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Personal Details:

Born in Cuttack, Orissa in 1960, I have been a bit of rolling stone having lived, besides Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta, where I have been living since 1999), in Ranchi, Durgapur, Delhi, Bangalore, Mexico City and Montreal. The bulk of my life however I have spent in Delhi. Outside of Economics, I have always been fascinated by History both professionally and otherwise. I enjoy traveling, reading, cooking, trying different cuisines, listening to music (Indian and Western Classical, Jazz, Rock, Hindi film music) and watching films and plays.

Contact Details:

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta,D.H. Road, Joka, Kolkata - 700104, India

Academics

Academic Background:

Ph.D., from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, New Delhi, India;
Title of dissertation: 'Restructuring of an Economy: The Mexican Experience after the Debt Crisis of 1982'
Supervisor: Prof. Deepak Nayyar
Available on Shodhganga (webpage url http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in )
M.A., in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, New Delhi, India

Courses Taught:

Institutions, Markets and Firms: Growth and Structural Change in China and India India and the World Economy; Development Economics; International Economics; At the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) The Political Economy of of International Trade Law (WTO and GATT)

Consulting Interests:

A Strategic Review of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (APIDC); Lead external consultant to Equipe CERIUM (Uinversite de Montreal) for a report 'Relations Quebec-Inde'; Evaluation and Impact Study of North East Council (NEC) funded Agri-Horticulture Marketing Projects in North-Eastern States of India; Restructuring of Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation; Turnaround Strategy for Oil and Natural Gas Commission's Hazira Complex

Current Projects:

Elected member of the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta, November 2011 – November 2013 Member, IPC, From April 2010 – March 2012 (IPC is the intra-institutional personnel committee of IIM Calcutta which oversees faculty hiring) Member, PGPEX Committee and PGPEX Sub-Committee on Placements. From July 2008 – April 2010 Group Coordinator, Economics Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, December 2003 – April 2006

Experience

Work Experience:

September 2009 onwards: Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India;
Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India;
from 2006 onwards: Economic Adviser (pro-bono), New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI), Delhi, India;
from 2015 onwards: Adviser on economic policy (pro-bono), Réseau québécois des OSBL d'habitation (RQOH), Montreal, Canada
From August 2014- February 2016: On leave of absence from the IIM Calcutta.
From August 2014- February 2016: Visiting Researcher with Le Centre d'études et de recherche sur l'Inde, l'Asie du Sud
et sa diaspora (CERIAS), Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM) of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in Montreal, Canada
2006-2008: On a two-year leave of absence from the IIM Calcutta and a Visiting Researcher with the Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM) of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in Montreal, Canada;
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Hyderabad Central University, Andhra Pradesh, India;
Visiting Faculty, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, West Bengal, India;
Visiting Researcher, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico;
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Calcutta, West Bengal, India; Research
Associate with Research and Information System for Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India;
Consulting Economist with the International Labour Organisation, South Asia Multidisciplinary Advisory Team, New Delhi,
India; Consulting Economist with the International Labour Organisation, Asian Regional Team for Employment Promotion, New Delhi;
Visiting Faculty at the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico City, Mexico;
Consulting Economist with the International Labour Organisation, Asian Regional Team for Employment Promotion, New Delhi, India;
Project Officer with Mysore Resettlement and Development Association (MYRADA), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Research

Journal Publications:

