Background

Chowdhury, Prabal Roy was born on April 18, 1962 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Son of Parimal Roy and Pampa Roy Chowdhury.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, 1992.

Career

Visiting researcher Congress of Racial Equality, Catholic University Louvain, Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium, 1993—1994. Ford Foundation fellow Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1994—1996. Visiting assistant professor Indian Institute Management, Kolkata, 1996—1998.

Associate professor economics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1998—2003. Professor economics Indian Statistical Institute, since 2003.

Achievements

• Achievements include fundamental contributions to the theory of firms, game theory, bargaining theory, and development economics.

Interests

• Reading, music.

Connections

Married Indrani Roy Chowdhury Dasgupta, December 12, 1994. 1 child Paroma.

Father:

Parimal Chowdhury

Mother:

Pampa Roy Chowdhury

Spouse:

Indrani Roy Chowdhury Dasgupta

child:

Paroma Chowdhury