R Sai Shiva Jayanth
Public Policy
Assistant Professor
jayanthssr[at]iimv[dot]ac[dot]in
About
Prior to joining IIM Visakhapatnam, he worked as Assistant Professor at Jindal School of Banking and Finance, OP Jindal Global University. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and Company Secretary (CS). He holds a PhD degree from IIM Kozhikode. His doctoral thesis topic is "Technology Adoption in Indian Agriculture – Adoption, Usage and Impact of Smartphones among farmers in India".
His research primarily lies at the confluence of development/agriculture economics, public policy and agribusiness disciplines. More specifically, he works in technology adoption, sustainability, and agriculture policy.
Teaching
- Agriculture Economics
- Public Policy
- Agribusiness & Rural Entrepreneurship
- Microeconomics/Macroeconomics
- Research Methods for Entrepreneurs
- Behavioral Economics and Finance
Research & Publications
Peer Reviewed Research Papers
- Public Value Creation Through Combined Consumption of Multiple Public Services - Case of India Stack (with Ashish Desai, Aroon Manoharan). (2023). International Journal of Public Administration.
- Understanding the Multifaceted Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants in Kerala, India (with Irudaya Rajan, Pooja Batra, Sivadasan) Development Policy Review (2022).
- Forest Cover in India: A victim of Technicalities (with Balaji G and Gagandeep S) (2022). Ecological Economics.
- Household Pandemic Response: Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Households in India. (with Rajan, S. I., Sivadasan, T. M., and Batra, P. (2021). Asian Economics Letters, 3, 25382.
- A Policy and Regulatory Analysis of India's Model Contract Farming Legislation (with Sthanu R Nair and Devaprasad M) Economic and Political Weekly (2022)
- Decision Model Innovation for Competitive Productivity (CP) in the Airport Industry. (with Rengarajan, S., Moser, R., Tillessen, L. and Narayanamurthy, G.) (2021) International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
- How effective is Theory-Based Learning of Ethics in India? (with Gangopadhyay, K. and Jacob, R. T.) IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review (ABDC C) (2020), 9(1), 55-61
Peer Reviewed Case Studies
- Cracking the Conundrum of e-Cargo Logistics: Curious Case of LoadExx. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2023).
- How the Pandemic forces Social Enterprises to Evolve. Case Study of ThankUfoods. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2022).
- Jallikattu – beyond a heroism sport for SKCRF. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2019).
- Contrasting ideologies between generations in Subramania Ayurvedic Nursing Home–a 400-year-old family-owned organization. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, (2018).
- DATRI: Solving Donors Dilemma for Saving Lives". Ivey Publishing. (2018).
Media publications
- It's high time the "Gentleman" of yore retired from the Gentleman's game. The Hindu Frontline
- Can Text Messages Nudge Farmers to Adopt Smartphones for Agriculture? World Bank Development Impact blog.
- Survey findings Contract farming: law Stakeholders view. The Hindu Business Line.
- The long history of contract farming law. The Hindu Business Line.
- Will Andhra Pradesh's free borewell scheme deplete groundwater? Indian Development Review. (Republished at India Water Portal)
- How farmers view the existing Mandi system. The New Indian Express.
- Legalizing Contract Farming. The New Indian Express.
- Scope for Process Satellite Imagery based Re-engineering of Indian Crop Loan Management. The SatSure Newsletter.
- Lessons from the field. Deccan Chronicle.
- Look to Improve Rural Infrastructure. The Hindu Business Line.
Training & Consulting
International Consultant for International Potato Centre (CIP), Consultative group on international agricultural research (CGIAR) -
- Development of Business Investment decision (BID) tools for Vegetatively Propagative crops (VPC) at Kampala, Uganda.
- Development of an operational business plan for the East Africa Germplasm Exchange Laboratory (RTB EAGEL) hub at KEPHIS Muguga, Nairobi, Kenya
