Publications

Published Works:

• Environment Monitoring using Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Technologies A Case Study of the Odd-Even Rule for Pollution Control in Delhi. ICT for Promoting Human Development and Protecting the Environment. 6th IFIP World Information Technology Forum. The Springer Publications. September 2016.
  
• Arduino and Robotics: Make what you imagine. CoderDojo Toronto, Canada, June 2014
  
• Op-Ed: UN’s New Development Challenges. New World Magazine. United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK). June 2014.
• UN Warsaw Climate Outcome: Lowering Responsibilities, Rising Emissions. December 2013. 
• Nelson Mandela: He Sacrificed His Freedom So Others Could Be Free. December 2013.
  
• UN Warsaw Climate Negotiations: What is left to negotiate?. November 2013.
  
• Water Harvesting, Income Growth and Development. Bajaj Foundation. February 2013.
  
• How Relevant Is the Development UN? Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss (with Vikas Nath). FUNDS Project. January 2013.
• A long, worthy road. Inc. India, July 2012 Vol. 03, Issue 06.
  
• Finding Justice in a Power Asymmetrical World. South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights.South Centre. Issue 34, 16 March 2009.
• South vs. North Watch: Elections at International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights. South Centre. Issue 34, 16 March 2009.
• Poznan Climate Change (COP 14): Developing and Developed Country Submissions, South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights. South Centre. Issue 28, 1 December 2008.
• Innovations in Agricultural Sector using Information Technology. IFIP Witfor 2007. ICT for Development and Prosperity. IFIP Press, Laxenburg. Austria: 2008.
• Using Knowledge Management for Good Governance in Developing Countries in Malhan & Rao (eds). Perspectives on Knowledge Management. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. May 2008. ISBN-13: 9780810861046.
• Give Us This Day Our Breathing Space: Reflections from Bali Climate Change Summit in South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights. South Centre. Issue 6, 16 December 2007.
• Monterrey Suffers from a Serious Deficit: Reflections from Third High-level Dialogue on FFD in New York in South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights. South Centre. Issue 3, 1 November 2007.
• From Stockholm and Rio to Bali: Adressing Climate Change via Kyoto or Montreal? in South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights. South Centre. Issue 2, 16 October 2007.
• Digital Governance Models: Towards Empowerment and Good Governance in Developing Countries in  Rafael Capurro, Johannes Frühbauer, Thomas Hausmanninger (eds). Localizing the Internet. Ethical Aspects in Intercultural Perspective. Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-7705-4200-0.
• NAM Summit 2006: Making Progress Towards a New South. Third World Resurgence. #192/193. Third World Network. August/September 2006.
• Empowerment of Women through ICT-enabled Networks: Towards the optimum ICT-impact Model in Hafkin & Huyer (eds.) Cinderella or Cyberella: Empowering Women in Knowledge Society. Kumarian Press: Connecticut. July 2006
• Breaking the Traditional Perception of Rural India: Information technology vision for rural India. Information for Development (i4d) Journal. Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies. February 2006.
• Connecting with Agriculture Sector: Electronic Governance and Agriculture. Information Technology in Developing Countries. Volume 15, No. 2. International Federation for Information Processing(IFIP). November 2005.
• UNDP led Interim Assessment: Evaluation of electronic South East European (eSEE) Agenda. eSEEurope Initiative@Newsletter. No.5. eSEE Secretariat. UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 2005.
• An Insight into E-Governance: Digital Governance. Horizon. Issue 45. Sultan Qaboos University Oman. 2005.
• Digital Governance Models: moving towards good governance in developing countries. Innovation Journal. April 2003
• World Bank: A Step Forward and a Step Backward – Do We Need this Institution?, In The World Bank: Overview and Current Issues. Nova Science Publishing Inc. 2003. USA.
• Provision of Connectivity: an assessment of cost of action and inaction and potential benefits. In Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization, Oxford University Press January 2003.
• The Coming Revolution- Digital (Electronic) Governance Models: Moving towards good governance in developing countries. Cover Story.  E-Commerce. Volume 2, No. 4 July 2002.
• ICT enabled Institution for Empowerment and Governance: voices to the South, Beyond Economics: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Development, GDN Book Project.
• Digital (Electronic) Governance: moving towards Good Governance in South. Journal on Aspects of Local Government. Ukraine. Issue 2(10)- Spring 2001. (published in Russian language)
• Empowerment and Governance through Information and Communication Technologies: women’s perspective. International Information and Library Review Journal. Volume 33. Issue No. 4. December 2001. Article is also available at http://www.cddc.vt.edu/knownet/iilr-women-ict.pdf
• “ICT enabled Knowledge Societies for Human Development“. Information Technology in Developing Countries, Volume 10. Number 2, August 2000. IFIP Working Group 9.4.
• “Knowledge Networking and Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India), Enviro News, Volume 3, Number 9, September 1999. Ministry of Environment and Forests. India.
• “Re-engineering of our future, a debate on genetic engineering”, Exchanges, Issue no. 23, 1998. ActionAid.
• “Coping mechanisms of the Santhal Tribals”, Exchanges, Issue no. 23, 1998. ActionAid.
• “Impact Assessment of the Biogas Program in Naturally Degraded Areas”, Exchanges, Issue no. 22, 1998.
• “Impact study of Land Development Programs in Degraded Areas”, Exchanges, Issue no. 20, 1998.
• “Impact of development interventions on the status of women”, Aga Khan Rural Support Program India, 1998.
• “Impact of contour bunding and land leveling on degraded areas”, Aga Khan Rural Support Program India, 1997.

