Book jointly authored by JMI Professor and an Alumnus released at UNESCAP

New Delhi: A book titled “Measuring Structural Change and Energy Use in Indian Economy: An Input-Output Approach” jointly authored by Prof. Shahid Ahmed, Professor, Department of Economics, JMI and JMI alumnus Dr. Anjali Tandon, Faculty at ISID was released by Dr.Nagesh Kumar, Director and Head of the South and South-West Asia (SSWA) Office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP-SSWA),New Delhi.

The book was released at the inaugural session of a workshop on ‘Strengthening Policy Analysis in Support of Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals’.
The foreword of the book has been written by Professor TCA Anant, Former Chief Statistician, Government of India, and is published by Bookwell Publishers.
Prof. Ahmed already has 5 published books to his credit in fields of international trade, investment and development. He has also published 94 research articles in national/international journals and in edited books on issues like multilateral trade negotiations, regional economic cooperation and South-South cooperation.

Prof. Ahmed has also served at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as Senior Economist. He has also served as Head, Department of Economics; Director, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies and Finance Officer of JMI.