Biswa Swarup Misra is currently working as a Professor of Economics and Associate Dean at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. The author was an Economist in the Reserve Bank of India during 2002-2010. His previous industry engagements include Chief Economist at Bank of India and Economist at the Union Bank of India. He has been a core team member for the research publications and policy documents of the Reserve Bank of India. He has been a visiting faculty in the Reserve Bank's training establishments. His research interest includes study of Growth Dynamics, Fiscal Behaviour, Finance and Development, Banking and Macro Economic Modelling. Professor Misra has published in journals such as Comparative Economic Studies, Reserve Bank's Occasional Papers, the Journal of Quantitative Economics, the Indian Economic Journal and Journal of Income and Wealth. He is the author of, Regional Growth Dynamics in India in the Post-Economic Reform Period, published by Palgrave Macmillan, UK and Credit Cooperative in India-Past, Present and Future, published by Routledge. Apart from Research, Professor Misra contributes regularly to editorials of Business Line on contemporary macroeconomic issues. He is a Member of the Scientific Council of Journal of Management and Financial Sciences, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. Dr. Misra has been a member of the Working Group on Savings constituted by the Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan and at present is a Member of the 'Expert Group for Development of a Methodology for Computation of an Index for Infrastructure Development at the all India level and for States' constituted by the Ministry of Statistic and Programme Implementation, New Delhi.
