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Amita Batra

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Amita Batra
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Room No
34
Off. Phone
011-2673877
Email
amitabatra@mail.jnu.ac.in , batraamita@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

* Ph.D. (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India.
* M.Phil. (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India.
* M.A. (Economics), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India
* B.A. (Honours-Economics), Hindu College, University of Delhi, India 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

International Trade and Finance, Regional Economic Integration with a special focus on South Asia/ Asia, Gravity model, Trade and conflict, Time series modelling.  

Experience

22 years

Awards & Honours

Visiting Professor, ICCR Chair (first holder) at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, January – May, 2013.
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) - Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPX), Term III, September -November 2008

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

* Asian Economic Integration and Sub Regionalism: A Case Study of BIMSTEC, International Studies (Sage) Vol. 47, No. 1, 2010.
* “Fuel Pricing Policy Reform in India: Implications and Way Forward”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.44 No. 29 July 18 - July 24, 2009. (co-authored)
* “The Structure of Comparative Advantage of China and India: Global and Regional Dynamics”, China &World Economy (Blackwell) Vol.15. No. 6 November 15, 2007.
* “Asian Economic Integration - ASEAN+3+1 or ASEAN+1s?”, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, August 2007, Vol.24, No.2.
* “South Asia’s Free Trade Agreement: Strategies and Options”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLII, No.38, September 22-28, 2007.  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

* Regional Economic Integration in South Asia: Trapped in Conflict? London: Routledge, 2012, December.
* Preferential Trading Agreements in Asia - Towards an Asian Economic Community (edited) 2008. Publisher: Academic Foundation.
* India and the Asian Corridor, published by Samsung Economic Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, 2007 –E-Book (co-authored with Park Bun Soon and Toh Mun Heng).