Development, Environment and Sustainable Livelihood

Soumyendra Kishore Datta received his MA and PhD degrees from Jadavpur University, his MPhil from Calcutta University, and his postdoctoral degree from York University, UK. He has been teaching at university level for the past 25 years, and has supervised 24 MPhil dissertations and 13 PhD theses. He has published around 60 papers in national and international journals, and has edited two books and co-authored four books. He has also completed three major research projects, with another major project currently ongoing. His research interests include environmental and resource economics, common property resources, industrial economics, and gender studies. Atanu Sengupta received his MSc degree from Burdwan University and his PhD degree from ISI Calcutta. He has been teaching at University level for 11 years, and has supervised five MPhil theses and eight PhDs. He has also published more than 50 papers in various reputed national and international journals, and has published six books. He has also carried out four projects under the Sarvya Shiksha Avijaan (SSA) scheme of the Government of West Bengal. He has specialized in teaching econometrics, financial economics, development economics, microeconomics and growth theory.