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CURRICULUM VITAE OF

RUPA CHANDA _______________________________________________________________________________________

DESIGNATION RBI Chair Professor & Chairperson

Economics and Social Sciences Area

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)

NATIONALITY Indian

GENDER Female

CONTACT ADDRESS Indian Institute of Management

Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560076, India

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EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, USA, 1994

• M. Phil., Columbia University, New York, USA, 1992

• M.A., Columbia University, New York, USA, 1991

• Advanced Bachelors, Harvard University, USA, 1989

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AREAS OF International Trade, Macroeconomics

SPECIALIZATION

RESEARCH Trade in Services (Health, Business Process Outsourcing, Migration),

INTERESTS Multilateral Trading System, Regional Integration, Services Regulation,

Investment

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WORK EXPERIENCE WITH CURRENT EMPLOYER

• Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), Economics and Social Sciences (ESS)

Area, July 2005 - Present

• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Sept 2001 - July 2005

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Feb 1999 - September 2001

• Visiting Faculty (while on leave from IMF), IIM, Bangalore, Jan 1997 - Feb 1999

WORK EXPERIENCE (WITH PREVIOUS/OTHER EMPLOYERS)

• Director, Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia, United Nations Economic and Social

Commission for Asia and the Pacific, New Delhi (on leave from IIMB), April 23-July 19, 2018

• Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC Sept 1994-Dec 1996 (on leave till 1999)

MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND BOARDS (SELECTED)

(complete list provided in Appendix A)

• Member, Expert Advisory Group, International Recruitment of Health Personnel, WHO, Geneva, 2019-20

• Member, Working Group on "Manufacturing, Emerging Industries, Trade, Technology, Services and Skill

• Development" on the National Blue Economy and Sustainable Development, Policy (set up by the

• Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister), 2018-19

• Member, Advisory Committee, National Skills Research Division, National Skills Development Agency,

Govt of India, 2017-18

• Member, FICCI Subgroup for Niti Aayog's Vision and Strategy (2017-24), 2017

• Deputy Editor, Globalization and Health, BioMed Central, 2016-present

• Member, Standing Committee on Services, Central Statistical Organization, 2016-18

• Expert Member, Board of Studies, Gitam Institute of Management, Vizag, 2016-18

• Member, CII Committee on International Trade Policy and Exports, 2015-present

• Member, FICCI National Services Council, 2015-present

• Independent Director, Board of Raichur Power Corporation Ltd, 2015-2018

• Member, Review Committee on the functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005), WHO,

Geneva, 2015-16

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• Member, CII Services Council, 2014-present

• Member, Taskforce on Services Sector Exports, Ministry of Commerce, 2014-present

• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of International Commerce and Economic Policy, World Scientific

Press, 2011-15

• Member, Editorial Board, Migration and Development, Routledge, 2011-14

• Member, Advisory Committee for Bangalore School of Economics (under chairpersonship of Mohandas

Pai and VC Bangalore University), 2011-12

• Member, Sub-committee on Internationalization of Higher Education, Planning Commission, 2011-12

• Area Editor, Journal of Indian Business Research, 2009-13

• Member, Scientific Working Group on India-EU Labour Mobility Cooperation, Ministry of Overseas

Indian Affairs, 2009-11

• Member, Board of Approval for Special Economic Zones, Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India,

2007-11

• Member, High Level Group on Services, Planning Commission, Govt of India, 2007-2008

• Member, Expert Group on Services, Union Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India, 2003 – 2007

• Member, CII-Carnegie Group on Indo-US Trade, 2001 –02

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS (IIMB)

• Chairperson, Economics and Social Sciences Area (2007-11, 2019-present)

• Chairperson, Internal Committee (2017-18)

• Member, Board of Governors, IIMB (2008-11)

• Member, Faculty Development Committee, IIMB (2006-07, 2008-11)

• Member, Admissions Committee, IIMB (2007-10)

• IIMB Review Editorial Board member (2005-07)

• Chairperson, Financial Aid Committee, IIMB (June 2000-March 2002), member (June 1999-May 2000)

• Membership of various institute committees -FPM, Executive MBA, PGP, Library, Research &

Publications committees, EPGP and PGP review committees (between 2004-18)

HONORS, RECOGNITION, AWARDS

• RBI Chair in Economics, IIMB, August 2018-present and Dec 2016-April 2018

• Alumni Award for Best Faculty, IIMB, 2012

• Dewang Mehta Award for Best Economics Teacher, 2010

• Research Chair Award, IIMB, 2005 –07

• 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%), 1989

• Magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1989

• Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University, 1988

• Elizabeth Gary Agassiz Award, Harvard University, 1987–89

• Presidential Award for Academic Fitness, USA,1986

• Governor’s Committee for Scholastic Achievement, New York, 1986

WORK WITH OTHER RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

(As consultant, external researcher, Principal Investigator, collaborator-Indian/international organizations)

International organizations/educational institutions:

Royal Government of Bhutan, UNDP (Geneva, Bangkok, Colombo, Hanoi, New York offices), World Trade

Institute (Berne), European Commission (Brussels), UNCTAD (Geneva), OECD (Paris), South Centre

(Geneva), British High Commission, UK Department of International Trade, DFID, European University

Institute Florence), Maastricht University, Asian Development Bank (Manila), Asian Development Bank

Institute (Tokyo), International Organization for Migration (Geneva), Institute for South Asian Studies-

National University of Singapore, World Health Organization (Geneva), North-South Institute (Ottawa),

London Business School, World Bank (Washington, DC, Dhaka, Delhi), International Labour Organization

(Geneva, New Delhi), Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), London School of Hygiene and Tropical

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Medicine, Peterson Institute for International Economics (Washington, DC), Australian National University

(Canberra), Institute of Policy Studies (Colombo), UNESCAP (Bangkok), Dhaka University, ,South Asia

Watch on Trade, Economics and the Environment (Kathmandu), SAARC Development Fund (Thimphu),

Canadian Institutes for Health Research, WTO (Geneva), Islamic Development Bank

Indian organizations:

Consumer Unity Trust Society (Jaipur), Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

(New Delhi), Centre for Trade and Development (New Delhi), Centre for WTO Studies,-IIFT (New Delhi),

Ministries of Commerce, Health, Finance, Overseas Indian Affairs, Central Statistical Organization-Govt. of

India, Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Planning Commission, National Council

for Applied Economic Research (New Delhi), Indian Council for Migration, CII, FICCI, various universities

(JNU, NUEPA, Jadavpur University, CDS Trivandrum, IGIDR Mumbai)

RESEARCH PROJECTS (ONGOING)

• UK-India Trade in Services: Prospects and Challenges, Department of International Trade, Govt of the

UK, Sept 2019-March 2020 (Principal Investigator, GBP 30,000)

• Study on Services in RCEP, funded by Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India, Dec 2018- March 2020 (PI,

Rs. 20,00,000)

• IT and IT-enabled services trade between India and Japan, India Japan Study Centre, IIMB, April

2019-March 2020 (PI)

COMPLETED FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS (SELECTED)

(complete list of projects provided in Appendix B)

• Regional Harmonization Processes and Health Worker Mobility, WHO, Geneva April-Oct 2019 (PI, USD

12,000)

• Case Study of the SABAH Project, SAARC Development Fund, Thimphu, April-Oct 2019 (PI, Rs.

