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R Sai Shiva Jayanth

R Sai Shiva Jayanth

Assistant Professor
Public Policy
jayanthssr[at]iimv[dot]ac[dot]in



Prior to joining IIM Visakhapatnam, he worked as Assistant Professor at Jindal School of Banking and Finance, OP Jindal Global University. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and Company Secretary (CS). He holds a PhD degree from IIM Kozhikode. His doctoral thesis topic is "Technology Adoption in Indian Agriculture – Adoption, Usage and Impact of Smartphones among farmers in India".

His research primarily lies at the confluence of development/agriculture economics, public policy and agribusiness disciplines. More specifically, he works in technology adoption, sustainability, and agriculture policy.

  • Agriculture Economics
  • Public Policy
  • Agribusiness & Rural Entrepreneurship
  • Microeconomics/Macroeconomics
  • Research Methods for Entrepreneurs
  • Behavioral Economics and Finance

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

  • Public Value Creation Through Combined Consumption of Multiple Public Services - Case of India Stack (with Ashish Desai, Aroon Manoharan). (2023). International Journal of Public Administration.
  • Understanding the Multifaceted Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants in Kerala, India (with Irudaya Rajan, Pooja Batra, Sivadasan) Development Policy Review (2022).
  • Forest Cover in India: A victim of Technicalities (with Balaji G and Gagandeep S) (2022). Ecological Economics.
  • Household Pandemic Response: Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Households in India. (with Rajan, S. I., Sivadasan, T. M., and Batra, P. (2021). Asian Economics Letters, 3, 25382.
  • A Policy and Regulatory Analysis of India's Model Contract Farming Legislation (with Sthanu R Nair and Devaprasad M) Economic and Political Weekly (2022)
  • Decision Model Innovation for Competitive Productivity (CP) in the Airport Industry. (with Rengarajan, S., Moser, R., Tillessen, L. and Narayanamurthy, G.) (2021) International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management.
  • How effective is Theory-Based Learning of Ethics in India? (with Gangopadhyay, K. and Jacob, R. T.) IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review (ABDC C) (2020), 9(1), 55-61

Peer Reviewed Case Studies

  • Cracking the Conundrum of e-Cargo Logistics: Curious Case of LoadExx. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2023).
  • How the Pandemic forces Social Enterprises to Evolve. Case Study of ThankUfoods. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2022).
  • Jallikattu – beyond a heroism sport for SKCRF. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2019).
  • Contrasting ideologies between generations in Subramania Ayurvedic Nursing Home–a 400-year-old family-owned organization. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, (2018).
  • DATRI: Solving Donors Dilemma for Saving Lives". Ivey Publishing. (2018).

Media publications

  • It's high time the "Gentleman" of yore retired from the Gentleman's game. The Hindu Frontline
  • Can Text Messages Nudge Farmers to Adopt Smartphones for Agriculture? World Bank Development Impact blog.
  • Survey findings Contract farming: law Stakeholders view. The Hindu Business Line.
  • The long history of contract farming law. The Hindu Business Line.
  • Will Andhra Pradesh's free borewell scheme deplete groundwater? Indian Development Review. (Republished at India Water Portal)
  • How farmers view the existing Mandi system. The New Indian Express.
  • Legalizing Contract Farming. The New Indian Express.
  • Scope for Process Satellite Imagery based Re-engineering of Indian Crop Loan Management. The SatSure Newsletter.
  • Lessons from the field. Deccan Chronicle.
  • Look to Improve Rural Infrastructure. The Hindu Business Line.

International Consultant for International Potato Centre (CIP), Consultative group on international agricultural research (CGIAR) -

  • Development of Business Investment decision (BID) tools for Vegetatively Propagative crops (VPC) at Kampala, Uganda.
  • Development of an operational business plan for the East Africa Germplasm Exchange Laboratory (RTB EAGEL) hub at KEPHIS Muguga, Nairobi, Kenya


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