Research Areas:

International Trade, special focus on Trade in Services (Health, Business Process Outsourcing, Migration), WTO, Regional Trade, Services and Development

 

Selected recent Consulting/Research Projects:

"Services in Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements", for World Trade Institute, Berne, 2010-11

 "India-UK Prospects for Medical Tourism and Telemedicine", in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, funded by UKIERI, British Council, 2009-11

"Prospects for a Services Agreement in South Asia: Trade, Investment, and Development Issues", for UNDP office, Colombo and Bangkok, 2008-10

"India-EU Trade in IT-ITES" and "India-EU Trade in Health Services" for the Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India and ICRIER, 2007-08

Role of the Skilled South Asian Diaspora in Source Economies", for the Institute of South Asian Studies - National University of Singapore (NUS), 2007-08

"Bilateral, Regional, and Unilateral Initiatives covering Low and Semi-Skilled Labour Mobility- Implications for the GATS Mode 4 Negotiations", for the UNDP office, Geneva

"Foreign Investment in Hospitals in India: Status and Implications", for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and, October 2007 WHO Country Office, India

 

Current Projects:

"Strengthening regulatory frameworks and enhancing capacity in  India's legal and accountancy services sectors: A roadmap for reforms", sponsored by British High Commission, New Delhi, since 2011

"India-EU Migration", in collaboration with European University Institute, Florence, Maastricht University, and the Indian Council for Overseas Employment, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Govt of India, since 2011

"Exchange Rates and Trade Competitiveness in India",  (with Prof. Anubha Dhasmana), funded by IIMB, since 2010

 

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 1999- present
Visiting Faculty, IIM Bangalore, 1997-1999
Visiting Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi, April-May 2004

 

Recent Administrative Positions at IIMB:

Member, Board of Governors, IIMB, 2008-11

Chairperson, Economics and Social Sciences Area, IIMB, 2007-11

Member, Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee, 2008-11

 

Previous Work Experience:

Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, September 1994-December 1996

 

Awards:

Dewang Mehta Best Economics Teacher, 2010
Research Chair, IIM Bangalore, 2005-2007
ICFAI Best Teacher Award, Association of Indian Management Schools, 2006
President's Fellow, Columbia University, 1990-94
Faculty Fellow, Columbia University, 1989-90
Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University (Top 10 percent), 1989
Magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1989
Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University, 1988
Elizabeth Gary Agassiz Award, Harvard University, 1987-89
Governor's Committee on Scholastic Achievement, New York State, 1986
US Presidential Award for Academic Fitness, 1986

 

Professional Leadership:
Member, Sub-committee on Internationalization of Higher Education, Planning Commission, 2011

Member, Advisory Group for Bangalore School of Economics, 2011

Member, Expert group on "Strengthening of institutional mechanism for regular collection and compilation of data on international trade in services", Central Statistical Organization, 2011

Member, Expert Committee, Services Export Promotion Council, Ministry of Commerce (since 2010)

Member, Academic Working Group on India-EU Labour Mobility Cooperation, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, 2009-10

Member, Board of Approval for Special Economic Zones, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, 2007-10

Member, High Level Group on Services, Planning Commission, Government of India, 2007-08

Member, Expert Group on Services, Union Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, 2003-05

 

Corporate Leadership:
Member, CII-Carnegie Group on Indo-US Trade, 2001-02

 

Significant Publications:

Books

- Chanda, R., Services Integration in South Asia: Trade, Investment, and Mobility, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011

- Chanda, R. (ed.), India's Trade in Services: Prospects and Strategies, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi, 2006

- Chanda, R., Globalization of Services: India's Opportunities and Constraints, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002

 

Chapters in Books/Reports

- Chanda, R., "Services-Led Growth", in Oxford Economics Companion to India, (eds.) Kaushik Basu and A. Maertens, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011, pp. 624-33

- Chanda, R. and G Sasidaran, "Managing Migration in Asia: Role of Interstate Cooperation", in Migration, Nation States, and International Cooperation, (eds.) Randall Hansen, Jeanette, Money, and Jobst Koehler, Routledge press, 2011, pp. 170-210