6,23,630)

• “Lowering Trade Costs and Improving the Business Environment in India: Learning from UK Best

Practices”, British High Commission, India Prosperity Fund, 2016-17 (PI, GBP 75,625)

• “Agreement on Trade Facilitation in Services” for submission by Ministry of Commerce, Government of

India to the WTO, 2016-17 (PI, Rs. 4,60,000)

• “Bilateral Investment Treaties and India’s Investment Regime”, British High Commission, India

Prosperity Fund, New Delhi, 2015 (PI, GBP 81,290)

• “Impact Analysis of India’s Free Trade Agreements”, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of

Finance, Govt. of India, 2014 (PI, Rs.15,05,624)

• “Developing a Knowledge Base on India-EU Migration”, European Commission funded project (in

collaboration with the European University Institute, Maastricht University, and the Indian Council for

Overseas Employment-Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs), 2011-13 (Co-Investigator, Euros 113,320

IIMB share, total grant Euros 1mn across institutions)

• “Strengthening regulatory frameworks and enhancing capacity in India’s legal and accountancy services

sectors: A roadmap for reforms”, funded by the British High Commission, New Delhi, 2011-13 (PI, GBP

79,945)

• “Regional Integration of Services in South Asia: Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges”, for the

South Asia Report, funded by the World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012-13 (PI, USD 15,000)

• “India-UK Prospects for Medical Tourism and Telemedicine”, in collaboration with London School of

Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, funded by UKIERI for Indo-UK joint research study, 2009-11 (Co-

Investigator, GBP 36,356)

• “South Asia’s Trade in Services: A Feasibility Study”, for UNDP Regional Office, Colombo, 2008-

09 (PI, USD 13,000)

• Bilateral, Regional, and Unilateral Initiatives covering Low and Semi-Skilled Labour Mobility-

Implications for the GATS Mode 4 Negotiations”, for the UNDP office, Geneva, 2007-08 (PI, USD

11,000)

• “Foreign Investment in Hospitals in India: Status and Implications”, for the Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare and, October 2007 WHO Country Office, India, 2007-08

• “Trade Policy Coherence and Health Human Resources Planning” under Trade Policy Coherence and

Development project, for WHO, Geneva and The North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada, 2005-06

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• Study on “Implications of Global Outsourcing of Services on Human Development in India, China, and

Philippines”, for UNDP, Regional Office, Colombo, 2004-06 (PI, USD 20,000)

• “GATS and its Implications for Developing Countries”, for UNDP, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs,

New York, 2002-03 (PI, USD 10,000)

• Study on “Trade in Health Services” for the Globalization working group under the Commission on

Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, Geneva, 2001-02

• “Movement of Natural Persons and India’s Trade in Services: Opportunities and Constraints under the

GATS” for Ministry of Commerce, India, 1999-2000

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PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

(complete list provided in Appendix C)

BOOKS

• Mukherjee, A., R. Chanda and T. Goyal, Trade in Services and Trade Agreements: The Case of India and

the European Union, co-edited volume, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2015

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, India-EU People Mobility: Historical, Economic and Regulatory Dimensions,

co-edited volume, Cambridge University Press, 2015

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, Globalization of Legal Services and Regulatory Reforms: Perspectives and

Dynamics from India, Sage Publishers, New Delhi, 2015

• 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 (SELECTED)

• Chanda, R., “The Punjabi Diaspora in the UK: An Overview of Characteristics and Contributions to

India”, in I. Rajan (ed.), India Migration Report 2019: Diaspora in Europe, Routledge, UK, 2019, pp. 60-

80

• Chanda, R. and S. Ghosh, “India’s Integration in Services with Asian FTA Partners”, in D. Mukherjee

(ed.) Economic Integration in Asia: Key Prospects and Challenges with the RCEP, Routledge, 2019, pp.

117-43

• Chanda, R., “Trends, Opportunities and Challenges in India’s Service Sector”, in U. Kapila (ed.), Indian

Economy-II: Macroeconomic Policies, Sectoral Developments and Performance, Academic Foundation,

2019, pp. 497-536

• Hanefield, J., R. Smith and R. Chanda, “International Trade and Health”, Chapter 20 in International

Trade and Health in the Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems and Policies, Duke Global Health

Institute, Jones & Bartlett Learning Publishers, USA, 2018, pp. 857-92

• Chanda, R., “Services for Manufacturing”, in S. Mahendra Dev (ed.), India Development Report 2017,

Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2017, pp. 209-223

• Chanda, R., “Trade in Health Services and Sustainable Development”, in M. Helble, B. Shepherd, and G.

Wan (eds.), Win-Win: How International Trade can help meet the SDGs”, Asian Development Bank

Institute, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 400-36

• Chanda, R., “Brains, Capital, Charity, Soft Power: The Skilled South Asian Diaspora in Developed

Countries”, in I. Rajan (ed.), South Asia Migration Report, Routledge Press, 2017, pp. 77-119

• Chanda, R. “Globalization of Services and Development” in K. Reinert (ed.), Handbook on Globalization

and Development, Edward Elgar Publishers, UK, 2017, pp. 36-58

• Chanda, R., “Demographics and Labour Markets: Implications for Mode 4 Trade” in Research Handbook

on Trade in Services, (eds.) M. Roy and P. Sauve, Edward Elgar, UK and US, 2016, pp. 412-47

• Chanda, R., “Internationalization in India’s Higher Education Sector: Mobility of Students and

Establishments” in The India Higher Education Report, (eds.) N. Varghese and G. Malik, Centre for

Policy Research in Higher Education, New Delhi, 2015, pp. 431-58

• Chanda, R. “Medical Tourism and Outward FDI in Health Services: India in South Asia”, Chapter 29 in

Handbook on Medical Tourism and Patient Mobility, (eds.) J. Hanefield, N. Lunt and D. Horsfall, Edward

Elgar Publishers, 2015, pp. 296-306

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• Chanda, R., “Trade in Services and the Indian Economy”, Chapter 4 in India and the World Economy,

(eds.) Patnaik, Chandrashekhar, Ghosh, Indian Council for Social Science Research, Oxford University

Press, 2015, pp. 112-68

• Chanda, R., "Trade in Services between India and Pakistan", in Normalizing India-Pakistan Trade, (ed).

N. Taneja and S. Pohit, Springer, 2015, pp. 147-92

• Chanda, R, "Mapping the Universe of Services Disciplines in Asian PTAs", in The Preferential

Liberalization of Trade in Services: Comparative Regionalism, (eds.) P. Sauve and A. Shingal, Edward

Elgar Publishers, 2014, pp. 224-93

• Chanda, R. and D. Mukherjee, “Investment and Skilled Mobility Linkages between India and the EU” in

Indian Skilled Migration and Development: Dynamics of Asian Development, (eds.) Tejada et. al,

Springer, 2014, pp. 47-70

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, “Domestic Regulations and India’s Trade in Health Services: A Study of

Hospital and Telemedicine Services” in WTO Domestic Regulation and Services Trade: Putting

Principles into Practice, (eds.) Aik Hoe Lim and Bart De Meester, WTO and Cambridge University Press,

2014, pp. 254-69

• Chanda, R. and A. Bhattacharjee, “International Movement of Capital in Health Services”, in (ed.)

J. Culyer, Encyclopedia of Health Economics, Vol 2. San Diego: Elsevier; 2014, pp. 108-118

• Chanda, R., “Services and India”, in The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, (ed.) Kaushik

Basu, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Mukherjee, S. and R. Chanda, “Trade Liberalization and Indian Manufacturing MSMEs: Role of Firm

Characteristics and Channel of Liberalization”, European Journal of Development Research, Springer,

2019, pp. 1-79, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-019-0196-1

• Mukherjee, S. and R. Chanda, “Impact of Trade Liberalization on Indian Manufacturing Firms”,

Economic Modeling (61), Elsevier, 2017, pp. 273-92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2016.10.001

• Chanda, R., “Challenges to Regional Integration in South Asia”, South Asia Economic Journal, Vol. 16,

No. 2, Sage Publishers, Sept 2015, pp. 19-38

• Chanda, R., “Globalization of Services: An Introduction to the Special Issue” and special issue editor,

Journal of International Commerce and Economic Policy, Vol 5, No. 1 World Scientific Press, March

2014, pp. 1-14

• Chanda, R. and S. Mukherjee, “Indian Student Mobility to Germany: Trends, Prospects and Implications

for the Labour Market”, in Journal of Education, Planning and Administration, Vol. No. XXVIII, No. 1,

January 2014, pp. 5-38

• Chanda, R., “Migration in Asia: Trends and Prospects”, Journal of Asian Business, Vol. 25, Number 1,

Emerald Insight, 2012, pp. 75-95 • 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, Elsevier, 2011 (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

• 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

• Chanda, R., “India-EU Relations in Health Services: Prospects and Challenges”, Globalization and Health

2011, 7:1, doi:10.1186/1744-8603-7-1

• 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, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2009, pp. 66-78

• Smith, R., R. Chanda, and V. Tangcharoensathien, “Trade in health-related services”, Trade and Health

Series, The Lancet, Vol 373, Issue 9663, Elsevier Publishers, UK, February 14, 2009, pp. 593-601

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61778-X

• Chanda, R., “India and Services Outsourcing in Asia”, Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 3,

World Scientific Publishers, 2008, pp. 419-447

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• 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

