Prof. K.S Kavikumar
Environmental Information System Centre,
Madras School of Economics

Prof. Kavi Kumar has 15 years of experience in research, teaching and industries. After obtaining Masters degree in Engineering, he completed his Ph.D. on “Modeling and Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Indian Agriculture” in 1998. Dr. Kavi Kumar has been associated with international and national institutions including the World Bank, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Tata Energy Research Institute, Institute of Economic Growth etc. for various research assignments. Since 1999, he has been working with Madras School of Economics. His areas of interest include environmental economics, energy economics, development economics and economics of global climate change. Some of the recent projects that he completed deal with economic analysis of environmental impact assessment, designing incentive mechanisms for promoting renewable energy sources and assessing socio-economic impacts associated with future climate change scenarios. Much of the research work he has carried out in the past ten years deals with valuation of non-marketed goods. Dr. Kavi Kumar has published/presented several papers in international and national journals/conferences/workshops.