Dr. D R Nanaware is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yashwantrao Chavan School of Rural Development, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (Maharashtra). His core research area is Development Economics. He completed his Master’s Programme, PhD in Economics, Post Graduate Diploma in Corporate Governance (PGDCG), Foreign Trade (PGDFT), and Agri-Business (PGDAB) from the Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He has over six years of teaching and three years of research experience. Dr. Nanaware authored four books and published twenty-two research papers in reputed national and international journals.