• S. Commander, R. Chanda, M. Kangasniemi, and A. Winters, “The consequences of Globalization:

India’s Software industry and Cross Border Labour Mobility”, World Economy, Blackwell Publishers,

Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2008, pp. 187-211

• Chanda, R., “Plurilateral Negotiations in Services and their Implications”, Global Social Policy Journal,

GSP Forum, Sage Publications, Volume 6, No. 2, August 2006, pp. 138-141

• Chanda, R., “Social Services and the GATS: Key Issues and Concerns”, World Development, Vol. 31,

Number 12, December 2003 (Elsevier), pp. 1997-2012

• Chanda, R., "General Agreement on Trade in Services: Implications for Social Policy Making", Economic

and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 16, April 19, 2003, pp. 1567-78

• Chanda, R., “Trade in Health Services”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, The International

Journal of Public Health, Volume 80, Number 2, 2002, (special theme issue on the Commission on

Macroeconomics and Health), World Health Organization, pp. 158-63

• Chanda, R., “Movement of Natural Persons and the GATS”, World Economy, Vol. 24, No. 5, May 2001,

(Oxford Blackwell Publishers), 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

REPORTS, WORKING PAPERS, DISCUSSION PAPERS, REVIEWS (SELECTED)

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, “Lowering Trade Costs and Improving the Business Environment in India:

learning from UK Best Practices”, submitted to the British High Commission, New Delhi, 2017

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, “Bilateral Investment Treaties and India’s Investment Regime: Implications for

India-UK Economic Relations”, submitted to the British High Commission, New Delhi, 2015

• Chanda, R., “Impact Analysis of India’s Free Trade Agreements”, for Department of Economic Affairs,

Ministry of Finance, Government of India, November 2014

• 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 http://ftp.iza.org/dp1422.pdf

• Chanda, R., “GATS and its Implications for Developing Countries: Key Issues and Concerns”, Discussion

paper prepared for the UN Division on Social Policy and Development, Department of Economics and

Social Affairs, New York, November 2002, www.un.org/esa/desa/papers/2002/esa02dp25.pdf

• Chanda, R., “Trade in Health Services”, Working paper for the WHO Commission on Macroeconomics

and Health, Paper No. WG 4: 5, November 2001, also issued as ICRIER Working Paper No. 70, June

2001, www.icrier.org/pdf/wp-rupa.pdf

• Chanda, R., “UN System in India: Position Paper on Child Labour”, ILO Regional Office in South

Asia, New Delhi, August 1998, http://data.undp.org.in/childrenandpoverty/positionppr.htm

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PAPER PRESENTATIONS (CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS-SELECTED)

(complete list provided in Appendix D)

• “India’s Trade in Services”, at workshop on India and the WTO, organized by the Engineering Export

Promotion Council, New Delhi, October 2019

• “Lowering Trade Costs and Improving the Business Environment in India”, World Bank, New Delhi,

September 20, 2017

• India’s submission to WTO on “Agreement on Trade Facilitation in Services”, organized by World Bank

and Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi, March 23, 2017

• “India-EU relations in Health Services: Prospects and Challenges”, Global Health Symposium, London

School of Economics, London, July 2-3, 2010.

• “Regional Integration in Services in South Asia”, South Asia Economic Summit, New Delhi, December

10-12, 2009

• “Services Sector Reform in India: Update and Challenges”, for conference on Setting Priorities for

Services Trade Reform, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University,

Canberra, Nov 17-18, 2008.

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• “Low Skilled Workers and Bilteral, Regional, and Unilateral Initiatives: Lessons for the GATS Mode 4

Negotiations and Other Agreements”, organized by UNDP, Geneva, May 14, 2008

• “Trade in Services in India: Opportunities and Risks in Liberalization”, at international conference on

Trade in Services and South Asia, organized by Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka and Frederich Ebert

Stiftung, Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 4-5, 2007

• “India and Services Outsourcing in Asia: Trends, Features, and Implications”, at conference on

"Production Networks and Changing Trade and Investment Patterns: The Economic Emergence of China

and India and Implications for Asia and Singapore", organized at National University of Singapore,

Singapore, September 14-16, 2006

• "Trade Policy and Health Human Resources Planning", at conference on Trade and Health: Policy

Coherence for Human Development, McGill University, Montreal, October 6-7, 2005

• “India’s Experience with Skilled Migration”, at Conference on Competing for Global Talent, organized by

Singapore Management University, Singapore, January 13-14, 2005

• “Cross Border Supply and Human Development” at consultation meeting of the Asia Pacific Regional

Trade and Human Development Initiative, UNDP, Bangkok, July 5-7, 2004

• “Cross Border Supply and Movement of Natural Persons: Complementary Approach to Liberalization”, at

the UNCTAD Expert Group Meeting on Movement of Natural Persons, Geneva, July 29-31, 2003

INVITED LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS, PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS &

ROUNDTBLES ORGANIZED (SELECTED)

(complete list provided in Appendix E)

• Discussant and chair, Workshop on Trade Facilitation in Services, organized by World Bank, New Delhi,

December 5-6, 2019

• Speaker, session on Internationalization of Higher Education in India, at Global Exhibition on Services,

organized by Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India, Bangalore, November 27, 2019

• Conference chair and speaker, 8th Global Economic Summit, World Trade Centre, March 6, 2019

• Presentation on “Case for Mode 4: Recognizing the Gains and Addressing the Challenges", seminar on

Mode 4, organized by WTO, Geneva, October 10, 2018

• Panelist on “State of the Indian Economy”, ET Now Channel, October 15, 2019

• Panelist on show, “Macros with Mythili”, ET Now Channel, July 25, 2019

• Participant in panel discussion on “US-China Trade Wars”, India Development Debate, ET Now Channel,

September 18, 2018

• Participant in panel discussion on “Customs Duty Hikes”, India Development Debate, ET Now Channel,

September 27, 2018

• Panelist, “Trade in Services”, Think20 Mumbai, The Gateway of India Geo-economic Dialogue,

organized by Gateway House, Mumbai, March 12-13, 2018

• Panelist, “National and Multilateral Approaches to Foster GVCs”, Global Economic Summit, organized

by the World Trade Centre, Mumbai, February 22-23, 2018

• Presentation on “India-ASEAN Services Trade and Investment, Identifying Prospects and Strategies”, 5th

roundtable of the ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks, organized by RIS, Jakarta, January 6-7, 2018

• Panelist, “Building Competitiveness in the Indian Services Sector”, at Services Conclave, organized by

CII, New Delhi, December 19, 2017

• Presentation on “Trade Facilitation and Ease of Doing Business: Overview of Challenges and Initiatives in

India”, “Unlocking US-India Trade Potential”, organized by US Consulate Chennai, Bangalore,

November 6-8, 2017

• Panelist at India-EU Dialogue on Migration and Mobility, organized by the ILO, New Delhi, September

26, 2017

• Presentation on “Market Access Opportunities and Challenges in Services Trade”, CII Training workshop

for SMEs, New Delhi, September 20, 2017

• Presentation on “Development Dimensions of Migration and Diaspora Policy in India”, Migration

Institute of Finland, Tampere, Finland, September 5, 2017

• Presentation on “Services Negotiations and Outcomes: A South Asian Perspective” and “Services Trade

and Interface with other Issues”, at Training Course on Trade in Services Negotiations, GIZ and Govt of

Nepal, Kathmandu, July 27, 2017

• Jury member for FICCI, Healthcare Excellence Awards, New Delhi, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

• Presentation on “Standards in India’s Professional and Higher Education: Role of Trade”, Standards

Conclave, New Delhi, June 24, 2016

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• Presentation on “Medical Value Travel in Low and Middle Income Countries: Trends and Implications”,

at colloquium on Traveling for Health, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, October 29, 2015

• Presentation on “Bilateral Investment Treaties and India’s Investment Regime”, at UK India Business

Council, London, August 26, 2015 and at FICCI, New Delhi, August 19, 2015

• Presentation on “India’s Healthcare Exports: Challenges and Concerns”, and “Realizing Opportunities in

Healthcare Exports: The Way Forward” at Workshop on Export Potential of Medical and Health Services

from India-Opportunities & Challenges, organized by the Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India,

Bangalore, May 28, 2015.

• Presentation on “A Macroeconomic Perspective on the Budget”, at ‘Post Budget Analysis 2015-16

Looking at a new horizon’, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries, Karnataka Chapter,

Bangalore, March 2, 2015.

