Academic CV

SANJEEV SABHLOK
http://www.sabhlokcity.com/sanjeev/

Education

 

 

* Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Summer, 1999. [Course Work | Grades]
* MA in Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Fall 1996.

 

* Post Graduate Diploma in Business (Finance and Economics) from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, 1993.

 

* MA in Economics, Panjab University, India, May, 1986.

  

* Graduate Diploma in Management, All India Management Association, 1990.

 

* B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (and an honors degree in Mathematics), Guru Nanak Dev University, India, May, 1979.

Jobs Held

14.

On Leave at USC, Los Angeles, pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Economics.

Aug., 1994 -1999

13.

Professor of Management, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

March,1994- Aug.,1994

12.

Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Education, and Director, Computer Applications, Assam.

Aug., 1993 - Feb., 1994

11.

On training in Australia under the Colombo Plan.

July, 1992 - July, 1993

10.

Also, Director, Computer Applications, Assam.

March, 1992- July,1992

9.

State Enquiry Officer, Assam.

Dec., 1991 - July, 1992

8.

Additional Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Health and Family Welfare.

Sept., 1991 - Dec., 1991

7.

Director, Panchayat and Rural Development, Assam.

Feb., 1991 - Sept., 1991

6.

Joint Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Planning and Development, and Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Assam.

June, 1990 - Feb., 1991

5.

Deputy Commissioner, Barpeta District.

Dec., 1988 - May, 1990

4.

Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, Dhubri District, Assam.

July, 1986-Dec., 1988

3.

Under Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Health.

May - July,1986

2.

Sub-Divisional Officer, Hojai Sub-Division.

Sept.,1984- March,1986

1.

On training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie.

Sept.,1982- Aug., 1984

0.

Date of joining the Indian Administrative Service

1st of September, 1982.

-1.

Freelance Journalist.

1981-82.

Dissertation Committee

  1. Prof. Jeffrey B. Nugent (Chair)
  2. Prof. Richard A. Easterlin
  3. Prof. Cheng Hsiao
  4. Prof. John E. Elliott
  5. Prof. Harry W. Richardson (Outside Member)

Academic Papers in Preparation

  1. Reconciling the Old Age Security Motive for Children with the Fertility Transition: A Study of the Substitution between Children, Capital Assets and Insurance under the Incomplete Market Conditions of Rural Thailand [Job Market Paper]
  2. Labor force participation of women in rural Thailand in relation to fertility choices.
  3. Savings behavior in Rural Thailand.
  4. Economists as 'managers' of change: corporatist cross-over strategies for Developing Countries.

Publications

  1. DAISY:Dhubri Advanced Information System , a book on computerization in the field of Rural Development, published by the District Rural Development Agency, Dhubri , Assam, India, in 1988.
  2. An article on urban development was published in Sentinel, an English daily newspaper published in Guwahati, Assam, in 1993.
  3. About 20 articles/ writeups on diverse topics were published in national magazines, and Pune newspapers, in 1980-82.

Book in progress

Conferences and Seminars

  1. Attended the Population Association of America conference in April, 1998, at Chicago. Presented a policy communication paper entitled, "Women's Education in Andhra Pradesh: Killing Two Birds with One Stone. A Case Study of Differences in State Performance in Fertility Reduction in India," at the pre-Conference session of the Population Reference Bureau.
  2. Development Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of S. California, in Fall, 1998.
  3. March, 1999: Presented a paper at PAA, 1999.

Academic Honors

  1. Fellow (Population Policy Communication) of the Population Reference Bureau, 1997-98.
  2. All University Pre-Doctoral Merit Fellowship, University of Southern California (1996-99).
    3.
  3. Joint Japan-World Bank Graduate Scholarship (1994-96).
  4. Distinction in the Post Graduate Diploma in Business (Finance and Management), Curtin Business School, Curtin University, 1993.
    5.
  5. First position among the Correspondence Course candidates in MA (Economics), Panjab University, 1986.
  6. Gold medals in B.Sc. and B.Sc. Honors (Maths) from Guru Nanak Dev University (1979).
  7. National Science Talent Scholarship (1976-80).

Some Short Term In-Service Trainings attended

    [Not in any order]
    Four week courses
  1. Assam Administrative Staff College.

    Two week courses

  2. Programming in dBase III, Computer Maintenance Corporation, Delhi.

    One week courses

  3. Basics of Computers, National Informatics Center, Delhi.
  4. National Institute of Small Industries and Extension Training, Hyderabad.
  5. Administrative Reforms in Tamil Nadu; Government of Tamil Nadu.
  6. Dairy Development and Rural Development, Institute of Rural Management, Anand.
  7. Punjab Institute of Public Administration, Chandigarh.
  8. Himachal Institute of Public Administration, Simla.
  9. Panchayati Raj, RamaKrishna Mission, Calcutta.
  10. Management, IIT, Delhi.

Other Activities

  1. Founder Secretary of Shram India, a registered NGO working in the area of urban and rural development in Assam (1992).
  2. Founder-moderator of IndiaPolicy Institute, a public policy institute in India, 1998.
  3. Founder-Director of International Indian Economic Association, a global unifying body of professional economists of Indian origin, 1998.
  4. Resident Advisor to Freshmen at the University of Southern California, 1997-99 (which included being trained in educational counseling.
  5. Designed and maintained a variety of web pages for various organizations at USC, including the Economics Department, the Operations and Facilities wing of the University Computing Services, the Office of Residential and Greek Life (summer, 1998), and many non-USC sites, including International Indian Economic Association, IndiaPolicy Institute.

Skills

  1. Statistical Packages: proficient in SAS. OK in Stata, Gauss, GAMS, SPSS.
  2. Database Packages: trained in dBase, understanding of basics of SQL
  3. Presentation: Power Point
  4. Spreadsheets: Lotus, Excel
  5. Wordprocessing: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect
  6. Operating Systems: UNIX, DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Macintosh.
  7. Networks: Basic understanding of networks and system administration in BSD UNIX. UNIX scripting and CGI (Perl).
  8. Internet: Substantial knowledge of HTML. Intermediate knowledge of Photoshop, Paintshop, Animagic, Javascript.

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