1. Introduction / Sarmila Banerjee, Anjan Chakrabarti Location of State 2. Rethinking and Theorizing the Indian State in the Context of New Economic Map / Anjan Chakrabarti, Anup Dhar Global Integration 3. Global Financial Crisis: What Did We Know, What Have We Learnt? / Kumarjit Mandal, Sabyasachi Kar 4. Volatility, Long Memory, and Chaos: A Discussion on some “Stylized Facts” in Financial Markets with a Focus on High Frequency Data / Amitava Sarkar, Gagari Chakrabarti and Chitrakalpa Sen 5. Globalization and Labour Markets / Ranajoy Bhattacharyya Agriculture at Crossroad 6. Production Performance of Indian Agriculture in the Era of Economic Reforms / Sankar Kumar Bhaumik, Sk. Abdul Rashid 7. Under the Shadow: Pricing and Marketing in Indian Agriculture in Globalization / R.S. Deshpande 8. Promoting Entrepreneurship Among Women in Agriculture / Nilabja Ghosh Infrastructure and Industry 9. Construction and Engineering Industry in India in PPP Regime with a Special Focus on Airport Development / Bhaskar Chatterjee, Sharmila Banerjee 10. Performance Evaluation Techniques: An Application to Indian Garments Industry / Simanti Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Majumder 11. Telecommunications Industry in the Era of Globalization with Special Reference to India / Debabrata Datta, Soumyen Sikdar and Susmita Chatterjee 12. Market Structure of Crude Steel Industry and India’s Position in the Era of Globalization / Tiyas Mallick 13. Nabadiganta: A New Horizon? Patriarchy, Globalization, and Women’s Agency in the IT Sector / Mousumi Dutta, Zakir Husain 14. Dualism in the Informal Economy: Exploring the Indian Informal Manufacturing Sector / Rajesh Bhattacharya, Snehashish Bhattacharya and Kalyan Kumar Sanyal 15. Indian Gems and Jewelry Industry: An Enquiry into the Nature of Competitive Advantage / Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Sarmila Banerjee 16. On Assessment of Women Empowerment at Individual Level: An Analytical Exposition / Joysankar Bhattacharya, Sarmila Banerjee, Montu Bose 17. Sustainable Poverty Reduction: Credit for the Poor/ Asis Kumar Banerjee 18. Employment Guarantee and Natural Vulnerability: A Study of MGNREGA in Indian Sundarbans / Prasenjit Sarkhel 19. Inequality, Public Service Provision, and Exclusion of the Poor / Sukanta Bhattacharya, Resource and Environment 20. Stakeholder Attitudes and Conservation of Natural Resources: Exploring Alternative Approaches / Biswajit Ray and Rabindranath Bhattacharya 21. Indoor Air Pollution and Incidence of Morbidity: A Study on Urban West Bengal / Sabitri, Dutta 22. Efficient Pollution Management Through CETP: The Case of Calcutta Leather Complex / Subhra Bagchi, Sarmila Banerjee 23. Embracing the Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges Facing Indian Higher Education / Saumen, Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath N. Mukhopadhyay 24. HIV Epidemic: Global Response and India’s Policy / Arijita Dutta 25. The Political Economy of Mental Health in India / Anup Dhar, Anjan Chakrabarti and Pratiksha Banerjee