• Presentation on “Opportunities and Challenges in Export of Services (Multilateral Negotiations and

Bilateral / Regional Trade Agreements”, at 2nd National Services Conclave, organized by Ministry of

Commerce, CII, Centre for WTO Studies and Services Export Promotion Council, November 13, 2014

• Participant in session on “Education and Skill Development”, at the 10th Indo-US Economic Summit,

organized by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, New Delhi, October 15, 2014

• Organized industry consultation on “Analysis of Selected Indian FTAs”, with CII and Ministry of

Finance, New Delhi, September 29, 2014

• Presentation on “Global Sourcing of Services: The Case of India”, at Conference on Globalization and the

Knowledge Economy, organized by the OECD and French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry,

Paris, October 9, 2006

• Presentation on “Mode 4: Options for Developing Countries”, at Trade and Development Symposium,

organized by International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Hong Ministerial Conference,

Hong Kong, December 12-18, 2005

• Presentation on "Globalization of Health Care: India's Preparedness", at 3rd India Health Summit,

organized by CII, New Delhi, November 21-22, 2005

• Presentation on "The GATS Negotiations: What's at Stake for India?", at WTO and India: A Roadmap for

the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference, organized by FICCI and the Centre for Trade and Development,

Hyderabad, November 15, 2005

• Presentation on "WTO and Education Services: Myths and Reality", at National Summit on Quality in

Education, organized by CII Quality Assurance, Bangalore, November 11, 2005

• Presentation on “Health in the International Economy”, at meeting of WHO Commission on

Macroeconomics and Health, Addis Ababa, March 2001

• Presentation on “Liberalizing Cross Border Mobility of Professionals”, at Wilton Park conference on

Migration and Foreign Policy, Executive Agency of the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, West

Sussex, England, October 2-5, 2000

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Appendices

A to E

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APPENDIX A

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS (BOARDS, COMMITTEES, EXPERT GROUPS)

• Member, Committee of Direction of the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, 2014-present

• Member, National Advisory Board, for British High Commission Prosperity Fund Project on State-Level

• Exports, Competitiveness and Trade Promotion Policies: The Indian Case Study, Jadavpur University,

2013-15

• Member, Sub-Committee on IT and Telecom Services, Ministry of Commerce, 2012-15

• Member, Committee on WTO and Trade Agreements, CII, 2012-13

• Member, Sectoral Innovation Council, Ministry of Commerce, 2011-15

• Member, Sub-Committee on Trade in Services Statistics, Central Statistical Organization, 2011-15

• Member, Expert Committee, Services Export Promotion Council, 2010-present

• Member, Advisory Group, WOTRO project on Provincial Globalization, NIAS and University of

Amsterdam, 2010-11

• Member, International Health Regulations Roster of Experts, WHO, Geneva, 2007-10

• Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Trade and Development, New Delhi, 2005 – 2007

• Co-Chair, Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network, India chapter, 2004 - 2007

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APPENDIX B

OTHER RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY PROJECTS COMPLETED

• “Services Growth and Globalization in India and China”, seed grant, IIMB, 2015-16

• “Health Related Services: Analysis of Selected Markets: Centre for WTO Studies, IIFT, New Delhi, 2014

• “Trade in Professional Services between India and the US”, Peterson Institute for International

Economics, Washington, DC, 2013-14

• “Subsidies in Services”, funded by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic

Relations, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, 2013-14

• “Services Liberalization in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges for Regional Integration”, Asian

Development Bank, Manila, 2013-14

• “Assessing the Health Equity Implications of Medical Value Travel”, funded by the Canadian Institutes of

Health Research, in collaboration with Simon Fraser University, Canada (discontinued), 2012-14 (Rs.

13,83,874)

• “Market Access for Services Exports from Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges” (with Prof. Selim

Raihan), funded by the World Bank, Dhaka, 2012-13

• “Deepening Cooperation in Services among BRICS Members”, funded by Centre for WTO Studies, IIFT,

New Delhi, 2011-12

• “Exchange Rates and Trade Competitiveness in India”, IIMB seed grant, 2010-14

• “Services in Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements”, for World Trade Institute, Berne, 2010-11

• “Impact of Services Trade Liberalization on Employment and People Movement in South Asia”, Asian

Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, 2010-11

• “India-EU Trade in IT-ITES” and “India-EU Trade in Health Services” for the Ministry of Commerce,

Govt. of India and ICRIER, New Delhi, 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

• “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,

2007-08

• Study on “South Asia’s Trade in Services and the GATS negotiations”, for Centre for Trade and

Development (CENTAD), New Delhi, 2005-06

• Study on “Trade in Financial Services” for Indian Council for Research on International Economic

Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, 2004-05

• “Intermodal Linkages in Services Trade and the GATS” for OECD, Paris, 2003-04

• Chapter on “Outsourcing and Development in Asia-Pacific Countries”, for UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Trade

and Human Development Report preparing paper on linkages between movement of service providers and

outsourcing of services, 2003-04

• Prepared a “Conceptual Framework for Assessing Trade in Health Services across all Modes of Supply

and specifically for Commercial Presence”, WHO, Geneva, 2003-04

• Report on “The EXIM Policy and its Effects on the Silk industry for the Indian Silk Export Promotion

Council” for the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, 1998-99

• “UN Position Paper on Child Labour”, Drafted ILO programmes for the elimination of child labour in

India”, International Labour Organization (ILO), South Asian Regional Centre, New Delhi, 1997-98

• “Analysing the Impact of Association Agreements between the EC and Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and

Poland”, International Monetary Fund, Trade and Payments Division of the Exchange and Trade

Relations Department, Washington, DC. 1992-93

• “Evaluating the Role of the Economic Development Institute in Institution Building around the World”,

The World Bank, Economic Development Institute, Studies an Training Division, Washington, DC, 1991-

92

• “Estimating Input-Output Coefficients for Developing Countries”, under the Project for Revising the UN

System of National Accounts Statistics, United Nations Statistical Office, 1988-99

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APPENDIX C _________________________________________________________________________________________

OTHER CHAPTERS IN BOOKS/REPORTS

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, “Indian Migration to the Gulf: Overview of Trends and Policy”, in P. Fargues

and N. Shah (eds.), Migration Policies in the Gulf: Policies in Sending and Receiving Countries, Gulf

Research Centre, Cambridge, UK, 2018, pp. 179-98

• Chanda, R., “Services Trade Liberalization in South Asia”, in S. Raihan (ed.), Next Steps to South Asian

Economic Union, SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu, 2018, pp. 119-54

• Mukherjee, S. and R. Chanda, “Impact of Trade Liberalization on Indian Textile Firms: A Panel

• Analysis” in Exploring Beyond Boundaries: A Treatise on International Trade and Finance, (eds.)

Malabika Roy and Saikat Sinha Roy, Springer India, 2016, pp. 229-255

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, “Trade and Investment in India’s Legal Services Sector: Understanding the

Regulatory Environment”, in India’s Trade and Industry, (eds.) Veeramani and Nagaraj, Orient

Blackswann, 2016, pp. 272-95

• Gupta, P. and R. Chanda, “Accountancy Services in Asia: A Case Study of India”, in D. Chakraborty and

J. Mukherjee (eds.), Trade, Investment and Economic Development in Asia: Empirical and Policy Issues,

Routledge, 2016, pp. 119-135

• Ghosh, S. and R. Chanda, “International Migration of Skilled Women: Overview of Trends and Issues”,

Chapter 7 in India Migration Report: Gender and Migration 2015, (ed.) Irudaya Rajan, Routledge, 2015,

pp. 80-103

• Chanda, R. and P. Gupta, “Services Reforms in India: Update and Challenges” Chapter 11 in Priorities

and Pathways in Services Reform: Part II- Political Economy Studies, (ed.) R. Findlay, World Scientific,

2013, pp. 269-305

• Martinez Alvarez, M., R. Smith, R. Chanda, “The impact of medical tourism in low- and middle-income

countries”, in Medical Tourism and Transnational Healthcare, (ed.) Guido Penning, 2013, pp. 208-222

• Chanda, R., “Medical Value Travel in India: Prospects and Challenges”, Chapter 4 in Traveling Well:

Essays in Medical Tourism, (eds.) Labonte and Deonandan, Vol. 4 (1), Transdisciplinary Studies in

Population Health Series, University of Ottawa, 2013

• Chanda, R., “Deepening Cooperation in Services among BRICS Members”, Part C in BRICS: Trade

Policies, Institutions and Areas for Deepening Cooperation, (eds.) Sajal Mathur and Meghana Gupta,

Centre for WTO Studies, IIFT, New Delhi, 2013, pp. 209-318

• Chanda, R. “Facilitating Skilled Mobility under Preferential Arrangements: Case of India”, Chapter 15 in

India Migration Report 2013: Social Costs of Migration, Irudaya Rajan (ed.), Routledge India, 2013, pp.

