H. Diwakara
Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Business & Enterprise
School of International Business
University of South Australia, Adelaide
City West Campus, Way Lee Building
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
email: hdiwakara@yahoo.com

Academic qualifications

• B.Sc (Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 1998


• M.Sc.(Agri.) in Agircultural Economics from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2000


• Pursuing Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics in the University of South Australia, Adelaide. (Specialization - 'Institutional regimes for water resource management in India and Australia - Implications for water policies

Fellowships recieved

• Junior Research Fellowship, from Ford Foundation Funded Research Project on "Dynamics of access to water resource in Karnataka" post graduate studies, 1999-2000.


• President's Scholarship, University of South Australia and School of International Business Scholarship to pursue Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics / Institutional Economics

Research Reports

• Co- Author for the book entitled “Synergistic Effects of Watershed Treatments on Farm Economy through Groundwater Recharge - A Resource Economic Analysis” Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2001.

Research Articles

• Sustainable Development - A Vision for the Millennium, Quarterly news letter, Waste Lands News, Vol. XVI No.2, Pp.: 16-18, May-July 2001, published by the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi, India


• Rainwater Harvesting and Sustainable Agriculture through Groundwater Recharge - Empirical Evidences in India, Quarterly news letter Waste Lands News, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Pp.: 21-25, Nov 2000- January 2001, published by the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi, India

Research Papers

• Submitted a research paper entitled “Trade-offs in Groundwater Transfer from rural to urban areas and its Impact on Food Security: Implications for Water Policies” for the publication in the journal of Environment and Development Economics, University of York, London, UK


• Submitted a research paper entitled “Forecasting of Indian Tea Prices: An Application of ARIMA Processes” for publication in the Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, India


• Submitted a research article entitled “Forecast of tea prices in Indian tea Markets” for publication in the CommodityIndia.Com, Bangalore, India


• Submitted a research paper entitled "Equity in Access to Groundwater Resource for Irrigation - A case study of watershed in Peninsular India" for publication in the International Institute for Environment and Development, Gate Keepers Series, London, UK

Papers Presented

National:

• Accepted research paper on Social Response to Groundwater Scarcity in Hard Rock Areas of Karnataka, at the 3rd Biennial Conference of Indian Society for Ecological Economics, held at Bhopal, India during November 2001


• Accepted research paper on Impact of Poor quality water on Farm Economy: A study in Bangalore Rural District of Karnataka, at the 3rd Biennial Conference of Indian Society for Ecological Economics, held at Bhopal, India during November 2001.

International:

• Presented a research paper entitled “Watershed Development and Sustainable Agriculture through Groundwater Recharge - A Resource Economic Analysis”, in the International Research Symposium on Sustainable Agricultural Development held at Bangalore, March 27 200, India.


• Presented a research paper entitled “Economic and Ecological Implications of Groundwater Transfer from Rural to Urban Areas and Its Impact on Food Security: A Study in Peninsular India” presented, in the 11th Stockholm Water Symposium held at Stockholm during 13th - 16th August 2001, Sweden.


• Research paper accepted for poster presentation, entitled “Synergistic effects of watershed treatments on farm economy through Groundwater recharge: A Resource Economic Analysis” in the International Symposium on Artificial Recharge (ISAR-4) to be held in Adelaide, Australia in September 2002.


• Participated in the "II Biennial conference of Indian Society for Ecological Economics" held at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India

Workshops and Training

• Trained in "Participatory Rural Appraisal" (PRA) technique on watershed management organized by MYRADA (Mysore Rehabilitation and Development Agency) at Kadari, Andra Pradesh during 7-9 January 2000.


• Trained in 5 days workshop on Econometric Applications in natural resource economics organized by Department of Agricultural Economics, 23-27 November, 2001.

M.Sc.Seminars Presented in the Department

• Strategies for groundwater recharge - Some empirical evidences in India.


• Food security and access to natural resources.

Work Experience

• Research Associate: From January 2nd 2002-till date, in the research project entitled “Capital Requirement for Modernization of Dairy Farming in Karnataka: Its Economic Implications and Prospects for Global Competitiveness” sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India. Department of Dairy Economics and Business Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal Campus, Bangalore, P.O.Box 560 024, India


• Research Associate: From December 2000 - July 2001, in the research project entitled “Designing Methodologies for Evaluation of Economic and Environmental Implications of Groundwater Depletion and Quality Degradation Effects in Peninsular India” sponsored by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India. Department of Agricultural Economics, Agriculture College, V.C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, P.O. Box 560 065, India


• Junior Research Fellow: From November 1999 – November 2000, in the research project entitled “Dynamics of Access to Water Resources in Karnataka” sponsored by the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, India, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, P.O. Box 560 065, India

Teaching

• Taught a course on "Fundamentals of Economics (Econ.101 (0+2) of I year B.Sc. (Agri) students" during I semester of 2001-2002.

Others

• Published an article entitled "Avenues for research opportunities in Natural Resource Economics" in TREE NEWS, a quarterly Newsletter published by the Team of Excellence in Natural Resource Economics, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, UAS, Bangalore


• Membership:Annual membership for the Groundwater Foundation, Nebraska, USA for the year 2000