Amit Basole

Publications

Book

Anjum, A. & Basole, A. (2021). Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New Generation. Folio Books (Pakistan) and Roli Books (India). https://rolibooks.com/product/thinking-with-ghalib-poetry-for-a-new-generation/

Edited Books

Basole, A. & Kapoor, R. (Eds.). (2019). Towards a Just, Dignified Future of Work: Lessons from India. Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Ahmedabad.
Basole, A. (Ed.). (2015). Lokavidya Perspectives: A Philosophy of Political Imagination for the Knowledge Age. Aakar Books, New Delhi.

Chapters in Edited Books

Basole, A., & Jayadev, A. (2018). Employment Guarantee in the Age of Precarity: The Case of India’s NREGA. In J.A. Ocampo & J.E. Stiglitz (Eds.), The Welfare State Revisited. Columbia University Press. https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-welfare-state-revisited/9780231185448
Basole, A. & Ramnarain, S. (2016). Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods in Economics. In F.S. Lee & B. Cronin (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Heterodox Economics (pp.135 — 164). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782548461
Basole, A. (2016). The Agrarian Question in India. In R. Kumar (Ed.), Contemporary Readings in Marxism: A Critical Introduction (pp. 277 — 311). Aakar Books. https://www.aakarbooks.com/details.php?bid=920
Basole, A. (2016). Spare Change for Spare Time? Homeworking Women in Banaras. In S. Raju & S. Jatrana (Eds.), Women Workers in Urban India (pp.167 — 194). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316459621
Basole, A. (2013). Gandhian Economics in a Knowledge Society. In T. Sethia & A. Narayan (Eds.), The Living Gandhi: Lessons for Our Times (pp. 211 — 227). Penguin India. https://penguin.co.in/book/the-living-gandhi/
Basole, A. & Bhattacharya, R. (2009). The Phantom of Liberty: Mo(der)nism and Postcolonial Imaginations in India. In R. Kanth (Ed.), The Challenge of Eurocentrism: Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects (pp. 97 — 119). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230620896_7
Basole, A. (2009). Eurocentrism, the University and Multiplicity of Knowledge Production Sites. In Edu-Factory Collective (Ed.), Toward a Global Autonomous University: Cognitive Labor, The Production of Knowledge and Exodus from the Education Factory (pp.32 — 38). Autonomedia. https://transversal.at/media/edufactory-book-en.pdf

