Dr. Reshmy Nair

Dr. Reshmy Nair is Professor and Director, Centre for Management of Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (CMLARR), at ASCI. She has graduated in Economics (Hons.) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and holds M. Phil & Doctorate degrees in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

CMLARR, under her leadership, has been leading the capacity building interventions for LARR specialist officers in the South Asian region (more than 125 dedicated courses for 125 clients and more than 5000 officers). Among the prominent international assignments successfully led by her include customised courses for Ministerial delegation from Government of Uganda, Egypt, Kenya etc; Curriculum Development Workshop for University of Nairobi and Institute of Survey and Land Management, Uganda; Support to World Bank in the Technical Assistance for Land Acquisition Policy and Institutional Reform in Egypt; Development of Step by Step Guidelines on Social Impact Assessment; South-South learning event on R & R and Benefit Sharing; International training courses on LARR; Advisory guidance to University of Peradeniya; Sri Lanka, Technical support for Training of Trainers in workshops organised by World Bank in the South Asian Region etc. The Centre has been successfully organising international announced courses for a decade. The international MoUs of the Centre include National Research Centre for Resettlement, Hohai University, China; Pancheshwar Development Authority, Nepal; University of Nairobi, Kenya etc.

Dr Nair has conceptualised, designed, and directed customised capacity building interventions for senior IAS Officers, World Bank & Asian Development Bank supported projects, state governments, government organizations and several public/private sector organisations. The Centre has been providing support to the Department of Land Resources, Government of India and various State Governments in the implementation of the 2013 Land Acquisition Law (including more than 1300 revenue department officers from 22 state governments). The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India is partnering the Centre for conducting customised courses for national highway projects. The Centre has an institutionalized partnership with Coal India, the largest coal producer in land and resettlement capacity building (both announced and dedicated courses). The Centre has developed India-specific training modules for World Bank on Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and is organising short term/certificate courses on ESF. Customised courses on implementation of RFCTLARR Act have been conducted in various states including Karnataka (400 officers), Tamil Nadu (105 officers), Bihar (100 Officers), Odisha (55 Officers), Madhya Pradesh (55 Officers); Punjab (110 officers), Sikkim (50-60), North Eastern States etc. The annual announced programmes on LARR have been receiving unprecedented participation of over 100 nominations year after year.

CMLARR, is an empanelled expert institution for conducting social impact assessment studies. Dr Nair has led national/international consultancy studies on social impact assessment, pre-land acquisition due diligence, land resurvey and end-term impact evaluation. The Centre has as part of various consultancy projects developed dedicated training modules on land acquisition, resettlement, social impact assessment and land resurvey. The country-wide evaluation studies on Land Acquisition/Resettlement; Alternative Land Assembly Mechanisms (Land Pooling, Purchase, Lease etc) and Land Value Capture Mechanisms sums up the distinctive competence of the Centre on land matters under her leadership.

Dr Nair is a Member of National Committees formed by various Ministries on Land Matters-Ministry of Rural Development (National Committee for finalisation of National Land Policy); Ministry of Power (Inter Ministerial Committee on Resettlement & Rehabilitation); Ministry of Coal (LARR Issues in Coal Sector); Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Review Provisions of National Highway Act, 1956) besides being a  National Social Expert in the Two-Member Panel of Experts, Directorate of Energy, Government of Himachal Pradesh for providing advisory guidance to the Directorate on the social issues in hydro sector development; Advisor, GNLU_SJVN Fellowship on Hydropower Development; Member, Committee, Government of Telangana to support the Group of Ministers in the finalization of RFCTLARR rules. Dr Nair has been the Technical Editor of ASCI Journal of Management on three Special Issues dedicated to Land Acquisition; Resettlement and Benefit Sharing and Land Pooling. She recently co-edited a book by Routledge Publications on ‘Resettlement in Asian Countries-Legislation, Administration and Struggle for Rights’ along with Prof  Mohammad Zaman and Prof Shi Guoqing.

CONTACT
Dr. Reshmy Nair
MPhil & PhD(Economics)
Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi
Economics(Hons), SRCC Delhi University
Professor and Director, Centre for Excellence in Management of Land Acquisition and R&R (CMLARR)
reshmy.nair@asci.org.in