The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has awarded the first Prof. K. N. Raj Memorial National Fellowship to Prof. Ravi Kanbur of Cornell University. Under this Fellowship, Prof. Kanbur will pursue his research on “Informality: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses” at Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Reserve Bank of India instituted Prof. K. N. Raj Memorial National Fellowship Scheme in 2012-13 as a tribute to the invaluable contribution of Prof. K. N. Raj to economic research and policy. The Fellowship is awarded to a distinguished scholar of social sciences from India or abroad to pursue research for a short period in an academic institution in India.

Alpana Killawala

Chief General Manager

Press Release : 2012-2013/2085

Memorial fellowship awarded to distinguished scholar enabling research on informality hosted at an Indian academic institution. The Reserve Bank of India awarded the inaugural Prof. K. N. Raj Memorial National Fellowship to a distinguished scholar for a short-term research attachment in an Indian academic institution, enabling Prof. Ravi Kanbur to research informality - causes, consequences and policy responses - at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.