Dr Atanu Sengupta  is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India, where he has been teaching for more than a decade. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. He has published over 45 papers in various refereed national and international journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Sankhya, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Education and Development, Indian Economic Review, Asia Pacific Development Journal, and Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Development,and has also contributed chapters in various edited volumes. He also published eight books, including two edited volumes. He is a regular reviewer for several reputed national and international journals. His areas of interest include econometrics, financial economics, development economics, microeconomics and growth theory.

Dr Sanjoy De  is anAssistant Professor, Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya, under the University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Previously, he served as Lead Analyst in Zacks Investment Research in Kolkata and as Senior Analyst at ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Burdwan University, Burdwan, West Bengal, India. At ICFAI, he was responsible for writing numerous articles on business, finance and economics. He has also published papers inIndian Economic Journal,Journal of Income and Wealth,Mainstream Weeklyand others. His areas of interest include banking, microeconomics and statistics.