Kattumuri, Ruth


Dr Ruth Kattumuri  

Department

Position held

India Observatory

Co-Director

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Associate

Asia Research Centre

Co-Director/Principal Research Fellow

Experience keywords:

HIV/AIDS; population and development; climate change policy; migration; India; developing countries; higher education; social survey methodology

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Dr Ruth Kattumuri is Co-Director of the Asia Research Centre and India Observatory. She is responsible for developing multi-disciplinary research and programmes of the Asia Research Centre and the India Observatory.

With over two decades of experience in higher education in UK and India, Ruth has pioneered several innovative knowledge programmes. Her research interests are in population and development issues including growth and inclusion; and climate change policy.

Ruth is a Cambridge Commonwealth Fellow and is also advisor to Education and development related organisations in UK and various Educational Institutions in China and elsewhere in Asia. Prior to joining the LSE, she was a Professor in Statistics and Computer Science in Madras, India.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

India

Languages:

Hindi [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Tamil [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Basic]; Telugu [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7107 5217

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2011

Tiwari, Rakesh and Somashekhar, H. I. and Parama, V. R. R. and Murthy, Indu K. and Mohan Kumar, M. S. and Mohan Kumar, B. K. and Parate, H. and Varma, M. and Malaviya, S. and Rao, A. S. and Sengupta, Arjun and Kattumuri, Ruth and Ravindranath, N. H. (2011) MGNREGA for environmental service enhancement and vulnerability reduction: rapid appraisal in Chitradurga district, Karnataka. Economic and political weekly, 46 (20). pp. 39-47. ISSN 0012-9976

Kattumuri, Ruth (2011) Higher education in India: the legacy of colonialism. In: Midgley, James and Piachaud, David, (eds.) Colonialism and welfare: policy and the British imperial legacy. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 159-174. ISBN 9781849808484

Kattumuri, Ruth (2011) Food security and the targeted public distribution system in India. Working Paper, 38. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Kattumuri, Ruth and Tiwari, Dinesh Kumar (2011) Developments in education in Palanpur, a village in Uttar Pradesh. Working Paper, 49. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2010

Kattumuri, Ruth and Stern, Nicholas and Nilekani, Nandan (2010) Climate change in India. In: Acharya, Shankar and Mohan, Rakesh, (eds.) India's economy: performances and challenges. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198064695

Stern, Nicholas and Kattumuri, Ruth and Nilekani, Nandan (2010) A global deal on climate change: a possible role for India. In: Acharya, Shankar and Mohan, Rakesh, (eds.) India's economy: performance and challenges. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9780198064695

Das, Ashima and Kattumuri, Ruth (2010) Children with disabilities in private inclusive schools in Mumbai: experiences and challenges. Working Paper, 34. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Cui, Shunji and Kattumuri, Ruth (2010) Cultivated land conversion in China and the potential for food security and sustainability. Working Paper, 35. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Kattumuri, Ruth (2010) An exploration of the role of forgiveness in relation to transnational justice. In: Seckinelgin, Hakan and Albrow, Martin, (eds.) Global civil society yearbook 2010: global justice and civil society. SAGE Publications, London, UK. ISBN 9781849207928

2003

Kattumuri, Ruth (2003) One-and-a-half decades of HIV/AIDS in Tamil Nadu: how much do patients know now? International journal of STD & AIDS, 14 (8). pp. 552-559. ISSN 0956-4624

1992

Kattumuri, Ruth (1992) Socio-economic study of sandalwood, rosewood and red sanders in four southern states in India. Crafts Council of India , Chennai, India

1989

Kattumuri, Ruth (1989) Study on disadvantaged groups in Tamil Nadu. NOVIB (Netherlands Organisation for International Assistance), Netherlands

1987

Kattumuri, Ruth (1987) Study on Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu. World Council of Churches

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