Research Interests: His research activities have spanned various topics in public finance, as evidenced by about twenty five research reports and several published papers he has authored (or co-authored). Besides working on topics at the national as well as sub-national levels within India, his international experience includes work on Canada, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. His primary interest at present is fiscal federalism and state level government finances.

He has worked for and with various government committees in India, both at the national and sub-national level, on policy issues covering a wide area within public economics. He has also prepared several reports for other agencies including international organisations like UN-ESCAP, UNDP, the World Bank, Conference Board of Canada and the Asian Development Bank, on behalf of the Institute as well as an individual Consultant. He is presently in charge of the State Finance Unit at the Institute. He has been responsible for developing a computerised database on government finances in India at the Institute. His current work includes those on Fiscal Devolution in Sri Lanka, Intergovernmental Transfers in India, Reform Programme for Rajasthan, State Surcharge Scheme for Petroleum Products and Reform of Sales Tax in Orissa.

• (1999) "Reform of Stamp Duty Administration in Orissa", report submitted to the Government of Orissa, July.
• (1999) "Issues Before the Eleventh Finance Commission" (coauthor), theme paper presented at the Seminar on Issues Before the Eleventh Finance Commission, 5-6 January, New Delhi.
• (1998) "State Fiscal Studies: Haryana". (co-author), Report prepared for the World Bank, NIPFP, New Delhi, August, (forthcoming publication of NIPFP).
• (1997) "Government Subsidies in India", (co-author), NIPFP, New Delhi.
• (1997) "Fiscal Federalism in India: Theory and Practice", (co-author), MacMillan, New Delhi.
• (1995) "Public Finance and Economic Development; Lessons from India", (co-author), Asia-Pacific Development Journal, June.
• (1993) "Public Expenditure on Human Development in India: Trends and Issues", Kirit Parikh and R Sudarshan (ed.), Human Development and Structural Adjustment, MacMdlan, New Delhi.
• (1993) "Government Expenditure in India: Level, Growth and Composition", (co-author), Report submitted to the World Bank, NIPFP, New Delhi.
• (1990) "Sales Tax Evasion in India: Some Issues", Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation, 1990: 12, pp. 605 -608.
• (1992) "Budgetary Trends and Plan Financing in the States", (co-author), in A Bagchi, J L Bajaj and W A Byrd (ed.), State Finances in India, Vikas, New Delhi.
• (1998) "Business Property Tax as an Alternative to Octroi", (co-author), Economic & Political Weekly, March 4.