Biju Paul Abraham

Biju Paul Abraham is currently Professor of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His primary teaching and research interests have been in the area of public systems and policy, particularly national and international regulation and its impact on investment and firms. He has also been part of consulting teams that have carried out strategic reviews of organizations and assessment of programme implementation for various ministries of the Government of India. He was co-editor of the book Good Governance, Democratic Societies and Globalization (2004) published by Sage and co-author of the book The Intelligent Person’s Guide to Good Governance (2009) also published by Sage. His articles have been published in both national and international journals such as Technovation, the International Journal of Electronic Business and the Journal of Rural Development. He was the President of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, a bi-national institute which promotes educational collaboration between universities and research institutions in India and Canada in 2014.

Academic Background:

• Ph.D.from Kings’ College, University of London, United Kingdom, 1995
• M.Phil. in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1990
• Master of Arts in Political Science of the University of Kerala, India, 1988
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Unviversity College, University of Kerala, India. 1986
• Pre-Degree Programme from Mar Ivanios College, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, 1983
• Secondary School Leaving Examination from Christ Nagar English High School, Trivandrum, Kerala, 1981

Awards:

• Nehru Centenary Fellow (awarded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Government of the United Kingdom) at King’s College London from1991 to 1995.
• University Grants Commission (Government of India) Junior Research Fellow at the School of International Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New India from1989 to 1991.