Shabd Swaroop Acharya

Background

Acharya, Shabd Swaroop was born on May 9, 1939 in Raipur, Rajasthan, India. Son of Ram Chandra Acharya and Koyal Devi Trivedi Acharya.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, University Rajasthan, Udaipur, India, 1959. Master of Science in Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1973.

Career

Agricultural expert officer, Government of Rajasthan, 1959-1966; project director, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1979-1980; assistant professor, Rajasthan Agricultural U., Udaipur, 1966-1971; associate professor, Rajasthan Agricultural U., Jobner, 1971-1979; professor, Rajasthan Agricultural U., Udaipur, 1980-1991; member, Common for Agricultural Costs and Prices, New Delhi, 1991-1992; chairman, Common for Agricultural Costs and Prices, New Delhi, 1992-1996; director, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, since 1996. Head department Rajasthan Agricultural U., Udaipur, 1973-1991, director planning, 1989-1991. Chairman Agriculture HAQ Cons., Jaipur, 1989-1991.

Member/secretary zonal planning team, planning commission, New Delhi, 1988-1990. Member task force planning commission, 1996.

Achievements

• Shabd Swaroop Acharya has been listed as a noteworthy Economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Agricultural production, marketing, and price policy in India: A study of pulses

    (Study conducted in Rajasthan State.)

  • Production and marketing of milk and milk products in India: A study
  • Applied Econometrics for Agricultural Economists

Membership

President Alumni Association, Jobner, 1974-1975, Udaipur, 1981-1982. Honorary secretary Consumers Cooperative Store, Jobner, 1976, Vikas Samiti, Udaipur, 1983-1985. Fellow Indian Council Agricultural Research.

Member Indian Society Agricultural Economics (life, vice president 1987-1988, president 1996), Indian Society Agricultural Marketing (life, president 1994, chief editor since 1988), International Association Agricultural Economists, Agricultural Economics Research Association of India (life).

Interests

• Avocations: writing, reading, gardening, television.

Connections

Married Chandra Sharma, June 21, 1958. Children: Rajesh, Sheel.

Father:

Ram Chandra Acharya

Mother:

Koyal Devi Trivedi Acharya

Spouse:

Chandra Sharma

child:

Sheel Acharya

child:

Rajesh Acharya