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Sujan Hajra is chief economist and executive director, Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers. He was earlier at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a director from May 1993 to April 2006. He has a B.Sc. in economics from Maulana Azad College, University of Calcutta, and an M.A. in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has also obtained an M.Phil in International Trade & Development from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
Sujan Hajra is chief economist and executive director, Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers. He was earlier at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a director from May 1993 to April 2006. He has a B.Sc. in economics from Maulana Azad College, University of Calcutta, and an M.A. in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has also obtained an M.Phil in International Trade & Development from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
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