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Curriculum Vitae BISWAJIT MAITRA

August, 2015

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PRESENT Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Gour Banga, , DESIGNTION Office: Dr. Biswajit Maitra Department of Economics, University of Gour Banga P.O. Mokdumpur, PIN 732103 ADDRESS FOR Malda, West Bengal, India COMMUNICATIONS E-mail: [email protected]

Home: Biswajit Maitra, Aadya Villa (3rd Floor), Ashapurna Devi Sarani, Hakimpara Siliguri, P.O. Siiliguri, PIN 734001, Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal E-mail: [email protected], Mob. +91-9476159096

 Ph. D in Economics in 2010 from the from the University of  M. Phil in Economics in 2001 from the from the University of North Bengal with Grade A ACADEMIC  M.A. in Economics in 1999 from the from the University of North Bengal with First Class QUALIFICATIONS:  B.A. HONOURS in Economics in 1997 from the University of North Bengal  Higher Secondary Examination in 1994 from the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education  Secondary Examination in 1992 from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education  U.G.C. NET (December, 2000) qualified with LECTURSHIP. Specialization Econometrics, International Trade Title of Ph. D Thesis ‘Excess Variability of Rupee-Dollar Exchange Rate – An Econometric and Time Series Analysis’ Thesis Supervisor Professor Chandan Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Ph. D Illinois, USA)

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Job Experience/Employment Details:

Name of the Job and Institution Served Duration Pay Scale Duty Performed Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of 19.6.2015 – till date Rs. (15600–39100) PG Teaching and Economics, University of Gour Banga, West Bengal (Pay fixation is under Research process) Assistant Professor of Economics at the Surya Sen 29.3.2010 –18.6.2015 Rs. (15600–39100) UG Teaching and Mahavidyalaya (A Govt. Aided Degree College, affiliated to AGP 6000 Research the University of North Bengal) West Bengal Lecturer in Economics at the Ananda Chandra College of 1.2.2005 – 31.01.2008 UG Teaching and Commerce (A Govt. Aided Degree College, affiliated to the At the UGC Scale Research University of North Bengal)

Gust Faculty of Economics at the Department of 13.2.2009 -25.11.2009 PG Teaching Management, University of North Bengal Consolidated* Lecturer in Economics (Part-Time) at the Surya Sen 16.9.2008 - 27.3.2010 UG Teaching and Mahavidyalaya (A Govt. Aided Degree College, affiliated to Consolidated* Research the University of North Bengal)

Lecturer in Economics (Part-Time) at the Siliguri College 1.2.2008 – 15.9.2008 UG Teaching and (A Govt. Aided Degree College, affiliated to the University of Consolidated* Research North Bengal) Lecturer in Economics (Part-Time) at the Darjeeling 2.4.2001 -28.04.2005 UG Teaching and Government College (Affiliated to the University of North Consolidated* Research Bengal)

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Teaching Area Macroeconomics, International Economics, Statistics and Econometrics Research Interest Macroeconomics, International Finance, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics. Proficiency in Proficiency in using Econometric and Statistical packages like Econometric Software E.Views , Microfit, Stata, SPSS, etc. At present following research issues has been addressed:

 Inflation Dynamics in India: Relative Role of Structural

and Monetary Factors,  Determinants of Nominal Interest Rates in India,

 Exchange rate variations in India: Role of Real and

Nominal factors, Present Research  Efficiency of Foreign Exchange Market in India and some other emerging countries in Asia,  Efficacy of Monetary Policy in Emerging Economies Outcome of these research are presented at seminars/conferences. Some of these outcomes are submitted to international journals for publication (which are under review/revision).

Apart from the Doctoral research, a number of research issues (in the field of macroeconomics, international finance, and Development economics) are already addressed.

Completed the research project entitled ‘Fiscal Principles and Practices in South Asian Countries’ under UGC SAP DRS-I, Department of Economics, University of North Bengal jointly Research Completed with the project coordinator, Professor C. K. Mukhopadhyay. Outcome of the project is published in a Book entitled ‘Fiscal Principles and Practices in South Asian Countries – An Econometric & Time Series Study’ (coauthor: C. K. Mukhopadhyay) in 2008, from University Press, University of North Bengal.

The research work completed can be viewed from the list of Research publications (in the next page).

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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (REPRESENTATIVE)

1. Maitra, B (2015) ‘Investment in Human Capital and Economic Growth in Singapore’, Global Business Review , forthcoming (SAGE Publications)

2. Maitra, B and S. Debnath (2015) ‘Efficacy of Recent Monetary Policy in Sri Lanka’, International Journal of Economics and Business Research, in press International (Inderscience Publishers). Publications 3. Maitra, B (2015) ‘Univariate Forecasting of Exchange Rates in India – A Comparison’, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, 5 (3), 272–288. DOI: 10.1504/IJCEE.2015.070616. (Inderscience Publishers)

4. Maitra, B (2015). ‘Monetary Policy, Income Growth and Price Stability in Malaysia’, South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, 4 (1), 91–117, DOI: 10.1177/2277978715574620. (SAGE Publications).

