Ram Upendra Das

Ram Upendra Das
Born (1967-11-18) 18 November 1967 (age 57)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
SpouseAnuradha Das
Academic career
FieldDevelopment economics International economics
School or
tradition		Economist
Alma materJawaharlal Nehru University,
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics,
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University

Ram Upendra Das (born 18 November 1967 – 25 February 2024) was an Indian economist[1][2][3] and author.[4][5] He was appointed as the first Head of the Centre for Regional Trade, a newly established institute of the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, as a recognition to his valuable contribution to India's economic engagements with different regions and the world. He was until recently professor[6][7] at think tank Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)[8] in New Delhi. He has served as a member of various high-level expert groups; he contributed towards drafting the SAFTA Treaty and the SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services (SATIS) and India's economic agreements with other countries and regions such as the ASEAN.

Early life and education

He was born in Gorakhpur, eastern Uttar Pradesh, in north India where he received his early education under the guidance of his parents. His father Dr. R.J Das, a scholar, writer and teacher of English literature[9][10][11][12] was also born in Gorakhpur, eastern Uttar Pradesh, in north India, and he retired as a principal of a postgraduate college and his mother S.J. Srivastava, who did masters in Hindi literature, is from Deoria, also in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

He is alumnus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He obtained his PhD (Economics) and M.Phil. (Economics) degrees from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and M.A. (Economics) from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He received the National Merit Scholarship (1982); State Inter-Merit Scholarship (1982); National Merit Scholarship (1986).

He was married to Anuradha Das,[13] a singer and media personality.

Career

He drafted the SAFTA and SATIS Agreements, served in the expert group meetings on the subject and conducted the studies on "SAARC Regional Study on Potential for Trade in Services under SAFTA"[14] (2009) and "Development of an Institutional Framework for Data Collection on Trade in Services". This was conducted as a lead consultant of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the SAARC Secretariat for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This work directly contributed to the policy-making of regional economic integration under SAARC monitored by the SAARC Commerce Ministers and Central Bank.[15] He was a member of the Track II Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia (CEPEA)[16] which was adopted at Fourth East Asia Summit by the highest level (Presidents/ Prime Ministers) Heads of States/ Governments of 16 countries including Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. This led to mega regional grouping viz the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)[17] among the 16 Countries. He also contributed to the report between India and Thailand on "A Feasibility Study on a Free Trade Agreement between India and Thailand".[18] He has been panelist at various international business ties.[19] He is involved in various fields of regional and global economic issues including exchange rate,[1][20] South Asian economic integration,[21][22][23][24][25] WTO,[26][27] G20,[28][29] India-Asean,[30][31][32] Trade in Services,[30] India-Japan[33] and India-Pakistan.[2][34][35][36] In 2015 he put forth a new framework of regional economic integration for 'peace-creating prosperity'[37] which was presented at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City[38]

Achievements and honors

He is an alumnus of the Programme Presidential Friends of Indonesia held in 2009.[39] He participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on US Trade Policy organized by the US Department of State at Washington DC, New York City, Minneapolis, Seattle and Chicago in 2006. In 2005, he received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Minister of Planning and Development, Government of Maldives, for capacity building on macroeconomic forecasting (sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat) for the Maldivian Government Officers in Male. He has been Honorary Fellow, Academy for World Watch, Shanghai and Visiting Faculty, Birla Institute of Management Technology,[40] among others. He was recently made a non-resident senior fellow at the Hazar Strategy Institute, Istanbul.[41]

Selected works

He has published numerous books and papers relevant to policy-discourse.

Books and reports

  • 2016, Enhancing India-Myanmar Border Trade: Policy and Implementation Measures, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and RIS[42]
  • 2015, India's Strategy for Economic Integration with CLMV. Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, 2015.[43]
  • 2012, Regional Trade and Economic Integration: Analytical Insights and Policy Options, New York Singapore: World Scientific (co-authored with Piyadasa Edisuriya and Anoop Swarup).[4]
  • 2011, Perspectives on Rules of Origin, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan (co-authored with R S Ratna)[5]
  • 2009, Potential for Trade in Services under SAFTA Agreement New Delhi: RIS. (co-authored with Nagesh Kumar and Prabir De)
  • 2005, Trade, Technology and Growth: On Analysis and Policies for Developing Countries, New Delhi: Bookwell[44]

Papers

  • 2014, Ram Upendra Das, 'Mechanics of intra-industry trade and FTA implications for India' Economic policy Forum'[45]
  • 2013, Ram Upendra Das, 'Economic Integration in the "HEART OF ASIA"South Asia-Central Asia linkages[46]
  • 2012, Ram Upendra Das, 'Regional Economic Integration in Central Asia' for ESCAP[47]
  • 2012, 'Impact of trade and investment liberalization on productivity in organized manufacturing in India', Shujiro Urata, Hee Hahn Chin, Dionisius Narjoko (eds.), Economic Consequences of Globalization: Evidence from East Asia, April, New York and UK: Routledge.[48]
  • 2011, Regional Integration and Cooperation in Asia—An Indian Perspective, Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Vol. 3 No. 3. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Washington DC: SAGE[49]
  • 2011, 'Regional Trade-FDI- Poverty Alleviation Linkages – Some Analytical and Empirical Explorations' in Ulrich Volz (ed.) (2011), Regional Integration, Economic Development and Global Governance, USA and UK: Edward Elgar[50]
  • 2009, "Imperatives of Regional Economic Integration in Asia in the Context of Developmental Asymmetries: Some Policy Suggestions." ADBI Working Paper 172, Tokyo: ADBI[51]

