Prof. (Dr.) Swati Narayan

Journal Articles

• Narayan (2022), Fifteen Years of India’s NREGA: Employer of the Last Resort?, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 65(3)

• Narayan (2022), Breaking New Ground: Women’s Employment in India’s NREGA, the Pandemic Lifeline, Gender and Development, 30 (1&2)

• Narayan (2021), Time for Universal Public Distribution System: Food Mountains and Pandemic Hunger in India, Indian Journal of Human Development, 51(3), 503-514
• Narayan (2018), Eating together: Commensality to end gender discrimination in household food distribution, UNSCN News 43, United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition, 52-54
• Narayan, S (2017), Religion and Female-Male Ratios in India, Indian Journal of Human Development, 12(3), 441-452
• Narayan, S (2016), Towards Equality in Healthcare: Trends over Two Decades, Economic and Political Weekly, 51(12), 24-26

Book Reviews

• Narayan (2021), Book Review: S Narayan, The Dravidian Years: Politics and Welfare in Tamil Nadu Social Change, 2021, 51(3), 441-453 [preprint],
• Narayan (2021), Book Review: Louise Tillin, Indian Federalism, Contemporary South Asia, 2021, 29(2), 305–306 [preprint]

• Narayan, S (2019), Book Review: Katrine Marçal, Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner: A Story About Women and Economics, Indian Journal of Human Development, 13(2), 233-238

Book Chapters

• Stunted Food Security: Time for Universal Entitlements in Behera, A and S Mishra (Eds.), Varying Dimensions of India’s National Security: Emerging Perspectives, 2022
• Narayan, S. (2015), Food Security: India from a Global Perspective in ‘Food security and Food Production (eds Reddy, S), Cambridge Scholars Publishers, UK

Primers

•  Narayan, S (2016), The Right to Education Act, 2009, Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi

International Reports

• Narayan, S. (2012), Education for All Beyond 2015, Mapping Current International Actions to Define the Post-2015 Education and Development Agendas, Working Paper, UNESCO, Paris
• Narayan, S. (2011), Nourish South Asia: Grow a Better Future for Food Justice, Oxfam International, Asia Regional Centre, Bangkok
• Narayan, S. (2010), Gender, Equality and Education: A Report Card on South Asia, United Nations Girls Education Initiative, South Asia Reginal Centre, Kathmandu
• Narayan, S. (2010), ‘Half Full, Half Empty? India’s NREGA’, Case Study for Curtis et al (2011), Success in Reducing Hunger: Lessons from India, Malawi and Brazil, International Food Security Network, Secretariat, Dhaka
• Abuel-Ealeh et al (2010), Back to School? The Worst Place in the World to Be a School Child, International Report, Global Campaign for Education, Johannesburg
• Narayan, S et al (2009), Who is Really Fighting Hunger? ActionAid International, Johannesburg
• Narayan, S. (2008), Right to Education and Abolition of Child Labour, Briefing Paper, National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, New Delhi
• Narayan, S.  et al (2008), No Excuses: Global School Report, Global Campaign for Education, Johannesburg
• Narayan, S. (2006), Serve the Essentials: What Governments and Donors Must Do to Improve South Asia’s Essential Services, Oxfam International, South Asia Regional Centre, New Delhi
• Narayan, S. et al (2002), Must Do Better: School Report Card, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education, Mumbai

Media Articles

SOUTH ASIA

• Bangladesh fares better Indian Express, 14 February 2020

SOCIAL PROTECTION

• A Budget with little social sector content Hindu Business Line, 3 February 2022
• The government must go beyond just repackaging subsidies for the poor Hindustan Times, 5 January 2017  

• Sweeping away India’s social security The Mint, 17 February 2015
• Delete the errors to save the census The Hindu, 12 April 2012

GENDER

•  Where Is The 0.1% Of GDP For India’s Mothers? Huffington Post, 10 March 2017
• What the Census Tells Us About Having Faith in Daughters The Wire, 1 September 2015

RIGHT TO HEALTH

• After Covid-19, what can India learn from the universal healthcare systems of its neighbours?, Scroll, 7 May
• Why India needs an NHS-like healthcare model, Indian Express, 26 August 2021

COVID-19

• Large sections of poor are unlikely to benefit from extension of food grains scheme Indian Express, 7 July 2020
• The Invisible Ghosts Who Walk Will Haunt India for Years to Come The Wire, 19 May 2020
• COVID-19 crisis shows class bias in banking Firstpost, 27 April 2020
• Coronavirus outbreak: Before extending the lockdown Firstpost, 14 April 2020
• 21-Day Coronavirus Lockdown in India May Starve the Poor to Death The Quint, 25 March 2020

