Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

About: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research is a facility organization based out in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Monetary policy & Inflation. The organization has 307 authors who have published 1021 publications receiving 18848 citations.

Exploring the Venture Capitalist-Entrepreneur Relationship: Evidence from India

Abstract: Maintaining cooperation and avoiding opportunism is essential for a healthy Venture Capitalist (VC)-entrepreneur relationship. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the role of control and trust for developing a cooperative VC-Entrepreneur relationship in an agency environment in the Indian context. The study adopts a multiple case study approach to investigate 10 VC-Entrepreneur dyads. It uses data collected from both primary and secondary sources. Content analysis was used as the data treatment technique. The empirical evidence indicates that VC-Entrepreneur relationships emerging in the early stages suffer from low agency risks and use more of relational mechanisms to curb opportunism and develop cooperation while relationships at an advanced stage suffer from higher agency risks and employ more of control mechanisms to address it. The findings can be utilized to enhance cooperation in VC-Entrepreneur relationship by identifying the appropriate context to apply relational or control mechanisms, which would eventually lead to better performance of the venture. This distinction results in the development of a theoretical model which shows how the dual governance mechanisms of control and trust interact with one another to affect confidence in partner cooperation as an entrepreneurial venture raises multiple rounds of venture capital across various stages. The data collected from Indian VC-Entrepreneur dyads offers a rich description of the relationship dynamics across the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Measuring the prevalence of chronic diseases using population surveys by pooling self-reported symptoms, diagnosis and treatments: results from the World Health Survey of 2003 for South Asia

Abstract: Measuring disease prevalence poses challenges in countries where information systems are poorly developed. Population surveys soliciting information on self-reported diagnosis also have limited capacity since they are influenced by informational and recall biases. Our aim is to propose a method to assess the prevalence of chronic disease by combining information on self-reported diagnosis, self-reported treatment and highly suggestive symptoms. An expanded measure of prevalence was developed using data from the World Health Survey for Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Algorithms were constructed for six chronic diseases. The expanded measures of chronic disease increase the prevalence estimates. Prevalence varies across socio-demographic characteristics, such as age, education, socioeconomic status (SES), and country. Finally, the association, as also risk factor, between chronic disease status and poor self-rated health descriptions increases significantly when one takes into account highly suggestive symptoms of diseases. Our expanded measure of chronic disease could form a basis for surveillance of chronic diseases in countries where health information systems have been poorly developed. It represents an interesting trade-off between the bias associated with usual surveillance data and costs.

Antenatal and maternal health care utilization: evidence from northeastern states of India

Abstract: This article examines the role played by the various socio-economic and community level factors in determining the antenatal and maternal health care utilization pattern using the data from the National Family Health Survey carried out in India in 1998/99. Our analysis document that autonomy enjoyed by women and exposure to media has a significant impact on maternal heath care utilization even after controlling for other attributes, particularly their education and household economic status. Availability of a rural health facility in the village and other community level programme propagates the utilization of health care.

Further insight into the mechanism of biosorption of heavy metals by Ganoderma lucidum

Abstract: The mechanism of biosorption of heavy metals by Ganoderma lucidum was investigated using a combination of biochemical and instrumentation methods. The mechanism evolved to be one of ion exchange with calcium ions originally present in the structural core of the fungi. The site appeared to be oxygen dominant as showed by a marked preference to oxygen seeking elements.