Debabrata Talukdar was a professor of marketing in the University at Buffalo's School of Management. He received a BS in mechanical engineering from Jadavpur University, India, an MS in international development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in marketing and applied economics from the University of Rochester. Talukdar was named a UB Civic Engagement Fellow in 2010 and was promoted to full professor in 2011. He was a member of the UB faculty for nearly 24 years.
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