About IIFT

Areas of Interest / Specialization

• Indo-Nepal Economic Relations

• India's Trade with SAARC

• Textiles & Clothing,

• GA TS & Trade in Services

• WTO Related Issues

No. of Years   :           26 Years

Books

• Editor, Emerging Trade Agendas: South Asia and German prospects, IIFT, March 1995.

• Chandan Gokhale & Dr. (Mrs.) Vijaya Katti, Globalising Indian Textiles – Threats and Opportunities, Tecoya Publication, April 1995.

• Prasad, HAC and Katti, V. Non conventional Technology Based Services, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 1998.

• Venkatesan, R., Katti,V., India’s Textile policy for the 21^st Century, BRPL Publishers, New Delhi,1999.

• Katti, V, "Indo-Nepal Trade: Post WTO Dimension", Kalinga Publishers, New Delhi,  2001

Various Research Papers in Books, Journals & Newspapers

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS HANDLED SO FAR

Textiles Related

• “High Cost Economy in Textile Industry” as a Consultant to Reliance Industries Ltd., August 1992.

• “Textile Industry on the Horns of a Dilemma” January 1995 as a Consultant to Reliance Industries Ltd., January 1995.

• “Textile Industry: Export Vision 2005”, As Member of Expert Group on Textile Exports for Ministry of Textiles, August 1996.

• “India's Textile Policy for the 21^st Century”, as a consultant to Grasim Industries, 2000.

Others

• “Costs on Consumers and the environment due to non co-operation among SAARC countries” with Raghavan, S.N. for Consumer Unity and Trust Society, Calcutta, July 1996.

• “Trade and Investment Linkages Between India and Nepal in the 90s” for Indian Council for Research in International Relations, March 1998.

• Indo-Nepal Economic Relations as Consultancy for B.P. Koirala Foundation, Royal Nepal Embassy, New Delhi, 1999.

• Study of Horticulture & Floriculture Sectors for "Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore”  January 03 for Cebaco India Pvt Ltd

• Study on Free Trade Agreements “India’s Approach to FTAs” for Reliance Industries,2004

• “Market Access : Environmental Goods & Services :  Negotiating Strategy” for UN University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan, November 2005. UNU-IAS Working Paper series, Research Network on the WTO and Sustainable Development Country Case Studies from Developing Countries.

Professional / Academic Affiliations

• Visit to Indonesia as 'Resource Person for Programme on WTO organised by Colombo Plan Secretariat' in 2001 & 2003 to deliver lectures

• Visit to Egypt, as a Resource Person in Programme on “Analytical Tools for Introduction to Economic Data and its Analysis,           Dec. 03    

• Visit to Bangkok as Resource Person in Colombo Plan/UNESCAP/NORAD Fund with the Cooperation of International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD), National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (NBACFS), and UNCTAD on New Round of Trade Talks: Issues Pertaining to Agriculture and Services in 2003

• Invited by Indian Embassy in Nepal to present a paper at Kathmandu in a Seminar on India – Nepal Economic Relations on Emerging Trade and Investment Opportunities for Nepal in India at Kathmandu on  21 December 2003.

• Visit to Egypt, as a Resource Person in Programme on “Analytical Tools for Introduction to Economic Data and its Analysis, Dec. 03    

• Invited by UNECE to Malaysia, as a Resource Person in Capacity Building Workshop on “Trade Facilitation Implementation for Asian and the Pacific Region”, March. 05.

• Visited Tanzania to teach course on WTO & International Trade Policy to the participants of MBA (International II), Institute of Finance Management, Tanzania in the month of December 2002, April 2004, April 2005 & March 2006.

• Invited by WTO Secretariat, Geneva as a Resource Person in the “Regional Trade Policy Course” to cover the topic of Market Access related issues: Regional perspective (to be held in May 2006 at Hong Kong University). Attended preparatory workshop for the RTPC at WTO Secretariat Geneva, February 2006.

• Lectures taken in Course on International Business Environment including important WTO related Issues for Executive Diploma in International Business (EDIB) at Al Ghurair Academy, Dubai, June 2001 as Course Coordinator.