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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: JNU, New Delhi

PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

M.A. (Economics): Panjab University, Chandigarh

B.A. (Hons.): Panjab University, Chandigarh

Prof. (Dr.) Nivedita Sharma

Associate Professor

Email nivedita.sharma@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-1559-4214
Key Expertise Agrarian change, agricultural value chains, contract farming, labour utilisation in agriculture, and rural employment dynamics.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: JNU, New Delhi

PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

M.A. (Economics): Panjab University, Chandigarh

B.A. (Hons.): Panjab University, Chandigarh

Biography

Dr. Nivedita Sharma is an Associate Professor at Jindal Global Business School (JGBS). She is also visiting fellow at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi. She works in the area of agricultural marketing, value chains, and rural development. She previously held positions as an Assistant Professor at the Council for Social Development and as an Associate Fellow at the Centre for International Projects Trust. Dr. Sharma has also worked as a consultant for prominent organizations and think tanks. Dr. Sharma completed her Master's in Economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh, where she achieved first rank and was awarded a Gold Medal for her exceptional academic performance. She went on to earn her Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, followed by a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at JNU, New Delhi. Her research has been published in numerous national and international peer-reviewed journals, and she has contributed opinion articles to prominent media outlets. In addition to her research, Dr. Sharma has led several projects and organised seminars, conferences, and workshops that have fostered meaningful discussions on key social and economic issues.

Principles of Management

Understanding Business Models & Business Plans

Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

The firm and the consumer

ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellowship from 2016-2018

Completed a research project titled-Status and pathways for portability of cash and in-kind transfers in India. Project report submitted to KFW, Germany and Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India in 2022.

Completed a research project titled-Comprehensive research study on pattern of farming and to assess the costing and income from cultivation of major crops in 2021. Project report was submitted to Planning Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. 

Completed a research project titled-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Rural Labour Markets: A Study of Employment, Earnings and Inclusion as principal investigator in 2020. Project report was submitted to National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.

Completed a project titled-Financial Inclusion of Rural Citizens: Assessing the Impact of Investor Awareness Program on Potential Investors in Rural India as principal investigator in 2020. Project report was submitted to CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, New Delhi.
 

Visiting Fellow at Council of Social Development, New Delhi

Sharma, N. & Kaur, R. (2025). Savings and Investment Behaviour in Rural India: An Impact Assessment of Investor Awareness Program. Social Change, 55(4), 629-647. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00490857251401635

Ghosh, S. & Sharma, N. (2025). Caste and agricultural income disparity in India. Economic & Political Weekly, 60(47),14-17.

Sharma, N. (2025). Book review: Sukhpal Singh, Regulating Agricultural Markets in India: A Smallholders’. Perspective, 2023, 186 pp., Orient BlackSwan. Social Change, 1-3. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00490857251382

Jha, P., Sharma, N, & Singh, G. (2025). Damned and Disposable: Manual Scavengers in Contemporary India. Millennial Asia, 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/097639962513653

Singh, G., Jha, P. & Sharma, N. (2025). Precarious Transitions: Rural Non-farm Employment in Bihar, India. Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/22779760251360488.

Sharma, N. & Goyal, A. (2024). Prospects and challenges of farming in Delhi: Evidences form the field. Journal of Rural Development, 42(4), 277-287.

Sharma, N. & Singh, G. (2024). Book review: Ashok Pankaj, Inclusive Development Through Guaranteed Employment: India’s MGNREGA Experiences. Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 13(1), 146-151.

Nivedita Sharma & Gurpreet Singh (2024). The Unrelenting Struggles of Punjab's Kinnow Farmers Amidst a Bumper Crop This Year. The Wire. Available at https://thewire.in/agriculture/why-punjabs-farmers-have-opted-for-paddy-over-kinnow-despite-a-bumper-crop-harvest

Gurpreet Singh & Nivedita Sharma (2024, Feb 1). What promises should Budget 2024-25 hold for agriculture sector? The Down to Earth. Available at https://www.downtoearth.org.in/test/blog/what-promises-should-budget-2024-25-hold-for-agriculture-sector--94196

Gurpreet Singh & Nivedita Sharma (2024, Feb 2). The unabated paddy monoculture of Punjab. India Development Review. Available at https://idronline.org/article/agriculture/the-unabated-paddy-monoculture-of-punjab/

Nivedita Sharma & Gurpreet Singh (May, 2023). What does cluster development programme mean to India’s small farmers? Down to earth. Available at https://www.downtoearth.org.in/test/blog/what-does-cluster-development-programme-mean-to-india-s-small-farmers--89281

Singh, G. & Sharma, N. (2022). Legacy of employment challenges and the response through the budgetary provisions in India. Labour & Development, 29(2), 1-16.

