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Traian BĂSESCU<br />

Education:<br />

• 1976 - graduated the Institute of Civil Marine “Mircea cel Batran”, Faculty of<br />

Navigation, Commercial Section<br />

• 1995 - graduated the Advanced Management Courses in Maritime Transport Industry, Norwegian<br />

Shipping Academy<br />

Professional Activity:<br />

• 1976-1981 - Marine Officer grades III, II and I, on large tonnage ships at NAVROM Constanta<br />

• 1981-1987 - Merchant Navy Captain, Commander of ships: ARGES, CRISANA and<br />

BIRUINTA- Flagship of the Romanian Commercial Fleet<br />

• 1987-1989 – Head of Navrom Agency in Antwerp, Belgium<br />

• 1989-1990 - General Director of the State Inspectorate for the Civil Navigation, Ministry of<br />

Transportation<br />

• 1990-1991 - Under State Secretary, Head of the Naval Transportation department in the Ministry of Transportation<br />

• 1991-1992 - Minister of Transportation<br />

• 1992-1996 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament<br />

• 1996-2000 - Minister of transports in the V. Ciorbea, R. Vasile and M. Isarescu governments<br />

• 2000 - December 2004 - General Mayor of Bucharest<br />

• 2004 - Present- President of Romania<br />

Political activity:<br />

• 1991-1992 - Minister of Transport in Roman and Stolojan Governments<br />

• 1992-1996 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies (PD - Democratic Party), Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies<br />

Commission for Industry and Services<br />

• 1996 – After resigning from Parliament and renouncing his parliamentary immunity – Director - Coordinator of the<br />

electoral campaign of Petre Roman, presidential candidate<br />

• 1996-2000 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Vaslui county; Minister of Transportation in Victor<br />

Ciorbea, Radu Vasile and Mugur Isarescu Governments<br />

• 2000-2001 - President of Bucharest Organization of the Democratic Party<br />

• May 2001 - 18 December 2004 - President of the Democratic Party (PD)<br />

• 2003 - 18 December 2004 - Co-President of D.A. (Justice and Truth) Alliance<br />

Prof. B. B. BHATTACHARYA<br />

Professor B.B.Bhattacharya is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.<br />

Prior to that he was Director (2001-2005) and Professor (1981 onwards) at the Institute of<br />

Economic Growth, Delhi.<br />

He passed M.A. in Economics from the University of Allahabad in 1966 with first position in the<br />

order of Merit and obtained Ph.D. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of<br />

Delhi in 1971. He was UNESCO Fellow at Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw in 1974 and<br />

Ford Foundation post doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley in 1980-81.<br />

He specializes in macro economics, monetary economics, public finance, planning and<br />

development and international finance. He is India’s leading expert on economic modelling<br />

and forecasting and his forecasting on the Indian economy are frequently quoted by print and<br />

electronic media as well as used by Government of India, Planning Commission, Reserve Bank of India and World Bank. He has<br />

published so far 10 books and more than 100 technical papers in various national and international journals.<br />

Professor Bhattacharya has held many important positions in learned societies and institutions. He is currently President of the<br />

Indian Economic Association (2007-2008) and also President of the Indian Association for Research on National Income and<br />

Wealth (2002 – 2010; two terms). Earlier he was the President of the Indian Econometric Society (2003 – 2004). He is the Chief<br />

Editor of the Journal of Income and Wealth and member of the Editorial Boards of many other technical journals in Economics.<br />

He is currently adjunct professor in the Centre for International Trade and Development in JNU. Dr. Bhattacharya has served as<br />

Chairman / Member of many important Government committees and commissions. At present he is Chairman of the International<br />

Comparison Project of the Government of India and also National Sample Survey 62nd Round of the Central Statistical Organisation,<br />

Govt. of India. He is the Member of the Supervisory Board of Foundation for Innovation Politique in Paris. He is a recipient of Amity<br />

Life Time Academic Achievement Award in 2007 and also awarded Ambassador of Peace by Universal Peace Foundation.<br />

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