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Prateek Raj is an Indian academic who is an Assistant Professor in Strategy at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He is known for his work highlighting caste[1][2] and regional[3][4] inequality in India, and for advocating for social issues including LGBT rights[5] and against hate speech.[6][7] He is an Affiliate Fellow at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[8]
Prateek Raj | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (BTech) University College London (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Economic history Management |
Institutions | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore London School of Economics Kellogg School of Management University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
Thesis | The friends we make: networks, culture and institutions (2018) |
Academic career
editRaj's research on income disparities faced by Dalit business owners[9] has received significant media coverage[1][2][10][11][12] for its policy implications. Raj has received notable research grants including from the Government of Uttar Pradesh for documenting the 2019 Kumbh Mela[13] and the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and India's ICSSR for research on UK-India trade relations.[14][15]
Raj has co-authored academic reports on topics such as journalism in the age digital platforms[16] for the Stigler Center tabled at the US Congress,[17] and a vision for Karnataka in 2047, for the Confederation of Indian Industry.[18][19]
Other ventures
editRaj comments on issues such as "metropolis vacuum" in the Hindi heartland.[3][4] He is a prominent academic from the Indian Institutes of Management system writing in support of queer rights in India[5][20] and is a vocal critic of hate speech[21] and the role of digital platforms in amplifying divisive rhetoric. In an open-letter he co-authored he called for corporations to defund platforms that promote harmful content.[22] Raj’s work and activism has been featured by several national and international media outlets including Bloomberg,[23] Economic Times,[3] Indian Express,[2] Mint,[4] NDTV,[6] Telegraph India,[11] The Hindu[1] and Times of India.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Varghese, Rebecca Rose (14 August 2024). "Impact of institutional stigma on Dalit business owners' earning capacity". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Pronounced income gaps evident in case of stigmatised-caste business owners: new study". The Indian Express. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Narayanan, Dinesh (15 November 2018). "The key to India's growth story lies hidden in the Hindi heartland". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Rajadhyaksha, Niranjan (30 April 2019). "Economic geography central to India's regional inequality woes". The Mint.
- ^ a b Raj, Prateek (20 October 2023). "Marriage equality: We won't win this battle from the shadows". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ a b Kumar, Ravish (12 January 2022). Prime Time With Ravish Kumar: Right-Wing "Trads" And How They Spread Hate Online. NDTV. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "How hate can hurt India's economic dreams". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Affiliate Fellows: Current Cohort". The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Raj, Prateek; Roulet, Thomas J.; Bapuji, Hari (7 August 2024). "It's not who you know, but who you are: Explaining income gaps of stigmatized-caste business owners in India". PLOS ONE. 19 (8): e0307660. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1907660R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0307660. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11305585. PMID 39110669.
- ^ Mudur, G.S. (14 August 2024). "Price of being Dalit on trade: 16 per cent less income". The Telegraph India.
- ^ a b "Caste Price: Editorial on social capital doing little to enhance income of Dalit business owners". The Telegraph India. 16 August 2024.
- ^ Choudhary, Puran (19 August 2024). "16 per cent income gap between Dalit business owners, others: IIM-B study". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Kumar, Chethan (13 January 2019). "IIMB team to study Kumbh Mela management and demographics". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "IIMB's Prof. Prateek Raj awarded grant for ICSSR-ESRC-UKRI call for collaborative research on UK-India Trade". IIM Bangalore. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "King's India Institute and Business School win new grant on the future of UK-India trade". King's College London. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Rolnik, Guy; Cagé, Julia; Gans, Joshua; Goodman, Ellen; Knight, Brian; Prat, Andrea; Schiffrin, Anya; Raj, Prateek (2019). "Protecting Journalism in the Age of Digital Platforms" (PDF). George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State; The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- ^ House Committee Print 117-8 (2022). "Investigation of competition in digital markets". US Congress.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Upgrade physical and social infrastructure, increase spending on education and research: Karnataka@100: A Vision Document for 2047'". The Hindu. 12 June 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Srihari, Rishabh (14 June 2023). "Skewed growth challenge for Karnataka: IIMB, CII". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Gautam, Naina (29 May 2024). "A Right In The Making". Outlook India. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Barman, Sourav Roy (8 January 2022). "Your silence emboldens hate voices: Faculty, students of IIMs to PM". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Sarawat, Raunaq (10 August 2023). "'We really mean it...': IIM-Bangalore professor who penned letter critiquing corporate funding of 'hate speech'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "This Explains Why Modern Markets Developed Where They Did - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2024.