Born in 1956 in Kerala, India. PhD (economics). Came to Japan in 1986 and obtained a degree in theology at Sophia University.
Obtained a doctoral degree in economics at the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom).
Researches models that make possible both a sustainable environment and economic development from the perspective of developing nations premised on human dignity, human rights, empowerment of poor people, and real globalization.

In the 20th century, poverty in many regions of developing nations was substantially reduced, the literacy rate was improved, and development progressed. However, amid this development, a number of environmental problems gradually surfaced and the gap between the rich and poor widened. Developing nations have lapsed into a vicious cycle involving the environment and development, with poverty itself causing some of the environmental problems and further environmental problems caused by development.
In 1987, although the Brundtland Commission presented a definition of sustainable development, in future, I expect to develop through seminars the ability to make new proposals for both the environment and development on the basis of a relationship between global concepts and regional conditions. I also aim to provide opportunities to question how we live.

I approach problems of the environment and economic development of
developing nations against a backdrop of global concepts based on the
international conference documents relating to global environment, human
development, and United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Focusing on international conference documents relating to global environment, students can learn and deepen their understanding of international rules and frameworks, such as the Kyoto Protocol, from the perspective of developing nations. In addition, by approaching environmental problems from the perspective of economic development, students can closely learn hitherto unseen social structural problems.

In my seminar, I run a unique program of research in which I choose a developing nation or region and speak freely on its problems and topics relating to both the environment and economic development.

By focusing on global frameworks that aim at realizing a sustainable global environment and understanding the present situation of developing nations, I would like students from both the master’s and doctoral courses to find solutions to problems related to both the environment and development through their theses.