'Social capital and its performance in forest conservation in traditional and non-traditional communities: a revisit to five communities from Vidarbha region in Central India' IFRI Working paper No. W01-08, Jan 2008, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

'Search for Adaptive Co-Management of Wildlife Reserves: Evolution of a Model', Working paper no. 4-04, SHODH: The institute for Research and Development and IFRI, Indiana University, USA, 2004.

'Impact of relocation on forest dependent communities: A case of a Protected Area from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India', Working paper no. 5-04, SHODH: The institute for Research and Development and IFRI, Indiana University, USA, 2004

AS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

‘Alternate Income Opportunities And Dependence On Non-Timber Forest Products' ( 9 th Biennial conference of International Society for Ecological Economics on ‘Ecological sustainability and human well-being', New Delhi, December 2006).

‘Good In Intention, Bad In Practice Forest Development Agency: Nesting Of JFM Committees' (National workshop on ‘JFM at cross roads: future strategy and action programme for institutionalizing community forestry', at IIFM, Bhopal, April 20 to 22, 2006).

'Creating Protected areas: In Whose Interest, At What Cost? A Case study of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra ' . (S eminar on ‘Relocation of People from Protected Areas in India: Policy and Process', New Delhi, March, 2005).

'Traditional and non-traditional indigenous informal institutions in forest management' (International conference on “Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors”, Helsinki, Finland, September 16-18, 2004).  

“Significance of traditional indigenous institutions and practices in forest management: A case of two indigenous communities from Gadchiroli district from Maharashtra State in India” (10 th IASCP biennial conference “The Commons in the Age of Global Transition: Challenges Risks and Opportunities”, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 2004).

“‘Equity' in Decentralized Forest Management in India”, (10 th IASCP biennial conference “The Commons in the Age of Global Transition: Challenges Risks and Opportunities”, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 2004).

  “The Issue of Equity in Three Institutional Structures in India” (WORKSHOP AT THE WORKSHOP, Bloomington, USA, June 2-6, 2004).

"Institutions Do Matter: A Case Study of Self-Initiated Community Institution in Forest Management" (86 th Conference of the Indian Economic Association, December 29-31, 2003).

"Bio-Diverse Economic Dependence of Indigenous Population: A Study from Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra" (3rd Biannual Conference on "Biodiversity and Quality of Life" organized by Indian Society for Ecological Economics at Kolkata, India, 18th-20th December 2003).

“Community-Initiated Forest Management Without Land Tenure: How Feeble, How Strong?”   (RCSD International Conference Politics of the Commons: Articulating Development and Strengthening Local Practices, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 11-14 July 2003).

‘‘Leadership' In Community Initiated Forest Management' (National Seminar on 'New Developmental Paradigms & Challenges for Western and Central Regional States in India', Ahmedabad, India, 4-6 th March 2003) .

“Global gains at Local cost: A case study of Tadoba Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India” (International Conference of IASCP, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa, 17- 21 st June 2002).

“Role of leadership in Self-initiated Forest management Effort: A study from India” (Workshop and conference organized by International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI), Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, 23 - 28 th June 2002).  

"Indigenous land use decisions and Forest Management" , (Forest Officers Training Program organized by Center for Environmental Education, Research and Advocacy (CEERA), P.G.T.D. (Law), Nagpur University- 29th October 2001).

‘Successful community based forest management in Saigata' , (International conference on ‘Advancing Community Forestry : Innovations and Experiences, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25-28 th September 2001).

‘Relevance of indigenous institutions to management of forest ecosystem: a case study from central India' (International Conference on Topical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare,  Bangalore, India, 15- 18 th July, 2001).

‘Land use decisions by locals affecting spatial bio diversity' , (International Conference on Tropical Ecosystem: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare,  Bangalore, India, 15- 18 th July, 2001) .

‘Problem of Depopulation of Bada Madia Tribe in Bhamragarh, Maharashtra' ( Seminar organized by Anthropological Survey of India, Nagpur, 29-30 th August 2000).

‘Joint Forest Management: Constituting New Commons: A Case of Successful JFM Experiment in Buldhana, India' , (International Conference of IASCP, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 31st May - 4 th June 2000).

‘Global Gains at local Costs: A case study of Villages in Tadoba Tiger Reserve, India' (Workshop in Political Theory, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. 14-15 th April 2000).

‘Autonomy not Necessary: Case study of traditional forest management Institution in Gadchiroli, India' (Workshop in Political Theory, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 18-20 Dec. 1999).

‘Delayed Rehabilitation is Deferred Development' , (National seminar on Environment, Dept. of Sociology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 8 - 10 th March 99).

‘Role of Women and Protection of Environment' , (Seminar on Protection, Conservation, and Development of forests, Fuel wood Plantation and Agro-forestry, Nagpur, on 24th Aug. 1996).

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