References

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  2. ^ a b "India, Pakistan Resume Commercial Air Links – 2004-01-01". Voice of America. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ "SAARC Khabar – RIS Prof.Ram Upendra Das". 27 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ a b Das, Ram Upendra; Edirisuriya, Piyadasa; Swarup, Anoop (2012). Regional Trade and Economic Integration. doi:10.1142/8319. ISBN 978-981-4374-60-6.
  5. ^ a b "Perspectives on Rules of Origin – Ram Upendra Das – Rajan Sudesh Ratna – Palgrave Macmillan". Palgrave.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Commerce Secretary Ms. Rita Teaotia Launches Report on "India's Strategy for Economic Integration with CLMV"". Pib.nic.in. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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  8. ^ "Commerce Ministry to soon seek cabinet's nod for Rs 500 crore CLMV fund". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Archive 4". Josephconrad.org. 12 September 1972. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  10. ^ Das, Ram Jiwan (1980). Joseph Conrad: A Study in Existential Vision. Associated Publishing House. ISBN 978-0391019157.
  11. ^ "Dr. R.J. Das Books, Related Products (DVD, CD, Apparel), Pictures, Bibliography, Biography, Community Discussions and more at the Dr. R.J. Das Store". Amazon.com. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  12. ^ Roussel, Roy (1981). "Reviewed work: Conrad: "Almayer's Folly" to "Under Western Eyes.", Daniel R. Schwarz; Thorns and Arabesques: Contexts for Conrad's Fiction., William W. Bonney; Joseph Conrad: A Study in Existential Vision., R. J. Das". Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 36 (2): 249–252. doi:10.2307/3044891. JSTOR 3044891.
  13. ^ Das, Anuradha. "Anuradha Das". Retrieved 23 December 2015 – via YouTube.
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  19. ^ Kitazume, Takashi. "Japan urged to beef up business ties with India". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  20. ^ "[Streaming Full Video] Dr Ram Upendra Das Indian Rupee Depreciation Dd News". Themoviebible.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  21. ^ "South Asian economic union Video". Profit.ndtv.com. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  22. ^ Seth, Dilasha (26 May 2014). "Unilateral entry to Bangladeshi vehicles to ease cross-border trade – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  23. ^ Dilasha Seth. "Narendra Modi's foreign policy to strengthen SAARC ties – timesofindia-economictimes". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  24. ^ "India may allow entry to freight vehicles from Bangladesh – South Asia – South Asian Free Media Association". Southasianmedia.net. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  25. ^ "Narendra Modi government now wants a SAARC bank". timesofindia-economictimes. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  26. ^ "Forbes India Magazine – World Talking Organization". forbesindia.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  27. ^ "Is India being dogmatic at Bali?". The Financial Express. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  28. ^ 2015 G20 Tink Tank Summit economic-policy-forum.org [dead link‍]
  29. ^ T20 Workshop Program tepav.org.tr
  30. ^ a b "Myths about India dominating south-east Asian bloc in services need to be busted". timesofindia-economictimes. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  31. ^ Sen, Amiti. "India looks for last-mile gains on services pact with Asean". Business Line. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  32. ^ "You are being redirected". Asean.org. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  33. ^ Das, Ram Upendra (25 January 2014), India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA): Some Implications for East Asian Economic Regionalism and RCEP, Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network, SSRN 2429234
  34. ^ "ICRIER: India-Pakistan Trade". indiapakistantrade.org. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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  36. ^ "Can improved policies boost Indo-Pak trade? Video – NDTV". profit.ndtv.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  37. ^ "Boost economic activity in Asia-Pacific: Economist". 20 December 2015.
  38. ^ "UN Web TV". 11 July 2023.
  39. ^ "Friends of Indonesia". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  40. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  41. ^ Uzmanlar[usurped] hazar.org [dead link‍]
  42. ^ Enhancing India Myanmar Border Trade Report ris.org.in [dead link‍]
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  44. ^ "Welcome to Bookwellindia". bookwellindia.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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  48. ^ Urata, Shujiro (2012). Economic Consequences of Globalization. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9780203124833. ISBN 9780203124833.
  49. ^ Das, Ram Upendra; Vasudev, C. M.; Gupta, Madhukar (1 December 2011). "Regional Integration and Cooperation in Asia—An Indian Perspective". Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies. 3 (3): 373–394. doi:10.1177/097491011100300306. S2CID 154300700.
  50. ^ "Regional Integration, Economic Development and Global Governance". e-elgar.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  51. ^ "Imperatives of Regional Economic Integration in Asia in the Context of Developmental Asymmetries: Some Policy Suggestions". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2014.