Welcome to Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur The Institute of Development Studies Jaipur was established in 1981 on the initiative of a group of academicians, scholars, and administrators from Rajasthan. The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and the Government of Rajasthan are supporting the Institute. It is an autonomous organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1958.
Dr. Vinish Kumar Kathuria, an alumnus of NIT Kurukshetra has joined as Director of Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur on Sep. 26, 2023. He is on lien from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, where he was Shailesh J. Mehta Chair Professor at SJMSOM of IIT Bombay. He is in the teaching and research profession since 1998 after his PhD in Economics from IGIDR, an RBI funded institute. At IIT Bombay, he was Professor-in-charge (PIC) of Bank of Baroda Innovation Centre (BoBIC) from Nov. 2019 to Sep. 2023
His teaching and research activities relate to economics mainly in the fields of Macroeconomics, Industrial, Environment and Energy Economics. Before joining IIT Bombay, he was on Fulbright Senior Researcher fellowship to ...
