Abhik Kumar Pramanik is a Doctoral Student in the Department of Public Policy with a particular interest in studying the economic impact of international government interventions in developing countries.

Abhik graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2015, with a degree in Political Economy. After graduating, Abhik spent a year in South Korea on a Fulbright Grant.

Before joining UNC, Abhik worked in foreign policy advocacy in Washington D.C., with a focus on protecting America’s development and diplomacy programs. Abhik is also a member of the Royster Society of Fellows at UNC.