Amiya Kumar Bagchi
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Amiya Kumar Bagchi | |
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| Born | 1936 |
| Occupation | University teacher |
Amiya Kumar Bagchi(born 1936) is an Indian political economist.[1]
Biography[edit]
His academic career began when he started teaching in Presidency College,Kolkata.In the 1960s, he taught in the Faculty of Economics in Cambridge (where he was Fellow ofJesus College), but resigned his post in 1969, to resume his academic career in Presidency College, Kolkata.[2]
In 1974 he joined the newly foundedCentre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.[3]
Bagchi has specialised in the history of Indian banking and finance, and acted as Official Historian of theState Bank of India(SBI) from 1976 to 1998; he played a leading role in ensuring that the unique archives of SBI are preserved for posterity.[2]
After retiring asReserve Bank of Indiaprofessor from theCentre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcuttain 2001, he became the founder-director of theInstitute of Development Studies, Kolkata.[2]
Awards and honours[edit]
The professional awards and honours Bagchi has received include:
- Padma Shriof the government of India 2005.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
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Bagchi has authored over 250 academic articles and has authored and edited numerous books and monographs.
The books he has authored include:
- 2010Colonialism and Indian Economy,Oxford University Press
- 2005Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital,Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- 2004The Developmental State in History and in the Twentieth Century,New Delhi: Regency
- 2002Capital and Labour Redefined: India and the Third World,Anthem Press
- 1997The Evolution of the State Bank of India: The Era of the Presidency Banks 1876–1920,Sage Publications
- 1989The Presidency Banks and the Indian Economy 1876–1914,Bombay:. Oxford University Press
- 1987Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and Republic of Korea,New Delhi: ILO-ARTEP
- 1987, reissued 2006The Evolution of the State Bank of India. The Roots, 1806–1876,Oxford University Press; reissued by Penguin Portfolio
- 1982The Political Economy of Underdevelopment,Cambridge University Press
- 1972Private Investment in India 1900–1939,Cambridge University Press
Edited and co-edited volumes[edit]
- 2007Capture and Exclude: Developing Economies and the Poor in Global Finance(with Gary A. Dymski) New Delhi: Tulika
- 2005Webs of History: Information, Communication and Technology from Early to Post-Colonial India(with D. Sinha and B. Bagchi), New Delhi: Manohar
- 2005Maladies, Preventives, and Curatives: Debates in Public Health in India(with K. Soman), New Delhi: Tulika
- 2003Economy and the Quality of Life: Essays in Memory of Ashok Rudra(with M. Chattopadhyay and R. Khasnabis), Kolkata: Dasgupta & Co.
- 2002Money and Credit in Indian History since Early Medieval Times,New Delhi: Tulika
- 1999Multiculturalism, Liberalism and Democracy(with R. Bhargava and R. Sudarshan), Oxford University Press
- 1999Economy and Organization: Indian Institutions under the Neoliberal Regime,Sage Publications
- 1995Democracy and Development: Proceedings of the IEA Conference Held in Barcelona, Spain,Palgrave Macmillan
- 1995New Technology and the Workers’ Response: Microelectronics, Labour and Society,Sage Publications
- 1988Economy, Society and Polity: Essays in the Political Economy of Indian Planning in Honour of ProfessorBhabatosh Datta,Oxford University Press
Chapters in books[edit]
- Bagchi, Amiya Kumar (2009), "The capability approach and the political economy of human development", inKanbur, Ravi;Basu, Kaushik(eds.),Arguments for a better world: essays in honor of Amartya Sen | Volume II: Society, institutions and development,Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 31–47,ISBN9780199239979.
References[edit]
- ^"The Hindu: Book Review: An 'alternative history'".Chennai, India. 3 October 2006.Retrieved9 February2010.
- ^abc"Amiya Kumar Bagchi".Archived fromthe originalon 26 July 2011.Retrieved3 March2010.
- ^http://www.caleidoscop.org/Members/Marius/news-caleidoscop-2009/post-doctoral-fellowship-2009-rabindranath-tagore-centre-for-human-development-studies[permanent dead link]
- ^"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 October 2015.RetrievedJuly 21,2015.
External links[edit]
- Kurien, CT,Review of PERILOUS PASSAGE — Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital,The Hindu(3 October 2006)
- Radical Notes,Capital and capitalists nannied by the states: An Interview with Amiya Kumar Bagchi,Radical Notes(18 October 2008)
- Murali, D,[1],'Property Right Subjugation by British Land Tax,' review of an essay in Bagchi's 2010 bookColonialism andIndian Economy,The Hindu Businessline(17 July 2010).
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