Prasanna Rashmi K.K.
 Senior Research Fellow
Team of Excellence in NRE
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Agricultural Sciences
GKVK, Bangalore - 560 065
Karnataka, India
Ph: 091+080+23637002 (O)
 email: kkrashmi@rediffmail.com

Academic qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2005
  • M.Sc. in Agircultural Economics from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

Awards/Scholarships recieved

  • UAS Merit Scholarship for pursuing under-graduate studies.

  • ICAR Junior Research Fellowship for pursuing post-graduate studies.

  • UAS Gold Medal for passing with distinction and securing I Rank among BSc. (AgMaCo.) graduates of 1994.

  • A.N.Krishnamurthy Gold Medal for securing highest CGPA among BSc. (AgMaCo.) graduates of 1994.

  • Syndicate Bank Gold Medal for best student of MSc.(Ag.Economics) graduates of 1996.

  • Dr. N.P. Patil Gold Medal for best student of MSc.(Ag.Economics) graduates of 1996.

List of publications

  • Wasteland Development and Afforestation Work Done by Palmyra 'The Centre For Ecological Land Use and Rural Development' Auroville/Aurobrindavanan, Tamil Nadu- A Success Story, 1998.

  • Socio-Economic Analysis of Prosopis Juliflora and Eucalyptus as a Source of Fuelwood and Other Uses in Bellary and Kolar Districts of Karnataka, 1999.

  • Guidelines For Monitoring and Evaluation of JFM Programmes - A Special Study, 1999.

  • Control of Pollution through afforestation by non-mining industries in Karnataka- Two Success Stories, 1999*.

  • Socio-cultural, Economic and Ecological Significance of Gundu Thopu (Village Woodlots) in Karnataka-A Special Study, 1999**.

  • Trends in Area, Production and Productivity of major crops in Karnataka-Presented at the technical session on Karnataka economy at the 81st conference of the Indian Economic Association, Bangalore, Dec. 26-28, 1998.

  • Factors affecting agricultural growth in Karnataka at the XXIII Indian Social Science Congress, Dec. 26-31, 1999, Coimbatore.

  • Tragedy of the Commons in Gundu Thopu (Village Woodlots) in Karnataka-Presented at the International Conference on Society, Politics, Economics and Environment, Aug 2001, Bangalore.

  • A natural resource economic study of biodiversity in the context of indigenous knowledge in the Western Ghats of Karnataka at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences at Honululu, USA, June 11-15, 2002

  • Are indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights reconciliable: An experience from India at the VIII International interdisciplinary conference on Environment at Toronto, Canada, June 27-29, 2002.

* Publication accepted by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, for a special publication
** Publication accepted by Govt. of Karnataka for translation into Kannada

Work Experience

  • Research Associate at the Regional Centre, National Afforestation & Eco-Development Board, (Ministry of Environment & Forests) at UAS, Bangalore.