Ashok Chandra Hosamane Prasad

Background

Prasad, Ashok Chandra Hosamane was born on January 1, 1958 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Son of Seetharam Rao Hosamane and Padmavathi Rao Hosamane.

Education

Bachelor, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, India, 1978; Master of Arts in Economics, U. Mysore, India, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in International Economics, U. Bombay, 1988; postgraduate, Institute Development Studies, Brighton, England, 1990-1991.

Career

Lecturer, Post Graduate Center Mysore U. and Kuvempu U., Shimogha, India, 1980-1992; associate professor, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 1992-1994; deputy general manager, head research and planning, Export Import Bank of India, Bombay, 1994; professor, Indian Institute Foreign Trade, New Delhi, 1994-1998; economics advisor, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, since 1998. Consultant United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 1991-1992, trainer for tng.activities on Multilateral Trade Negotiations, since 1996. Project leaderStudy on Indian Ferro-Silicon Industry, Study of IIFT, New Delhi, 1994-1995.

Member sub-group on export finance for ninth plan of India, Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi, 1996. Member expert group on professional services Ministry of Commerce, 1996. Project leader and principal researcher technical intensive service industry Project for Department Science and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 1996.

Principal researcher implementation model for Free Ports in Indian Commissioned by Ministry of Commerce at the instance of Prime Min.' General’ s Office. Member expert commission on World Trade Organization Issues, Ministry of Commerce, India, 1987. Main speaker in the technical sessions of expert meet on trade in health services United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 1997.

Achievements

• Ashok Chandra Hosamane Prasad has been listed as a noteworthy Economic advisor, foreign trade educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member IIFT (convenor commission on services 1996).

Interests

• Avocations: farming, gardening, playing basketball, swimming, sight-seeing.

Connections

Married Ahalya Chandra Hosamane Prasad, November 13, 1980. Children: Shanmukhananda, Sangeetha, Shatananda.

Father:

Seetharam Rao Hosamane

Mother:

Padmavathi Rao Hosamane

Spouse:

Ahalya Chandra Hosamane Prasad

child:

Shatananda Prasad

child:

Sangeetha Prasad

child:

Shanmukhananda Prasad