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Abhirup Sarkar obtained his bachelor's degree in economics from Presidency College, Calcutta, India and a Masters from the University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India. He did his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, USA and has spent most of his academic career at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. He has also taught and researched at various other places in India and abroad including the University of Florida, USA, Brigham Young University, USA, Concordia University, Canada, International Centre for Economic Research, Italy, and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. The primary areas of his research interest are international trade and economic development. Apart from contributing to scholarly journals, he regularly writes popular pieces in dailies and periodicals. He is the Chairman of the Fourth State Finance Commission of West Bengal, the Chairman of West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation, Vice Chairman of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, a member of the West Bengal State Planning Board and a past member of the Group of Advisors to the Union Finance Minister on G20 matters.