EDUCATION
University of Southern California, USA
> Doctor of Philisophy; Economics (1994)
[Dissertation: Food-feed competition, income distribution and welfare immiserization: A simulation analysis and the empirical evidence]
> Master of Arts; Economics (1990)
Presidency College, Calcutta, India
> Bachelor of Science; Economics honours (1988)
Don Bosco School, Calcutta, India
> Indian School Certificate (1985)
> Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (1983)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
> Chair in Finance, Sheffield University Management School (02/2014 – present)
> Associate Fellow, Sir Bernard Crick Centre for Public Understanding of Politics (12/2014 – present)
> Associate Fellow, The Sheffield Institute of International Development (08/2016 – present)
> Elected member of the Senate (08/2019 – present), Member of the Senate’s Research & Innovation Committee (12/2019 – 05/2022), and Member of the Council Finance Committee (08/2022 – present)
> Associate Fellow, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (11/2019 – present)
> Research Development Director (Finance), Accounting & Financial Management, Sheffield University Management School (11/2019 – 10/2023)
> Member of the University of Sheffield’s representation at the TSD Domestic Advisory Group set up by the Department of International Trade (now part of Department of Business and Trade) (09/2022 – present)
> Head of Accounting & Financial Management Subject Group, Sheffield University Management School (11/2023 – present)
Aston University, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
> Researcher, Enterprise Research Centre (ESRC funded) (01/2013 – 01/2014)
> Professor in International Business & Economics, Aston Business School (08/2012 – 01/2014)
> Head, Economics & Strategy Group, Aston Business School (08/2012 – 12/2013)
> Reader in International Business & Economics, Aston Business School (01/2010 – 07/2012)
Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
> Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Social Sciences (09/2009 – 12/2009)
> Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics & Finance, School of Social Sciences (08/2007 – 12/2009)
> Convener and Admissions Tutor, Economics & Finance masters programmes (08/2007 – 08/2009)
> Lecturer, Department of Economics & Finance, School of Social Sciences (09/2005 – 07/2007)
Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
> Lecturer, School of Management and Economics (06/2003 – 08/2005)
London Business School, London, UK
> Research Fellow, Centre for New & Emerging Markets (DfID funded) (05/2001 – 05/2003)
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
> Research Fellow (08/2000 – 04/2001)
ICRA Limited (Affiliate of Moody’s Investors Service), India
> Senior Economist, Project on Money & Finance in India
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India
> Senior Consultant (06/1996 – 03/1997)
Varna University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria
> “Civic Education Project” Visiting Lecturer (09/1994 – 05/1996, 01/2000 – 05/2000)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Sub-panel 17 (Business and Management Studies), Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, Research England – UKRI (11/2020 – 04/2022)
Member, Pool of Peer Reviewers, Carnegie Trust (for the Universities of Scotland) (02/2018 – present)
Fellow, Global Labor Organization (03/2017 – present)
Economic and Social Research Service, UK
> Member, Peer Review College (10/2015 – present)
> Member, GCRF Peer Review Group (10/2016 – present)*
*original period of appointment and extension expired, awaiting notification from ESRC
Research Fellow, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany (09/2005 – present)
Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK (03/2007 – present)
Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (05/2001 – 10/2016)
EDITORIAL SERVICES
Editorial Board, British Journal of Management (Wiley) (010/2020 – present)
Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Business Studies (Palgrave) (01/2020 – 12/2022)
(Best Reviewer Award in 2021)
Editorial Board, Social Sciences & Humanities Open (Elsevier) (11/2019 – 04/2022)
Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald) (01/2020 – present)
Senior Editor, International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald) (03/2018 – 12/2019)
Editorial Review Board, Journal of World Business (Elsevier) (01/2018 – present)
Editorial Board, Borsa Istanbul Review (Elsevier) (12/2013 – 02/2017)
Editorial Board, Economic Systems (Elsevier) (01/2013 – 12/2017)
Associate Editor, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade (Taylor & Francis) (01/2005 – 03/2020)
Editorial Board, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade (Taylor & Francis) (08/2003 – 12/2004)
EXTERNAL EXAMINER
The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Management, UK (08/2021 – present)
University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Buiness School (11/2017 – 11/2021)
The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Management, UK (11/2012 – 07/2014)
Queen Mary – University of London, School of Business and Management, UK (01/2010 – 12/2012)
Middlesex University, Middlesex University Business School, UK (09/2006 – 07/2010)