Bibek Debroy

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Bibek Debroy
Debroy at Ahmedabad Management Association
Born	25 January 1955 (1955-01-25) (age 57)
Residence	New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Presidency College Delhi School of Economics Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Economist
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Bibek Debroy (born 25 January 1955) is an Indian economist. Since March 2007, he has been professor at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.^{[citation needed]} He has also been Visiting Honorary Senior Research Fellow for Institute for South Asian Studies in National University of Singapore from May 2009.^{[when?][citation needed]}

Debroy studied at Ramakrishna Mission Narendrapur, Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge.

His past positions include the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Consultant to the Department of Economic Affairs of Finance Ministry (Government of India), Secretary General of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Director of the project LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy), set up by the Finance Ministry and UNDP for examining legal reforms in India. Between December 2006 and July 2007, he was the rapporteur^{[clarification needed]} for implementation in the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Debroy has authored several books, papers and popular articles, has been the Consulting Editor of Indian financial and other newspapers. He has been a member of the National Manufacturing Competitive Council from November 2004.^{[citation needed]}

In the past Debroy has taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade] and the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

In 2010, he started authoring a ten-volume unabridged English translation of the Hindu epic The Mahabharata.

Books authored or co-authored

Books written or co-written by Debroy include:

• India: Redeeming the Economic Pledge, Academic Foundation, 2004 (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/debroy.asp).
• The Bhagavad Gita, A translation, Penguin, 2006 (http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/category/Philosophy_and_Religion/Bhagavad_Gita_9780144000685.aspx).
• Sarama and Her Children, The Dog in Indian Myth, Penguin, 2008 (http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/category/Non_Fiction/Sarama_and_Her_Children_9780143064701.aspx).
• Transforming West Bengal, Changing the Agenda for an Agenda for Change, jointly with Laveesh Bhandari, February 2009 (http://www.indicus.net/media/index.php/2009/1324-transforming-west-bengal-changing-the-agenda-for-an-agenda-for-change).
• India Labour Report 2008 – The Right to Rise: Making India’s Labour Markets Inclusive,” jointly with Laveeesh Bhandari, TeamLease Services, 2009 (http://www.teamlease.com/images/reports/TeamLease_LabourReport2008.pdf).
• India Labour Report 2009 – The Geographic Mismatch & A Ranking of Indian States by their Labour Ecosystem, jointly with Laveesh Bhandari, TeamLease Services, 2010 (http://www.teamlease.com/images/reports/TeamLease_LabourReport2009.pdf).
• The Mahabharata, Vol.I, translated from the Sanskrit, Penguin, 2010 (http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/category/Non_Fiction/The_Mahabharata_9780143100133.aspx).
• The Mahabharata, Vol.II, translated from the Sanskrit, Penguin, 2010

(http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/category/Non_Fiction/Mahabharata_Vol_2_9780143100140.aspx).

• The Mahabharata, Vol.III, translated from the Sanskrit, Penguin, 2011 http://buybooks.retailmart.com/buy-online-mahabharata-vol-3-by-bibek-debroy-at-retailmart
• The Mahabharata, Vol.IV, translated from the Sanskrit, Penguin, 2011, http://www.amazon.com/Mahabharata-4-Bibek-Debroy/dp/0143100165
• Economic Freedom of the States of India 2011, Academic Foundation, 2011, jointly with Swaminathan Aiyar and Laveesh Bhandari (http://www.cato.org/economic-freedom-india/).
• The India Mosaic – Searching for an Identity, Academic Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Delhi, 2004, jointly edited with D. Shyam Babu (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/imosaic.asp).
• Agenda for Improving Governance, Academic Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Delhi 2004 (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/agenda.asp).
• Integrating the Rural Poor Into Markets, India Development Foundation and International Development Enterprises, Academic Foundation, Delhi 2004(http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/Rpoor.asp).
• Small-Scale Industry in India, Large Scale Exit Problems, jointly edited with Laveesh Bhandari, Academic Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2004 (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/SSI-LSEP.asp).
• Energizing Rural Development through Panchayats, jointly edited with P.D. Kaushik, Academic Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2004.
• Reforming the Labour Market, jointly edited with P.D. Kaushik, Academic Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2004 (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/Refo_L.asp).
• Uses and Misuses of Anti-Dumping Provisions in World Trade, A Cross-Country Perspective, jointly edited with Debashis Chakraborty, Academic Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2006(http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/antidump.asp).
• The Trade Game, Negotiation Trends at WTO and Concerns of Developing Countries, jointly edited with Debashis Chakraborty, Academic Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2006 (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/tradeGame.asp).
• Judicial Reforms in India, Issues and Aspects, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies and Academic Foundation, 2007, jointly edited with Arnab Kumar Hazra (http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/jreforms.asp).
• Anti-Dumping, Global Abuse of a Trade Policy Instrument, jointly edited with Debashis Chakraborty, Liberty Institute and Academic Foundation, 2007(http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/antiD-GA.asp).
• India Health Report 2010, edited with Ajay Mahal and Laveesh Bhandari, Indicus Analytics and Business Standard Books, 2010 (http://www.business-standard.com/books/books.php?lmnu=m1&sub=11&val=11).
• Corruption in India - The DNA and the RNA, jointly with Laveesh Bhandari, Konark Publishers, 2011, http://www.amazon.com/Corruption-India-DNA-RNA-ebook/dp/B006MAADEU/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324273676&sr=1-10

References

See also

• Biography of Bibek Debroy from the website of Centre for Policy Research