252-69

• 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., “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., “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

• R. 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., 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

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• 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., “India’s Stake in the WTO Services Negotiations”, Chapter 2, WTO at Ten: Looking Back to

Look Beyond, Vol II: Issues at Stake, (eds.) Bibek Debroy and Mohammed Saqib, Konark Publishers Pvt.

Ltd, Delhi, 2005, pp. 21-74

• 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, 105-208

• Chanda, R., “International Trade in Services, the WTO, and India”, in Marketing of Services: An

Introduction, School of Management Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi, 2004, pp. 37-52

• Chanda, R., “The General Agreement on Trade in Services and Social Services”, in Doha Development

Agenda: A Global View, (ed.) T.K. Bhaumik, Penguin Books India, New Delhi, 2003, pp. 329-79

• 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

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OTHER REPORTS, WORKING PAPERS, DISCUSSION PAPERS, REVIEWS

• Chanda, R., “Trade in Health Services and Sustainable Development”, ADBI Working Paper No. 668,

ADBI, Tokyo, February 2017 https://www.adb.org/publications/trade-health-services-and-sustainable-

development

• Chanda, R., “Agreement on Trade Facilitation in Services”, concept note and draft text, submitted to

Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India, for discussion at WTO, 2016

• Chanda, R., Book Review of Globalization and Deregulation: Ideas, Interests and Institutional Change

in India by Rahul Mukherji, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp. 41-43, June 2015

• Chanda, R.et al., “Subsidies in Services: A Cross Country Study of Selected Countries and Services”, for

ICRIER, Ministry of Commerce project, Government of India, May 2014

• Chanda, R.et al., Sectoral Reports, “Overview of Subsidies in Audiovisual Services Sector” and

“Overview of Subsidies in IT Services: Takeaways for India”, for ICRIER, Ministry of Commerce

project, Government of India, May 2014

• Chanda, R. et al., Country Reports, “Subsidies in the Services Sector: Case Study of Canada”, “Subsidies

in the Services Sector: Case Study of China”, “Subsidies in the Services Sector: Case Study of India”,

“Subsidies in the Services Sector: Case Study of the UK”, Subsidies in the Services Sector: Case Study of

the US”, for ICRIER, Ministry of Commerce project, Government of India, May 2014

• Chanda, R., “Services Liberalization in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges for Regional Integration”,

ADB Working Paper, 2014

• Chanda, R., P. Gupta and K. Balasubramaniam, “Strengthening Regulatory Frameworks and Enhancing

Capacity in India’s Legal and Accountancy Services Sectors: A Roadmap for Reforms”, Vol 1

Accountancy Services and Vol 2 Legal Services, Bangalore, May 2013

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• Chanda, R., Book review of Modern Migrations: Gujarati Indian Networks in New York and & London,

Stanford University Press, International Sociology Review of Books, 2013, pp. 6-9

• Chanda, R., “Looking into the black box of services”, book review for Service Sector in India’s

Development, Cambridge University Press, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 48, Issue No, 17,

February 16, 2013, pp. 49-51

• Chanda, R. and S. Ghosh, “ The Punjabi Diaspora in the UK: An Overview of Characteristics and

Contributions to India”, Working Paper No. 380, IIM Bangalore, October 2012 and CARIM-India

Research Report 2013/08, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence

(http://www.india-eu-migration.eu/publications/)

• Mukherjee, S. and R. Chanda, “Student Mobility from India to selected European countries-The case of

Germany and France, Working Paper No. 378, IIM Bangalore, October 2012 and CARIM-India Research

Report 2012/20, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence (http://www.india-eu-

migration.eu/publications/)

• Mukherjee, D. and R. Chanda, “Investment and Migration Linkages between India and the EU”, Working

Paper No. 371, IIM Bangalore, August 2012 and CARIM-India Research Report 2012/16, Migration

Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence (http://www.india-eu-migration.eu/publications/)

• Chanda, R. and S. Ghosh, “Goans in Portugal: Role of History and Identity in shaping Diaspora

Linkages”, Working Paper No. 368, IIM Bangalore, July 2012 and CARIM-India Research Report

2012/19, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence (http://www.india-eu-

migration.eu/publications/)

• Mukherjee, S. and R. Chanda, “Indian student mobility to selected European countries-an Overview”,

Working Paper No. 365, IIM Bangalore, May 2012 and CARIM-India Research Report 2012/12,

Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence (http://www.india-eu-

migration.eu/publications/)

• 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 2, 2012

http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/Attachments/PublisherAttachment/ISAS_Working_Paper_140_-

Migration_between_South_and_Southeast_Asia_-_Part_1_03022012103322.pdf

• 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, February 2, 2012

http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/Attachments/PublisherAttachment/ISAS_Working_Paper_141_-

Migration_between_South_and_Southeast_Asia-_Part_2_03022012103337.pdf

• 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

http://www.adbi.org/working-paper/2011/12/30/4839.employment.impact.services.trade.south.asia/

• 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 http://www.saiia.org.za/occasional-papers/service-

sector-liberalisation-in-india-key-lessons-and-challenges.html

• 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 http://www.nccr-

trade.org/publication/mapping-the-universe-of-services-disciplines-in-asian-ptas/

• 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

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24817588M/Global_economic_crisis_and_protectionism_in_services

• Chanda, R., Book Review, “Getting a Dial Tone: Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the

Philippines”, Asian Pacific Economic Literature, Blackwell Publishers, May 2009, p. 118-119

• Chanda, R., “Trade in IT-IT Enabled Services: Issues and Concerns in an India-EU Trade and Investment

Agreement”, ICRIER Report, 2009

http://wtocentre.iift.ac.in/EU%20BTIA/EU%20BTIA/Report%20on%20IT-ITES-%20India-

EU%20BTIA.pdf

• Chanda, R., “India-EU Relations in Health Services: Issues and Concerns in an India-EU Trade and

Investment Agreement”, ICRIER Report, 2009

http://wtocentre.iift.ac.in/EU%20BTIA/EU%20BTIA/Report%20on%20Health%20Services-%20India-

EU%20BTIA.pdf

• 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.

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http://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/Attachments/PublisherAttachment/Working_Paper_48_-_Email_-

Understanding_India%27s_Regional_Initiatives_Within_Asia_20012010172709.pdf

• Chanda, R., “Low-skilled workers and bilateral, regional, and unilateral initiatives: Lessons for the GATS

mode 4 negotiations and other agreements”, UNDP, Geneva, April 2008

http://content.undp.org/go/cms-service/download/publication/

• Chanda, R., “Services Trade and Domestic Regulation: Issues for Developing Countries”, Trade Hot

Topics, Issue No. 49, Commonwealth Secretariat, July 2008

http://www.thecommonwealth.org/files/184137/FileName/THT49servicestradeanddomesticregulation.pdf

• 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 http://www.thecommonwealth.org/shared_asp_files/GFSR.asp?NodeID=178430

• 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

http://www.whoindia.org/en/Section2/Section233_1465.htm

• Chanda, R., “Intermodal Linkages in Services Trade”, OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 30, Paris,

27 January 2006

http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,3425,en_2649_37461_36054296_119684_1_1_37461,00.html

• 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

http://www.icrier.org/pdf/wp152.pdf

• Chanda, R., “Movement of Natural Persons from South Asian Countries”, written for EINTAD

project, CUTS, Jaipur, 2004

• Chanda, R., “Movement and Presence of Natural Persons: Issues and Proposals for the GATS

Negotiations”, South Centre, Geneva, 2004

• Sawhney, A. and Rupa Chanda, "Trade in Environmental Services: India's Opportunities and Constraints",

Working Paper No. 102, ICRIER, New Delhi, June 2003 www.icrier.org/pdf/wp102.pdf

• Chanda, R., "Movement of Service Suppliers and India: A Case Study of the IT and Health Sectors",

