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Tirthankar Roy

Indian economist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Tirthankar Roy (born 14 February 1960) is an Indian economic historian and Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics. He is a researcher of the Economic History of South Asia and India, having published over 25 books and numerous articles.[1] His work spans the fields of Economic History, Business History and Social History, particularly studying the effects of British colonialism in India on its economic development.[2][3]

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Roy received an M.A. in Economics from Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India and subsequently his Ph.D. from the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, in 1989.[4][5] Before joining the London School of Economics (LSE), he served as a professor at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, India.[6] He is currently a Professor of Economic History at the LSE. He serves on the editorial boards of internationally recognised journals including the Indian Economic and Social History Review and the Springer Economic History series.

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