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Distinguished Visiting Faculty

Prof S Irudaya Rajan

Department of Economics

Interests
  • Economics of Ageing and Demography
  • International Migration
  • Population Ageing
  • Economics of Ageing and Demography, International Migration, Population Ageing
Education
BA Economics
St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai Madurai Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
MA Economics
Department of Economics Madurai-Kamaraj University Tamil Nadu
India
Post Graduate Certificate in Demography
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
1999
PhD (Demography)
International Institute for Population Sciences University of Mumbai
India
Experience
  • May 2021 – Present - Adjunct Professor - The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
  • May 2021 – Present - Honorary Fellow - Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Kerala
  • May 2019 – Present - Chairman - The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD), Kerala
  • May 2018 – Present - Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences - Kannur University, Kerala
  • April 2005 – April 2021 - Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • November 1993 – March 2005 - Associate Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • June 1987 – October 1993 - Assistant Professor - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Research Interests
  • Since 1998, co-ordinated eight large-scale migration surveys in Kerala with Professor K C Zachariah. The success of the Kerala Migration Survey urged neighbouring Indian states like, Goa (2008), Punjab (2009), Tamil Nadu (2015), and Gujarat (2011) to replicate the same.
  • Developed the first longitudinal Ageing Survey in India (Kerala) in 2004 and repeated it every three years. The first Kerala Ageing Survey (KAS) completed its seventh wave in 2022. The second KAS which began in 2013, completed its fourth wave in 2022.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 - Visiting Fellow - British Academy, UK
  • 2004 Faculty research award - Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada
  • 2000 - Centre national de la recherche scientifique researcher - Dynamique de l’EvolutionHumaine: Individu,Population, Espece
  • 1993 - Indo-French exchange program Government of India and France
Memberships
  • Member, The International Advisory Board (IAB), Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University – 2019 - present
  • Chair of the KNOMAD (the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development) thematic working group on internal migration and urbanization, World Bank – 2019-present
  • President, Kerala Economic Association (2016-2018)
  • President, Association of Gerontology (2012-2016)
  • Vice President, Association of Gerontology (2009-2010)
  • Editorial Board Member, Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford), 2019-present
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, Migration and Development (Taylor and Francis) – Since 2012
  • Series Editor: India Migration Report (Routledge); since 2010
  • Series Editor: South Asia Migration Report (Routledge), Since 2017
  • Series Editor: South-South Migration (Springer), since 2021
Publications

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Contact Details

irudayarajan.s@srmap.edu.in

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