, and public distribution system, money demand, microfinance, dairy cooperatives to customer satisfaction and loyalty, and Asymmetries in Price Recalls in the field of Consumer Behavior. The nature of Research involved both theoretical math and empirical modeling including calibration of empirical data to theoretical models. The teaching experience is also varied and he has been teaching management graduates for the last nine years on core, functional, and integrative courses. At DMI he is associated with Sustainable Livelihoods, Collaborative Action Research, and Education Center.

Summary of Experience


Associate Professor, Development Management Institute, Patna, Dec. 2018 onwards

Associate Professor, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, Oct. 2016 - Nov. 2018

Associate Professor, Development Management Institute (DMI), Patna,Oct. 2015 - Oct. 2016

Associate Professor, T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal, Sep. 2013 - Sep. 2015

Visiting Faculty, PhD Visiting Professor Econometrics in the College of Business Administration at University of Dubai (UDCBA), Dubai, UAE Jan. 2015 - Sep. 2015

Associate Professor, GITAM School of International Business (GSIB), GITAM University,

Visakhapatnam, Jan. 2011 - Sep. 2013

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, SUNY Buffalo, Sep. 2002 - May 2006

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Economics, SUNY Buffalo, Jul. 2006 - Jul. 2009

Lecturer, Department of Business Administration and Economics, SUNY College at Brockport, NY, USA Sep. 2009 - Aug 2010

Industrial Experience:

Assistant Manager, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), India, 1998-1999.

Assistant Manager, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), India, 1993-1998.

Publications


Papers:

  1. GDP Structure Effects on Macro-Money Demand: Herfindahl Index Evidence for India” (April 24, 2017) with Subrahmanyam, Ganti and Acharya, Debashis, The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, Vol. XV, No. 3, July 2016, pp. 31-36.
  2. “Perverse Liquidity Effects of Monetary Policy: Some Evidence for India” (2014) with Subrahmanyam, Ganti and Acharya, Debashis, Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, (2014), Volume 7(1), pp. 61-82.
  3. “Does Food Subsidy Affect the Nutrition of the Household? Some Evidence from Indian Public Distribution System” with Tara Shankar Shaw, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, (2014), Vol. 34(1/2), pp.107-132.
  4. “Property Crime, Recidivism and Household Behavior” (2012), Poverty and Public Policy, Vol 4:3, pp 99-130.
  5. “Zipf’s Law: How different is Microfinance across Countries”, GITAM Review of International Business, (2013), Vol. 5(1), pp. 87-92.

Chapters in Books:

  1. Understanding livelihood diversification: A case study of Mushroom Farming in Bihar” (2019) with Surya Bhushan, Piyush Kumar Singh, and Santosh Kumar in Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems: Design and Systems Perspectives, edited by Amar KJR Nayak, Springer, Cham, pp. 2153-2167.
  2. “MFIs and Microfinance: Poverty Alleviation and High-Interest Rate Issues” (2013) in Microfinance: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by V.K. Kumar et.al. Eds. Delhi. V. L. Media solutions. pp.109-123.
  3. “Structure-Conduct-Performance Model of the Microfinance Industry in India: Some Empirical Evidence” (2013) with Prof. Ganti Subrahmanyam in Microfinance: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by V.K. Kumar et.al. Eds. Delhi. V. L. Media solutions. pp.62-73.

Monographs:

  1. “Promoting Dairy Cooperative Societies by creating sustainable Governance and Operating Systems” (2016) with Surya Bhushan and Piyush Kumar Singh. Paper was accepted for presentation at International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) European Research Conference 2018.
  2. Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty: A Revisit” (2015) with Seena Biju, Vinod Madhavan and Aparna Bhat, Accepted for Poster presentation in American Marketing Association Winter Conference, Feb. 2017.
  3. Sector GDP Concentration Bias in the Macro-Money Demand Specification: New Evidence for India” with Subrahmanyam Ganti, IGIDR WP-2013-019
  4. CSR in the Indian Context: Determinants and Outcomes” with James J Cordeiro, Ambra Galeazzo, Tara Shankar Shaw and Rajaram Veliyath.
  5. Quitting Crime: A Mixture-Cure Model of Crime” with Tara Shankar Shaw (manuscript under preparation).
  6. “Parametric Competing Risk Analysis of Recidivism” (manuscript under preparation).
  7. A Translog Model of Household Consumption Behavior for India: Some Results Reinforcing the Recent Inflation Experience in India” with Prof. Ganti Subrahmanyam (manuscript under preparation)