• ‘Mondialisation et croissance de l’économie indienne’ in Serge Granger, Karine Bates, Mathieu Boisvert,and Christophe Jaffrelot (eds.) 'L’Inde et ses Avatars : Pluralités d’une puissance', Montreal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, September 2013 
• ‘The Rise of the East: A non-western path?’ in Olivier Delas and Michaela Leuprecht (eds.) ‘Liber Amicorum Peter Leuprecht : Essays in honour of Peter Leuprecht’, Bruylant, Belgium January 2012 
• ‘Risk, Regulation and Competition: A different view of the Jalan Committee Report’, Economic and Political Weekly, VOL 46, No. 11, March 12-18, 2011 (co-authored with B.B. Chakrabarti)
• ‘Some explorations into India’s Post-Independence Growth Process, 1950/51 - 2002/3: the demand side’, Economic and Political Weekly, VOL 45, No. 41, October 09 - October 15, 2010 (co-authored with V. N. Reddy)
• ‘A Status Report on India’s Financial System’ in Asian Development Bank (ed.) Macroeconomic Management and Government Finances, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, April 2009 [co-authored with B.B. Chakrabarti]
• ‘Small farmers and the Doha Round: lessons from Mexico’s NAFTA experience’, Chroniques des Amériques, n. 08-12. Observatoire des Amériques, July 2008 (available at http://www.ieim.uqam.ca/spip.php?page=article-oda&id_article=4395&lang=fr )
• ‘Higher education in West Bengal: a comparative analysis of NSS Report 517 - Status of Education and Vocational Training in India, 2004-05’, Background paper for 2nd West Bengal Human Development Report, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, December 2007 [also available as IIMC WPS 642 (see below)]
• ‘Politcal Economy of Agrarian Transformation: Another view of Singur’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.42, No.9, 3rd March 2007 
• ‘Social Inequality, Labour Market Dynamics and Reservation’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.41, No.35, 2nd September 2006
• ‘A Status Report on India’s Financial System: A view from the standpoint of intermediation and risk bearing’, Asian Development Bank, TAR: IND 4066 Policy Research Networking to Strengthen Policy Reforms (Macroeconomic Management and Government Finances), December 2005 [co-authored with B.B. Chakrabarti]
  (available at http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Consultant/TAR-IND-4066/Macroeconomic/mohanty-bhattacharya.pdf )
• The WTO regime and its implications for the Indian Automobile Industry, Research and Information Systems for Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS) and Association of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM), New Delhi, May 1999 (co-authored with Biswajit Dhar and Saikat Sinha Roy)
• ‘FEMA: A Closer Look’ Economic and Political Weekly, October 3, 1998 (co-authored with Biswajit Dhar)
• 'Strategies for the Solution of the Debt Crisis: An Overview', Economic and Political Weekly, February 29th 1992.
• ‘The potential for trade liberalization between major SAARC countries and the impact on output and employment’ Working Paper Series, RAS/86/07, Asian Network of HRD Planning Institutes, Asian Regional Team for Employment Promotion, International Labour Organisation, New Delhi, May 1991
• 'Industrial Restructuring and Implications for Human Resource Development in ASEAN', Working Paper Series, RAS/86/07, Asian Network of HRD Planning Institutes, Asian Regional Team for Employment Promotion, International Labour Organisation, New Delhi, April 1991 (co-authored with Rashid Amjad).
• 'Structural Characteristics of the Mexican Economy, 1940-80', Social Scientist, No.5, Vol. 18, May 1990. 
  WORKING PAPERS
• ‘Globalisation and the slowdown of the Indian economy: another view’, Notes d’analyse du PRIAS Policy Note No.4, Pôle de recherche sur l’Inde et l’Asie du Sud (PRIAS) of Centre d´Études et de Recherche Internationales (CERIUM) of the Université de Montréal. September 2015
• ‘India: Globalisation and Growth’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 762, IIM Calcutta, May 2015
• ‘The Rise of the East: A non-western path?’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 695, IIM Calcutta, March 2012.
• ‘Some explorations into India’s Post-Independence Growth Process’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 645, IIM Calcutta, August 2009 (co-authored with V. N. Reddy)
• ‘Higher education in West Bengal: a comparative analysis of NSS Report 517 - Status of Education and Vocational Training in India, 2004-05’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 642, IIM Calcutta, June 2009
• ‘A note on new trends in unionisation in India’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 641, IIM Calcutta, June 2009
• ‘The dynamics of employment generation in post-reform India’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 640, IIM Calcutta, June 2009
• 'Structural Change and Employment: and empirical exploration' Working Paper Series WPS No. 639, IIM Calcutta, June 2009
• ‘Singur and the Political Economy of Structural Change’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 601, IIM Calcutta, February 2007
• ‘Social Inequality, Labour Market Dynamics and the need for expanding Reservation – some issues for consideration’, Working Paper Series WPS No. 594, IIM Calcutta, July 2006
• ‘A Status Report on India’s Financial System: A view from the standpoint of intermediation and risk bearing’, Working Paper Series WPS-593, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Calcutta, May 2006
• ‘Financial Structure and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: The Mexican case - from revolution to the crisis of 1982’,Working Paper Series WPS-592, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Calcutta, May 2006
• ‘Rent-Seeking, State Intervention and Economic Development’, Working Paper Series WPS-393, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Calcutta, July 2000

