Development economist dedicated to reforming economics pedagogy

By Alex M. Thomas

Fiscal and Tax Policy Moulder

By M. Govinda Rao

Eclectic economist and British peer

By Deepanshu Mohan

Agricultural scientist behind India’s Green Revolution

By R Ramakumar

India’s first professional business historian

By Chinmay Tumbe

Applied econometrician with contributions to environmental economics

By G. Mythili

Industrial planning and licensing policy expert

By Mausam Kumar

Early development economist and diplomat

By K Jothi Sivagnanam

India’s premiere demographer

By Sujata Visaria

Early practitioner of economic sociology

By Sharmin Kodaiji

Multi-faceted economist and principal architect of Indian Constitution

By Narendra Jadhav

Economic theorist and historian of economic thought

By Purba Chattopadhyay

Father of the Indian statistical system

By Pramit Bhattacharya

Social reformer who coined the term ​“Indian Economics”

By Maria Bach

Civil servant, central banker, and economic statesman

By G. Sreekumar

Civil servant and RBI governor

By Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

Early critic of Indian planning

By Shruti Rajagopalan and Shreyas Narla

Theoretical and empirical development economist

By Avinash Tripathi

Development economist and planner

By Alex Thomas

Eclectic Monetary Economist

By D.M. Nachane

Development economist and institution builder

By V.K. Nataraj

Financial economist and RBI governor

By Rahul Bajoria

Classical political economist and development theorist

By G. Omkarnath

Macroeconomist with a flair for macroeconometric modelling

By Ajit Karnik

Structural Macroeconomist Theorist 

By Prabhat Patnaik

Founder-editor of Economic Weekly and Economic and Political Weekly

By Rammanohar Reddy

Early Nationalist Economist

By Dinyar Patel