Dr Amitendu Palit
Brief Introduction
Dr Amitendu Palit is an economist specialising in India’s trade, investment, bilateral and regional economic engagements, comparative dimensions of Indian and Chinese economic policies and Asian integration. He also works on socio-economic aspects of India’s elections. Dr Palit belongs to the Indian Economic Service and spent nearly ten years in India’s Ministry of Finance handling policies and operational issues relating to balance of payments, foreign exchange reserves, exchange rate and capital flows. He has also worked in the Ministries of Industry and Civil Supplies of the Government of India. He figured on the Advisory Committee of India’s Planning Commission on foreign savings as well as on Technical Committee of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on India’s small enterprises.Prior to his current assignment at ISAS, Dr Palit was a Visiting Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), Delhi. A PhD in international economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India, he was educated at Presidency College, University of Calcutta. A columnist for Financial Express (India), Dr Palit is a visiting faculty for India’s leading business schools. He also writes regularly for The Straits Times and The Business Times and features as an expert on Singaporean and Indian television and radio networks. He has several academic publications to his credit and has authored a book on ‘Special Economic Zones in India: Myths and Realities’ (2008).
Publications
Books and Monographs
Special Economic Zones in India: Myths and Realities (co-authored with Subhomoy Bhattacharjee), (2008), South Asia Series, Anthem Press, London and NY.
Articles in Journals
Outward Investment from India: Features and Drivers (2007), Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol.2, No.3, July-September, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi.
Chapters in Books
Technological Upgradation through Global Value Chains: Challenges before BIMSTEC Nations (2006) in Towards BIMSTEC-Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation: The Benefits of Moving Together; Anthem Press (An Imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company), London & NY; November
Reports and Policy Papers
Feasibility of an Asian Currency Unit (2008), (with Abhijit Sengupta) Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Working Paper, 208, March; See http://icrier.org/publication/working_papers_208.html Sustainability of Economic Growth in India (2007), Working Paper No. 25, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada, May; http://www.cigionline.org/ (co-authored with Rajiv Kumar and Karan Singh).Technological Capability as a Determinant of FDI Inflows : Evidence from Developing Asia and India (2007), Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Working Paper, 193, April; See http://icrier.org/pdf/Working_Paper_193.pdf. (co-authored with Shounkie Nawani).Economic Insecurities in South Asia: Evidence and Policy Issues (2007) in 'Comprehensive Security: Economic Perspectives from India; Seminar Proceedings', Delhi Policy Group (DPG), New Delhi, India.Role of Technological Capabilities in Enhancing FDI Flows in Developing Asia-Pacific Economies (2006); Policy Brief in Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review, Vol.2, No.2, December; Bangkok; Also Published as Policy Brief No.9, in November 2006 by the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), UN-ESCAP; See http://www.unescap.org/tid/artnet/pub/polbrief9.pdf
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