India) featured him and Krea University as part of their Cover story. In 2019, the Indian Economic Development & Research Association (IEDRA) conferred him with an “Outstanding Achievement Award for Educational Excellence” and in the same year, Careers 360, in marking its 10th Anniversary Edition featured him as one of the “top Academic Changemakers in India”. Books "Development and Democracy: New Perspectives on an Old Debate" (Editors: Sunder Ramaswamy and Jeffrey W. Cason), University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2003, 306 pp. "Social Capital and Economic Development: Well-Being in Developing Countries" (Editors: Jonathan Isham, Thomas Kelly, and Sunder Ramaswamy), Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, U.K., 2002, 264 pp. One of three editors of "The Middlebury Bicentennial Series in International Studies" (Editors: Michael Geisler, Sunder Ramaswamy, and Neil Waters) -- a collection of volumes with University Press of New England Press, 1999-2003. "The Economics of Agricultural Technology in Semi-Arid Sub-Saharan Africa" (with John H. Sanders and Barry I. Shapiro), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1996, 1997, 330 pp; Second Printing, 1997. Research for the project supported by funding from USAID. "Economics: An Honors Companion" (with Kailash Khandke, Jenifer Gamber, and David Colander), Maxi Press/Richard D. Irwin Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1995, 290 pp. His research interests are in the areas of development economics (focus on sustainable development, technological change, and financial sector reforms), international economics (trade liberalization, trade and development issues), and applied microeconomics. He has contributed many chapters in various books and articles either published or forthcoming in journals such as Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Systems, Applied Economics, Comparative Economic Studies, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economics Letters, Environment, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, "Foreign Trade Review" and Outlook on Agriculture. He has presented his research at international conferences in Austria, Canada, China, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and Zimbabwe. He has also given talks in over 150 invited seminars, and conference/workshop settings in India and USA on subjects ranging from globalization, to economic development, to Indian economic reforms, to economics literacy. Articles featuring him and/or his views on various economics topics have appeared in the popular media (International and Indian) such as, Access Monterey Peninsula (AMP Media), The Addison Independent, Asia Times Online, The Californian, China Central TV, The Deccan Chronicle, The Diplomatist, The Economic Times, Education World, The Hindu, Hindu Business Line, India Abroad, Indian Express, India Today, India West,Industrial Economist, The Monterey Herald, The