Sangeeta Shroff

Sangeeta Shroff is a Professor at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, and is currently Head of the Agro-Economic Research Centre of the Institute, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India. She has worked in diverse areas in the discipline of Agricultural Economics and has made important contribution on issues to be addressed by policy. Dr. Shroff has published several research papers and worked on projects sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, Government of Maharashtra, Confederation of Indian Industries, World Bank, etc. She was a Member of Working Group on "Decentralized Planning in Agriculture" in the context of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) erstwhile Planning Commission, Government of India. She also teaches at the Post-graduate level, guides Ph. D students and participates in national and international conferences.

Workers plant paddy saplings during sunset, amid the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, on the outskirts of Amritsar. Due to labour scarcity, the State government has encouraged farmers to switch over to direct seeding of rice (DSR) instead of the traditional transplantation of paddy this year. File Photo: PTI

COVID-19: Crisis-hit Rural India Needs Effective Farm Policy Implementation

India's farm sector, which is still the country’s largest employment provider, suffered heavy losses in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

COVID-19: Crisis-hit Rural India Needs Effective Farm Policy Implementation

India's farm sector, which is still the country’s largest employment provider, suffered heavy losses in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

The NDA's return to power in the general elections is attributed to benefits from its welfare schemes trickling down. However, the government now faces huge challenges, especially in transforming the rural sector into an engine of sustainable growth. Photo: Kamal Narang

Rural India’s Transition Challenges

While the electoral victory of the National Democratic Alliance in 2019 can, in part, be attributed to its welfare schemes and their impact on ...

Farmers during Kisan Mukti March on way to Parliament Street demanding special session of Parliament to implement Kisan Mukti Bill on Liberation from Debt and assured remunerative prices, in New Delhi on November 30, 2018. Photo: Sandeep Saxena/The Hindu

Rethinking India's Battles against Chronic Agrarian Distress

In the run up to the 2019 general election leading political parties have promising payouts to the poor as part of the country's policy measures to ...