Development Power

R. Hema

Associate Professor

Madras School of Economics

Chennai 600 025

Ph: (Off): 91-44-223*-****, 2230 0304/0307

E-mail: ****@***.**.**; *********@*****.***

January 2010

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

Date of Birth: December 27, 1958

Citizenship: Indian

Other languages known: Good knowledge of English, Tamil (mother tongue) and

working knowledge of Malayalam, Hindi and Gujarati

Diversions: Traveling, Reading, Music

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Department of Econometrics, University of Madras, India

Ph. D. 1989

Dissertation topic: An Optimum Rate Structure for Electricity in

Tamil Nadu

Adviser: Prof. U. Sankar

Department of Econometrics, University of Madras, India

M. A. 1981

Major: Economics/Econometrics

Stella Maris College, University of Madras, India

B. Sc. 1979

Major: Mathematics

Ancillaries: Statistics and Physics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai,

Jan 2001 onwards

India

Teach Microeconomics, Industrial Economics

Visiting Faculty, Madras School of Economics, Chennai,

Nov 2000 to Dec 2000

India

Taught Energy Economics

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics, DePaul

Jan 1998 to Oct 2000

University, Chicago, U.S.A.

Taught Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of

Macroeconomics, Money and Banking to Undergraduate

students.

Research Fellow, Madras Institute of Development Studies,

Nov 1994 to Dec 1997

(MIDS) Chennai, India

(Equivalent to Associate Professor at the University)

Research Associate, Madras Institute of Development

Aug 1989 to Nov 1994

Studies, Chennai, India

(Equivalent to Assistant Professor at the University)

Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of

Aug 1991 to Aug 1992

Economics, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Was affiliated to the Universitywide Energy Research Group

and was associated with a project on international

comparison of electricity regulation. (Was on study leave

from MIDS)

Research Associate, Tata Energy Research Institute, (TERI)

Jan 1988 to Aug 1989

New Delhi, India

Junior Research Fellow, Department of Econometrics,

July 1982 to Dec 1985

University of Madras, India

Guest lecturer (Econometrics), Stella Maris College,

Mar 1982 to June 1982

Chennai, India

Teaching Assistant, Department of Humanities, Indian

Jan 1982 to June 1982

Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:

1. Topics in Applied Economics: Tools, Issues and Institutions, (co-editor with G.

Mythili), Academic Foundation, New Delhi, Jan 2005

REPORTS:

1. Betterment Levy for (IT) Information Technology Corridor, Sponsored by the

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, August 2008.

2. Greening Incentives for Electricity, Sponsored by the India Canada

Environment Facility, New Delhi, March 2008. (with K.S. Kavikumar)

3. Tamil Nadu State Development Report, Madras School of Economics,

Sponsored by the Union Planning Commission, New Delhi. (Contributed the

chapters on the power sector and industry), October 2004.

4. Pondicherry Vision 2020, Madras School of Economics, February 2003.

Sponsored by the Union Planning Commission, New Delhi. (Contributed the

chapter on the power sector).

5. Social Exclusion from a Welfare Rights Perspective in India, International

Institute for Labour Studies, United Nations Development Programme Research

Series 106, 1996. (with Paul P Appasamy, S.Guhan, Manabi Majumdar and A.

Vaidyanathan)

PAPERS:

1. Empowering the Indian Power Sector: A Road Map, in the edited volume Topics in

Applied Economics: Tools, Issues and Institutions, (eds) G. Mythili and R. Hema,

Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2005

2. Regulated Public Trust Utilities, Review of Development & Change vol.1, no.2,

July-Dec 1996

3. Economic Efficiency and Social Goals in Electricity Supply in Tamil Nadu, (with

U.Sankar), in the edited volume Themes in Development Economics: Essays in

honour of Malcolm S. Adiseshiah (ed) S.Subramanian. Oxford University Press, New

Delhi, 1992

4. Pricing Options for the Peak Load Problem in Indian Electric Utilities, (with

Bhaskar Natarajan), in the edited volume Innovations in the Indian Power Sector:

Technologies and Approaches (eds.) Leena Srivastava and R.K.Pachauri. Tata

McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1991

5. An Input-Output Framework for the Manufacturing Sector in Tamil Nadu, MIDS

Bulletin, December 1989

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RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

1. Was part of the MIDS research team that carried out an evaluation of the Tamil Nadu

Indo-Swiss Sericulture Project, for the Department of Sericulture. Sponsored by the