Nivedita Sharma & Gurpreet Singh (2022). Contract farming is yet to make a mark in Punjab: here is why. Down to Earth. Available at https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/contract-farming-is-yet-to-make-a-mark-in-punjab-here-is-why-83454

Nivedita Sharma & Ankita Goyal (2022). How absence of Govt Procurment agencies is shrinking Delhi’s agrarian economy. Available at https://thewire.in/agriculture/how-absence-of-govt-procurement-agencies-is-shrinking-delhis-agrarian-economy

Sharma N. (2021). Role of policy innovations in sustainable development. Chapter in Book Sustainable Development by Dhameja, A. (Ed). IGNOU, New Delhi. ISBN-978-93-5568-160-7

Sharma N. (2021). Recoginition of ecological limits of equity and justice. Chapter in Book Sustainable Development by Dhameja, A. (Ed). IGNOU, New Delhi. ISBN-978-93-5568-160-7

Sharma N. (2021). Alternative ways of resource generation and capacity enhancement. Chapter in Book Sustainable Development by Dhameja, A. (Ed). IGNOU, New Delhi. ISBN-978-93-5568-160-7

Sharma N. (2021). Role of non-stake holders in sustainable development. Chapter in Book Sustainable Development by Dhameja, A. (Ed). IGNOU, New Delhi. ISBN-978-93-5568-160-7

Jha, P., Sharma, N., Kumar, M., Singh, G., & Verma, S. (2021). Contours of contract farming in the Asian region in Farming and Working Under Contract - Peasants and Workers in Global Agricultural Value Systems by Praveen Jha et al., Tulika Books. (ISSN: 978-81-947175-0-8).

Gurpreet Singh & Nivedita Sharma (2020). Covid-19 crisis: How can India ensure that agricultural markets work in a socially distanced manner? The Scroll. Available at https://scroll.in/article/958858/covid-19-crisis-to-prevent-india-from-starving-village-level-cooperatives-should-be-given-key-role

Jha, P., Singh, G. & Sharma, N. (2018). Modern agricultural practices in India: Impact on occupational safety, health and environment. Paper in book Occupational health and safety in agriculture of the Global South (Ismail Karatepe, Katja Radon, Christoph Scherre (eds.)), Hamp Verlag, Germany. (ISSN- 2196-5382).

Vatta, K., Singh, G., Sharma, N & Bhoi, P. (2018). Regional dimensions and determinants of income diversification in rural India. Agricultural Economic Research Review, 31, 33-46. (ISSN-0974-0279) (Doi: 10.5958/0974-0279.2018.00020.4) (Impact factor: 0.194)

Sharma, N. (2016). Determining growers’ participation in contract farming: A case study from Punjab. Economic & Political Weekly, 51(2), 58-65. (DOI: https://www.epw.in/journal/2016/2/special-articles/determining-growers-participation-contract-farming-punjab.html ) Impact factor: 0.37

Sharma, N. (2016). Does contract farming increase farm income and efficiency?: Case study from Punjab’ Economic and Political Weekly, 51(40), 63-69 (ISSN: 2349-8846). (DOI: https://www.epw.in/journal/2016/40/special-articles/does-contract-farming-improve-farmers-income-and-efficiency.html ) (Impact factor: 0.37).

Sharma, N. (2016). Agrarian Distress and Contract Farming: Implications for Small Farmers of Punjab. In T. Haque (ed.) Agrarian Distress in India: Causes and Remedies, Concept Publishers, New Delhi. (ISSN: 9789351252573)

Sharma, N. & Singh, S. P. (2015). Exploring Contractual Relationships in Punjab: A Case Study of Potato and Basmati Rice. Journal of Land and Rural Studies, Sage Publications, 3(2), 1-22. (ISSN: 2321-0249).

Sharma, N. & Singh, S. P. (2014). Agricultural diversification in Indian Punjab: An assessment of government intervention through contract farming. Journal of Agricultural & Food Information (Taylor and Francis), 15(3), 191-213. (ISSN: 1049-6505). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2014.926814) (IF: 0.78)

Sharma, N. & Singh, S. P. (2013). Agricultural diversification and contract farming in Punjab. Journal of Economic & Social Development, IX(1), 38-51. (ISSN 0973-886X)

Sharma, N. (2013). Contract farming practice in Indian Punjab: Farmers’ perspective. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 2(1), 65-76. (ISSN 2147-8988)

Sharma, N. & Singh, S. P. (2013). Contract farming and farmer participation in Punjab. Man and Development. XXXV(4), 85-102. (ISSN 0258-0438).
Email nivedita.sharma@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-1559-4214
Key Expertise Agrarian change, agricultural value chains, contract farming, labour utilisation in agriculture, and rural employment dynamics.
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