Dr. Prachi Bansal

Dr. Bansal has a strong academic background and extensive teaching experience. She previously served as an Assistant Professor in Data, Democracy, and Development (Economics) at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, where she taught courses such as Python Programming and Statistical Principles for Data Analysis to undergraduate students from various disciplines. She co-organized the first-ever workshop in India to teach visually impaired students R statistical software and basic concepts, promoting inclusivity in education. She has also been a Visiting Faculty at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, where she taught courses on Quantitative Methods and R Programming since 2017.

Dr. Prachi Bansal’s research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including agrarian studies, food security, labour relations, land acquisition, agricultural policies and more. She has actively participated in field surveys, conducting extensive research across more than 15 villages in different states of India.

She has contributed to various journal articles, book chapters, and research bulletins, addressing critical issues in the field of economics. She has authored several chapters in the Global Economy of Pulses, a flagship publication by the FAO for the international year of Pulses.

• “Economic Liberalisation and Fertiliser Policies” (co-authored with Vikas Rawal), Social Scientist, September-October, 2020, ISSN 0970-0293.
• “Prevalence of Undernourishment in Indian States: Explorations Based on the NSS 68th Round Data” (co-authored with Vikas Rawal and Vaishali Bansal) as Special Article in Economic and Political Weekly on April 13, 2019, Volume 54, Issue No: 15, ISSN Print: 0012-9976. Read here https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/15/ special-articles/prevalence-undernourishment-indian-states.html
• Book Review: “Deborah Brautigam (2015), Will Africa Feed China?”, Oct 17, 2017 in Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. (A longer version ofthe above review was published on the Indianstatistics.org. Read here: http: //indianstatistics.org/2017/10/20/land-grab.html
• Research Bulletin in the Agrarian South Network on “The Political Economy of Fer-tilizer Crisis in India”, Issue No: 13, Mar-Apr, 2022, http://www.agrariansouth. org/2022/05/17/asn-research-bulletin-mar-apr-2022/

• Chapter titled “Economic Liberalisation and Fertiliser Policies”, (co-authored with Vikas Rawal), in a book titled “Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture After Economic Liberalization”, edited by R. Ramakumar, Tulika Books, 9788195055906 (October, 2022)
• Chapter titled “Female Labour Absorption in Indian Agriculture A Study based on Farm-Enterprise Data”, forthcoming in a book by the World Economic Association (WEA), edited by Maria Alejandra Madi amd Alicia Puyana, (Forthcoming)
• “Land Acquisition and Income Disparities: Case Study of a Village in Jharia, Jharkhand” (co-authored with Vikas Rawal and Vaishali Bansal), published in “Whither Rural India? Political Economy of Agrarian Transformation in Contem porary India : A Festschrift for Venkatesh Athreya”, May 20, 2019, Tulika Books, also published internationally by the Columbia University Press, edited by A. Narayanamoorthy and R.V. Bhavani
• “Chickpea: Transformation in Production Conditions” (co-authored with Vikas Rawal), The Global Economy of Pulses, (2019) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Read here: http://www.fao.org/3/i7108en/I7108EN.pdf
• “Pulses of Phaseolus and Vigna Genera” (co-authored with Vikas Rawal and Vaishali Bansal), The Global Economy of Pulses, (2019), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Read here: http://www.fao.org/3/i7108en/I7108EN.pdf
• “Dry Pea: Production Driven by Demand for Animal Feed” (co-authored with Vaishali Bansal), The Global Economy of Pulses, (2019, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Read here: http://www.fao.org/3/i7108en/I7108EN.pdf
• “Pulses of the Vicia Genus”, The Global Economy of Pulses, (2019), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Read here: http: //www.fao.org/3/i7108en/I7108EN.pdf