Sugata Marjit (born 4.12.59), a First-Class Undergraduate of Presidency College (1978) and a topper of Calcutta University (1980), did his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester under the supervision of Ronald Jones (1981-1984).
He is the Former First Distinguished Professor of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. His previous positions include early faculty positions at Presidency College, Jadavpur and Monash Universities and later the Reserve Bank of India Professorship at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), The First Sukhamay Chakravarty Chair Professorship at CESP, Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Professorship at the Indian Statistical Institute. He was the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University, Director of CSSSC and Chairman of the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education.