Arindam Banik
Arindam Banik | |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Alma mater | Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; Jahangirnagar University |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, professor |
| Years active | Over 20 years |
| Known for | Associated Cement Companies Chair Professorship in International Business and Finance at IMI; Editor of Global Business Review |
Arindam Banik (born 1958) holds the Associated Cement Companies Chair Professorship in International Business and Finance at IMI. He is the Editor of the journal Global Business Review published by SAGE and earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Banik previously served as Director of International Management Institute Kolkata.
He has written numerous books and contributed extensively to prominent international journals. Banik has delivered presentations at various national and global conferences, specializing in development economics, business economics, and managerial economics. He actively participates in professional organizations including the Asia Pacific Economic Association (APEA), Bengal Economic Association, Indian Economic Association, and Euro-Asia Management Studies Association.
Education
Arindam Banik completed his B.Sc in 1981 and M.Sc in Economics in 1983 from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka. Beginning his career as a Junior Executive at American Express Bank in Dhaka in 1982, he transitioned to academia and attained his Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi in 1993, broadening his research focus within economics.
Teaching
Banik has dedicated over twenty years to IMI and holds an Affiliated Professorship at Centrum Graduate Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Additionally, he has taught Economics at the University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus in Barbados.
Research
His scholarly interests encompass International Trade and Services, Global Financial Imbalances, Financial Markets and Payment Systems, Technology Transfer, Strategic Market Analysis, Corporate Governance, Financial Sector Reforms, Economic Growth, and International Finance.
Books
Selected Works
- Trade in Health Services in South Asia: An Examination of the Need for Regional Cooperation.
- Towards A Common Future: Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- New Technology and Land Elevations: Small Farms in Bangladesh, 1998, University Press Limited, Dhaka.
- Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean – Trends, Assessments and Determinants (co-authored with Pradip K Bhaumik), 2006, Palgrave-Macmillan.
- Corporate Governance, Responsibility and Sustainability Initiatives in Emerging Economies (Editor), 2015, Palgrave-Macmillan.
Newspaper Publications
Prominent articles include:
- On the farm bills: Farmers forming cooperatives will be able to negotiate better prices on their produce, The Times of India, 8 February 2021.
- Two Bengals, two economies, The Telegraph, 2 November 2020.
- What India can learn from global rankings such as THE, QS and Shanghai Rankings, The Economic Times, 9 May 2018.
- Why policymakers should not use fiscal deficit as a guide to public policy, 20 April 2018.
- Independent, not free, Indian Express, 15 April 2009.
- The Land Illusion, The Indian Express, 27 July 2009.
- Loan waiver and agricultural investment, (with Pradip K. Bhaumik), The Hindu Business Line, 28 March 2008.
- Changing Face of Entrepreneurship, Post Liberalization, The Hindu Business Line, 9 May 2007.
- Low Growth to Prosperity, The Daily Star, 3 January 2004.
- Indian North-east: Overcoming Isolation, 3 April 2010.
- Oxfam reports growing inequality in India, quality education is the best way to reverse this trend, Times of India, February 2, 2018.