Mihir Shah

Mihir Shah has a PhD in Applied Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, he is currently Secretary of Samaj Pragati Sahayog and a member of the National Executive of the Ministry of Rural Development. He is writing a paper for UNRISD on Welfare Regime, Social Services and
Poverty Reduction in India.

He has written extensively on development issues in India, including the joint publications: “Watershed Reforms in India” by Mihir Shah and P.S. Vijay Shankar in R. Parthsarathy and S. Iyengar (eds) (2006): “New Development Paradigms and Challenges for Western and Central India” and “Land Reforms in Madhya Pradesh: Redefining the Agenda” by Mihir Shah and P.S. Vijay Shankar in Praveen K. Jha (ed) (2002) “Land Reforms in India: Issues of Equity in Rural Madhya Pradesh”.