Journal Articles

Jha, M., & Basole, A. (2023). Labour incomes in India: A comparison of two National Household Surveys. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 66,181 – 201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-023 – 00427‑8
Basole, A. (2022). Structural transformation and employment generation in India: Past performance and the way forward. Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 65, 295 – 320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-022 – 00380‑y
Abraham, R., Basole, A. & Kesar, S. (2021). Down and out? The gendered impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on India’s labour market.Economia Politica, 39, 101 – 128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888 – 021 – 00234‑8
Basole, A. (2021). Reviving employment and livelihoods in India: COVID-19 and after. Economy Matter, 29(6).
Kesar,S., Abraham, R., Nath, P., Lahoti, R., & Basole, A. (2021). Pandemic, informality, and vulnerability: Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods in India. Canadian Journal of Development Economics/Revue canadienne d’études du développement, 42(1 — 2), 145 – 164. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2021.1890003
Nath, P., & Basole, A.(2021). Did employment increase or decrease in India between 2011 and 2017? Economic and Political Weekly, 56(34), 44 — 52. https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/34/special-articles/did-employment-rise-or-fall-india-between-2011-and.html
Gupta, G., & Basole, A. (2020). India’s information technology industry: Prospects for growth and role in structural transformation. Decision, 47, 341 — 361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40622 – 020 – 00269‑z
Basole, A. & Narayan, A. (2020). Long-run performance of the organised manufacturing sector in India: An analysis of sub-periods and industry-level trends. Economic and Political Weekly, 55(10), 35 — 44. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/10/special-articles/long-run-performance-organised-manufacturing.html?0=ip_login_no_cache%3D0f724da411b50f81854f929e72284795
Basole, A. (2018). Understanding India’s jobs crisis, in education, employment and employability landscape of India. NHRD Network Journal, 10(5), 20 — 24. https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nhrdn_journal_jan18.pdf
Basole, A. (2017). What does the rural economy need: Analysis of the promises for rural India. Economic and Political Weekly (Union Budget Special Issue), 52(9), 40 — 43. https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/9/commentary/what-does-rural-economy-need.html
Basole, A. (2016). Informality and flexible specialization: Apprenticeships and knowledge spillovers in an Indian Silk Weaving Cluster. Development and Change, 47(1), 157 — 187. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12216
Basole, A., & Basu, D. (2015). Non-food expenditures and consumption inequality in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 50(36), 43 — 53. https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/36/special-articles/non-food-expenditures-and-consumption-inequality-india.html
Basole, A.(2015). Authenticity, innovation and the geographical indication in an artisanal industry: The case of the Banarasi sari. Journal of World Intellectual Property, 18:3/4, pp. 127 – 149. https://doi.org/10.1111/jwip.12035
Basole, A., Basu, D., & Bhattacharya, R. (2015). Determinants and impacts of subcontracting: Evidence from India’s unorganized manufacturing sector. International Review of Applied Economics, 29(3), 374 — 402. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2014.1001324
Basole, A., & Basu, D.(2015). Fuelling calorie intake decline: Household level evidence from rural India. World Development, 68, 82 — 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.020
Basole, A. (2014). Dynamics of income inequality in India: Insights from World Top Incomes database. Economic and Political Weekly, 49(40), 14 — 17. https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/40/commentary/dynamics-income-inequality-india.html
Basole, A. (2014). Whose knowledge counts? Reinterpreting Gandhi for the Information Age. International Journal of Hindu Studies, 18(3), 1 — 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11407-014‑9163‑9
Basole, A. (2013). Class-biased technical change and socialism. Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture, and Society, 25(4), 592 — 601. https://doi.org/10.1080/08935696.2013.842701
Basole, A., & Deepankar, B. (2011). Relations of production and modes of surplus extraction in India: Part II – ‘Informal’ industry. Economic and Political Weekly, 46(15), 63 — 79. https://www.epw.in/journal/2011/15/special-articles/relations-production-and-modes-surplus-extraction-india-part-ii
Basole, A., & Deepankar, B. (2011). Relations of production and modes of surplus extraction in India: Part I- Agriculture. Economic and Political Weekly, 46(14), 41 — 58. https://www.epw.in/journal/2011/14/special-articles/relations-production-and-modes-surplus-extraction-india-part‑i
Basole, A., Kreft-Kerekes, V., White, L.E., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2006) Cortical cartography revisited: A frequency perspective on the functional architecture of visual cortex. Progress in Brain Research, 154, 121 – 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6123(06)54006 – 3
Sanyal, S., Consoulos, C., Kuromi, H., Basole, A., Mukai, L., Kidokoro, Y., Krishnan, K.S., & Ramaswami, M. (2005) Analysis of conditional paralytic mutants in Drosophila SERCA reveals novel mechanisms for regulating membrane excitability. Genetics, 169(2), 737 — 750. https://dx.doi.org/10.1534%2Fgenetics.104.031930
Basole, A., White, L.E., & Fitzpatrick, D.(2003). Mapping multiple features in the population response of visual cortex. Nature, 423, 986 — 990. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01721
Sanyal,S., Basole, A., & Krishnan, K.S.(1999) Phenotypic interaction between temperature sensitive paralytic mutants comatose and paralytic suggests a role for N- ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion factor in synaptic vesicle cycling in Drosophila. Journal of Neuroscience,19 (24), RC47. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19 – 24-j0005.1999
Sanyal, S., & Basole, A. (1999). Neural complexity underlying simple behavior. Journal of Bioscience, 24(3), 255 — 257. https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jbsc/024/03/0255 – 0257

Reports

Basole, A., & Gupta, G. (2023). Bengaluru Covid Impact Survey. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/cse-surveys-bengaluru-covid-impact-survey/
CORD, NREGA Consortium and Azim Premji University. (2022). Employment Guarantee during Covid-19: Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown. https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/employment-guarantee-during-covid-19-role-of-mgnrega-in-the-year-after-the-2020-lockdown/
Azim Premji University, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Tata Institute Social Sciences. (2021). Creating Udyog Sahayak Enterprises Network (USENET) for Employment Generation and Scale-up in the MSME Sector. https://cse.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/USENET_Report_Final_for_Release.pdf
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Azim Premji University. (2021). Reviving Employment and Livelihoods in India: COVID-19 and After. https://apfstatic.s3.ap-south‑1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/CII%20Report%20-%20Employment%20%20Livelihoods.pdf?r1GfFlMkZjKBO053gPsuc2sendZxqfHd
Azim Premji University and Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship, Bangalore. (2019). Microenterprises in India: A Multidimensional Analysis. https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/2019/report/microenterprises-in-india-a-multidimensional-analysis

Interview

Basole, A. (2023, September 24). Labour’s love not lost: Prof speaks out on much-discussed research . News Trail. https://newstrailindia.com/inner.php?id=16611

Magazine Articles

Basole, A.(2021). Rural employment and the pandemic challenge. Seminar, 748. https://www.india-seminar.com/2021/748/748-AMIT%20BASOLE.htm
Basole, A. (2018, January) The Skilled and the schooled: India’s struggles over what counts as knowledge. The Caravan. https://caravanmagazine.in/reviews-essays/india-struggle-knowledge

Newspaper Articles

Dasgupta, Z., & Basole, A. (2023, December 25). India’s jobs crisis, the macroeconomic reasons. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/indias-jobs-crisis-the-macroeconomic-reasons/article67671927.ece
Abraham, R. , & Basole, A. (2023, October 9). Number Theory: The growth and erosion of salaried employment in India. Hindustan Times. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/number-theory-the-growth-and-erosion-of-salaried-employment-in-india-101696824495073.html

Online Article

Abraham, R., & Basole, A. (2024, January 1). Economic Growth, Structural Change, and Women’s Earnings in India. India in Transition. https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/amitbasole— rosaabraham