Working Paper No. 206, IIM Bangalore, April 2003, Prepared for the Asia-Pacific Trade Initiative, UNDP

• Chanda, R., “India and GATS 2000: Negotiating Strategies and Domestic Reforms”, ICRIER, New

Delhi, September 2001

• Chanda, R., “Movement of Natural Persons and Trade in Services: Liberalizing Temporary Movement of

Labour under the GATS”, Working Paper, ICRIER, New Delhi, 1999; Issued as report on “Movement of

Natural Persons”, for Ministry of Commerce project on Trade in Services: Opportunities and Constraints,

ICRIER, New Delhi, December 1999, http://www.eldis.org/vfile/upload/1/document/0708/DOC9508.pdf

• Chanda, R., “Child Labour and International Trade”, Working Paper, IIM Bangalore, September 1997

• Chanda, R., S. Singh, and S. Bhattacharya, “Imports of Raw Silk and EXIM Policy-1997-2002”, Study for

the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, 1998

• Datta, R. and R. Chanda, “Beyond Existing Parameters and Policy Responses: Gender Roles and

Child Labor in India”, International Studies Association proceedings, Minneapolis, March 1998

• Chanda, R., "Trade Liberalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Producer Services: A

Theoretical and Empirical Study", Working Paper, IIM Bangalore, September 1997.

• Chanda, R., "The Implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya", IMF Working Paper, January 1996

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ALL POPULAR PUBLICATIONS

(NEWSPAPER / MAGAZINE ARTICLES)

• Chanda, R., “India’s Prospects for Services Integration with Asian FTA Partners”, 5th edited volume,

ASEAN India Network of Think Tanks, (forthcoming)

• Gupta, P. and R. Chanda, “With data localisation, frame policies to develop domestic computing facilities”,

Economic Times, March 18, 2019

• Chanda, R. and S. Ghosh, “Services in BIMSTEC-Untapped Possibilities”, BIMSTEC-A Vibrant

Economic Bloc, MVIRDC, World Trade Centre Mumbai, 2018, pp. 76-77

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• Chanda, R., “Development Dimensions of Migration and Diaspora Policy in India”, Siirtolaisuus

Migration, Migration Institute of Finland, Turku, 4/2017, pp. 13-17

• Chanda, R., “What ails India’s SEZs”, Deccan Herald, Sunday, August 21, 2016

• Chanda, R., “India’s Service Sector: A Mid-Year Review of Performance and Outlook” for the NCAER-IIC

Mid Year Review of the Indian Economy, November 2014

• Chanda, R., “India-Portugal Relations: Leveraging the Goan Diaspora”, in Diplomatist”: Opportunities

and Threats in Indian Ocean Region, Special Supplement Portugal and Slovenia, Vol. 1, Issue No. 3, June

2013, pp. 71-73, LB Associates Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

• 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., “Dump the anti-dumping pact”, book review on Uses and Misuses of Anti-Dumping Provisions

in World Trade, edited by Bibek Debroy and Debashish Chakraborty, in Businessworld, Mumbai, 13

November 2006, pp. 62-63

• Chanda, R., “The Tougher Issues about Trade”, book review on The WTO and Sustainable Development by

Gary P. Sampson, in Businessworld, Mumbai, 28 August, 2006, pp. 62-63

• 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., “Agression on services has put India in awkward position”, interview with CENTAD,

in Trade Talk, Trading Up, Jan-Mar 2006, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Quarterly Trade Magazine, CENTAD, New

Delhi, pp. 18-19

• 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”, Monthly Economic Digest,

Vol. XXXII No: 6, Maharashtra Economic Development Council April 2003, pp. 6-9

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APPENDIX D

OTHER PAPER/REPORT PRESENTATIONS

(CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS)

• “Services for Manufacturing”, Workshop on India Development Report 2017, organized by IGIDR, July

19, 2016

• “Services Liberalization in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges for Regional Integration”, at Roundtable

Meeting for SAARC Study on Roadmap for Achieving South Asia Economic Union (second phase),

Asian Development Bank, Manila, March 18, 2014 (in-absentia)

• “Trade in Services between India and Pakistan”, at Annual Conference on Normalizing India-Pakistan

Trade, ICRIER, New Delhi, March 15, 2013

• “Integrating Services in South Asia: Trade, Investment and Mobility”, Conference on Empirical Issues in

International Trade and Finance, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, December 16-17, 2010

• “Migration Management in South and Southeast Asia: Role of Interstate Cooperation”, Workshop on

Trade Policies in South and Southeast Asia: Encouraging Regionalism, ISAS, National University of

Singapore, Singapore, October 20, 2010

• “Trade Liberalization in Producer Services: Case Study of India”, Asia-Pacific Trade Economists’

Conference, UNESCAP, Bangkok, November 2-3, 2009

• “India-EU Relations in Health Services: Issues in an India-EU Trade and Investment Agreement”, at

workshop organized by ICRIER, New Delhi, February 12, 2008 and at FICCI workshop, Bangalore,

February 2009

• “Trade in IT-IT Enabled Services: Issues in an India-EU Trade and Investment Agreement”, at workshop

organized by ICRIER, New Delhi, January 28, 2008 and at FICCI Workshop, Bangalore, February 2009

• “Linkages between Mode 4 and other forms of Services Trade”, at the OECD-World Bank-IOM seminar

on Trade and Migration, Geneva, Nov 12-14, 2003

• “Movement of Service Suppliers and India: Case of the IT and Health Sectors” and on “Intermodal

Linkages”, at the Regional Consultation on Movement of Natural Persons and Human Development, for

the UNDP Asia Pacific Trade Initiative, New Delhi, July 21-22, 2003

• “General Framework for Analysing Trade in Health Services”, at WHO workshop on Trade in Health

Services: Building Capacity in Developing Countries, Ottawa, Canada, July 9-11, 2003

• “Trade in Environmental Services: India’s Opportunities and Constraints”, at ICRIER seminar on Trade in

Environmental Services, New Delhi, April 30, 2003

• “Negotiations on Movement of Natural Persons: The US and Indian Positions” at the CII-Carnegie Indo-

US Dialogue on Trade meeting, organized by CII, New Delhi, February 20, 2003

• “India and GATS 2000: Negotiating Strategies and Domestic Reforms”, at seminar on India and GATS

2000, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, September 2001

• “Movement of Natural Persons and Trade in Services: Liberalizing Temporary Movement of Labour

under the GATS”, at World Bank’s Global Development Network Conference, Bonn, December 1999,

and at public policy workshop, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, October 1999

• “UN System Position Paper on Child Labour”, at UN press conference, New Delhi, October 23, 1998

• “Beyond Existing Parameters and Policy Responses: Gender Roles and Child Labour in India”, presented

by co-author at International Studies Association, Minneapolis, USA, March 1998

• “Policies and Strategies of International Organizations in Combating Child Labour”, presented by co-

author at International Studies Association, Ohio, USA, October 1997

• “Child Labour and International Trade”, at workshop on child labour, Indian Institute of Management

Bangalore, March 1997

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APPENDIX E

OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS & ROUNDTABLES

• “Trade and Competitiveness in India: Status and Challenges”, for Civil Services training, Lal Bahadur

Shastri Academy, Mussoorie, July 24, 2018 (remote from Bangalore)

• “Trade Facilitation in Services: Implications for Commonwealth Countries”, Commonwealth Consultation

on Multilateral, Regional and Emerging Trade Issues for India, organized by CII and Commonwealth

Secretariat, New Delhi, June 6, 2018

• “Services Linkages with Manufacturing: The case of India”, ADBI workshop on Services, Tokyo,

December 18, 2017

• Participant, consultation on “11th WTO Ministerial Conference”, organized by Centre for WTO Studies,

IIFT and Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi, November 22, 2017

• Panelist, “Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on India and Trade Facilitation in Services”, World

Trade Centre, Mumbai, May 18, 2017

• Panelist, “WTO Dispute Settlement System and Services”, at conference on WTO@20, organized by the

Appellate Body of the WTO and National Law School, University of Delhi, February 17, 2017

• “India’s External Competitiveness: Role of Services”, at Institute for Capacity Development, South Asia

Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centre, IMF, New Delhi, January 20, 2017

