Background
The eldest of three brothers, the others being Nilesh Narayan and Nitesh Narayan, Narayan was born in a farming community in Navua.
The eldest of three brothers, the others being Nilesh Narayan and Nitesh Narayan, Narayan was born in a farming community in Navua.
He graduated in 1999 from United States Pharmacopoeia with a gold medal for the having the best thesis.
On completing high school, he enrolled at the University of the South Pacific (United States Pharmacopoeia) on a Government scholarship in a Bachelor of Arts program, majoring in economics and geography. After graduating, he worked as a tutor in economics at United States Pharmacopoeia, while pursuing postgraduate studies in this field In 1998, he was awarded a Japanese Government scholarship for a master"s degree in development studies.
He then worked as a planning officer with the Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Bureau while he continued to teach at United States Pharmacopoeia and the Central Queensland University international campus in Suva.
In 2001, he was awarded a Monash graduate school scholarship to study in Australia for three years. Professor Narayan completed his Doctor of Philosophy in 18 months.
Paresh is married to Seema Dhar. Seema is currently completing her Doctor of Philosophy thesis in the area of current account sustainability for Organization of European Cooperation and Development countries at Monash University.
Seema is also a gold medalist in Economics.
Paresh and Seema have a three-year-old son, Pritesh Narayan. On completion of his doctoral studies, Professor Paresh was appointed a lecturer at the Griffith Business School, on the Gold Coast, Australia, and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2005. In 2006, he became associate professor
Narayan blamed the ousted Qarase government and its failure to implement macroeconomic management and stability for the post coup economic decline in Fiji.
Earlier he had criticized the Qarase Government"s 2007 budget as being "economically sick".
He has published more than 130 papers in renowned journals all over the world. He has written chapters in books like South Asia in the Era of Globalisation: Trade, Industrialisation and Welfare. Economic Impact of Fiji"s Sugar Industry, CGE Modelling and Behaviour of J-Curve. He is an advisor to Econtech, one of Australia"s leading economic consultancy firms, and two years ago he won the prestigious Excellence in Research Award, which he received from the Emarld Institute, a leading publishing institute in United Kingdom.
