Dr. Pallavi Rajkhowa

Country of current residence

India

Current position

Associate Research Fellow

Current institute employer

Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

Since

2022

Awards

The Development Economics Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik and the KfW Development Bank awarded the prize for excellence in applied development research (2022) for my doctoral research titled "Personalized digital extension services, electronic marketplaces, and mobile phones: Implications of digital technology for rural development in India."

Degrees / expertise

2017-2021 : Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural Economics. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

2008-2010: M.A in Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (Pune, India)

2005-2008: B.A (Honors) in Economics, University of Delhi (New Delhi, India)

Professional experience

Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University: Oct 2022 onwards

Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn: Nov 2021-Sept 2022

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) : 2015-2017

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) : 2012-2015

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : 2010-2012

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Professor Joachim von Braun and Professor Matin Qaim

2024

Rajkhowa, P. 2024. From subsistence to market-oriented farming: The role of groundwater irrigation in smallholder agriculture in eastern India. Food Security, . Further Information

Rajkhowa, P., H. Baumüller. 2024. Assessing the potential of ICT to increase land and labour productivity in agriculture: Global and regional perspectives. Journal of Agricultural Economics, . (Open Access) Further Information

2023

Rajkhowa, P. and L. Kornher. 2023. Effects of electronic markets on prices, spikes in prices, and price dispersion: A case study of the tea market in India. Agribusiness. An International Journal, . Further Information

2022

Rajkhowa P. and M. Qaim. 2022. Mobile phones, off-farm employment and household income in rural India. Journal of Agricultural Economics, . (Open Access) Further Information

Rajkhowa, P. and L. Kornher. 2022. COVID-19 and distortions in urban food market in India. Indian Economic Review, . (Open Access) Further Information

Rajkhowa, P., M. Qaim. 2022. Mobile phones, women's physical mobility, and contraceptive use in India. Social Science & Medicine, 305 . (Open Access) Further Information

2021

Gulati A., P. Rajkhowa, R. Roy and P. Sharma. 2021. Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes. In: Ashok Gulati, Ranjana and Roy Shweta Saini (eds.): Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes. Springer. (Open Acess) Further Information

Hoda, A., A. Gulati, H. Wardhan and P. Rajkhowa. 2021. Drivers of Agricultural Growth in Odisha. In: Ashok Gulati, Ranjana and Roy Shweta Saini (eds.): Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes. Springer. (Open Acess) Further Information

Hoda, A., A. Gulati, S. Jose and P. Rajkhowa. 2021. Sources and Drivers of Agricultural Growth in Bihar. In: Ashok Gulati, Ranjana and Roy Shweta Saini (eds.): Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes. Springer. (Open Acess) Further Information

Rajkhowa P. and M. Qaim. 2021. Personalized digital extension services and agricultural performance: Evidence from smallholder farmers in India. PLOS ONE, 10 (16) . (Open Access) Further Information

Rajkhowa P. and Z. Kubik. 2021. Revisiting the relationship between farm mechanization and labour requirement in India. Indian Economic Review, . (Open Access) Further Information

Rajkhowa, P. 2021. Personalized digital extensions services, electronic marketplaces, and mobile phones: Implications of digital technologies for rural development in India.. Doctoral thesis at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn. Further Information

2017

Pratap S. Birthal;Ramesh Chand;P.K Joshi;Raka Saxena; Pallavi Rajkhowa; Md Tajuddin Khan; Mohd Arshad Khan; Khyali Chaudhary. 2017. Formal versus informal:Efficiency, inclusiveness and financing of dairy value chains in Indian Punjab. Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 54, August 2017 : 288-303 . Further Information

2015

Suman Chakrabarti; Pallavi Rajkhowa. 2015. What is the cost of providing one rupee of support to the poor?. Economic Political Weekly, Vol. 50, Issue No. 52, 26 Dec, 2015 . Further Information

Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
and Downloads

Research themes

New Technologies
Markets and services
Innovation and science policy

Research countries

India

Professional experience

Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University: Oct 2022 onwards

Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn: Nov 2021-Sept 2022

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) : 2015-2017

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) : 2012-2015

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : 2010-2012

Degrees

2017-2021 : Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural Economics. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany

2008-2010: M.A in Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (Pune, India)

2005-2008: B.A (Honors) in Economics, University of Delhi (New Delhi, India)

Doctoral research funded by

BMZ via DAAD

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Professor Joachim von Braun and Professor Matin Qaim

Former Junior Researcher

Private website:
https://sites.google.com/view/pallavirajkhowa/home

Former Division/Group:
Economic and Technological Change

Office E-Mail:
pr433(at)cornell.edu

Dr. Pallavi Rajkhowa

2024

2023

2022

2021

2017

2015

Research & Capacity Development

Doctoral Program

Publications

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