Conferences:

• 'Reform, globalisation and growth of the Indian economy: a political economy viewDepartments of Geography, Planning & Environment and History, Concordia University and Planners Network-Montreal Chapter. 15th January 2016 
• 'Reform, globalisation and growth of the Indian economy: a political economy view' Indian Ocean World Centre Speaker Series, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 12th November 
• ‘Nepal: From revolution to ..?’ Lecture delivered to the Third World Studies Certificate Programme, Marianopolis College, Montreal. 26th February 2015 
• ‘Growth and institutional evolution in India: a political economy view’, special lecture at the IGC Bihar Growth Conference 2014, 19-20 July 2014, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna, Bihar 
• ‘Growth and institutional evolution in India: a political economy view’ presented at the 26th Annual Conference of Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) held at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, Chicago, 10-12 July 2014 
• ‘New trends in unionization in India’, presented at Historical Materialism 2014 Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada. 8-11 May 2014, 55th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, 16-18 December 2013, 
  International CRIMT Conference 2012: Union Futures: Innovations, Transformations, Strategies, HEC Montreal, Montreal, 25-27 October 2012
• ‘India’s capitalist transition: at crossroads?” presented at the 25th Annual Conference of Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) held at the University of Milan, Milan, 27-29 June 2013 
• ‘From Bangladesh to Montréal - the Role of Women's Work in the Global Economy’, presentation made on a panel organized in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Dhaka, Bangladesh by the 8th-M arch Committee on Women of Diverse Origins, Montreal, and International Women’s Alliance, Montreal, 22 May 2013 
• 'A note on new trends in unionisation in India', International CRIMT Conference 2012: Union Futures: Innovations, Transformations, Strategies, Montreal, 25-27 October 2012 
• 'Land, Corruption and Contestation – the political economy of India's recent growth experience’ presented at ‘Political Economy and the Outlook for Capitalism’, a joint international conference of the Association Française d’Economie Politique (AFEP), the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE), and the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE), Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris, 5-7 July 2012 
• ‘India’s integration into the global economy with particular reference to EU’ presentation made at the ‘Auto-workers Conference’ organized by the National Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Lonavala, India. 13-14th February 2012. 
• ‘The Rise of the East: A non-western path?’ presented at the conference ''Global Economy in a Time of Uncertainty: Capitalist trajectories and progressive alternatives'' in Muttukadu, Chennai, India. IDEAs 10th Anniversary Conference. 24-26 January 2012 
• 'Land, Corruption and Contestation - the political economy of India's recent growth experience' seminar presentation at Pôle de recherche sur l’Inde et l’Asie du Sud (PRIAS) of Centre d´Études et de Recherche Internationales (CERIUM) of the Université de Montréal. 17th January 2012 
• ‘Some speculations on Canada’s integration into the global economy’ paper presented at‘Engaging Canada: A Multi-Disciplinary Conference’ organised by the Shastri Indo‐Canadian Institute (SICI), Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Jadavpur University and the University of Calcutta at IIM Calcutta. 3-4 December 2011 
• ‘Regional Disparities in Manufacturing Growth’, paper presented at the conference ‘Towards a Regionally Inclusive 12th Five Year Plan’, Department of Economics, University of Allahabad (co-authored with Sushil Khanna). 19-20 November, 2011 
• ‘India: Growth, Immiserisation and Contestation’, paper presented at the Eighth Annual Historical Materialism Conference, SOAS, University of London. 10-13 November 2011 
• ‘Globalisation and Growth in India: a Political Economy Framework’, paper presented at the conference ‘Responses to Capitalist Crisis: Neoliberalism and Beyond’, the Sixth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 27-29 May 2011 
• ‘Growth and Immiserisation in India: a political economy framework’, paper presented at the conference ‘Accumulation, Immiserisation and Development’ organised by Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India. 7-9 March 2011 
