The Japan Society of Economic Statistics has presented its 2017 Award to Jun-ichi Okabe, Professor, Yokohama National University, for the book he wrote with Aparajita Bakshi, A New Statistical Domain in India: An Enquiry into Village Panchayat Databases, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2016.

The citation describes the book as a “breakthrough” and commends the book as “an advanced example of full-scale international collaborative research” between the Foundation for Agrarian Studies and Professor Okabe.

More about this can be read at FAS blog.

Madhura Swaminathan is Professor and Head, Economic Analysis Unit, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore Centre. She is one the Trustees of the Foundation. Webpage