Prof. Manipadma Datta is a seasoned academician, researcher, corporate consultant, mentor, and institution-builder He is known for his work in India and abroad. Prof. Datta is former Vice Chancellor and Professor of Policy & Management Studies of Teri School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), Delhi. He is now with NTPC School of Business (NSB), Noida, and the National Institute of Financial Markets (NISM)of SEBI, Mumbai, as Resource Person. He has served many institutions of eminence including University of Calcutta, Vidyasagar University, Nirma University, Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, International Institute of Management Delhi and Vrije University Brussels. He is a regular contributor to national and international refereed journals and is on their editorial boards. A regular consultant to IFC, World Bank, Government of India sponsored research projects, he has developed housing finance models for the poor in Bangladesh and Nepal and a business model for utilizing biodiversity of Cooperative Republic of Guyana, South America. He holds a Masters Degree and a PhD from the University of Calcutta. He is also a Fellow (FCS) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has done GCPCL from Harvard Business School, USA.

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