Ullal Ravindra "U. R." Bhat is a noted economic columnist of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He had his education in IIT Kanpur. He joined Indian Bank

Indian Bank

Indian Bank is a major Indian Commercial Bank headquartered in Chennai , India. It has 22,000 employees, 1923 branches and is one of the big public sector banks of India. It has overseas branches in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and 229 correspondent banks in 69 countries...

 and quit to start a career in financial investments. He worked in Jardine Fleming

Jardine Fleming

Jardine Fleming was a Hong Kong based investment bank founded in 1970 as a joint venture between Jardine Matheson and Robert Fleming & Co. At the time of its sale to JP Morgan Chase in 2000, it operated in 15 countries....

 India as head of the country operations. He is a regular at NDTV Profit Television channel. He is presently working for a firm called Dalton Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd. He is also one of the director of Karnataka Bank

Karnataka Bank

Karnataka Bank Limited is a private sector banking institution based in the town of Mangalore in Karnataka, India. The Reserve Bank of India has designated Karnataka Bank as an A1+-class scheduled commercial bank....

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