Anil K Sharma

Anil K Sharma

Secretary
aksharma@ncaer.org

Anil K Sharma is Secretary to the Governing Body and Operations Director. He has held several positions at NCAER after joining in 1992 including the Officiating Director General in May-June 2021. He has also been the NABARD Chair Professor at NCAER; Visiting Researcher at the International Trade Division, The World Bank, Washington D.C. USA; Consultant to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris; Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome; and, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila; and, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Research Institute for Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary. His main areas of research include – The WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Economic and Policy Reforms in Agriculture, Price Policy and Price Stabilization Mechanisms, Rural Credit, Rural Infrastructure and Rural Poverty. He advised the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on trade negotiations in agriculture under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture and has been a member of several government and industry committees and task forces. He received his MSc & PhD in Agricultural Economics from Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University.

JOURNAL | Economic and Political Weekly
Is higher demand for biofuels fuelling food prices?
A Sharma
2008

JOURNAL | Economia Exterior
La agricultura en la India independiente
A Sharma
2007

JOURNAL | Institut Francais Des Relations Internationales
Understanding India’s Aggressive and Defensive Stance in Agricultural Trade Negotiations
A Sharma
2005

JOURNAL | Business Rural India
Markets Hold the Key to Rural Prosperity
A Sharma
2005

BOOK | NCAER
Evaluating Performance of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
A Sharma
2009

BOOK | NCAER
The Kisan Credit Card Scheme: Impact, Weaknesses and Further Reforms
A Sharma
2005

BOOK | Asian Development Bank
Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction
C C Cook, T Duncan, S Jitsuchon, A Sharma, and W Guobao
2005

BOOK | NCAER
A Policy Model for Open Market Operation of Wheat
A Sharma, Nilabja Ghosh and Parmod Kumar
2001

BOOK | NCAER
Export Competitiveness of Selected Agricultural Commodities
A Gulati, A Sharma, K C Sharma, S Das and V Chhabra
1994

OPINION | NCAER-IIC Mid-Year Review of the Economy October
AGRICULTURE: IN SEARCH OF SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION
A Sharma
2012

Education

  • PhDAgricultural Economics, Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, 1990
  • MScAgricultural Economics, Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, 1987
  • BScAgriculture, Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, 1984

Work Experience

  • 2018 – Present: Professor and Secretary and Operations Director, NCAER
  • 2013 – 2018: Senior Fellow and Secretary and Head of Operations, NCAER
  • 2011 – 2014: National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Chair Professor
  • 2003 – 2018: Senior Fellow, NCAER
  • 2003: Consultant, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
  • 2001: Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome
  • 2000: Consultant, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris
  • 1999 – 2003: Principal Economist, NCAER
  • 1995: Visiting Researcher, International Trade Division, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA
  • 1995 – 1999: Senior Economist, NCAER
  • 1993 – 1995: Economist, NCAER
  • 1992 – 1993: Consultant, NCAER
  • 1991 – 1992: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Institute for Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary

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