Mircea Raianu

Mircea Raianu

Mircea Raianu is an Assistant Professor in History at the University of Maryland. Mircea studies the evolution of capitalism in modern South Asia. His book, Tata: The Global Corporation that Built Indian Capitalism (Harvard University Press, 2021), charts the transformation of India’s largest business group from a family firm engaged in long-distance trade to a diversified industrial conglomerate strongly identified with the national economy. More broadly, he is interested in the development of infrastructure, technology, and human capital in emerging markets. His future research will examine exchanges of ideas about corporate organization in the mid-20^thc., focusing on questions of scale, growth, and innovation.