Dr.muthuraj muniyappan

M.Muthuraj pursued his M.A Economics (Hons) from Madurai Kamaraj Univeristy with second rank in April 2000. He received Ph.D in Industrial Economics, "A Study on Output, Growth, Inputs Productivity and Technological Progress in the Major Manufacturing Industries of Tamil Nadu" at Madurai Kamaraj University in 2005. His doctoral thesis earned him the Youngest Ph.D holder at Madurai Kamaraj University’s history. At present he is working as an Assistant Professor at Great Lakes Institute of Management, since June 2009. He completed his Executive MBA Degree in Great Lakes Institute of Management. His research areas include Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, and Rural Developmental Economics. He has a work experience of about five years in Micro Economics, Macro Economics and Business Economics.He was previously associated with the Loyola College as lecturer and University of Madras as Lecturer cum Research Officer in the department of Economics and Agro Economic Research Centre (AERC) from July 2006 - June 2007. During his tenure at the AERC, he co-authored the final reports of two research projects entitled “Factors Affecting Fertilizer Consumption in Tamil Nadu” and “Estimation of Seed, Feed and Wastage ratio for Major Food grains in Tamil Nadu”. He was the key note for Board of Studies for various technical Universities. He has authored more than 10 articles in both International and National Journals. He attended and presented more than 25 papers at National level seminars.