Amit Shovon Ray | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Amit Shovon Ray

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for the Study of the World Economy

School of International Studies

Room No

202, SIS-II

Off. Phone

91-11-26704590/26704389

asray@jnu.ac.in, amit.shovon.ray@gmail.com

Personal files

Bio and CV

Qualifications

D.PHIL. in Economics (University of Oxford)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

* Economic Development
* Technology, R&D, Innovations
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Pharmaceutical Industry
* International Trade and WTO
* Health Economics

Experience

PROFESSOR
* Jawaharlal Nehru University (w.e.f. January 2000)
READER
* Jawaharlal Nehru University
* University Of Calcutta
* Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
RESEARCH FACULTY
* Oxford University Institute of Economics And Statistics, Oxford
* International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC
* Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
LECTURER (PART TIME)
* Mansfield College, Oxford
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS (On leave from JNU)
* Director, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (2013-2016)

* Chair Professor of Trade Technology and Competitiveness, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (2008-2010)

Awards & Honours

* Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, London

International Collaboration/Consultancy

* University of Essex, UK
* The World Bank
* ANRS (French National Agency For Aids And Viral Hepatitis Research)
* IRD (Institute For Research In Development) Marseille (France)
* FIOCRUZ (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), Rio-De-Janeiro (Brazil)
* IEEI (Instituto de Estudos Econômicos Internacionais), Sao Paulo (Brazil)
* UNCTAD

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Demystifying the Economics of Technology: Perspectives on Development with reflections from India, (South Asia Edition) Social Science Press and Orient Blackswan: New Delhi 2024.
What is Economic Development? A Comparative Performance of Indian States, Routledge: London and New York (Global Edition) and Social Science Press: New Delhi, (South Asia Edition), 2019. (with Manmohan Agarwal and M Parameswaran)
"University Research and Knowledge Transfer: A Dynamic View of Ambidexterity in British Universities", Research Policy, Vol 46 (5), 2017, (with Abhijit Sengupta)
“Choice of Structure, Business Model, and Portfolio: Organisational models of Knowledge Transfer Offices in British Universities,” British Journal of Management, Vol 28 (4), 2017. (with Abhijit Sengupta)
"Exporting through Technological Capability: Econometric Evidence from Indian Pharmaceutical and Electronics/Electrical Firms", Oxford Development Studies, Vol 32 (1) 2004. (with Saradindu Bhaduri)
"The Determinants and Promotion of South-South Trade in Manufactured Products", in V.Ventura-Dias (ed.), South-South Trade: Trends, Issues and Obstacles to its Growth, Praeger: New York, 1989. (with Sanjaya Lall)

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

“Knowledge Exchange under Asymmetric Information in Emerging Economies: Impact of Signals from Indian Universities”, Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol 31 (1), 2022, (with A. Sengupta)
“Dynamism and Performance of Indigenous Entrepreneurs: Role of tribal culture and failure of policy incentives in Mizoram (India)”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol 41 (1), 2020, (with Shailaja S. Thakur)

Patents (if any)

N/A