Arindam Banik
Arindam Banik has been the Director of International Management Institute Kolkata since 14 July 2014. He has a Ph.D in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He holds the position of Associated Cement Companies Chair Professor in International Business and Finance at IMI. He is the Editor of the journal Global Business Review.
Arindam Banik has authored a number of books and published numerous articles in journals of eminence across the world. He has also presented papers at national and international conferences. His area of interest includes all domains of economics viz. development economics, business economics, managerial economics and the like. He has been an active member of many professional societies such as the Asia Pacific Economic Association, Bengal Economic Association, Indian Economic Association and Euro-Asia Management Studies Association.
Education
Arindam Banik completed his B.Sc and M.Sc in Economics from University of Jahangirnagar, Dhaka. Commencing a career as a Junior Executive at American Express Bank, Dhaka in 1982, he gradually developed an inclination towards academics and decided to pursue higher studies. In 1993, he was awarded Ph.D from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. In pursuit of his interest in the field of economics, he worked towards expanding his research experience.Service
Teaching
Arindam Banik has been with IMI for more than two decades. He is an Affiliated Professor at Centrum Graduate Business School, Ponficia UNIVERSIDAD CATO`LICA DEL PERU.He has also been a lecturer in Economics at the University of West Indies, Cavehill Campus, Barbados.
Research
Professor Banik's research areas of interest include International Trade and Services, Global Financial Imbalance, Structure and Organisation of Financial Markets and Payment Systems, Technology Transfer and Strategic Analysis of Markets and Economics, Corporate Governance, Financial Sector Reforms and Economic Growth, International Finance and many more.Books
Selected Publications- Trade in Health Services in South Asia : An Examination of the Need for Regional Cooperation.
- Towards A Common Future: Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- New Technology and Land Elevations- Small Farms in Bangladesh, 1998, University Press Limited, Dhaka.
- Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean - Trends Assessments and Determinants,, 2006, Palgrave-Macmillan's Global Academic Publishing, Macmillan publishers Limited, London.
- Corporate Governance, Responsibility and Sustainability Initiatives in Emerging Economies, 2015, Palgrave-Macmillan's Global Academic Publishing, Macmillan Publishers Limited, London.
Journals
- Why Do COVID-19 Fatality Rates Differ Across Countries? An Explorative Cross-country Study Based on Select Indicators, Global Business Review, May 2020. The study has also been quoted in leading newspaper dailies like Times of India; Hindustan Times; The Economic Times; Deccan Herald; Outlook, 8 May, 2020.
- Key Factors of Disruptive Innovation in Aerospace and Defence, Global Business Review, December 2019.
- Disruptive Innovation in Aerospace and Defense in Indian MSME, Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning, February 2020.
- Disruptive Innovation in Indian Aerospace and Defence Industry, Studies in Microeconomics, November 2019.
- Measuring the Barriers to Trade in Financial Services in BRICS Economies: Commitments and Current Practices under the General Agreement on Trade in Services , Global Business Review, March 2019.
- The Effects of Exogenous Technological Change on Wage Inequality in Rural India, Global Business Review, Vol. 16, 2018.
- Poverty and Earning Compulsions for the Family have Pushed Children out of Schools: A Study in Dropouts in Basic Education Level in Tribal Areas of North-East India, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 42, 2015.
- Índia em transformação: o novo crescimento econômico e as perspectivas pós-crises, Revista de Sociologia e Politica, Vol. 22, Curitiba, 2014.
- Assessing the Barriers to Trade in Services in South Asia, Global Business Review, Vol.15, pp. 795–814, 2014.
- Role of Knowledge in Supporting Growth across Indian States: A Co-integration and Causality Approach,, Modern Economy, Vol.3, pp. 345–353, 2012.
- Alternate Explanations of FDI Inflows in the Caribbean: The Evidence So Far, Management Perspectives, Vol.1, pp. 2–12, 2009.
- Rigidities restraining movement of a rural artisan from poor to non poor state: AN empirical investigation of an Indian poverty reduction programme, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 37, Issue 1, January 2010.
- Exogenous Technological Change and Wage Inequality in Rural India: A Theoretical Note,, International Journal of Social Economics, Part II, Vol. 34, pp. 735–740, 2007.
- Project Management and Development of Human Capital in the Caribbean: Three Case Studies,, Management Decision, Vol.44, pp. 1076–1089, 2006.
- Supporting the Poor but Skilled Artisans by Making Assets Available to Them-An Empirical Investigation in Rural India,, Journal of International Development, Vol.15, pp. 45–66, 2005.
- FDI Inflows in the Caribbean: A Neighborhood Based Analysis,, Journal of Global Awareness, Vol. 6, pp. 60–74, 2005.
- Explaining FDI Inflows to India, China and the Caribbean, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, July 2004.
- Evolution of Rural Informal Financial Institutions in South Asia, Savings and Development, Vol.27, pp. 361–375, 2003.
- Project Management in the Caribbean: A Case Study Approach, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.37, September 2002.
- Private Capital Inflows to the Caribbean:Trends, Assessments and Determinants, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.36, July 2001.
- Regional Trade and Investment-Case of SAARC, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.32 November, 1997
- Farm Size, Factor Productivity and Returns to Scale under Different Types of Water Management, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.29 November, 1994
- Technical Efficiency of Irrigated Farms in a Village of Bangladesh, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.49, 1994.
- Structure of the Credit Market and its Link with the Other Markets: An Analysis of Village Survey Data in Bangladesh, Indian Economic Review, Vol. 28, pp. 55–77, 1993.
- Changes in the Agrarian Structure in Bangladesh: 1960-1984, The Bangladesh Development Studies, Vol. 17, pp. 55–65, 1990.
Newspaper Publications
- What India can learn from global rankings such as THE, QS and Shanghai Rankings, The Economic Times, 9 May 2018.
- Why policymakers should not use fiscal deficit as a guide to public policy, 20 April 2018.
- Independent, not free, Indian Express, 15 April 2009.
- The Land Illusion, The Indian Express, 27 Jul 2009.
- Loan waiver and agricultural investment,, The Hindu Business Line, 28 March 2008.
- Changing Face of Entrepreneurship, Post Liberalization, The Hindu Business Line, 9 May 2007.
- Low Growth to Prosperity, The Daily Star, 3 January 2004.
- Indian North-east: Overcoming Isolation, 3 April 2010.
- Oxfam reports growing inequality in India, quality education is the best way to reverse this trend, Times of India, February 2, 2018.