Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Ressourcenökonomie

Humboldt University Berlin Department of Agricultural Economics

Phone

+49-30-2093-6231

Fax

+49-30-2093-6339

Email

srigiri (at) agrar.hu-berlin.de

Broader research interests include among others, rural development, rural-urban linkages, adaptation and mitigation strategies of different groups of people in the face of changing climatic conditions, development policy analysis (ex ante and ex post), environmental pollution and abatement and sustainability of the commons (traditional, global and new).

Current Research

Studies on collective action (CA) in natural resource management (NRM) have been conducted to understand the factors that determine an individual’s participation in NRM and to know what leads to the success of some and the failure of the other groups in CA. A number of determining factors are suggested by theory and tested by empirical studies in this field. In practice, however, NRM initiatives are often designed with an important additional objective, which is poverty reduction. The present study focuses on watershed development projects in India to understand the influence of property rights and other institutions on an individual’s participation in CA and to assess the impact of CA institutions for NRM on poverty alleviation and equity. A mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods is being employed in the study.

Since April 2003

PhD Candidate at the Division of Resource Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin

Jul 2005 – Feb 2006

Visiting Scientist at the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Global Theme on Institutions, Markets, Policy and Impacts, Pathancheru, India

Feb 2005 - Jun 2005

Research Scholar at the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Global Theme on Institutions, Markets, Policy and Impacts, Pathancheru, India

2000 - 2002

Master of Science in “International Agricultural Sciences” with a focus on Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

Humboldt University of Berlin, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture,

Germany

1995 - 1999

Bachelor of Science in “Agricultural Sciences”

Marathwada Agricultural University,

Faculty of Agriculture, Parbhani,

India.

Sep 2001 – Dec 2001

Studies at the partner university as a part of the Master Program

Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Since 2003

Consultancies with “Gesellschaft für solidarische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (GSE e.V.) ”, an NGO, for its projects in India

Oct 1999 – Dec 1999

‘Agricultural Development Consultant’ with the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Srisailam, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. Employed with the funds from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Jul 1998 – Dec 1998

Rural Agricultural Work Experience Program with the National Agricultural Research Project, Aurangabad, India

Research Fellowshipfrom theHumboldt University, Berlin under the research project on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRI) funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ),to pursue Doctoral Studies. (March 2006 – July 2007)

Scholarship fromDAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to study at theWageningen University, The Netherlands. (Sep 2001 – Feb 2002)

Scholarship from theEcumenical Center, Berlin, during the Master Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. (Oct 2000 – Dec 2002)