5. Maitra, B and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). ‘Public Spending on Education, Health Care and Economic Growth in Selected Countries of Asia and the Pacific’, Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 19 (2), 19–49. (United Nations Publications)

6. Maitra, B (2011). ‘Tax-and Spend Principle in Budget Management in the Economy of Sri Lanka in the Post-Reform Period’, Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 5 (3), 343 – 359, DOI: 10.1177/097380101100500303. (SAGE Publications).

7. Maitra, B (2010). ‘Money Supply and Exchange Rate Variations in Sri Lanka in the Independent Float Regime – A Time Domain Study’, South Asia Economic Journal, 11 (1), 111 – 129, DOI: 10.1177/139156141001100107. (SAGE Publications).

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8. Maitra, B (2011). ‘Anticipated Money, Unanticipated Money and Output Variations in Singapore’, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 9(1), 118–133, National (The Indian Econometric Society). Publication 9. Maitra, B and C.K Mukhopadhyay (2011). ‘Causal Relation Between Money Supply and Rupee/Dollar Exchange Rate in India Under Basket Peg and Market Determination Regimes – A Time Series Analysis’, IUP Journal of Applied Economics, 10 (2), 40–56. 10. Maitra, B (2010). ‘Unanticipated Monetary Shocks and Exchange Rate Variations in Sri Lanka’, Indian Economic Journal, 58 (1), 112–132. (The Indian Economic Association).

Research Papers under Review/Revision

(i) Maitra, B (2015). ‘Monetary, Real Shocks and Exchange Rate Variations in India’, revised and resubmitted to Journal of Economic Development (Korea). (ii) Maitra, B (2015). ‘Inflation Dynamics in India: Relative Role of Structural and Monetary Factors’, submitted to an International Journal and it is under review.

RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Maitra, B and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). ‘Exchange Rate Variations and Unanticipated Money Supply in India – A Spectral and Time Domain Study’ is presented in 2nd IIMA international Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence held at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on 8-9 January, 2011.

2. Maitra, B (2010). ‘Rupee/Dollar Exchange Rate Variations in India: A VAR Approach’ is presented at the ICSSR, SRC Sponsored International Conference on International Trade and Commerce Organized by the Department of Commerce, Osmania University on March 5 – 7, 2010 (Co-author C.K.Mukhopadhyay). Page 6 of 9

3. Maitra, B and D. Mitra (2010). ‘Monetary Policy and Output Growth in Indian Economy – A time Series Econometric Study’ is presented at the ICSSR, SRC Sponsored International Conference on International Trade and Commerce Organized by the Department of Commerce, Osmania University, held on March 5–7, 2010.

4. Maitra, B (2009) ‘Money Supply and Output Variations in Indian Economy in the Pre-Reform and Post Reform Period – A Comparative Study’ is presented at the International Conference on Business and Economic Issues organized by the Serials Publications in Association with the Indian Journal of Economics and Business, held in New Delhi, India from 19-21 December, 2009.

5. Maitra, B and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2009), ‘Causal Relation Between Money Supply and Rupee/Dollar Exchange Rate in India under the Basket Peg and Market Determination Regimes – A Time Series Analysis’ is presented at the International Conference on Applied Economics & Time Series Econometrics, Organized by IBS Hyderabad in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) and Co-Sponsored by National Bank of Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), India, held in Hyderabad during 17th – 18th April, 2009.

6. Maitra, B (2009), ‘How far Rupee/Dollar Exchange Rate Variations is Monetary Phenomenon (1975:1– 2006:04)’ is presented at Third International Doctoral Theses Conference Organized by IBS Hyderabad and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, held at IBS Hyderabad during March 4–7, 2009.

7. Maitra, B (2008), ‘Expenditure Considerations in Fiscal Management in the Economy of Pakistan’ is presented at the 1st International Conference on Recent Development in Economics, Finance & Accounting and Econometrics held in New Delhi, India from 8–12 September, 2008 Organized by Serials Publications in association with the International Journal of Economic Research and the Journal of World Economics Review.

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RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL SEMINAR/ CONFERENCES

1. Maitra, B (2015). ‘Inflation Dynamics and Relevant Anti-Inflationary Macroeconomic policy in India’ presented at the CTRPFP National Conference on Fiscal Issues, Reforms and Development Policies held at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) on 19th & 20th February 2015.