Other Research and Technical Papers:

• UN Systems and its Interventions, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) Blog, 2012
• Financial Crisis: now a crisis for the North too. South Centre. March 2009.
• Multi-Disciplinary Development Dimensions of the Climate Change Issue. February 2009.
• NAM Summit 2006: No More Crossroads, Counter Currents and DurDesh. 2006.
• Electronic Government Applications in the Field of Foreign Investment. UNCTAD. February 2005.
• Increasing Public Value of Information through Electronic Governance Networks. February 2004.
• Overview of the Evolution of Global Reporting in International Development, ODS, UNDP January 2003.
• Profiling the Provision Status of Global Public Goods. ODS, UNDP December 2002.
• Provision of Peace and Security: an assessment of cost of action, cost of inaction and benefits of peace and security. ODS. UNDP. September 2002.
• Enhancing Connectivity– A High-return Investment Opportunity for All. Office of Development Sudies, UNDP 2002.
• World Bank: a step forward and a step backward. Do we still need this institution? London School of Economics. September 2001.
• White Collar Invasion: developed countries policies leading to environmental degradation in South, London School of Economics, August 2001.
• Inter-relationships between food policy and environmental policy in contemporary policy practices in India, London School of Economics, March 2001.
• Political Decentralisation- Complementary rather than Substitution Approach, London School of Economics, February 2001.
• Aiming Rio + 10 : failures, achievements and the way forward, London School of Economics, February 2001.
• Critical assessment of Community-based approaches to Environment and Sustainable development, London School of Economics, December 2000.
• “Heralding ICT-enabled Knowledge Societies: the way forward for developing countries“; Sustainable Development Networking Program (SDNP / UNDP), India, April 2000.
• Barriers to Knowledge Societies; One World Europe Think Tank, April 2000.
• Knowledge Networking for Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Networking Program, India, April 2000.
• “Modeling Impact of Pollution: a framework” -interpretive Structural Modeling through Strategic Impact Assumption- Identification Method (SIAM), Sustainable Development Networking Program, India, 1999.
• “Towards Knowledge based Information Systems”, Sustainable Development Networking Program, 1999.
• “To buy or to produce food – dilemma of a small farmer”- Modeling farmer’s decision using Monte Carlo Simulation, ActionAid India, 1999.
• “Cash Crop Production vs. Food Crop Production – a Monograph”, ActionAid India, 1998.
• “Base Paper on Model Agricultural Policy (with a perspective on Food Security)”, ActionAid India, 1998.
• “Decline of Public Investment in Indian Agriculture“, ActionAid India, 1998.
• “Bringing Fallow Lands into Cultivation“, ActionAid India, 1998.
• “Coping mechanisms for Food Security” – a case study of tribals in Eastern India, ActionAid; India, 1998.