• “India’s FTAs with ASEAN and RCEP Countries: Challenges and Concerns”, to Parliamentary Standing

Committee on Commerce, Bangalore, January 8, 2017

• “Diaspora Engagement for Development” Role of Industry”, at conference on “Mobility and the Business

Case for Migration”, organized by FICCI, New Delhi, December 5, 2016

• “Goans in Portugal: History and Identity in Shaping Diaspora Linkages”, workshop on “New Homelands:

The Indian Diaspora in the European Union”, organized by the Delegation of the European Union to

India, New Delhi, October 20, 2016

• “Trade in Health Services: Implications for India”, training workshop at ICRIER, New Delhi, April 25,

2016

• “Services Trade Negotiations: GATS and FTAs”, training workshop at ICRIER, New Delhi, April 25,

2016

• “Services Trade Data: Limitations, Developments and Requirements”, Services Conclave, New Delhi,

April 22, 2016

• “Servicification of Indian Manufacturing: Key Trends and Policy Takeaways”, 17th Neemrana conference,

Neemrana, December 20, 2015

• Chair, Session on “Issues in Services Trade” at International Conference on Empirical Research in

Services Trade, organized by Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi,

August 21-22, 2015

• “Leveraging Services for Manufacturing Growth and Competitiveness”, at International Conference on

Empirical Research in Services Trade, organized by Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign

Trade, New Delhi, August 21-22, 2015

• “Services and India’s Export Competitiveness: Sustainability and Preparedness” at International

Conference on Stock Taking of India’s Trade Policy, organized by the World Trade Institute, Berne and

Jindal Global University, May 21, 2015.

• “Services Liberalization in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges for Regional Integration”, at the 7th

South Asia Economic Summit, organized by Research and Information System for Developing Countries,

New Delhi, November 6, 2014

• “Demographic and Labour Market Trends: Opportunities and Challenges for India’s Labour Services

Exports”, at the Migration and Development Conference, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum,

September 19, 2014

• “Comparative Analysis of Services in India and China: An Overview of the Empirical Aspects and

Challenges”, at conference on Empirical Research on Trade in Services, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian

Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, August 21, 2014

• Organized industry consultation on “Subsidies in Services: Cross Country Findings for Selected Sectors”,

with CII and ICRIER, New Delhi, April 4, 2014

• “Demographic Changes, Services Exports and Trade Policy: Opportunities and Challenges for India”, at

the Roundtable on Future Contours for India’s Trade Policy, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of

Foreign Trade, New Delhi, December 17, 2013

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• “Opportunities and Challenges in Services Trade for India: Multilateral and Regional Strategies”, at the

National Services Conclave, organized by Ministry of Commerce, CII, Centre for WTO Studies, FIEO,

New Delhi, November 12-13, 2013

• “Liberalising India’s Legal Services Sector: Issues and Concerns”, at IGIDR Silver Jubilee Conference,

Mumbai, October 24-25, 2013

• “India’s Service Sector: Can it be a Growth Driver?” at India in the Asian Century, NCAER Research

Workshop, New Delhi, August 26-27, 2013

• “Services Negotiations and South Asia: Priorities and Concerns”, at Regional Consultation on “Road to

Bali: South Asian priorities for the 9th WTO Ministerial”, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, July 2-3,

2013

• “Strengthening the Regulatory Framework and Enhancing Capacity in India’s Legal and Accountancy

Services Sector: A Roadmap for Reforms”, for funded project, jointly organized with CII, New Delhi,

March 25, 2013

• “Managing Labour Services Exports: Role of Interstate Cooperation”, at ICRIER-KAS Seminar on

Service Sector as an Engine of Inclusive Growth, New Delhi, December 19, 2012

• “An Overview of Services in India: Trends, Characteristics and Strategic Dimensions”, at Australia-India

Services Dialogue Roundtable, Melbourne, November 2, 2012

• Organized industry roundtable on legal services for funded project on “Strengthening regulatory

frameworks and enhancing capacity in India’s legal and accountancy services sectors: A roadmap for

reforms”, CII, New Delhi, October 12, 2012

• Discussant for “Stakeholder Consultation on India-Bangladesh Bilateral Trade and Non-Tariff Barriers”,

organized by CUTS, May 31, 2012, Kolkata

• Organized industry roundtable on accountancy services for funded project on “Strengthening regulatory

frameworks and enhancing capacity in India’s legal and accountancy services sectors: A roadmap for

reforms”, FICCI, New Delhi, February 8, 2012

• Participant, Project Partners’ Meeting for EC funded project on “Developing a Knowledgebase for

Policymaking on India – EU Migration”, New Delhi, Nov 21, 2011

• Discussant for Meeting on “Cost of Economic Non-Cooperation for Consumers in South Asia”, organized

by Institute for Policy Advocacy and Governance and CUTS, Dhaka, June 28, 2011

• “Employment and People Movement Impact of Services Trade Liberalization”, Conference on Services

Trade: New Approaches for the 21st Century, organized by ADBI-PECC, Hong Kong, June 2, 2011

• “Labour Mobility Provisions in RTAs”, International Seminar on Selected Outstanding Issues in

Services”, organized by ADBI, Manila, May 4, 2011

• Discussant for “Services Growth in India: Looking Inside the Black Box”, by Panagariya and Dehejia,

Columbia-NCAER conference on Trade, Poverty, Inequality and Democracy, New Delhi, March 31-April

1, 2011

• “Domestic Regulation and Services Liberalization: Opportunities and Complementary Strategies”, High

Level Consultations on the Doha Development Agenda: Negotiating Issues for Senior Officials, organized

by WTO, UNESCAP, IIFT, New Delhi, December 6-10, 2010

• Chair, session on ‘The Political Economy of Medical Biotechnology Sector in India: Implications for

Health”, Symposium on Health Systems, Health Economies, and Globalization, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi, November 3-4, 2010

• “Global Trade and Migration Challenges: International Cooperation and Regulatory Coordination”, at Yale-

Jindal International Conference on Globalization in India and the US: Law, Governance, and Business, New

Delhi, October 30-31, 2010

• Discussant for, “Impact of Non-Resident Keralites` Remittances for Kerala Economy and Society”,

presented at ICSSR-NWO International Seminar on Global Relationships in Indian Perspective, ISEC,

Bangalore, June 22-23, 2010

• “Prospects for Bilateral Trade in Health Services between India and the UK: Synthesis of Findings”, FICCI,

New Delhi, March 4, 2010

• “Trade in Services: India’s Opportunities and Constraints”, Services Science and Automation Workshop,

IEEE, Bangalore, August 22, 2009

• “Prospects for Bilateral Trade in Health Services between India and the UK: An Overview of Telemedicine”,

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, June 23, 2009

• Presentations on GATS, Mode 4, Intermodal Linkages, at WTO Training Workshop, organized by Islamic

Development Bank, Istanbul, May 19-21, 2009

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• “Scheduling Priorities in Services under SAFTA”, conference on Broadening Economic Integration in

South Asia: Incorporating Services Liberalization, Institute for Policy Studies and UNDP, Colombo,

March 30-31, 2009

• “India-EU Trade in Health Services” and “India-EU Trade in IT-ITeS”, Stakeholder Consultation, FICCI,

Govt. of India, and ICRIER, Bangalore, February 16, 2009

• “The General Agreement on Trade in Services”, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Bangalore

chapter, Bangalore, December 5, 2008

• “Beyond Market Access: Role of Domestic Regulation”, WTO symposium on mode 4, WTO, Geneva,

September 22-23, 2008

• “Ensuring Temporariness: Lessons from Existing Practices”, WTO symposium on mode 4, WTO,

Geneva, September 22-23, 2008

• “India’s Health Sector: Opportunities and Challenges for Private Investors”, FICCI HEAL Conference,

organized by FICCI, New Delhi, August 7-8, 2008.

