Ruhi Gandhi; MBA (Agri-business)

Ressourcenökonomie | Ruhi Gandhi; MBA (Agri-business)

Ruhi Gandhi; MBA (Agri-business)

Doctoral Candidate

Address
Research Interests
Academic Career
Academic Background
Other Activities
Awards and Memberships
Publications

Address

	Humboldt University Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture Department of Agricultural Economics Division of Resource Economics Invalidenstr. 42 Hauptgebäude, D-10115 Berlin Germany
Phone	+49-30-2093 8399
Fax	+49-30-2093 6497
Email	ruhi.gandhi@agrar.hu-berlin.de

Research Interests

· Agricultural Value Chain analysis

· Vulnerability assessment of food system to climate change

· Sustainable development and role of institutions in sustainability

Career

04.09 - 09.09	Project Officer-Marketing and Private Sector Development, Reviving Green Revolution Cell, Sir Ratan Tata Trust based at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
07.08 - 03.09	Unit Sales Manager in Rural and Agribusiness Group, ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd., India

Academic Background

Ph.D. (Pursuing)

Humboldt University, Berlin

Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Division of Resource Economics
Doctoral dissertation on "Vulnerability of Urban Poor to Changes in Food Accessibility: A Study of Opportunities and Constraints for Adaptation to Climate Change and Rapid Urbanization in Hyderabad" February 2010

Masters

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Department of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration in Agribusiness, 2006-2008
Master thesis on " Mapping Integrated Value Chain: A Case Study of Selected Agribusiness Company "
Award of degree: MBA (Agri-business)

Bachelor

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

College of Agriculture

Bachelor in Agriculture, 2002-2006

Award of degree: B.Sc Agri (Hons.)

Other Activities

01.08- 06.08	Six month research internship at FieldFresh Foods Pvt. Ltd., Ladhowal, Ludhiana
05.07 - 07.07	Two months summer internship at Abhishek Industries Ltd, Barnala, Punjab, India

Awards and Memberships

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship under ‘Study and Research Scholarships of Today for the Megacities of Tomorrow’ for doctoral studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin (2009-2013)

Gold Medal in B.Sc Agri (Hons.) (2006)

Dr. Ram Dhan Singh Medal in Plant Breeding Elective in B.Sc Agri (Hons.) (2006)

Tajra and Batra Families Trust Fund scholarship (2005-06)

Sikh Human Development Foundation, USA Scholarship (2003-05)

University Merit Scholarship (2002-03, 2007-08)

Publications

Gandhi, Ruhi. 2011. Assessing Vulnerability of Food System to Climate Change in Megacity Hyderabad. In: Dokumentationen and Materialien. DAAD “Young Researchers’ Symposium”,October 9-10, 2010, Essen, Germany, p. 321-325.

Gandhi, Ruhi and Hagedorn, Konrad. 2011. Climate Change Impacts on the Food Chain in Case of Emerging Megacities. In: Abstracts “Sustaining Commons: Sustaining Our Future”, 13^th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, January 10-14, 2011, Hyderabad, India, p. 66.

Gandhi, Ruhi; Sachdeva, Yash Pal; Kapur, Sandeep and Rattan, Rameshwar Singh. 2009. Importance of Integrated Value Chain (IVC): A case study of Indian agriculture industry. Indian Journal of Agriculture Marketing, 23(1): 83-91.

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