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