Ashwani Mahajan

Ashwani Mahajan
National Co-Convenor
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch [1]
Preceded by Muralidhar Rao
Personal details
Residence New Delhi, India
Alma mater Ramjas College, New Delhi (B.A)
Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi(M.A)
Occupation Economist, Professor

Ashwani Mahajan is the National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), an Indian political and cultural organisation. SJM is affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.

Biography

Mahajan worked as an author and columnist. He is a Associate Professor at PGDAV College, Delhi[2]. Mahajan is Chief Editor of Journal of Contemporary Indian Polity and Economy since 2011. Mahajan is also a Visiting Professor and research guide at Pacific University, Udaipur and Mewar University. He works as a researcher and activist on World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international trade agreements, he has attended three ministerial conferences of WTO held at Geneva, Bali and Nairobi, as representative of Swadeshi Jagran Foundation, which is an accredited NGO with WTO.[3][4]

Author

Mahajan is a writer on the economy of India. In 2014, he co-authored Datt & Sundaram's Indian Economy. Mahajan has published a number of articles in various national dailies and periodicals including Deccan Herald, The Statesman[5], Pioneer, The Excelsior, The Economic Times (India),[6] Business Today, Organiser, Dainik Jagran (Hindi), Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi), Amar Ujala (Hindi) and Hindustan (Hindi). He has also published a number of research articles journals including Economic and Political Weekly,[7] Mainstream, Indian Economic and Almanac.

Publications

  • Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy with Gaurav Datt, (2014, revised 2016, S. Chand Group) ISBN 9789352531295 [8]
  • Bhartiya Arthvyavastha with Gaurav Datt, (2015, S. Chand Publishing, in Hindi) ISBN 9789385676444 [9]

Politics

Policy intervention

As National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch he has been instrumental changing in economic policies. His policy interventions include withdrawal of controversial ordinance on land acquisition,[10] getting field trials of GM crops policy revisited, FDI policy of the government especially retail trade and e-commerce.[11]

Views on development

A critique of globalisation, he believes that GDP growth-centric philosophy of development does not suit India. [12]. This model talks about the last men in the queue and favours integrating growth with employment generation[13].


He has been critical of foreign direct investment and ready to use therapeutic foods.[14][15] Mahajan is a staunch opponent of genetically modified (GM) seeds, has been running a tirade against permission to new GM seeds in India. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

References

  1. ↑ "Swadeshi Online official site".
  2. ↑ http://du.ac.in/du/uploads/Notifications/26122014ELECTORALROLL-AC-EC_2.pdf
  3. ↑ https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc9_e/swadeshi_jagran.pdf
  4. ↑ https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/mc10_e/swadeshippmc10_e.pdf
  5. ↑ https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/wto-s-future-in-an-insular-world-1492032826.html
  6. ↑ "Should New Delhi turn away aid?". www.indianet.nl.
  7. ↑ "Making a Show: The Black Money Bill". Economic and Political Weekly. 50 (23). 5 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Indian Economy By Gaurav Datt". www.schandpublishing.com.
  9. ↑ https://www.schandpublishing.com/books/higher-education/economics/bhartiya-arthvyavastha/9789385676444/
  10. ↑ "'You can't build concrete jungles on agricultural land'".
  11. ↑ "'FDI drains India's resources'".
  12. ↑ "'What kind of growth is it when 90% of population is out of it?'".
  13. ↑ http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/bring-equality-for-steady-growth/
  14. ↑ ""We Want A White Paper On Costs And Benefits Of FDI"".
  15. ↑ "SJM wants fresh cooked food to fight malnutrition in kids".
  16. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RSS-linked-group-brings-all-anti-GM-NGOs-together-on-one-platform-to-oppose-transgenic-mustard/articleshow/54612728.cms
  17. ↑ http://www.news18.com/news/india/swadeshi-jagran-manch-to-write-to-pm-modi-against-nod-given-to-gm-mustard-1399655.html
  18. ↑ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/the-brakes-are-applied-on-the-bt-cotton-story/articleshow/62583116.cms
  19. ↑ https://thewire.in/161838/criticism-of-modis-economic-policies-within-the-sangh-parivar-can-be-both-stringent-and-wide-ranging/
  20. ↑ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/gm-crops-government-should-set-up-an-independent-regulator-at-the-earliest/articleshow/51563953.cms
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