Transcription : Interview with Barun De (August 2011 and January 2012)

Interviewed by: Indira Chowdhury
Interview place: Kolkata
Interview Date: 3rd August 2011 and 17th January 2012

Table of contents:

Interview One
• Family background; Education; Return from Oxford.
• Teaching at Presidency College; Joining IIM-C.
• Teaching Industrial History.
• Development of the economic history syllabus; Core Principles.
• Interaction and contentious issues with MIT.

Interview Two
• Emerald Bower.
• Context of joining IIM-C; Designing the syllabus.
• Differences between the faculty; JDP program.
• Interactions with other institutions; Political atmosphere.
• Context of leaving IIM-C.
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