Manoj Pant

Manoj Pant is an Indian expert in International Trade. Presently, a visiting professor at Shiv Nadar University, he served as the Director of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade from 2017-2022. Prior to that, he was a full-time professor at the Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he taught international trade theory. Before that he taught economics at Delhi University.

Pant has obtained his undergraduate degrees from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and his master's degree from Delhi School of Economics. He has done his Ph.D. at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Pant used to be a regular newspaper contributor writing for The Economic Times on trade, investment and competition issues. He has published two books and over a dozen articles.

• Profile of Prof. Pant at Jawaharlal Nehru University