Presidents Dream Colloquium 2015: "Medical Tourism to Low and Middle Income Countries"
51猎奇入口 the Speaker
Rupa Chanda is a Professor in Economics and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (IIMB). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, with a specialization in International Trade, and a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Economics from Harvard University.
At IIMB, Dr. Chanda lectures on Macroeconomics and International Trade. She held the institute research chair from 2005 to 2007 and was the recipient of the ICFAI Best Teacher Award for 2006. She is a member of several national expert committees on trade and is also a member of the WHO鈥檚 International Roster of Health Experts.
Prior to joining IIMB, Dr. Chanda worked as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC. She has held short-term research appointments at the World Bank and the United Nations and has undertaken research assignments for the ILO, WHO, UNDP, UNCTAD, OECD, South Centre, ADB, WTI, IOM, EC, Peterson Institute for International Economics, ICRIER, IIFT and the Government of India. Dr. Chanda鈥檚 research interests concern multilateral trade liberalization, the WTO and services, migration, child labour, and macroeconomic stabilization.
Dr. Chanda has numerous publications to her credit, including three books: Services Integration in South Asia: Trade, Investment, and Mobility (Oxford University Press, 2011), India鈥檚 Trade in Services: Prospects and Strategies (Wiley Publishers, 2006), and Globalization of Services: India鈥檚 Opportunities and Constraints (Oxford University Press, 2002), and over 100 book chapters, journal articles and reports.
Dr. Chanda鈥檚 research interests:
Medical Tourism Trade in Health Services (Health, Business Outsourcing, Migration) International Trade in Services WTO Regional Trade