Publications,Seminars and Workshops of Relevance till 2001

“South Asia as a production base”, systems study jointly with Mitsui Research Institute, Japan for the ‘Future of Asia Pacific Economies Project’, 1989.

“Competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in Asia - Assessment using Constant Market Share Analysis approach”, ESCAP Mimeo, Bangkok, October 1989.

“Requirement Analysis for Tracking Kerosene Distribution through the Fair Price Shops” in Tamil Nadu

“Requirement Analysis for an Expert System to Grant Licences for Rice Mills” in Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India, 1990.

“Practical management techniques to motivate adult learners – A trainers guide in Tamil”, published by the National Literacy Campaign Society, Ramanathapuram, 1992

“Valarchi Padigalil - Strategic management approaches for empowering rural poor women of Tamil Nadu‘’ published by MAHAM, India 1993 – the only book of a kind in Tamil, used as a practical guide by the beneficiaries of the project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome.

Monograph on “Tamil Nadu Women’s Development Project - Lessons Learnt” for the International Fund for Agriculture Development”, Rome, 1994.

Conducted the workshop on "Assistance in Manpower Development in the Field of Trade & Tourism Facilitation", Male, Maldives, August 1994.

Conducted the national-level workshop on "Trade & Tourism Facilitation and Export Promotion", Vientiane, Lao PDR, December 1994.

Developed and presented the training module for ESCAP on EDI - A Management Overview, at the 10th ASEB meeting at Bangkok, June 1995.

“How to Improve Trade Efficiency", paper at the seminar organised by the Department of Export Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Thailand, Bangkok, August 1995.

Report on “Introducing micro level efficiencies in the conduct of International Trade” at the request of the Export Promotion Board of Bangladesh, 1995.

Report on “Use of electronic Commerce to facilitate trade & tourism” at the request of Fiji Trade and Investment Bureau, Suva, 1995.

Paper and presentation on "Facilitating International Trade through Electronic Commerce" at the international conference on "National Information Infrastructure for Social and Economic Development in Asia” organised by the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC) and World Bank at Bangkok in November 1995.

“Lessons from a women’s development project - Do poor women have a choice”, Asia Pacific Development Journal, Vol.2, No. 2, December 1995.

Paper on the design for “Inter Networking the Customs organisations of Asia through Electronic Commerce” at the request of KTNet, Seoul and ASEB, February 1996.

Paper on “Electronic Commerce for select International trade service sectors of the Philippines” at the request of the Bureau of Export Promotion, Philippines, 1996.

Conducted workshop on the “Introduction of EDI in the Islamic Republic of Iran”, Teheran, April 1996.

Keynote speaker on “Implementation Issues of EDI” at the 12th ASEB Meeting, Manila, June 1996.

Paper on “Economic and Social Impacts of EDI” for the Singapore Network Service, Singapore, 1996.

Paper on “North East Asia Business Forum”, for the Steering Group of the Committee on Regional Economic Co-operation, Seoul, 1996.

Presentation on “Electronic Commerce for tourism related services” for the delegates from the Pacific Island Countries, April 1996.

Paper and presentation on “Trade Facilitation Information Exchange (TraFIX)” to delegates of the 52nd Annual Session of ESCAP, Bangkok, April 1996.

Report on “Using electronic commerce for trade, tourism and investment promotion in Rajasthan” at the request of the Bureau of Industrial Promotion, Rajasthan, 1996.

Report on “Issues for the introduction of EDI - Process reengineering issues, Technical standards, and legal protocols” at the request of Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, 1996 and 1997.

Paper on “Supply Chain Management for the Garments Sector” at the request of Federation of Thai Industries, Bangkok, 1996.

“Strategic Architecture for using Electronic Commerce in the Tourism Sector for Vanuatu”, a paper and presentation prepared at the request of Government of Vanuatu, September 1996.

Paper on “Quick Response System for the Garments sector”, at the request of the Ministry of Textiles and Apparel Export Promotion Council, New Delhi, India, 1996.

“Strategies for adopting Electronic Data Interchange” in ‘From EDI to Electronic Commerce’, Ed: KK Bajaj and Debjani Nag, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1996.

“Customs, Coopetition and Inter-networking”, a paper for the Inter Networking Implementation Committee of ASEB, India, November 1996.

Conducted a workshop on “Electronic Commerce for strategic facilitation of trade”, Moscow, Russia, December 1996.

Conducted a workshop on “Introducing micro level efficiencies in the conduct of international trade”, Yerewan, Armenia, December 1996.

Paper and conduct of workshop on “Electronic Commerce for the construction industry” at the request of the Philippines Overseas Construction Board, Manila, February 1997.

Workshops for the Customs, Ports, Freight Forwarders, etc. on the “Basics of Electronic Commerce”, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 1997.

