MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Key Issues and
Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements
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AchieveMents: Madras School of Economics (MSE) was founded in 1993 as a (largely) privately funded independent institution of higher learning in social sciences. Several eminent economists of India including late Dr. Raja J. Chelliah, Dr. C. Rangarajan, Dr. Kaushik Basu, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Dr. U. Sankar have provided support in establishing the School. The Madras School of Economics is a specialized institution in Economics, focusing on Public Finance, Finance, Macro-modeling, Environment, Trade, Development, Insurance, and Industry. In addition to academic research, the MSE has been conducting policy oriented research works with support from several Ministries of State and Central Governments. MSE has also carried out research projects funded by several national and international agencies including the World Bank, the World Resource Institute, the British High Commission, the Global Development Network, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, GIZ, the Reserve Bank of India, Indian Space Research Organization, Union Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission, Finance Commission of India, Tamil Nadu State Finance Commission etc. So far MSE has successfully completed more than 110 research projects, and organized several training programs, workshops and conferences.
The World Bank Aided Environmental Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project was implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and executed by the Madras School of Economics (MSE), Chennai. Following the successful completion of this project, the MoEF has designated MSE as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Environmental Economics under its CoE Scheme. The CoE at MSE has completed first five years of its work on March 31, 2007. The Centre was set up on the basis of a MoU between the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Madras School of Economics. The objectives of the Centre were to carry out research projects, operate a website, conduct training programmes and provide policy inputs to the Ministry. With funding given by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on project mode, the Centre has successfully completed first ten years of work in 2012. The support from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India has further been extended to additional five years ââ¬â 2012 to 2017. This note summarizes the work done at the CoE (EE) over the period April 2012 to April 2016.
