Chetan Ghate is Associate Professor in the Planning Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.

Rajat Achaarya (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)
Sadiq Ahmed (World Bank, USA)
Pranab Bardhan (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
David Bloom (Harvard University, USA)
Gautam Bose (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Willem Buiter (Citibank)
Prabal Roy Chowdhury (Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi Center, India)
Jishnu Das (World Bank, USA)
Samarjit Das (Indian Statistical Institute - Kolkata, India)
Vasco Gabriel (Surrey University, UK)
Subhashis Gangopadhyay (India Development Foundation, Gurgaon, India)
Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India)
Xavier Giné (World Bank, USA)
Poonam Gupta (Delhi School of Economics, India)
Jefferey Hammer (Princeton University, USA)
Vegard Iversen (Indian Statistical Institute - Delhi Center; IDPM University of Manchester)
Kamhon Kan (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Saibal Kar (Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, India)
Stuti Khemani (World Bank, USA)
Ken Kletzer (University of California - Santa Cruz, USA)
Anjini Kochar (Stanford University, USA)
Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia)
Utsav Kumar (The Conference Board)
Paul Levine (Surrey University, UK)
Sugata Marjit (Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, India)
Lev Menand (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA)
Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University)
Pranab Mukhopadhyay (University of Goa, India)
Urjit Patel (Reliance Industries, India)
Joe Pearlman (London Metropolitian University)
Priya Ranjan (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Vijayendra Rao (World Bank)
Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics, UK)
Kamal Saggi (Southern Methodist University, USA)
Abhirup Sarkar (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India)
Partha Sen (Delhi School of Economics, India)
S.K. Shanthi (Great Lakes Institute, Chennai)
Priya Shyamsunder (SANDEE Network)
Nirvikar Singh (University of California - Santa Cruz)
Shyam Sunder (Yale University, USA)
M. Suryanarayana (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India)
Robert Townsend (MIT, USA)
Ashutosh Varshney (Brown University, USA)
Rubina Verma (ITAM Mexico)
James Vickery (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USA)
Yong Wang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Bo Yang (University of Surrey and London Metropolitan University)

Selected one of CHOICE's "Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012"

Selected one of CHOICE's "Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012"

"In this expansive handbook, edited by Chetan Ghate (Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi), top scholars of the Indian economy shine the light of academic rigor on many facets of this development experience. The coverage is extensive, spanning the entire breadth of structural transformation across all core sectors. What is unique here . . . is that the entirety of India's development is viewed through the lens of rigorous development economics. This permits the contributors to ask the deep questions of why and should without being unnecessarily speculative. The book is designed as a handy reference for economists wishing to catch up to the frontier of research on the Indian economy. That frontier will move, and this volume will help speed up that process. Highly recommended." --CHOICE

"Overall, congratulations are due to Oxford and Chetan Ghate for producing a book that, unlike most recent compilations on the Indian economy, is far more than just a randomly thrown through collection of specialised papers with a grandiose title that promises far more than the book delivers. The fact that most chapters are written clearly and with an eye to the lay rader means that this is much more than a textbook: it should weigh down one corner of the desk of anyone interested in Indian economic policy." --Business Standard

"An almost 1,000-page examination of India's recent economic growth by more than a score of experts in their fields should make for a comprehensive report on how the nation is doing. The vast scop of subjects means that many of the essays only have the space to delineate the broad contours of the area. That in itself is significant, especially when supported by volumes of empirical data and analysis. This tome does yeoman service in not just helping comprehend issues, but also in understanding the choices India has in the near future in a rapidly changing world, both internally and externally."--Business India

"India has turned from being a development failure to a place of development possibilities (it is still far from being a development success). To mark this transition, Chetan Ghate, of the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, collaborating with Oxford University Press, has painstakingly and impressively put together a collection of 31 academic and policy essays on India's economic development. The Oxford Handbook that contains them will adorn many a bookshelf and library. Ghate deserves kudos for providing what is really an intellectual public good (which is always undersupplied) for scholarship on Indian economic development."--Economic and Political Weekly

"The volume provides a comprehensive overview of 200 years of development process. Covering such a long period is a herculean task and the editor deserves appreciation for this attempt...The handbook makes significant contribution towards the understanding of Indian economy."--Indian Economic Review

"This book is well-timed to help those unfamiliar with India make sense of the trends and directions in its economy. It addresses a broad range of topics: historical development, rural poverty, industrialization, social infrastructure, politics & policy, macroeconomic policy, India and the world economy, and future directions. There is diversity in the treatment of these topics, ranging from descriptive reviews of the literature to formal modeling and estimation using econometric techniques. Most chapters will be accessible to noneconomists and those with a limited proficiency in mathematical and statistical modeling. Even as it takes on contemporary issues not often reflected in other volumes, Ghate has taken care to cover core economic topics: industrial structure, income distribution, fiscal and monetary policy, trade, and many others. This outstanding volume is a must-have reference for scholars across disciplines that are interested in the Indian economy."--Journal of Regional Science