Sankar Kumar BhaumikSankar Kumar Bhaumik is the Director of Patliputra School of Economics. He has vast experience of teaching and research spanning over four decades. Prior to joining the Patliputra School of Economics, he served the Departments of Economics of Calcutta University (22 years), Vidyasagar University (9 years) and Central University of South Bihar (3.5 years). He became Professor and Head of Economics Department of Calcutta University, and Professor and Head of Economics Department and Dean of Social Sciences at the Central University of South Bihar. He also served as Director of the Institute of Development Studies in Jaipur. His fields of specialization are econometrics, economics of agriculture, Indian economic development and research methodology. Besides teaching these papers to the postgraduate and PhD students, he has done extensive research in the areas of agrarian relations, agricultural development, rural credit, and globalization and employment. His book publications include Principles of Econometrics: A Modern Approach Using EViews, Reforming Indian Agriculture: Towards Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction, and Tenancy Relations and Agrarian Development: A Study of West Bengal. He has to his credit 35 papers published in refereed journals/edited books. He has so far completed 5 research projects and supervised 14 PhD theses (all awarded) and 11 MPhil dissertations (all awarded). Read More Read Less