Amiya Kumar Bagchi is a renowned economist and historian. He has taught and researched at Presidency College, Calcutta, University of Cambridge, University of Calcutta, Cornell University, USA, University of Bristol, UK, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, Roskilde University, Denmark and University of Naples, Italy. Formerly the Director of Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta he is RBI Professor of Economics at the Centre for Studies for Studies in Social Sciences in Calcutta.