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Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Amiya Kumar Bagchi is the founder Director and Professor of Economics, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata. He was formerly Reserve Bank of India Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. His books on finance and investment include Private Investment in India 1900–1939 (1972); The Evolution of the State Bank of India, Vol. I: The Roots 1806–1876 (2006) and Vol. II: The Era of the Presidency Banks and the Indian Economy 1876–1914 (1989). He also edited Money and Credit in Indian History: From Early Medieval Times (2002).

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