K Subbaraje Urs

K Subbaraje Urs

Associate Fellow

K.  Subbaraje Urs is an Associate Fellow at NCAER, with more than 34 years of experience in applied economic research, socio-economic and industrial research. His core areas of research are large-scale surveys, particularly in developing the survey instrument, calculating the sample size, and identifying gaps in primary and secondary data. He has worked on both large-scale household and industrial surveys with NCAER. He has been associated with several projects including the study on Integrated Child Development Services, Rural Economic & Demographic Survey, non-conventional energy sources programme, Business Expectations Survey (BES) and Market Information Survey of Households (MISH).

ARTICLE I Sage Journals
Impact of Product and Process Adoption Strategies on Business Expectations: Evidence from India During the Pandemic
Bornali Bhandari, Samarth Gupta, Ajaya Kumar Sahu, and K S Urs
January 2024

Report | NCAER
Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Food Delivery Platform Workers
Bornali Bhandari, Gautam Kumar Das, Samarth Gupta, Ajaya Kumar Sahu, K Subbaraje Urs, Nishika Pal, Karan Raj, and Sharon Thomas
August 2023

ARTICLE | Springer
Business sentiments during India’s national lockdown: Lessons for second and potential third wave
Bornali Bhandari, Samarth Gupta, Ajaya K. Sahu & K. S. Urs
November 2021

REPORT | NCAER
Analysing Socio-Economic Impact of the NDP-I
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay,  Laxmi Joshi,  Shashanka Bhide,  Devender Pratap,  Prabir Kumar Chaudhuri,  Gurucharan Manna,  Tarujyoti Buragohain,  K Subbaraje Urs,  Gargi Pal,  Mohit Pandey, Sameer Kumar Mondal
2020

REPORT | NCAER
Building Synergies: Matching Business Reforms to Improved ‘Ease of Doing Business’
Anushree Sinha, A C Kulshreshtha,  Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal,  Pallavi Choudhuri,  K Subbaraje Urs,  Sumit Aggarwal, Gurpriya Sadana, Supreet Kaur, Mihir Milind Wadekar,  Poonam Dhawan,  Dhruv Pratap Singh,  Anupma Mehta
2017

REPORT | NCAER
The NCAER State Investment Potential Index (N-SIPI) 2016
Indira Iyer,  Mythili Bhusnurmath,  Poonam Munjal,  Pallavi Choudhuri,  Asrar Alam,  Amit Sharma,  K Subbaraje Urs
2016

REPORT | NCAER
Economic Impact Study of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
Rajesh Chadha,  Shashanka Bhide,  Purna Chandra Parida, Jahnavi Prabhakar,  K Subbaraje Urs
2015

Survey- Regional Incharge (North East)  | NCAER
Third Census of Handloom Weavers and Issuing Identity Cards
2008-10

Survey- Project Coordinator | NCAER
NISHIE, (National Survey on Household Income and Expenditure)
2010-2013

Survey- Regional Incharge (North East) | NCAER
Rural Economic and Demography Survey (REDS)
2006-10

Survey- Regional Incharge (North East) | NCAER
SEBI
2009

Survey- Regional Incharge (North East) | NCAER
BES Round 10
2005-09

SURVEY- Team Member | NCAER
Rural Economic & Demography Survey 1996
2008-09

Survey-Team Member | NCAER
Third Census of Handloom Weavers (1988-2007)
2004-05

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Evaluation of Kisan Credit Card
2004

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
India Science Report
2004

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Domestic Tourism Expenditure study
2001-02

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Market Information Survey of Households
2001-02

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Evaluation survey of National Programme on Improved Chulha
2001-02

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Evaluation of Energy Parks
2001

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Rural Economic and Demographic Change in India
2000-01

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Study of Spurious Automotive Components, Market Size and Consequences
1999-2000

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Market Information Survey of Households
1998-99

Survey- Regional Incharge (MP) | NCAER
Market Information Survey of Households
1997-98

OPINION | The Hindu Business Line
Formal work, informal worker  
Bornali Bhandari, Gautam Kumar Das, Samarth Gupta, Ajaya K Sahu &    KS Urs
August 30, 2022

OPINION | Qrius
The Challenges that firms faced during the Pandemic
Bornali Bhandari, Samarth Gupta, Ajaya K Sahu & KS Urs
December 9, 2021

OPINION | Qrius
What do firms want?
Bornali Bhandari, KS Urs  Ajaya K Sahu & Samarth Gupta
December 1, 2021

OPINION | Qrius
Improving the credit scenario in India
Bornali Bhandari, Samarth Gupta, Ajaya K Sahu & KS Urs
QRIUS, November 15, 2021

Education

  • Presently pursuing  PhD
  • MSW (Master in Social work), University of Mysore, 1988
  • M A (Economics), University of Mysore, 1986

Work Experience

  • April 2004-Present: Associate Fellow, NCAER
  • April 1999-March 2004: Field Officer Incharge, NCAER
  • March 1996 – March 1999: Research Assistant (Field), NCAER
  • August 1988 – February 1996: Economic Investigator, NCAER
  • 1987-88: Lecturer in Economics at Sri Mahadeshwara, Govt First Grade College, Mysore