• ‘India’s Tryst with Destiny: the choices we make – a political economy framework for the analysis of growth’, paper presented at the Historical Materialism 2010 Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada. 13-16 May 
• ‘Changing Patterns of India’s Trade and implications for SAARC – a view from the standpoint of FTAs, Growth and Employment’, Plenary address in the Workshop on "Trade and Investment: Challenges for the Union of South Asian Peoples" organised by the Forum against FTAs and the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) as a part of People’s SAARC 2010, Delhi, 21st April 2010 
• ‘Post-reform employment dynamics in India with a special focus on agriculture’, Presentation made at the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) Workshop on Economic Policy, Delhi, 9-10 April 2010 
• 'India - the return of land hunger and the limits to growth?', seminar presentation at the Center for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, 8th March 2010 
• 'Inequality and redistribution from a property rights perspective', Keynote address at the conference 'Redistribution of wealth: Economic and Environmental Justice from Indigenous and Faith Perspectives' Vancouver, Canada. Organised by the Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. 5-7 March 2010 
• ‘Is India the Great, India the Good?’ paper presented at the 9th Annual Critical Race & Anti-Colonial Studies Conference, Concordia and McGill Universities, 5-7 June 2009. [paper co-authored with Dolores Chew]
• ‘Current Global Financial Crisis and the Indian Economy: globalisation and limits to growth?’, South Asian Studies and Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal.28th January 2009 
• ‘The Global Financial Crisis – a 3rd World Perspective’. Lecture delivered to the Third World Studies Certificate Programme, Marianopolis College, Montreal. 27th January 2009 
• ‘China and India: contrasting paths to globalisation’ seminar presentation at the Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM) of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). 23rd January 2009 
• ‘Current Global Financial Crisis and the Indian Economy: limits of globalisation?’, seminar presentation at Pôle de recherche sur l’Inde et l’Asie du Sud (PRIAS) of Centre d´Études et de Recherche Internationales (CERIUM) of the Université de Montréal. 22nd January 2009 
• “Why are food prices rising globally?” Lecture delivered to the Third World Studies Certificate Programme, Marianopolis College, Montreal. 6th May 2008 
• “A Changing India in a Changing World: Potentialities and Realities” was presented as a part of a lecture series “Les grands acteurs d’un monde en mutation” organized by Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM) of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). 27th February 2008
• “India: an emerging power?” was presented as a part of the seminar series organized by the Centre d´Études et de Recherche Internationales (CERIUM) of the Université de Montréal. 22nd January 2008 
• “India’s Tryst with Destiny: the choices we make” was also presented as a part of the SNID (Studies in National and International Development) Seminar Series at Queens University, Kingston. 10th January 2008
• “India’s Tryst with Destiny: the choices we make” was presented as a part of the seminar series organized by the Centre de Recherche en Ethique de l`Universite de Montreal (CREUM) of the Université de Montréal. 5th December 2007 
• “Micro-credit : Finance for the Age of Diminished Expectations” is an invited lecture as a part of the seminar series organized by the Centre de Recherche en Ethique de l`Universite de Montreal (CREUM) of the Université de Montréal. 6th March 2007 
• “Economic Growth & Political Contestation in India: The Contradictory Impulses of Rising Economic, Social Inequality & Lower Caste Access to Political Power” is an invited lecture as a part of the IDS Speaker Series during the “International Development Week” celebrations of the International Development Studies Programme of St. Mary`s University, Halifax, Canada. 26th January 2007

Research Interests:

• Open-economy macroeconomics, growth and structural change, political economy of growth and development, comparative growth experience, employment and labour markets, development economics, international trade and financial markets