Soumya Bhowmick is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy at the Observer Research Foundation. His research focuses on sustainable development and globalisation economics. He is pursuing his PhD and holds a double master’s degree in economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and the University of Antwerp, Belgium (specialisation in the Economics of Globalisation and European Integration). He was previously awarded the Government of Japan’s JASSO Scholarship, the Tokyo Foundation’s SYLFF Fellowship, and the European Commission’s EMJMD Fellowship.
Soumya has published multiple papers in various peer-reviewed journals and is a regular contributor to platforms like The Hindu Business Line, Economic and Political Weekly, The Diplomat, Council on Foreign Relations, The Telegraph, Firstpost, Dhaka Tribune, East Asia Forum, Fortune India, The Quint and India Today, among others.
Commentaries
Factors impacting Bangladesh’s positive pandemic recovery
Navigating the Complexities: Prioritizing the SDGs in a Changing World
Reimagining Bangladesh’s economic progress
Roaring tiger: India’s world @ 2023
A Troubling Economic Trajectory in Bangladesh
Sri Lanka’s IMF Saga
Why India's food value-chain needs better risk management instruments amid Ukraine war
Union Budget 2022 and post-pandemic development imperatives: Between theatrics and action
Boosting consumption to lift growth in India
Grim reality: India's informal labour force
Preparing for a post-Covid reality
COVID19 and women’s self-help groups
Can SDGs define India’s growth story in a post-Covid world?
COVID19: India competes for FDI departing China
Union budget 2020: How to overlook the short term while focussing on the long term
Bankura’s terracotta: Can timely measures facilitate socio-economic revival of potters’ community?
The identity fault lines of a West Bengal voter
A ‘social’ index for ease of doing business
Toward the SDGs: The Rwanda story
Why is environmental accounting essential for India?