Paper on “Electronic Commerce as a strategic tool for the garments industry of Sri Lanka”, at the request of the Textiles Division of the Department of Industries, Sri Lanka, March 1997.

Paper presentation on “Supply Chain Management for the garment sector in India”, in a seminar organised by Apparel Export Promotion Agency, India, March 1997.

Conducted workshop for CEOs on the “Basics of Electronic Commerce for competitive strategies”, organised by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, April 1997.

Design and development of computerised Trade Documentation system (TraDES) software incorporating most of the trade facilitation standards for Mongolia, 1997.

Design of a module on “Electronic Commerce as a tool for competitiveness” for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, to be included in its curriculum, April 1997.

Paper on “Supply Chain Management for cut flowers and fruits from India” at the request of APEDA, India, May 1997.

“Competition, Small Business strategy and Electronic Commerce”, a strategy paper at the request of World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, May 1997.

“Strategic use of Electronic Commerce by Asia - where are they in the learning curve?”, paper for Commonwealth Network on IT for development, Malta 1997.

Advisory paper on ‘Institutional rethink for EAN India’ for it to be developed as a lean and self-sustaining organization for the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, 1997

Strategic architecture for inter-networked Auto industry pilot - design for the Indian automotive industry electronic commerce pilot, July 1997 and conduct of Workshop along with FICCI and EAN International, Delhi 1997.

Policy advice on the introduction of integrated electronic commerce in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, July and November 1997.

Emerging Issues in the twenty first century" paper on electronic commerce for ESCAP, December 1997.

Strategic issues for implementing electronic commerce for Trade & Tourism", Keynote speaker at the Macau IT Congress and National Conference of electronic commerce, Macau, January 1998.

“Electronic Commerce – Ensuring speed and certainty in order fulfilment” – A text book for Post graduate students of International Trade Management, published by the Indian Institute for Foreign Trade, Delhi 1998

Zamboanga as the trade & tourism hub of BIMP-EAGA", a concept paper for the National Economic Development Agency of Zamboanga city, Philippines, January 1998.

The role of EDI & EDIFACT in facilitating international trade - With special reference to its potential for SMEs", Expert speaker at the First WTO Symposium on Trade Facilitation, Geneva, March 1998.

"EDI on the Internet - tools for competitiveness for the SMEs in Asia" Guest speaker for the Commonwealth Secretariat meeting, Bangalore, May 1998.

"Trade facilitation and electronic commerce in Vietnam", Workshop for the Government and private sector participants, Ho chi Minh, June 1998.

"Architecture for net-centric governance" - advice to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India, 1999

"Architecture for Value chain initiatives in the agriculture sector, Government of Vanuatu, 1999

“The Electronic Commerce Business Environment– Paper prepared exclusively for the Commonwealth Heads of government meeting (CHOGM 99), COMBINET Series 001/2000 of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Durban, November 1999.

Feasibility of establishing the National Institute for Smart Governance in India for the Consortium of Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, Government of Andhra Pradesh and NASSCOM, December 1999.

"Institutional issues in eGovernance", Speaker at the NASSCOM 2000 Conference, Mumbai, January 2000.

Road Map for introducing Efficient Healthcare Consumer Response Systems in the health care sector of Karnataka for the Department of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka, January 2000.

“Feasibility report for a Group Purchasing Scheme for commodities, by syndication of demand and access to digital marketplace for the Small and Micro Enterprises of Namibia” November 2000

'Reinventing KPCL' - Strategies to survive in uncertain times facing the power sector for Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), Bangalore, March 2001.

“Strategies to enter the eGovernance market” Presentation of ideas to Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services, Bangalore, May 2001

Courseware on 'electronic governance' aimed at the policy makers in India for PlatinumEdu, Delhi, June 2001.

Presentation of strategic architecture for the group purchasing scheme that includes the setting up of a ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’ to bring in key partners from the Public and the Private sector and run it on a commercial basis, Namibia, September 2001.

“Strategies to enter the eGovernance market” Presentation of ideas to Infrastructure Development Finance Company, Mumbai, September 2001

Business Plan for the establishment of the National Institute for Smart Governance in India for the Consortium of Ministry of Personnel, Public grievances & Pensions, and the Department of Information Technology, Government of India, Government of Andhra Pradesh and NASSCOM, October 2001.

Presentation of the Business Plan of NISG to the Executive Committee of the High Power Committee, Delhi November 2001.

“Rethinking institutions for eGovernance & Governance of Tourism” Paper presented at the Fifth National conference on eGovernance, Goa, November 2001.

Advice on eGovernance verticals, the market, entry strategies and Road map for the Consortia led by World2Web, Bangalore, December 2001 to March 2002.