 

Faculty Qualification


  1. Ph.D. (Economics), State University of New York at Buffalo, 2010, Dissertation Title: Essays on Recidivism, Area: Applied Microeconomics
  2. M.A. (Economics), State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007
  3. B.Engg. in Electrical and Electronics (First Class with Distinction), Andhra University, India, 1993

Conference Attended


  1. “CSR in the Indian Context: Determinants and Outcomes” with James J Cordeiro, Ambra Galeazzo, Tara Shankar Shaw and Rajaram Veliyath, Accepted for full paper presentation at AOM Conference 2014 in Philadelphia.
  2. “Do Criminals get Cured of Crime: A Mixed Cure Analysis of Recidivism” co-authored with Tara Shankar Shaw, International Conference on Public Policy and Governance 2012 at IISc Bangalore
  3. “Property Crime, Recidivism and Household Behavior”, International Conference on Public Policy and Governance 2012 at IISc Bangalore.
  4. “Property Crime, Recidivism and Household Behavior” at All India Criminology Conference 2012 at TISS.
  5. “Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in Indian Firms” with James Cordeiro and Tara Shankar Shaw, Tenth AIMS International Conference on Management 2013 at IIM Bangalore.
  6. “MFIs and Microfinance - High Interest Rates and Poverty Alleviation Issues”, National Seminar on “Microfinance Sector in India: Challenges and Opportunities”, 2014 at GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam.

Faculty Research Interest


  • Institution Building for Collectives and Commons
  • Strengthening Local Governance

Faculty Consultancy Project's


  1. End-term Evaluation of “Integrated Development of Eight villages in Bihar”, a John Deere CSR funded project implemented by Agha khan Rural Support Program (India) (AKRSP(I)). Project Coordinator (2021)
  2. Evaluation of Kitchens providing Mid-Day Meal to schools in Bihar. Member of the project (2020)
  3. Impact of Mineral Mixture on Milk Solids - fat and Solid-Nonfat of Milk” Jharkhand Milk Federation, Coordinator (2020)
  4. “Comparative Study of Criteria for Urban Local Body Classification” for Urban Development and Housing Department of Bihar Government. Project Coordinator (2019)

Faculty Training Programs


  1. Conducted Training Needs Assessment for Thematic Managers, Area Coordinators and Community Coordinators of JEEViKA on Development Project Management and Individual Effectiveness.
  2. Conducted multiple training programs on Project Life Cycle Project Management using Logical Frame work Approach and Individual Effectiveness for AKRSP(I).
  3. Conducted a week-long training program on Data Analytics for Development Management Professionals of JEEViKA.
  4. Trained over 800 corporate professionals on Analytics and ML through Great Learning
  5. Resource person for training officials from CESC, IOCL, GAIL, Business Analytics and for JEEViKA on Development Analytics

  6. Resource person for project planning and scheduling for Block Development Officers of Bihar Cadre

  7.  Conducted Sessions on Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Game Theory for Project Managers of Larsen & Toubro at Baroda

  8.  Resource Person for National Seminar on Microfinance: Challenges and Opportunities organized by GSIB, GITAM University

Symposium and Workshops:

  1. Symposium Coordinator - Organized a two-day symposium on “Coping with the PandemicExperiences and Reflections”, Feb. 13-14, 2021 at Development Management Institute, Patna
  2. Member - Organized (Member) a two-day symposium on “Water Governance: Issues and Challenges”, Feb. 13-14, 2020 at Development Management Institute, Patna
  3. Coordinator - Organized a day long event on Evaluation Communication and Use on June 3, 2019 at DMI Patna as part of J-PAL’s gLOCAL Evaluation Week.
  4. Organized a two-day symposium on “Women as agents of change for development”, Feb 13-14, 2019 at Development Management Institute, Patna
  5. Organized academic workshop on “Data and Public Policy” on Nov. 27, 2018 at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, as faculty of GLIM