Vishva Nath Attri

Vishva Nath Attri
Education	M.A. (Economics), Ph.D. (Economics)
Alma mater	Kurukshetra University, George Washington University, University of California
Known for	Chair in Indian Ocean Studies (CIOS), Indian Ocean Rim Association, University of Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, International Expert of Blue Economy

Vishva Nath Attri is an Indian professor and Chair in Indian Ocean Studies (CIOS) at the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), University of Mauritius. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} He is the former Senior Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India. ^{[5] [6]}

Attri is also a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles and The George Washington University, USA. ^[7]

Education and career

Attri holds a Master of Arts in Economics and a Ph.D. in Economics from Kurukshetra University. He was also a Post-doctoral research Visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles and The George Washington University.^{[ citation needed ]}

Attri's policy briefs have been published in the United Nations Global Sustainable Development Reports in 2015, 2016, and 2019. ^[5] He is the founder and managing editor of the Journal at Indian Ocean Rim Studies (JIORS), IORA.

Attri is also the founder chairman of the Blue Economy Forum at the University of Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius. He is a lead editor with the Human Sciences Research Council on the Blue economy Handbook. He has participated in IORA's Core Group Meetings and the First Ministerial Conference on the Blue economy. He was also appointed by the FICCI, India, as a Member in the First Blue Economy Task Force in 2016 and the reconstituted Blue Economy Task Force (BETF) in 2018. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

In 2017, Attri completed "The Study on Bilateral and Regional Trade and Investment related to Agreements and Dialogues between Member States". ^[11]

In March 2018, the World Bank acknowledged him as an expert on the Blue Economy and invited him to make an external review of the report, "Toward a Blue Economy: Pathways and Prospects for Bangladesh’s Investment in Sustainable Growth". In the same year, he participated in the 5th Indian Ocean Dialogue (IOD) in Durban, South Africa. ^[12]

Publication

Attri has published works on trade, sustainable development, International Environmental Regulation, and the Blue economy. ^{[7] [13] [14]}

• The Blue Economy Handbook of the Indian Ocean Region (2018) ^[15]
• IORA Blue Economy and Sustainable Development: lessons from MDG & Pathway for SDG’ was published in the book "Towards Sustainable Development: Lessons from MDGs and pathways for SDGs", by The Institute for Policy, Advocacy and Governance (IPAG), Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh, October 2017.
• "IORA's Past Present and Future", Published by University of Mauritius Reduit 2021

References

1. "Fishers' participation sought for blue economy". The Hindu. 30 November 2019.
2. "CIOS – Indian Ocean Rim Association – IORA". www.iora.int.
3. "African Books Collective: V.N. Attri". www.africanbookscollective.com.
4. Grossberg, A. C. (25 August 2015). "Energy Transitions And Corporation in the Indian Ocean Region. Speaker: Prof (Dr). V.N. Attri". repository.hsrc.ac.za.
5. "V N Attri – WIOMSA Scientific Symposium". symposium.wiomsa.org.
6. "National Consultation on India-Africa Partnership" (PDF). Ris.org.
7. Schöttli, Jivanta (May 2018). "Front Matter". Maritime Governance and South Asia. World Scientific. pp. i–xxxvi. doi:10.1142/9789813238237_fmatter. ISBN   978-981-323-822-0.
8. "WEBINAR| Blue Economy has emerged as a new paradigm, India needs to achieve the blue economy vision". The Policy Times. 4 July 2020.
9. Singh, Abhijit. "Towards an Integrated 'Blue Economy' Framework in the Bay of Bengal". ORF.
10. "A review of Blue Economy for potential growth of infrastructure in India".
11. "THE STUDY ON BILATERAL AND REGIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATED AGREEMENTS AND DIALOGUES BETWEEN MEMBERS STATES" (PDF). Iora.int.
12. "Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)". Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
13. Schottli, Jivanta (20 March 2018). Maritime Governance And South Asia: Trade, Security And Sustainable Development In The Indian Ocean. World Scientific. ISBN   978-981-323-824-4.
14. "V. N. Attri | Semantic Scholar". www.semanticscholar.org.
15. The Blue Economy Handbook of the Indian Ocean Region. Africa Institute of South Africa. 2018. ISBN   9780798305181. JSTOR   j.ctvgc60f0.