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I am an Associate Professor at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social Research, Ahmedabad.
I have worked as a faculty to the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi , Gujurat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad and served as a consultant to the Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. I have been involved in research projects sponsored by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva.
My book include Indian Multinationals in the World Economy: Implications for Development (Bookwell Publisher, New Delhi, 2008), Transnationalization of Indian Pharmaceutical SMEs, Bookwell Publisher, New Delhi, 2008), Industrialization, Economic Reforms and Regional Development (Shipra Publisher, New Delhi, 2005). Published over thirty research papers, my current research focuses on issues concerning emerging Indian multinationals and internationalization of India's knowledge-based industries.
I am a founding member of the Koshal Development Forum (KDF) for undertaking research activities on the issues of under-development and deprivations in the Koshala region of India.
I have some inclination for literature and have published over 34 poems in various Oriya literary magazines and newspapers.
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