Nirupam Bajpai
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development and Director, South Asia Program at the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University (USA)
Over the last three decades, Dr Bajpai has been working at different U.S. universities beginning at the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1992; Harvard University from 1995 to 2002 and since July 2002 at Columbia University. Prior to his arrival at Columbia, Bajpai worked for seven years at Harvard University, most recently at the Kennedy School of Government's Center for International Development.
An economist by training, Bajpai's research interests include sustainable development, ICTs and disruptive technologies, emerging markets, global competitiveness, and macroeconomic policies in developing and developed countries. His work focuses on economic policy reform in India, China, and sub-Saharan Africa. He is an Associate Editor of Asian Economic Papers, published by MIT Press and is also on the Editorial Board of Economic Change and Restructuring published by Springer.
Bajpai is the recipient of several honors and awards. On the eve of India's 59th Republic Day on January 25, 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India, which is a civilian national honor bestowed by the Government of India.