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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
It has really been a great privilege that have been able to come all the way from a<br />
remote village in Kerala <strong>and</strong> be part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>/SEC <strong>for</strong> doing my doctoral work under the<br />
guidance <strong>and</strong> supervisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Dr. M Venkata Reddy I'm extremely gratejiil to Dr. M.<br />
Venkata Reddy <strong>for</strong> suggesting me to work <strong>on</strong> a topic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> high relevance in irrigati<strong>on</strong><br />
developmeni literature <strong>and</strong> motivating me to think <strong>on</strong> the issues pertinent to water<br />
re.sources <strong>development</strong>. Without his c<strong>on</strong>stant encouragement <strong>and</strong> moral support, this<br />
work would not have assumed this shape.<br />
I express my sincere gratitude to Mr. T R. Sathish Ch<strong>and</strong>ran <strong>and</strong> Dr. P. V. She nay<br />
<strong>for</strong>mer Directors <strong>and</strong> Dr. M Govinda Rao, the present Director <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ISEC fur<br />
providing me adequate instituti<strong>on</strong>al support during the course <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the study<br />
I thank Dr. Ninan <strong>and</strong> Dr. MR. Narayana <strong>for</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fering suggesti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
modificati<strong>on</strong>s as panel members during my pre-submissi<strong>on</strong> seminar. I also thank all<br />
the faculty members <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ISEC <strong>for</strong> their encouragement <strong>and</strong> academic interacti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong><br />
many occasi<strong>on</strong>s. Special thanks are due to Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> B.S Bhargava, Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. Prahlada<br />
A char, Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Seetharamu, Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Rayappa, Sill!. Vani, Dr. Rajasekhar, Dr. Maathai,<br />
AI Vivekan<strong>and</strong>a, Dr. Johns<strong>on</strong> Samuel, Dr. Sharad Lele, Dr. Deshp<strong>and</strong>e <strong>and</strong> Dr.<br />
K V Raju.<br />
f also thank the Academic Staff at the Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ec<strong>on</strong>omics <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Administrative Staj! at the University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mysore .Ii)r their help in the sllccessfiil<br />
completi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this work.<br />
During the course <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> my study, f have benefited from the interacti<strong>on</strong>s with Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
M V. Nadkarni <strong>and</strong> Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> R Maria Saleth <strong>and</strong> f thank them <strong>for</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fering critical<br />
inputs in furthering the study at various stages. I'm extremely grateful to Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> B. D.<br />
Dhawan <strong>for</strong> giving me valuable suggesti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> many occasi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> painstakingly<br />
going through some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the chapters. I have immensely benefited by the discussi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
with Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kaushik Basu, during the final stage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the work. I sincerely thank Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Basu <strong>for</strong> commenting <strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the chapters. The discussi<strong>on</strong>s with Pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> T Krishna<br />
Kumar <strong>and</strong> Dr. A. Damodaran have been useful <strong>and</strong> f extend my sincere thanks to<br />
him.<br />
1 place <strong>on</strong> record my sincere thanks to my teacher Mr. Baby Ant<strong>on</strong>y <strong>for</strong> his care <strong>and</strong><br />
c<strong>on</strong>cern <strong>for</strong> me since the days <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> my post-graduati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> introducing me to CDS,<br />
where f had my Harisree in the pursuit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> research. At CDS, f thank Dr. KJ Joseph,<br />
Dr. (Mrs.) Mridul Eapen, Dr. KK Subrahmanian, Dr. D. Narayana, Dr. Ch<strong>and</strong>an<br />
Mukherjee, Dr. Mohanan Pillai, Dr. K Pushpangadan <strong>and</strong> Dr. E. T Mathew <strong>for</strong><br />
encouraging me. A special word <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> thanks is due to Dr. V. Sallihakumar <strong>for</strong><br />
extending me support <strong>and</strong> encouragement during my fieldwork. f also thank my<br />
friends at CDS, Sunil, Dennis, Bhaskar, Sanjith, Suresh, Azeez, Hari <strong>and</strong> Kurup. I<br />
also thank the library staff at the CDS, especially, Sri. Anil Kumar.