- Chanda, R., "Opportunities and Risks in Liberalizing Trade in Services: Case Study of India", in Trade in Services and South Asia, (ed.) Saman Kelegama, Institute for Policy Studies and Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung Colombo, Sage Publishers, New Delhi, 2009, pp. 23-68

- Chanda, contribution on "Skilled Migration and Regional, Bilateral, and Multilateral Agreements" in "Achieving Best Outcomes from Global,, Regional, and Bilateral Cooperation", Chapter 13, World Migration Report: Managing Labour Mobility in the Evolving Global Economy, Vol. 4, International Organization on Migration, World Migration Report Series, Geneva, 2008, pp. 385-88

- Chanda, R. and G. Sasidaran, "GATS and Developments in India's Service Sector", Chapter 7, in India's Liberalization Experience- Hostage to the WTO, (eds.) Suparna Karmakar, Rajiv Kumar, Bibek Debroy, Sage Publishers, New Delhi, March 2008, pp.169-212

- Chanda, R., "Trade Policy and Health Professionals' Movements", in Trade and Health: Seeking Common Ground, (eds.) Chantal Blouin, Jody Heymann, Nick Drager, McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada, December 2007, pp.93-129

- Chanda, R., "Services and India", in The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, (ed.) Kaushik Basu, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006

- Chanda, R., contribution on "Global Outsourcing and Human Development" to chapter on "Selling Services Across Frontiers", in Trade on Human Terms, Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2006, UNDP, Mac Millan India Ltd, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 99-123

- Chanda, R., "Backgrounder: Labour Issues and Global Outsourcing of Services", in Covering Labour, (eds.) Anya Schiffrin and Liza Featherstone, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, New York, 2006, pp. 77-93

- Chanda, R. and N. Sreenivasan, "India's Experience with Skilled Migration", in Competing for Global Talent, (ed.) International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, Geneva, 2006, pp. 215-56

- Chanda, R., "World Trade Organization, Relations with India" in Encyclopedia of India, (ed. in chief) Stanley Wolpert, Thomson Gale publishers, Vol. 4, 2005, pp. 245-249

- Chanda, R. and R. Smith, "Trade in Health Services and GATS: A Framework for Policy Makers", in International Trade in Health and the GATS: Current Issues and Debates, (eds.) Blouin, Drager, Smith, World Bank, Washington, DC, September 2005, pp. 245-304

- Chanda, R. "Trade in Services and South Asia: An Aggressive Agenda", in South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development, (ed.) CENTAD, New Concept Information Systems, New Delhi, 2005, pp.105-208

- Chanda, R., "Trade in Health Services" in Trade in Health Services: Global, Regional, and Country Perspectives, (eds.) Nick Drager and Cesar Vieira, Pan American Health Organization, Program on Public Policy and Health, WHO, Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 35-44

- Chanda, R., "Movement of Natural Persons and the GATS: Major Trade Policy Impediments" in Development, Trade, and the WTO: A Handbook, (eds.) B. Hoekman, A. Mattoo, and P. English, World Bank, Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 304-14

- Chanda, R., "Movement of Natural Persons", Chapter 5 in Services Trade Liberalization and Facilitation, (eds.) Sherry Stephenson and Christopher Findlay, Asia-Pacific Press, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2002, pp. 58-88

- Chanda, R. and R. Datta, "Policies and Strategies of International Organizations in Combating Child Labour: A Win-Win Analysis", in Handbook of Global Economic Policy, (ed.) Stuart Nagel, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, March 2000

- Chanda, R., N. Kirmani, and C. Shiells, "The Uruguay Round and International Trade in Textiles and Clothing" in Uruguay Round and the Arab Countries, (ed.) Said el-Naggar, IMF 1996. Presented at the Arab Fund Seminar, Kuwait, January 1995

 

Journal Articles
- Martinez-Alvarez, M. , R. Chanda, and R. Smith, "Medical tourism: a review of the literature and analysis of a role for bi-lateral trade", Health Policy, 201 (103),  276- 282

- Martinez-Alvarez, M., R. Chanda, and R. Smith, "How is Telemedicine perceived? A qualitative study of perspectives from the UK and India", Globalization and Health 2011, 7:17, doi:10.1186/1744-8603-7-17, http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/17

