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Indian economist

Tirthankar Roy (born 14 February ) is an Indian economic historian and Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics.

He is a researcher of the Economic History of South Asia and India, having published over 25 books and numerous articles.^[1] His work spans the fields of Economic History, Business History and Social History, particularly studying the effects of British colonialism in India on its economic development.^[2][3]

Biography

Roy received an M.A.

in Economics from Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India and subsequently his Ph.D. from the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, in ^[4][5] Before joining the London School of Economics (LSE), he served as a professor at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, India.^[6] He is currently a Professor of Economic History at the LSE.

He serves on the editorial board