2. Maitra, B (2013), ‘ARCH/GARCH based ARIMA Forecasting of Monthly Exchange Rates in India (1994:08 – 2013:08)’ is presented at the Golden Jubilee Conference & Valedictory Celebrations of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Silver Jubilee Year, held on December 22–24, 2013 held at IGIDR Mumbai.

3. Maitra, B (2013), ‘Monetary Management, Income Growth and Price Stability in Malaysia - ARDL Approach’ is presented at the National Seminar on Econometric Applications in Management held at the Central University of Rajasthan in collaboration with The Indian Econometric Society during 20–21 November, 2013

4. Maitra, B and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2012). ‘Public Spending on Education, Health-Care and Economic Growth in Nepal’ is presented at the 48th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society held on 1st–3rd March, 2012 at the Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.

5. Maitra, B and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). ‘Efficiency of Indian Foreign Exchange Market in the Market Based Regime’, is presented at the 94th Annual Conference of Indian Economic Association, held during 27th–29th December, 2011 at the Bharati Vidyapeeth , Pune.

6. Maitra, B and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). ‘Exchange Rate Variations in India Due to Money and Output Shocks’ is Presented in the 47th Annual Conference of Indian Econometric Society, held at Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh., India on 6–8 January, 2011.

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7. Maitra, B; D. Mitra and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). ‘Dynamics of Money, Income and Price in Malaysia – An Econometric Study’ is presented in National Seminar organized by the Department of Management, University of North Bengal on March 9–10, 2011.

8. Maitra, B and C.K. Mukhopadhyay (2011). ‘Nominal Exchange Rate Variations – A Theoretical Model with Empirical Validation from Indian Data’ is presented at the UGC (SAP) DRS-II National Seminar on Regional Economic Development and Women-Empowerment organized by Department of Economics, University of North Bengal on March 21–22, 2011.

9. Maitra, B (2010) ‘Relative Effectiveness of Foreign Aid and Domestic Capital Formation in Economic Growth in Nepal’ is presented at the ‘National Seminar titled Quantitative Management Research in the Globalized Regime’ Organized by the Department of Management, University of North Bengal, India on 29th – 30th March, 2010.

10. Maitra, B and C.K. Mukhopadhyay (2009), ‘Relative Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policies in India under Pre-Reform and Post-Reform Period’ is presented at the UGC Sponsored SAP-DRS Seminar, Organized by the Department of Economics, University of North Bengal, held on 28th March, 2009.

11. Maitra, B (2009), ‘Role of Social Sector Expenditure in Economic Growth of North-Eastern States in India’ is presented at the ICSSR & NEC Sponsored National Seminar on “State of Inclusive Growth in the North- with Reference to Emerging National Pattern”, Organized by the Department of Economics, Margerita College, Assam on 26th –27th October, 2009. 12. Maitra, B; C. K. Mukhopadhyay and K. Datta (2009). ‘Relative Importance of Agriculture and Industry in the Economic Growth of Assam – Is Industrial Growth is a Snag for It?’ is presented at the ICSSR & NEC Sponsored National Seminar on “State of Inclusive Growth in the North-East India with Reference to Emerging National Pattern”, Organized by the Department of Economics, Margerita College, Assam on 26th –27th October, 2009.

13. Maitra, B. and C. K. Mukhopadhyay (2008). ‘Vector Autoregression Model for Exchange Rate – A Time Domain Study’ is presented at the UGC Sponsored SAP-DRS Seminar, Organized by the Department of Economics, North Bengal University, held on 29th March, 2008.

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 Membership of Professional Organizations (i) Life Member of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) (ii) Life Member of Indian Economic Association

 Professional Works:

Review: International Journal of Applied Economics, Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economics, Singapore Economic Review, Journal of Economics and International Finance, African Journal of Business Management.

 Personal Data:

Date of Birth: 2nd Day of December, 1977. Nationality: Indian. Religion: Hinduism, Marital Status: Married ______

References:

1. Professor C.K. Mukhopadhyay (Ph. D Illinois, USA) 79 Netaji Road by Lane New Town P.O. & Dist Coochbehar PIN 736101, West Bengal E. Mail: [email protected] Mob. +91-9593351590

2. Professor Debabrata Mitra (Ph. D) Department of Commerce University of North Bengal, P.O. North Bengal University, PIN.734013 Former Dean, School of Professional Studies Sikkim University (A Central University) E. mail: [email protected] Mob. +91-9474877362

3. Dr. Kanchan Datta Head, Department of Economics University of North Bengal P.O. North Bengal University, PIN.734013 Darjeeling, India E. mail: [email protected] Mob. +91-800067232