Dr. Murali Kallummal

Dr. Murali Kallummal

Professor, Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade(IIFT); India

Dr Kallummal is a Professor at the Centre for WTO Studies (CRIT, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), a Think Tank which provides negotiating input to the Department of Commerce and Head of Administration for the Centre for Research in International Trade (CRIT). He has a PhD specialising in Industrial Economics from JNU.  His PhD thesis is on the capital market-based financing patterns of the Indian corporate sector.

He has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of trade and development issues; domestic and international finance; market access issues in agricultural and manufacturing sectors; standards, [sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)-based measures, technical barriers to trade (TBT), private standards]; and trade & environment and sustainability challenges. Dr Kallummal has remained concerned over the developmental impact of trade policy and backs his findings with considerable empirical research on trade agreements and India’s WTO commitments.  He has conceived and maintained an official web portal with two databases on non-tariff measures (NTMs).  The database is unique in that it provides trade linkage at HS 4 digits level for all the SPS and TBT notifications made to the WTO by 164 countries.    The Government of India has nominated Dr Kallummal to WTO’s official training programmes and taken specialised lectures on market access issues.  He has conducted training and lectures in countries like Niger, Mongolia, Myanmar and Nepal.  He was also a member of the official Indian delegation for regional trade agreement (RTA) negotiations.  

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