RIGHT TO FOOD

• Union Budget 2021: Slashed funds for NREGA, Poshan Abhiyan 2.0, elderly pensions reflect poorly on Centre Firstpost, 2 February 2021
• In Jharkhand, suspected starvation death sheds light on deprivation of a whole settlement Scroll, 25 June 2018
• Food security act may be too little too late for parched Jharkhand Huffington Post, 14 October 2015
• Food Security And Taking The BJP With A Grain Of Salt Huffington Post, 12 March 2015

• Promises to Keep Sunday Magazine, The Hindu, 22 June 2014
• India’s Battle against Hunger The Guardian, 8 April 2011

SCHOOL MEALS AND SOUP KITCHENS

• The Dubious Campaign To Remove Eggs From School Meals The Wire Science, 1 July 2022
• In maps: India’s vulnerable children are paying the price of upper-caste prejudice with their bodies Scroll, 6 January 2021
• The Egg Debate Boils Over – Will Governments Stop Playing With Children’s Food? The Wire, 17 February 2019
• Beating back the food police Indian Express, 14 July 2018
• India feeds 100 million children a day—so why can’t Britain have free school meals?  Prospect Magazine, 29 June 2017
• Soup kitchens are a silver lining for the urban poor Indian Express, 28 April 2016
• The specious arguments against eggs The Mint, 16 June 2015

CASH TRANSFERS

• Why NYAY is unlikely to deliver results Business Standard, 4 May 2019
• Why Cash Transfer’s First ‘Beneficiaries’ Want to Opt Out of the JAM The Wire, 30 November 2015
• Ten Facts That Set the Record Straight on Cash Transfers The Wire, 15 August 2015
• Puducherry in a Unique JAM Huffington Post, 12 April 2015
• Not Smart Enough? The Hindu, 27 February 2011

AADHAAR

•  The Aadhaar verdict and class bias Business Standard, 21 October 2018
• Aadhaar-for-food can’t be a mandatory requirement Hindustan Times, 22 February 2018
• What’s in a unique number? Indian Express, 13 February 2017

EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE

•  Digging for Goddess Laxmi On Diwali Outlook India, 2 November 2016
• Half Full, Half Empty: 10 Years of NREGA India Spend, 9 February 2016 

RIGHT TO EDUCATION

• Making a mockery of the right to education The Mint, 1 July 2016
• Private Mischief: Private Schools Default on 25% Quota Lucknow Tribune, 20 July 2013
• Children of a Lesser Law Sunday Magazine, The Hindu, 7 July 2013

2021: Visiting Faculty National Law School of India University

2020: Visiting Fellow Institute for Human Development

2017: Class Faculty, Summer School London School of Economics and Political Sciences

2017: Visiting Research Student Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Selected Presentations

Jan 2022: ‘Democracy and Healthcare: COVID-19 Oxygen Crisis in the Epicentre Delhi,’ with Shahana Sheikh at the 10th Annual Conference on Sectoral Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic, Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA), online

Feb 2018: ‘Southern Super Models: Human Development Trajectories of Sri Lanka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu’, 4th International Conference on South Asian Economic Development at South Asian University, New Delhi

Oct 2017: ‘Social Distance and Welfare Services in South Asian Neighbours: Bihar, Nepal and Bangladesh’, Research Seminars 2017-18, Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science

Apr 2010: ‘Social Protection against Hunger: Analysis of policies in developing and developed countries’ at the Fourth ‘Annual Conference for Development and Change’ (ACDC) Conference by the South African Government Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

June 2009: ‘Miles to Go: Education for all in the Commonwealth’, Stakeholders Forum, 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), Kuala Lumpur

Selected Courses/Workshops

Feb 2017: Bangladesh in Focus: What can we learn about sustainable and inclusive development? Institute o Development Studies, University of Sussex

July 2006: Cambridge Advanced Program in Rethinking Development Economics (CAPORDE), University of Cambridge

June 2007: The International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) workshop on ‘Development Experiences and Policy Options for a Changing World’, Tsinghua University, Beijing

2017: Commonwealth split-site Scholarship

2016: Tata Institute of Social Sciences International Relations Office Travel Grant

2015-16: Sir Dorabji Tata International Travel Grant

2002-03: Felix Scholarship

1999: Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship

1998-99: S.D. Marathe NILM Trust Endowment Fund Prize

1996: Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Scholarship