Mr. Amitava Mukherjee graduated from St. Columba's College. Hazaribagh, with first class Honours in Economics. He ob-tained his first class Master's Degree in Economics from the Ranchi University, Ranchi and his Master's Degeee in Admi-nistrative Science & Managerial Economics from the William Marsh Rice University, Houston, U. S. A. He has contributed a large number of papers/book reviews in prestigious journals, like 'YOJANA', MA-NAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT', and 'FOREIGN TRADE REVIEW'. He holds a very responsible position in the Unitcd Bank of India, Head Office, Calcutta as a middle management executive,