Ratan Lal Basu

Ratan Lal Basu (Bengali: রতন লাল বসু; born 23 December 1948) is an economist and English fiction author from Kolkata, India.

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.

Education

Dr. Basu studied in and passed Higher Secondary Examination with brilliant results from Belakoba High School 17 km from Jalpaiguri town. Dr. Basu did his Honors and M.A. degrees in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and at present upgraded to Presidency University, Kolkata, and did Ph.D. on the Arthasastra of Kautilya, a treatise on Economics, Politics and Espionage, written around 300 B.C.

Service

Dr. Basu joined the Bhairab Ganguly College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, as a Lecturer in Economics and later on became a Reader and retired as the Teacher-in-Charge (Acting Principal). As a Teacher-in-Charge he took initiative in completing the NAAC inspection of the college, streamlining the admission procedure to ensure justice to the applicants and completion of the long overdue asset registration.

He was the Treasurer, Bengal Economic Association (Bangiya Arthaniti Parishad) from June 2009 to May 2014.^[1] At present he is the Principal and adviser to IIMS (Kolkata) - AIS (St. Helens, New Zealand) Cross Credit Program^[2]

Bibliography

Short Stories Bengali Ganga Devi and Proud Bratin O-Sadharan Sundar Angel of Tendong Mountain We are Fine Jodi Hotam Memory English Blue Are the Far off Mountains The Magic Marble Dream in a Rainy Day The Gladiator Albidah Dream Portrait The Crucial Moment Major Singh's Secret Terrorist's Leaflet The Witch's Mirror The Mysterious Drinker Jasmine The Noble Deed of Inspector Rao We Are Happy Strangeness is Beauty The Tale of Two Cities The Puja Night Monsoon Tears The First Rain Goddess Mansa and Bhrigu's Mirror

Collection of Short Stories Bengali Asadharan Sundar O Anyanya Galpo English Blue Are the Far Off Mountains Dream In A Rainy Day The Gladiator & Other Stories Horror Of Yakshini Mod Lady and the Prabhus Stories for Children Tragedy of the Pugilist The Witch’s Mirror & Other Stories Novels Bengali Swapno Smriti Bastab Swapno English The Oraon and His Tree Friend The Curse of the Goddess Travelogue Fantastic Hill Trek Tagore, Hepburn and Shahrukh Khan Economics Ancient Indian Economic Thought, Relevance for Today Material Progress, Ethics & Human Development Kautilya's Arthasastra (300 B.C.): Economic Ideas Mahabharata, the Great Indian Epic: Economic Ideas Manusmriti, the Hindu Law Book: Economic Ideas Glimpses of the Indian Economy: Ancient & Modern Economic Concepts: Ancient & Modern Hindu philosophy Raj Yoga Karma Yoga Principles of Hatha Yoga Bhakti Yoga Lord Krishna Mystery Atharva Veda, A Brief Outline Tantra Cult Espionage Horror of Soviet Secret Police Stories of Spies Espionage Agency Mossad and Eichmann Drama

References

1. http://www.goethals.in/bea/ArthaBeekshan.htm
2. http://www.iims-intledu.com/cmscontent_leftmenu.php?action=cms&page_id=14