- Martinez-Alvarez, M., R. Chanda, and R. Smith, "The potential for bi-lateral agreements in medical tourism: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives from the UK and India", Globalization and Health, 2011, 7:11, , doi:10.1186/1744-8603-7-11, http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/11

- Chanda, R., "India-EU Relations in Health Services: Prospects and Challenges", Globalization and Health 2011, 7:1, doi:10.1186/1744-8603-7-1, http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/1

- Chanda, R., "Constraints to FDI in Hospital Services in India", in Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, Vol. 1, No. 1, World Scientific Publishers, 2010, pp. 121-43

- Chanda, R., "Mobility of Less Skilled Workers under Bilateral Agreements: Lessons for the GATS Mode 4 Negotiations", Journal of World Trade, 43:3, Kluwer Law Publishers, 2009, pp. 479-506

- Chanda, R. and G. Sasidaran, "Understanding India's Regional Initiatives with East and Southeast Asia", Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Blackwell Publishers, May 2009, pp. 66-78

- Smith, R., R. Chanda, and V. Tangcharoensathien, "Trade in health-related services", Trade and Health Series, The Lancet, Elsevier Publishers, UK, January 2009, pp. 29-37

- Chanda, R., "India and Services Outsourcing in Asia", Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, World Scientific Publishers, 2008, pp. 419-447

- Chanda, R., "Impact of Foreign Investment in Hospitals: Case Study of India", Harvard Health Policy Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, Fall 2007, pp. 121-140

- Commander, R. Chanda, M. Kangasniemi, and A. Winters, "The consequences of Globalization: India's Software industry and Cross Border Labour Mobility", World Economy, Vol. 31, No. 2, Blackwell Publishers , February 2008, pp. 187-211.

- Chanda, R., "Plurilateral Negotiations in Services and their Implications", Global Social Policy Journal, GSP Forum, Volume 6, No. 2, Sage Publications, August 2006, pp. 138-141

- Chanda, R., "Social Services and the GATS: Key Issues and Concerns", World Development, Vol. 31, Number 12, Elsevier Publishers, December 2003, pp. 1997-2012

- Chanda, R., "Trade in Health Services", Bulletin of the World Health Organization, The International Journal of Public Health, Volume 80, Number 2, (special theme issue on the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health), World Health Organization, 2002, pp. 158-63.

- Chanda, R., "Movement of Natural Persons and the GATS", World Economy, Vol. 24, No. 5, Oxford Blackwell Publishers, May 2001, pp. 631-654

- Chanda, R., "Child Labour and the Social Clause Debate", Focus WTO, Issue on Social Clause, Vol. 1, No. 5, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, January-February 2000

- Chanda, R., "Child Labour and International Trade: Overview and Implications", Social Change, Special 1998 issue on Child Labour: Initiatives and Global Perspectives, Vol. 27, Nos. 3&4, Sept.-Dec. 1998.

 

Selected Reports, Working Papers, Discussion Paper
- Chanda, R., "Migration between South and Southeast Asia: overview of Trends and Issues", Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) Working Paper No. 140, National University of Singapore, February 2012

- Chanda, R., "Migration between South and Southeast Asia: Role of Interstate Cooperation", Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Working Paper No. 141, National University of Singapore, forthcoming 2012

- Chanda, R., Prospects for a Services Agreement in South Asia: Trade, Investment, and Development Issues", UNDP, Bangkok, 2011

- Chanda, R., "Impact of Services Trade Liberalization on Employment and People Movement in South Asia", Discussion Paper No. 339, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, December 2011

- Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, "Service Sector Liberalization in India: Key Lessons and Challenges", Occasional Paper No. 88, Economic Diplomacy Programme, South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2011

- Chanda, R., "Mapping the Universe of Services Disciplines in Asian PTAs", Working Paper No 2011/33, NCCR Trade Regulation, World Trade Institute, Berne, May 2011

- Chanda R., 'Global Economic Crisis and Protectionism in Services for India's IT-ITeS Exports and the GATS', ICRIER Policy Brief, September 2009, Vol 1 No 1

- Chanda, R. and G. Sasidaran, "Understanding India's Regional Initiatives within Asia", Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) Working Paper No. 48, National University of Singapore, August 15, 2008.

