Centre for Economics, Environment and Society

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Centre for Economics, Environment and Society (CEES) is registered as a no profit organisation working in the interface of economics, environment and society. Its mission is to address the development and environmental challenges facing governments and societies, and promoting environmentally sound and socially just development, human well being and sustainable development. CEES is guided in its mission and work by a distinguished panel of international and national experts.
   
Aims:
1.To undertake research, teaching, training, outreach and other activities to address the development and environmental challenges facing governments and societies.
2. To conduct courses and training programmes to upgrade skills and knowledge of scholars, researchers, policy makers, NGOs,
etc.
3. To conduct seminars, workshops, conferences, dialogue and other programmes.
4. To promote dialogue and undertake research and other activities to bridge the gap between the natural and social sciences, and between science and policy.
5. To undertake programmes and activities to promote environmentally sound and socially just development, and human well being and sustainable development.
   
Board of Trustees:
Professor K.N.Ninan, Former Professor and Head, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
Professor M.Prahladachar, Former Professor and Head, Rural Economics Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
Professor (Ms) S Lakshmikanthamma, Former Professor of Economics, Maharanis College and Principal, First Grade Government College, Kolar, India
   
International Advisory Board
Mark Ashton (Yale University)
Peter Ashton (Harvard University)
Pieter van Beukering (Institute of Environmental Studies, Amsterdam)
Regina Birner (University of Hohenheim)
Robert Costanza (Australian National University)
John Gowdy (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Charles Howe (Colorado)
Makoto Inoue (University of Tokyo)
Andreas Kontoleon (Cambridge University)
Randall Kramer (Duke University)
Jane Kabubo-Mariara (University of Nairobi)
Govindan Parayil (United Nations University, Tokyo)
Jeff Romm (University of California, Berkeley)
Timothy Swanson (Graduate Institute, Geneva)
Vinod Thomas (Asian Development Bank)
Clement Tisdell (Queensland University)
John Toye (Oxford)
   
National Advisory Board
Vasant Gandhi (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
K.S.James (Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore)
Shantha Mohan (National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore)
R.Parthasarathy (Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad)
R. Maria Saleth (Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai)
Jeena Sreenivasan (Centre for Economics and Social Studies, Hyderabad)
M.H.Suryanarayana (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai)
Madhu Verma (Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal)