Career
SMERA is a joint initiative of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited (Doctorate&B) and leading public and private sector, and foreign banks in India. Chakraborti"s father was an officer with Indian Railways and his mother is a retired school teacher. The family was based in Asansol, an industrial town in West Bengal.
He graduated and then obtained an Master of Business Administration from Centre for Management Studies, BU, West Bengal.
After his Master of Business Administration, Chakraborti joined Capital Market Publishers (I) Limited. (1995–1997). He also worked for Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (1997–2000), a provider of macro-economic data and decision support solutions.
Chakraborti spent nearly 14 years with CRISIL Limited (2000–2014), a cr rating agency. At CRISIL, he worked in various capacities with CRISIL Research, CRISIL Ratings and (on deputation with) South&P – Tokyo.
He helped CRISIL develop its Bank Loan Rating portfolio of 10,000+ ratings customers, and states that he believes bank loan rating helps inculcate financial discipline in the borrower.
Chakraborti joined SMERA Ratings Limited in July 2014. Chakraborti has spoken at events and seminars as an expert on research, data, information, index, news, opinion and cr rating market in India. He was a jury member for the Small and Medium Size Enterprises Business Excellence Award 2014 hosted by Dun & Bradstreet, The Times Group and Federal Bank on November 24, 2014 at New Delhi.