- Chanda, R., "Services Trade and Domestic Regulation: Issues for Developing Countries", Trade Hot Topics, Issue No. 49, Commonwealth Secretariat, July 2008.

- Chanda, R., "Services Trade and Investment Liberalisation, and Domestic Regulation - A Summary of Six Country Case Studies", prepared for Consumer Unity Trust Society, CUTS International, Monograph 2/2008

- Chanda, R., "The Skilled South Asian Diaspora and its Role in Source Economies", Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) Working Paper No.34, National University of Singapore, January 22, 2008 http://www.isasnus.org/events/workingpapers/33.pdf

- Chanda, R., "Foreign Investment in Hospitals in India: Status and Implications", prepared for the WHO Country Office, India and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, September 2007

- Chanda, R., "Intermodal Linkages in Services Trade", OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 30, Paris, 27 January 2006

- Chanda, R., "Trade in Financial Services: India's Opportunities and Constraints", Working Paper No. 152, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, January 2005

- Commander, S., R. Chanda, M. Kangasniemi, and A. Winters, "Must Skilled Migration be a Brain Drain? Evidence from the Indian Software Industry?", IZA Discussion Paper Number 1422, Institute for the Study of Labour, Bonn, December 2004

 

Selected Popular Publications
- Chanda, R., "Take-away from the Ohio outsourcing ban", in East Asia Forum, October 7, 2010 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/10/07/india-ohio-outsourcing-ban/ and reprinted in YaleGlobal, http://www.yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/india-ohio-outsourcing-ban

- Chanda, R., "Is remanufacturing a threat or an opportunity?" in Economic Times, Face-Off, August 25, 2010, p. 12

- Chanda, R, "Rationale for Integrating Services under SAFTA", Trade Insight, Vol. 6, No.1, Kathmandu, April 2010, pp. 14-17

- Chanda, R., "The Implications of Doha Round collapse", invited column in Economic Times debate section, Tuesday, August 1, 2006, p.11

- Chanda, R., "Post Doha failure, playing the blame game", The Financial Express, Monday, July 31, 2006, p.6

- Chanda, R., "Plurilateral Negotiations in Services: What Price?", The Financial Express, Tuesday, January 10, 2006, p.7

- Chanda, R., "Offer LDCs liberal access to Indian market?", invited column in Economic Times debate section, Tuesday, December 27, 2005

- Chanda, R., "Benefits and Synergies under Indo-Singapore CECA", in Singapore Diplomatist Supplement, LB Associates Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 2005, pp. 20-22

- Chanda, R., "A Win-Win Situation in services sector", The Financial Express, Wednesday, July 13, 2005

- Chanda, R., "Globalization of Health Care Services", The Financial Express, Wednesday, June 15, 2005, p.6

- Chanda, R., "Spreading the Benefits of BPO Growth", The Financial Express, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, p.6

- Chanda, R., "On Winning the 'Brain Gain' Game", The Financial Express, Tuesday, March 8, 2005, p.7

- Chanda, R., "The Competition for Global Talent", The Financial Express, Tuesday, February 8, 2005, p. 7

- Chanda, R., "India Cannot Grow by Services Alone", The Financial Express, Tuesday, January 11, 2005, p. 7

- Chanda, R., "Concerns of Opening up Higher Education", The Financial Express, Tuesday, December 14, 2004, p.7

- Chanda, R., "Use GATS Talks to Reform Domestic Economy", FE Insight, The Financial Express, Friday, October 8, 2004, p.7

- Chanda, R., "Did we gain anything significant at WTO?", invited column in Economic Times debate section, Tuesday, August 10, 2004

- Chanda, R., "Will new US law on outsourcing affect India?", invited column in Economic Times debate section, Tuesday, February 4, 2004, p. 7

- Chanda, R., "Should Indian Professionals Fear WTO?", invited column in Economic Times debate section, Tuesday, July 29, 2003, p.7

- Chanda, R., "WTO Negotiations on Trade in Services: The Indian Perspective", MonthlyEconomic Digest, Vol. XXXII No: 6, Maharashtra Economic Development Council April 2003, pp. 6-9