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'''Ratan Lal | '''Ratan Lal Basu''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: রতন লাল বসু; born 23 December 1948) is an economist and English [[fiction]] author. | ||
==Childhood and parents== | ==Childhood and parents== | ||
The place of birth of Dr. Ratan Lal Basu is the [[village]] Belakoba in the [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. He was born on 23 December 1948. His father Sri Mahendra Lal Bose was educated from St. Xavier’s School and College, [[Calcutta]], he later on got settled at the village Belakoba and played a pioneering role in establishing many schools in the remote [[villages]] of the [[Jalpaiguri district]]. | The place of birth of Dr. Ratan Lal Basu is the [[village]] Belakoba in the [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. He was born on 23 December 1948. His father Sri Mahendra Lal Bose was educated from St. Xavier’s School and College, [[Calcutta]], he later on got settled at the village Belakoba and played a pioneering role in establishing many schools in the remote [[villages]] of the [[Jalpaiguri district]]. | ||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
Dr. Basu studied in and passed [[Higher Secondary Examination]] from Belakoba [[High School]] 17 km from [[Jalpaiguri]] town. | Dr. Basu studied in and passed [[Higher Secondary Examination]] from Belakoba [[High School]] 17 km from [[Jalpaiguri]] town. | ||
Dr. Basu did his [[honors student|Honors]] and [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] degrees in [[Economics]] from | Dr. Basu did his [[honors student|Honors]] and [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] degrees in [[Economics]] from [[Presidency College, Kolkata]], then affiliated with the [[University of Kolkata]], and at present upgraded to [[Presidency University, Kolkata]], and did [[Ph.D.]] on the [[Arthashastra]] of [[Kautilya]], a [[treatise]] on [[Economics]], [[Politics]] and [[Espionage]], written around 300 B.C. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Dr. Basu joined a Government-sponsored college affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]], as a [[Lecturer]] in [[Economics]] and later on became a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] and retired as the Teacher-in-Charge (Acting [[Principal (education)|Principal]]). | Dr. Basu joined a Government-sponsored college affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]], as a [[Lecturer]] in [[Economics]] and later on became a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] and retired as the Teacher-in-Charge (Acting [[Principal (education)|Principal]]). | ||
He was the Treasurer, Bengal Economic Association (Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad) from June 2009 to May 2014.<ref>http://www.goethals.in/bea/ArthaBeekshan.htm</ref> | He was the Treasurer, Bengal Economic Association (Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad) from June 2009 to May 2014.<ref>http://www.goethals.in/bea/ArthaBeekshan.htm</ref> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]] | [[Category:Writers from Kolkata]] | ||