Profile
MOTHER TERESA WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, Kodaikanal, India-624 102
Member, Governing Cincil, VIT, Amravathi A.P.
Director of Research, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES & RESEARCH (IASR)
Ex-Principal, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai 600 008
President, Women’s Voluntary Service Tamilnadu Br. and ABBLA, Annanagar
Member, Thiru Vi Ka Educational Trust
Vice President, University Women’s Association Madras,
Chairperson ICC National Institute of Wind Energy
Member ICC National Institute of Fashion Technology Chennai
New G-15,(Old-104), 9th Street, Anna Nagar East, Chennai 600 102
Phone: 0091- 44- 26632801; 26633289. Mobile: 9790783325; e mail yasodha.sundaram@gmail.com
Alumnus of:
- Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal
- St. Anne’s College and Linacre College, Oxford University
- Economics Department, University of Madras
- Presidency College, Madras
- Women’s Christian College, Madras
- Lady Muthiah Chettiar Girls High School, Madras
Awards:
- Frere Exhibitioner Award, University of Oxford, 1974
- Oppenheimer Award, University of Oxford, 1975
- Best University Teacher Award – Govt. of Tamil Nadu, 1986–87
- Paul H. Appleby Award, IIPA New Delhi – 2011
Publications – Books
- Theory and Application of Health Economics, IASR, 2018
- Financial Policy of the Government of India, 1860–1884, Indian Council for Historical Research, Delhi, 2002
- Data File on Women in India, MTWU Press, Kodaikanal, 2001
- Women Science and Technology, MTWU Press, Kodaikanal, 2000
- Women’s Studies: Theory and Method, MTWU Press, Kodaikanal, 2000
- Women and Emerging Technologies (Ed), British Council, Madras, 1996
- Theory and Practice of Health Economics in India, IASR, Madras, 1994
- Women Employment in India, IASR, Madras, 1993
- Studies in Health Economics (Ed), Ethiraj Research Centre, Madras, 1991
- Tamil Nadu Economy – Selected Aspects (Ed), Ethiraj College Research Centre, Madras, 1991
- Village Studies – Survey of Galladipet (Ed), Ethiraj Research Centre, Madras, 1991
- Welfare Economics (Nalaporulial) (Tamil), Tamil Nadu Text Book Society, Madras, 1974
Specialisation: Theoretical and Applied Welfare Economics, Health Economics, Youth and Gender Issues, and Women Studies
Visiting Professor / Fellow / Visitor:
- Institute for Advanced Studies, Simla, 1965
- Centre for Area Studies, University of Madras, 1974–75
- Economics Department, Mother Teresa Women’s University, 1984–1990
- Women’s Studies Department, Shri Padmavathi Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Tirupati, December 1992
- Women’s Development Department, Alagappa University, August 1994
- Centre for Gender Studies, DEU, East Anglia University, Norwich, UK, Sept–Dec 1995
- Visitor, Women’s Studies Department, York University, York, UK, November 1995
- Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Nov–Dec 1995
- Radcliffe College, Harvard University, USA, June 1999
- Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, July 1999
- Women’s Studies Centre, Warwick University, UK, July 1999
- Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, July 1999–2001
- Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, June–July 1999
Publications: Reports / Articles / Books – Total: 120; Articles on Gender / Women – 50