Rajat Acharyya is Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and Director (additional charge) of UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University, India. He was the former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University (2013-2016). Professor Acharyya received his MSc (Economics) degree from Calcutta University in 1990 and PhD (Economics) degree from Jadavpur University in 1996. He was a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Rochester University, New York, USA, during 1997-98. Professor Acharyya has written five books and published more than 60 articles in journals and edited volumes. His recent books include International Trade and Economic Development (co-authored with Saibal Kar, 2014) and International Economics: Theory and Policy (2013). He was awarded the EXIM Bank International Trade Research Award in 1997, Global Development Network (Washington D.C.) Research Medal in 2003, the Mahalanobis Memorial Medal in 2006 and Shikhsaratna (Best University Teacher) Award by the Government of West Bengal in 2016.

Nandan Bhattacharya is Assistant Director of the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University, India. Dr Bhattacharya received his MSc (Zoology) degree in 1992 and PhD (Zoology) degree in 2004 from Vidyasagar University, India. He has published several articles in different reputed journals and delivered lectures at different colleges and institutes of higher learning within and outside West Bengal. He has coordinated and designed course curriculums for orientation programmes, workshops and short-term courses specially conducted for college and university teachers/librarians under the UGC Guidelines. His areas of research interest inlcude ecology, education and communication skill development, amongst many others.

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