Associate Professor

Dr. Kedar Vishnu trained as an Institutional economist and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Economics at DLHS, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru. Dr. Kedar earned his PhD from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) in Bengaluru and his M.A. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. His PhD was funded by the ADRTC (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India). His research interests encompass Applied Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Agricultural Economics, and Institutional Economics. With over thirteen years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Kedar has previously worked with the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai, and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics University (BASE), Bengaluru. At CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune, he headed the Economics programs and played a key role in launching the M.Sc. Economics and B.Sc. Economics programs. Dr. Kedar has contributed to various research projects funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, and NIAP, New Delhi. He has presented his research in the USA, Canada, Russia, Germany, Slovakia, China, and Indonesia. He is a member of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, USA, and has authored over 27 articles in newspapers such as Deccan Herald, Telangana Today, and Sakal on various emerging topics. He is a Winner of the Travel Grants for Early Career Professionals from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Washington, USA, International Association of Agricultural Economists, USA, and Higher School of Economics, Russia for presenting his Research work. He has received the prestigious Ronald Coase Fellowship from Ronald Coase Institute, USA for doing his empirical work on Institutional Economics.

Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (DLHS) Bengaluru

Qualification: B.A , M.A ,Ph.D