• “Trends in Services: India’s Opportunities and Constraints” and “The General Agreement on Trade in

Services”, UNCTAD-DFID-GOI training course, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, May 29, 2008

• “Managing Temporary Movement of Labour: Alternative Approaches and the GATS”, Roundtable on

Services, organized by International Trade Commission, Geneva, October 23, 2007

• “Services: Issues and Concerns”, Brainstorming Meeting on Indo-EU FTA, Centre for Trade and

Development, New Delhi, August 21, 2007

• “Regional Liberalization of Labour Mobility: Ensuring Coherence”, International Dialogue on Migration,

organized by International Organization on Migration (IOM), Geneva, June 18-19, 2007

• “Services Trade in South Asia: Synergies and Common Concerns”, at conference on South Asian Trade

and Development, organized by Centre for Trade and Development, New Delhi, December 19, 2006

• Discussant at workshop on “Promoting Policy Coherence for Development”, organized by the German

Marshall Fund of the United States, Government of the Netherlands, OECD, and the Kenyan Ministry of

Trade and Development, Geneva, September 12, 2006

• “Implications of Business Services for Development: Lessons for the GATS negotiations”, at OECD-

UNCTAD workshop on services, Geneva, June 27, 2006

• “Effective Market Access in Modes 4 and 1”, at seminar on “Developing Countries and Services

Negotiations”, organized by ICRIER-SRTT, New Delhi, June 6-7, 2006

• “Plurilateral Approach in Services Negotiations: What has it Delivered? at Regional Consultation on

South Asia and WTO: Strategising Beyond Hong Kong, organized by CENTAD and UNDP, New Delhi,

21-22 April 2006 • “Market Access Negotiations in Services: Way Forward” at international conference on WTO and the

Doha Round: The Way Forward, organized by ICRIER, New Delhi, April 6-7, 2006

• “State of Play in GATS Negotiations: Implications for Developing Countries” at Regional Orientation on

Trade and Development, organized by UNDP Regional Centre Colombo, Siem Reap, Cambodia, March

27-30, 2006.

• “Mode 4 and Sustainable Development” at Asian Regional Dialogue on Services, organized by

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Boracay Island, Philippines, Feb 27-28,

2006

• "Pros and Cons of Liberalizing Health Services in India", at National Workshop on Health Services

Liberalization under WTO/GATS, organized by WTO Cell, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New

Delhi, February 15, 2006.

• "Legal and Institutional Barriers to Indo-US Trade", at National Workshop on Changing Contours of

Indo-US Relations, organized by NIAS, Bangalore, February 9-10, 2006

• "The GATS Negotiations: What's at Stake for India?", at Media Workshop on WTO and Globalization,

organized by CREAT, Bangalore, December 24, 2005

• "Market Access and Services Trade: Issues and Concerns for South Asia", at South Asia Conference on

Trade and Development, Mainstreaming Development in Trade Negotiations: Run-up to Hong Kong,

organized by Centre for Trade and Development, Oxfam, New Delhi, October 27-28, 2005

• "Cross Country Study of Global Outsourcing of Services: Preliminary Analysis and Findings", at

workshop on Globalization of Services: Framing the Issues, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

September 15, 2005

• “Mode 4: Important Issues for India”, at the Pre-Hong Kong Ministerial Consultation on Services,

organized by UNCTAD, DFID, and Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi, August 8-9, 2005

• “Mode 4 of the GATS”, in conference on Concluding the Doha Development Agenda Trade Negotiations:

Prospects for the Hong Kong Ministerial and Beyond, organized by British Department of Trade and

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Industry, Department for International Development, and the Foreign Commonwealth Office, UK, at

Wilton Park, West Sussex, UK, July 18-21, 2005

• "Movement of Natural Persons: Opportunities and Constraints under the GATS", at the National Seminar

on Emerging Professional Opportunities in the WTO Regime, organized by Committee on Trade Laws

and WTO, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Hyderabad, May 14, 2005

• "Macroeconomic and Development Dimensions of Global Outsourcing in India, in IIM Roundtable on,

Jobs on the Move: De-localisation and Relocation of eWork, organized at IIMB, March 11, 2005; Also

presented at workshop on outsourcing, organized by NSRCEL and 24/7, Bangalore, September 12, 2004,

and at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, September 1, 2004

• Discussant for paper on "Critical Issues in Services-Led Growth" under ADB Policy Networking Project,

organized by ADB, ICRIER, and IIMB, Bangalore, January 24-25, 2005 and New Delhi, October 25-26,

2004

• Panelist, "Education in India: Privatize or Perish", organized by Public Policy Forum, Centre for Public

Policy, IIM Bangalore, March 17, 2005

• “Mode 4”, at Workshop on Trade in Services, organized by South Centre, Geneva, February 28-March 4,

2005

• Chaired session on “WTO and Higher Education”, at National Seminar on Globalization of Higher

Education, Christ College, Bangalore, January 6, 2005

• “GATS, India, and Higher Education Services”, at Higher Education Summit, organized by FICCI, New

Delhi, December 2, 2004

• “India’s Economic and Structural Reforms: Progress and Prospects”, to US delegation, organized by the

American Chamber of Commerce, Karnataka chapter, Bangalore, November 1, 2004

• “GATS, Health Services, and India”, at consultation on the Framework WTO Agreement of July 2004:

The Way Forward, organized by UNCTAD India, New Delhi, October 26-28, 2004

• “Tradeability of Services and India: Selected Sectoral and Cross-Sectoral Issues and Concerns”, at

Confluence 2004 conference, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, October 22-24, 2004

• “GATS and its Implications for Higher Education Services”, at workshop on Globalization of Technical

Higher Education, organized by Department of Industrial Management, RV Engineering College,

Bangalore, August 28, 2004

• “Domestic Regulation, GATS, and Higher Education”, at conference on Internationalization of Higher

Education: Issues and Concerns, organized by National Institute for Education Planning and

Administration, New Delhi, August 26-27, 2004

• “How to best Leverage the GATS”, at conference on WTO and the New International Trade Regime,

organized by Marcus Evans International, Mumbai, August 12-13, 2004

• Chaired discussion group on “What Liberalization in Mode 4 Services can be Achieved?”, at conference

on Taking the WTO Negotiations Forward, organized by the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office, Wilton

Park, West Sussex, July 19-22, 2004

• Organized workshop on “Cross Border Dynamics in India’s IT Sector”, in collaboration with Centre for

New and Emerging Markets, London Business School, IIM, Bangalore, July 2, 2004

• “Movement of Natural Persons and India: GATS Negotiations and Domestic Policies”, at seminar on

Vietnam’s Integration into the Global Economy, Hanoi, June 3-4, 2004

• “Movement of Service Suppliers from India” at conference on Brain Drain, at Centre for New and

Emerging Markets, London Business School, London, February 26, 2004

• “WTO and Services with special reference to Higher Education” at Capacity Building Workshop for

Women on Governance in Higher Education, organized by NAAC, held at NIAS, January 2-7, 2004

• “WTO and Services” at GE Whitefield Centre, Bangalore, October 30, 2003

• “GATS and India”, at workshop on WTO, organized by Consumer Rights Education Awareness Trust,

Bangalore, September 1, 2003

• “India’s Negotiating Strategy in Services” at the ICRIER-FICCI seminar on the Cancun Agenda on

Market Access: A Reality Check, New Delhi, August 29, 2003

• “Liberalizing Professional Services under the GATS: The Indian Perspective”, at FIEO workshop on

Trade in Services, Bangalore, June 23, 2003

• “GATS and its Implications for Indian Business”, at workshop on the GATS and Competition Policy,

organized by the Tata Group of Companies, Mumbai, June 10,

2003

• “Health Services and the GATS”, at the National Workshop on WTO Negotiations on Trade in Services,

organized by Ministry of Commerce, CUTS, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, New Delhi, April 17, 2003

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• "Key Aspects of the GATS", at seminar on the Role of Services under the WTO for Developing

Countries, organized by the Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Hyderabad, November 22, 2002

• Respondent in session on Trade in Services at conference on WTO and South Asia: Lessons and

Strategies, organized by CUTS (Consumer Unity and Trust Society), New Delhi, March 9-10, 2002

• “Trade in Health Services”, at meeting of Working Group on Health in the International Economy, WHO,

Geneva, July 2-3, 2001; Also presented in-absentia at the International Workshop on Assessment of GATS

and Trade in Health Services, WHO, Geneva, January 9-11, 2002

• “An Extension of the IV Mode of Supply of Services: Potentialities and Limits”, at the Second National

Workshop on WTO, Italian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Rome, February 1, 2001

• “An Overview of the General Agreement on Trade in Services”, at workshop on G-77 and the Seattle

Round, organized by CUTS, Bangalore, August 1999

• “Social and Environmental Implications of the Asian Crisis”, at the Asia Society’s annual meeting, Hong

Kong, February 1999