Shanta Acharya has the rare achievement of being published in the field of business and finance as well as in poetry and literary studies. Born in Orissa, India, she was educated at St. Joseph's Convent School and Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, where she completed her Master of Arts and subsequently served as a Lecturer in English. In 1979, she won a scholarship to Oxford University where she completed her doctoral thesis in 1983. Between 1983-85, she was a Visiting Scholar, as well as Teaching-cum-Research Assistant, at Harvard University. In 1985, she moved to London and began her investment management career with Morgan Stanley Asset Management. She was a portfolio manager for Swiss Bank Corporation Portfolio Management International prior to joining Baring Asset Management, where she was a senior portfolio manager. She was a Senior Client Services Manager with the Bank of Ireland Asset Management. From 2002 till 2008, she was Executive Director, Initiative on Foundation and Endowment Asset Management at London Business School. She is currently an asset management Consultant. Her articles have appeared in various international business publications including Director (UK), Financial News (UK), Global Custodian (US), Global Investor (UK), Professional Investor (UK), Plan Sponsor (US), Privatisation International (UK), The Investor (UK) among others. Her poetry and literary articles have been published in journals worldwide, including Acumen, (UK), Agenda (UK), Ambit (UK), Ariel (Canada), Chapman (UK), Critical Quarterly (UK), India International Centre Quarterly (India), Indian Literature (India), Journal of the Indian PEN (India), Journal of Literature and Aesthetics (India), Kavya Bharati (India), London Magazine (UK), Mslexia (UK), Other Poetry (UK), Oxford Quarterly Review (UK), Poetry New Zealand (New Zealand), Paris/Atlantic (France), Poetry Review (UK), Poetry London (UK), Private Photo Review (Italy), Spiny Babbler (Nepal), The Hindu (India), The Little Magazine (India), The Six Season's Review (Bangladesh), The Swansea Review (UK), The Toronto Review (Canada), Wasafiri (UK), World Literature Written in English (UK) among others. Shanta Acharya is
available for freelance assignments, talks, readings, reviews etc. and can be contacted at
shantaacharya@btinternet.com |