Shaibal Gupta

Biography

 Dr Gupta has been doing research in the field of economics/industrial economics for the last two decades, specializing in the political economy of the regional dimensions of capitalist transformation in India and the related questions of growth. Much of his work has been with special reference to the industrial sector in Bihar, the most underdeveloped region of India. He is presently engaged in a comparative study of political economy of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and its implication for pattern of governance and growth in respective states. He has edited a book entitled ‘Bihar : Stagnation and Growth’. He has also been a prolific contributor to journals and has written several newspaper columns. He has prepared various research reports including Dynamics of Employment and Poverty in Bihar, Role of Institutional Credit in Tribal Development, etc. Before joining ADRI, Dr Gupta was a faculty member at the A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies at Patna. He is currently a: Director, Centre for Economic Policy and Public Finance (CEPPF) at the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna. Co-Director, International Growth Centre, India-Bihar Programme. Member-Secretary, Asian Development Research Institute.

Research Interest

 Grassroots intervention strategies' for socio-economic development. To promote development research that is more user-oriented than the academic output of typical research institutions.   Development issues of Bihar and the entire Hindi Heartland and the eastern Indian states.