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==Education==
==Education==
After an M.A. in Economics from Rajasthan University, Jaipur (India), Rakesh Basant obtained a M.Phil. in Applied Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India), in 1981. He eventually completed his PhD. in Economics from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, in 1990, with a thesis entitled "Technology Diffusion in an Agrarian Economy: A Study of Agro Mechanical Technology in Gujarat.<ref>http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty-and-research/faculty-profile.html&user_id=8</ref>
After an M.A. in Economics from Rajasthan University, Jaipur (India), Rakesh Basant obtained a M.Phil. in Applied Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India), in 1981. He eventually completed his PhD. in Economics from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, in 1990, with a thesis entitled "Technology Diffusion in an Agrarian Economy: A Study of Agro Mechanical Technology in Gujarat".<ref>http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty-and-research/faculty-profile.html&user_id=8</ref>


==Professional life==
==Professional life==

Revision as of 02:10, 26 September 2018

Rakesh Basant
Professor
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Prof. Rakesh Basant is an Indian economist and Professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He was formerly a consultant with World Bank.[1] Currently, he heads the Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad along with Sanjeev Bikhchandani.[2]

Education

After an M.A. in Economics from Rajasthan University, Jaipur (India), Rakesh Basant obtained a M.Phil. in Applied Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India), in 1981. He eventually completed his PhD. in Economics from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, in 1990, with a thesis entitled "Technology Diffusion in an Agrarian Economy: A Study of Agro Mechanical Technology in Gujarat".[3]

Professional life

Basant has been Professor of Economics at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He was among the 3 people considered for the position of Director for the institute.[4][5]

Basant is member of Sachar Committee, wherein he has expressed views against the disregard for committee's terms and references.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~rakesh/
  2. ^ "About". ciieindia.org.
  3. ^ http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty-and-research/faculty-profile.html&user_id=8
  4. ^ "Row in IIM-A board: Ravindra Dholakia out, Rakesh Basant is in". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Harvard Law School professor Ashish Nanda to join as IIM-A Director". timesofindia-economictimes.
  6. ^ "Sachar Committee: A Fraud on Nation". The New Indian Express.