Mihir Shah

Mihir Shah is an Indian economist and former member of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India, an organisation that ceased to exist in 2014.[1][2]

Education

Mihir Shah graduated with a B.A. degree in Economics in 1976 from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. In 1978, he received an M.A. degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics. He also received a PhD degree in Economics from Centre for Development Studies (affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University), Trivandrum in 1984.[3]

Career

From 2009 to 2014, Shah was Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, holding the portfolios of Water Resources, Rural Development and Decentralised Governance. He is the youngest ever Member of the Planning Commission.[4] Shah was chiefly responsible for drafting the paradigm shift in the management of water resources enunciated in the 12th Five Year Plan.[5][6][7][8] As Chairman of the Government of India's Committee for Revision of MGNREGA Guidelines, he initiated a makeover of MGNREGA, the largest employment programme in human history, with a renewed emphasis on rural livelihoods based on construction of productive assets.[9][10][11][12][13]

An expert on water and rural development, he holds memberships in several important committees such as the International Steering Committee of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)[14] and serves as the chair of the Revitalising Rainfed Areas Network in India.[15] He is also the first President of the Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation, which supports innovative civil society action in close partnership with state governments.[16][17][18] He also chaired the Government of India's Task Force on the National Social Assistance Programme which presented a landmark report in 2013.[19][20] Mihir Shah chaired the Advisory Council of the first India Rural Development Report brought out by the Ministry of Rural Development.[21]

Mihir Shah, along with his colleagues penned their experiences in the book, India's Drylands: Tribal Societies and Development through Environmental Regeneration, which was published by Oxford University Press in 1998.[22] The book brings out the macro-economic significance of watershed programmes for food security and employment guarantee in India. He has also played a significant role shaping policies and in the development of tribal areas in Madhya Pradesh. He coauthored one of three chapters in Human Development Report of the state in 1998.[23]

Shah is a visiting faculty member at Ashoka University, where he teaches a course on the Political Economy of India's Development 1947-2014 for the Young India Fellowship students.[24][25]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Homepage of Planning Commission". planningcommission.gov.in.
  2. ↑ "India's Water problem - Dr. Mihir Shah's solution". Thenewconstructs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  3. ↑ "Centre For Development Studies". cds.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  4. ↑ "More flexibility for states: Mihir Shah". IBNLive. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Water : Towards a Paradigm Shift in the Twelfth Plan" (PDF). Indiawaterportal.org. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  6. ↑ Shivakumar, Girija. "This time round". The Hindu.
  7. ↑ Chaudhary, Archana (21 February 2012). "India May Spend $1 Billion to Map Aquifers, Avert Water Crisis". Bloomberg.com.
  8. ↑ "12th Plan to see holistic irrigation strategy in place". mydigitalfc.com.
  9. ↑ "Report of the Committee for Revision of MGNREGA Operational Guidelines" (PDF). Nrega.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  10. ↑ "Mihir Shah Committee proposes new guidelines on MGNREGA: Some highlights". indiawaterportal.org.
  11. ↑ =Menon, Sreelatha (9 October 2011). "Q&A: Mihir Shah, Planning Commission". business-standard.com.
  12. ↑ "MIHIR SHAH UNVEILS A BOLD NREGA-2". Im4change.
  13. ↑ "Centre launches MGNREGA 2.0". downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  14. ↑ "Water, Land and Ecosystems". cgiar.org.
  15. ↑ "RRA Network". rainfedindia.org. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  16. ↑ Rao, Kirthi V. "Mihir Shah to be president of Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation". livemint.com.
  17. ↑ "BRLF". brlf.in. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  18. ↑ "Modi govt will have to deal with some members of Sonia's NAC". The Indian Express. 25 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "Proposal for Comprehensive National Social Assistance Programme" (PDF). Nsap.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  20. ↑ "'Implement recommendations of pension panel'". Sify.
  21. ↑ "India Rural Development Report 2012/13 launched". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  22. ↑ "Buy India's Drylands: Tribal Societies and Development Through Environmental Degradation Book Online at Low Prices in India - India's Drylands: Tribal Societies and Development Through Environmental Degradation Reviews & Ratings". amazon.in.
  23. ↑ "The Madhya Pradesh Human Development Report" (PDF). Dif.mp.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  24. ↑ "Mihir Shah". youngindiafellowship.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  25. ↑ "Ashoka University Opens Admissions for the Young India Fellowship, Class of 2016-2017". Newswire.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
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