Dr. Prema A.
Professor & Head
Attached Department:
Department of Agricultural Economics
College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara
Mobile Phone No:
9446319848
Address (Residence):
India
Profile:
- 21 years of experiences in teaching, research and extension in KAU, of these two and a half years as Professor and Head , Krishi Vignan Kendra (KVK), Thrissur
- Field of specialization: Agricultural Marketing / Local Economic Development / Natural Resource Management
- Holds the position of Padmasree Paul Pothen IFFCO Professor Chair KAU
- Project Coordinator, Group of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Statistics and Agribusiness Management, KAU
- Coordinator, Haritha Keralam, KAU and Nodal Officer, Green Protocol, KAU
- Member of the Working Group (Agriculture), Kerala State Planning Board
- Member, Rural Advisory Group, NABARD
- Member, Thrissur District Panchayath Planning Committee
- Served as the member of the Working Group on ‘Co-operation and agricultural finance’ constituted by the State Planning Board, Govt. of Kerala for XIII Five Year Plan
- Completed 6 projects as Principal Investigator and 8 projects as Co- PI
- Guided 4 Ph.D and 7 PG students as Major Advisor
- Attended two international trainings - ‘Market Access for Sustainable Agriculture by Wageningen University at Netherlands during November 02 - 20, 2010
- Refresher course on Market Access for Sustainable Development at Can Tho university, Vietnam in, August, 2014
- Co- Course Director, ICAR funded Winter School for 21 days on Natural Resource Management Strategies in a Climate Change Scenario from 12th November to 2nd December 2013
- Published 12 research papers in peer reviewed journals and 6 book chapters
- Referee for the journals Agricultural Economics Research Review, and Journal of Tropical Agriculture
- Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE), Mumbai, India
- Life Member, Agricultural Economics Research Association (AERA), New Delhi, India