Författare: Atul Sarma

Prof. Atul Sarma is currently Chairman Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati and also Visiting Professor at Institute of Human Development, New Delhi. He was Head and Professor of Economics at Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi and also Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University. He was also ICSSR National Fellow. Prof. Sarma was Member of the Thirteenth Finance Commission. He authored several books and a large number of research papers in reputed national and international journals in the areas of Public finance and policy and Development economics. Dr. Saswati Choudhury is currently Associate Professor Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati. She has co-authored a book Education for Capability: Myth and Reality of School Education with Prof. Indranee Dutta. Other Contributors: Rakhee Bhattacharya is currently Associate Professor at North East India Studies Programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Gorky Chakraborty is currently Associate Professor at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Piti Srisangnam is currently Director of Academic Affairs, ASEAN Studies Center at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Anupama D. Masali is with the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Shankaran Nambiar is a Senior Research Fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). Bhagirathi Panda is currently Professor of Economics at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Ashish Nath is currently Professor at the Department of Economics, Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, India. H.S. Srikanth is currently Professor at the Department of Political Science, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Dr. Fernandes is the founder Director of North Eastern Social Research Centre, Guwahati and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre. Rajib Bhattacharya is a Chevening Fellow and senior journalist in Guwahati. He had been associated with Times Now,  The Telegraph and The Indian Express. Sudhir Devare is former Ambassador and former Secretary Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. He is currently the ‘Ram Sathe Chair’ Professor in International Studies at the Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Munmun Majumdar is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, North Eastern Hill University, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong, India.