Swiss Development Corporation. Was involved mainly with the survey and

investigation of the cooperatives. (1990)

2. Contributed a section on the groundwater potential in Tamil Nadu and its implications

for policy on energising agricultural pumps in the state, to the Report of the Working

Group on Power Tamil Nadu, submitted to the State Planning Commission. (1989)

3. Was part of the TERI research team that undertook a study to review the tariffs and

load management options for the Maharashtra State Electricity Board. Sponsored by

the World Bank. Prepared the Inception Report, spelling out the scope and

methodology of the study and made a presentation to MSEB officials on the rationale

for the methodology. Was involved in designing the questionnaires and selecting

appropriate samples in different consumer groups for a survey meant to study their

electric load patterns. (1989)

4. Carried out a survey of large industries in Haryana to analyse their daily load

patterns, load compositions and the role of captive generation, in order to ascertain

the feasibility of introducing time-differentiated pricing for load management.

Industrial Development Bank of India sponsored the study. (1989)

SEMINARS / CONFERENCES / PRESENTATIONS

1. Energy Institutions for Rural Energy Security and Sustainability, at the UK India

Sustainable Energy Network Workshop, University of Nottingham, September 2009

2. Environment and Rural Energy Security in India Challenges and Opportunities,

at the Seminar on India and Russia: Problems in Ensuring Energy Security, Institute

of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, February 25-26, 2009

3. Regulatory Mechanisms to Promote Electricity from Renewable Sources in India at

the Renewable Energy Asia 2008 International Conference, Indian Institute of

Technology, New Delhi, December 2008 (with K.S. Kavikumar and Bhaskar

Natarajan

4. Electricity for Irrigation in India Current Subsidies, Implications for Renewable

Options and the Way Forward, at the Conference on Nature, Knowledge and

Power, Uppsala University, Sweden, August 15-17, 2008

5. Discussant at the National Consultation Meet on Regulation and Poor in the

electricity and water sector, organized by Prayas and the Centre for the Study of Law

and Governance, JNU at New Delhi on July 12 & 13, 2007.

6. Status of the Tamil Nadu Power Sector, at the Workshop on Power Sector

Reforms and Regulation in India organized for Civil Society Institutions by Prayas,

at Pune, Mar 22, 23, 2007

7. Renewable Energy: Costing and Policy Issues at the Workshop on Renewable

Energy for Hilly Areas, June 06 08, 2006, Leh, India, organized by India-Canada

Environment Facility.

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8. Tamil Nadu Electricity Board the Road Ahead at a Special Session on Tamil

Nadu Economy Some Perspectives at the 38th Annual Conference of the Indian

Econometric Society, Chennai, Jan 16, 2002

9. The Electricity Sector in India Features, Issues and Implications, at the

Department of Economics, DePaul University, Chicago, Sept.1997

10. An Alternative Institutional Framework for Electricity Supply in India, - at the

IRIS-India Seminar Series, Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector,

University of Maryland, College Park, June 1996

11. An Alternative Institutional Framework and Regulatory Structure for Electricity

Supply in India, - at the All-India Distinguished Speakers Conference on A New

Institutional Approach to Development: Achieving India s full Potential jointly

organised by the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector and the

Madras Institute of Development Studies, Jan 1996

12. Exclusion from Access to Health Care an Institutional Perspective, - at the Inter-

Disciplinary Research Methodology workshop on Social Exclusion and Human

Resources Development, organised by the ICSSR and Madras Institute of

Development Studies at the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Aug 1995

13. Issues relating to Regulation of Electricity Supply in India, - at the Ford

Foundation Scholars meet at the National Institute of Public Finance Policy, New

Delhi, May 1993

14. Mechanisms to Promote Efficient Use of Electricity, - at the Annual Energy

Conference of the Energy and Fuel Users Association, Jan 1993

15. Electricity Pricing and Issues relating to Electricity Regulation, - at the

Department of Economics, Annamalai University, Oct 1992

16. Regulation of Electricity in India Features and Implications, - at the

Universitywide Energy Research Group Seminar Series, University of California,

Berkeley, Nov 1991

17. Time-of-Day Pricing and Load Management: the Indian Experience, (with

Bhaskar Natarajan) for the Sixth National Power Systems Conference, Indira

Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Bombay, June 1990

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