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Chopra
Kanchan
Current nationality:
India
Current residence:
India
Biodata:
Chopra (PhD, Delhi School of Economics,1969). She was formerly director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, where she was professor (1980-2009). She has been on the editorial and policy boards of several international journals including Environment and Development Economics, and Ecological Economics, and was Senior Associate of the Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme hosted by the ICTP, Trieste, Italy (2002-2006). She was member, Assessment Panel of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2001-2005) and co-chair of its Working Group on Response Options. She is a fellow of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm and of the South Asia Network of Development and Environmental Economics. She was President of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (2010-2012 and 1998-2000) and President of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (2004).
Currently, she co-edits " Ecology, Economy and Society: the Journal of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics
Sustainable Development Goals:
2 - Zero hunger
3 - Good health and well-being
7 - Affordable and clean energy
11 - Sustainable cities and communities
12 - Responsible consumption and production
13 - Climate action
17 - Partnerships for the goals
Keywords:
Ecosystems services and human well-being; agriculture; water and forest resources; institutions for managing common property resources.
Past nationality:
India
Elected
2011Place of Birth:
Rawalpindi
Country of birth:
British India
Date of birth
14
May
1944
Section:
10-Social and Economic Sciences