Centre for WTO Studies
Pritam Banerjee currently serves as the Head at the Centre for WTO Studies since February 2023, following a significant tenure as a Logistics Specialist at the Asian Development Bank from August 2018 to June 2023, focusing on operations and infrastructure planning. Pritam's extensive experience includes roles managing public policy and regulatory affairs related to supply chain management at Deutsche Post DHL Group, where responsibilities spanned five South Asian countries, and consultancy positions with the World Bank and World Bank Institute. Pritam holds a PhD in Economics and Public Policy from George Mason University and advanced degrees in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Illinois Wesleyan University.
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Centre for WTO Studies
The Centre for WTO Studies was set up in the year 1999 to be a permanent repository of WTO negotiations-related knowledge and documentation. It was also envisaged that the Centre would evolve into a research unit with interest in trade in general and WTO, in particular, to finally develop into an independent think tank in the area. The Centre was later situated in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in November 2002. Over the years, the Centre has conducted a robust research programme with a series of papers in all spheres of interest at the WTO. It is currently engaging itself in an exercise to back its research with an equally robust publication programme. The Centre has also created a specialised e-repository of important WTO documents, especially related to India, in its Trade Resource Centre. It has been regularly called upon by the Government of India to undertake research and provide independent analytical inputs to help it develop positions in its various trade negotiations, both at the WTO and other forums such as Free and Preferential Trade Agreements and Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreements. Additionally, the Centre has been actively interfacing with industry and Government units as well as other stakeholders through its Outreach and Capacity Building programmes by organizing seminars, workshops, subject-specific meetings etc. The Centre thus also acts as a platform for consensus building between stakeholders and policymakers.