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Faculty Prof S Irudaya Rajan

Prof S Irudaya Rajan

Distinguished Visiting Faculty

Department of Economics

Contact Details

irudayarajan.s@srmap.edu.in

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Easwari School of Liberal Arts Economics Faculty Prof S Irudaya Rajan

Faculty Information

Education

1989
PhD (Demography)
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
1983
Post Graduate Certificate in Demography
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
1982
MA Economics
Department of Economics Madurai-Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
1980
BA Economics
St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai Madurai Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India

Experience

  • May 2021 – Present - Adjunct Professor - The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
  • May 2021 – Present - Honorary Fellow - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Kerala
  • May 2019 – Present - Chairman - The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Kerala
  • May 2018 – Present - Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences - Kannur University, Kerala
  • April 2005 – April 2021 - Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • November 1993 – March 2005 - Associate Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • June 1987 – October 1993 - Assistant Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Research Interest

  • Since 1998, co-ordinated eight large-scale migration surveys in Kerala with Professor K C Zachariah. The success of the Kerala Migration Survey urged neighbouring Indian states like, Goa (2008), Punjab (2009), Tamil Nadu (2015), and Gujarat (2011) to replicate the same.
  • Developed the first longitudinal Ageing Survey in India (Kerala) in 2004 and repeated it every three years. The first Kerala Ageing Survey (KAS) completed its seventh wave in 2022. The second KAS which began in 2013, completed its fourth wave in 2022.

Awards

  • 2018 - Visiting Fellow - British Academy, UK
  • 2004 Faculty research award - Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
  • 2000 - Centre national de la recherche scientifique researcher - Dynamique de l’EvolutionHumaine: Individu,Population, Espece
  • 1993 - Indo-French exchange program Government of India and France

Memberships

  • Member, The International Advisory Board (IAB), Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University – 2019 - present
  • Chair of the KNOMAD (the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) thematic working group on internal migration and urbanization, World Bank – 2019-present
  • President, Kerala Economic Association (2016-2018)
  • President, Association of Gerontology (2012-2016)
  • Vice President, Association of Gerontology (2009-2010)
  • Editorial Board Member, Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford), 2019-present
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Migration and Development (Taylor and Francis) – Since 2012
  • Series Editor: India Migration Report (Routledge); since 2010
  • Series Editor: South Asia Migration Report (Routledge), Since 2017
  • Series Editor: South-South Migration (Springer), since 2021

Publications

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Interests

  • Economics of Ageing and Demography
  • International Economics
  • Population Ageing

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Education
1980
BA Economics
St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai Madurai Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
1982
MA Economics
Department of Economics Madurai-Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
1983
Post Graduate Certificate in Demography
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
1989
PhD (Demography)
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
Experience
  • May 2021 – Present - Adjunct Professor - The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
  • May 2021 – Present - Honorary Fellow - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Kerala
  • May 2019 – Present - Chairman - The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Kerala
  • May 2018 – Present - Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences - Kannur University, Kerala
  • April 2005 – April 2021 - Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • November 1993 – March 2005 - Associate Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • June 1987 – October 1993 - Assistant Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Research Interests
  • Since 1998, co-ordinated eight large-scale migration surveys in Kerala with Professor K C Zachariah. The success of the Kerala Migration Survey urged neighbouring Indian states like, Goa (2008), Punjab (2009), Tamil Nadu (2015), and Gujarat (2011) to replicate the same.
  • Developed the first longitudinal Ageing Survey in India (Kerala) in 2004 and repeated it every three years. The first Kerala Ageing Survey (KAS) completed its seventh wave in 2022. The second KAS which began in 2013, completed its fourth wave in 2022.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 - Visiting Fellow - British Academy, UK
  • 2004 Faculty research award - Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
  • 2000 - Centre national de la recherche scientifique researcher - Dynamique de l’EvolutionHumaine: Individu,Population, Espece
  • 1993 - Indo-French exchange program Government of India and France
Memberships
  • Member, The International Advisory Board (IAB), Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University – 2019 - present
  • Chair of the KNOMAD (the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) thematic working group on internal migration and urbanization, World Bank – 2019-present
  • President, Kerala Economic Association (2016-2018)
  • President, Association of Gerontology (2012-2016)
  • Vice President, Association of Gerontology (2009-2010)
  • Editorial Board Member, Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford), 2019-present
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Migration and Development (Taylor and Francis) – Since 2012
  • Series Editor: India Migration Report (Routledge); since 2010
  • Series Editor: South Asia Migration Report (Routledge), Since 2017
  • Series Editor: South-South Migration (Springer), since 2021
Publications
Contact Details

irudayarajan.s@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Economics of Ageing and Demography
  • International Economics
  • Population Ageing

Education
1980
BA Economics
St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai Madurai Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
1982
MA Economics
Department of Economics Madurai-Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
1983
Post Graduate Certificate in Demography
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
1989
PhD (Demography)
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
Experience
  • May 2021 – Present - Adjunct Professor - The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
  • May 2021 – Present - Honorary Fellow - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Kerala
  • May 2019 – Present - Chairman - The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Kerala
  • May 2018 – Present - Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences - Kannur University, Kerala
  • April 2005 – April 2021 - Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • November 1993 – March 2005 - Associate Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • June 1987 – October 1993 - Assistant Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Research Interests
  • Since 1998, co-ordinated eight large-scale migration surveys in Kerala with Professor K C Zachariah. The success of the Kerala Migration Survey urged neighbouring Indian states like, Goa (2008), Punjab (2009), Tamil Nadu (2015), and Gujarat (2011) to replicate the same.
  • Developed the first longitudinal Ageing Survey in India (Kerala) in 2004 and repeated it every three years. The first Kerala Ageing Survey (KAS) completed its seventh wave in 2022. The second KAS which began in 2013, completed its fourth wave in 2022.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 - Visiting Fellow - British Academy, UK
  • 2004 Faculty research award - Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
  • 2000 - Centre national de la recherche scientifique researcher - Dynamique de l’EvolutionHumaine: Individu,Population, Espece
  • 1993 - Indo-French exchange program Government of India and France
Memberships
  • Member, The International Advisory Board (IAB), Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University – 2019 - present
  • Chair of the KNOMAD (the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) thematic working group on internal migration and urbanization, World Bank – 2019-present
  • President, Kerala Economic Association (2016-2018)
  • President, Association of Gerontology (2012-2016)
  • Vice President, Association of Gerontology (2009-2010)
  • Editorial Board Member, Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford), 2019-present
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Migration and Development (Taylor and Francis) – Since 2012
  • Series Editor: India Migration Report (Routledge); since 2010
  • Series Editor: South Asia Migration Report (Routledge), Since 2017
  • Series Editor: South-South Migration (Springer), since 2021
Publications
Contact Details

irudayarajan.s@srmap.edu.in

Scholars