Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development: Emerging Public Policy Lessons for Indian Punjab

Sukhpal Singh is Professor at the Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India. He is former DG at Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh; former Professor and Head at Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, India. He is fellow of the ISAE and founding co-editor, Millennial Asia: an intl. journal of Asian studies. He has been a visiting fellow at the IDS, Chulalongkorn University, University of Manchester, and the Copenhagen Business School.

Lakhwinder Singh is Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Khalsa College, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. He has served as Associate Dean Research Punjabi University, where he has founded Centre for Development Economics and Innovation Studies (CDEIS). He has remained a visiting research fellow, Seoul National University, South Korea, and a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University, USA. His recent book is Agricultural Innovation Systems in Asia (2020). Professor Singh is founding editor of the Millennial Asia-An International Journal of Asian Studies.

Kamal Vatta is professor and head of the Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. Prior to this, he has served as a director, Centers for International Projects Trust, New Delhi.