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We would like to thank Ms. Mihoko Tamamura, the current Representative and Country Director of
WFP – India, Mr. GianPietro Bordignon, former Representative and Country Director, and Mr.
Dominique Frankefort, Deputy Country Director for their encouragement at every stage.
The smooth execution of this project would not have been feasible without constant support and
inspiration from Prof. Alakh N. Sharma, Director, IHD. He steered the course of ideas and discussions
during the entire period of the project.
We also wish to acknowledge the research and data support received from many individuals in the
course of the project period. These include Ms. Piyali Das, who undertook the literature review
during the initial phase of the project; Mr. Pinaki Joddar and Mr. Balwant Singh Mehta, who very ably
mined large data sets of the NSSO for extracting relevant information and provided additional research
inputs; and Mr. Anand Shukla who helped in provided critical inputs to the report.
The support received from IHD administration, especially Mr. Prem Chandra, Ms. Jyoti Girish, Ms.
Madhavi Chauhan, Ms. Nidhi Sharma, Mr. Sanjay Kumar and Mr. Phalguni Singh needs special
mention. We also wish to thank Mr. S.P. Sharma for all the typing and pagesetting work, Ms. Shashikala
Menon and Ms. Angela S. Nath for copyediting, Mr. Yatinder Bisht for designing, Mr. Nitin Chauhan
for formatting, and the S.P. Printech for the printing support.
- IHD and WFP Research Team
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