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Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is an author and contributing editor to Business Standard. He works on public policy, primarily finance, maritime, and energy issues. He writes on current economic issues at On Point with Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. He is also a Professor of Practice and director, Centre for Regulatory Governance at Jindal Global Law School at the OP Jindal Global University. He has degrees in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and the Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has worked in the Indian government as part of the Indian Information Service. He has also written for the Economic Times, Indian Express, and Financial Express newspapers.
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee is an author and contributing editor to Business Standard. He works on public policy, primarily finance, maritime, and energy issues. He writes on current economic issues at On Point with Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. He is also a Professor of Practice and director, Centre for Regulatory Governance at Jindal Global Law School at the OP Jindal Global University. He has degrees in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and the Shri Ram College of Commerce. He has worked in the Indian government as part of the Indian Information Service. He has also written for the Economic Times, Indian Express, and Financial Express newspapers.
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