Indian Economists
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Radhakamal Mukerjee
Early practitioner of economic sociology
By Sharmin Kodaiji
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B.R. Ambedkar
Multi-faceted economist and principal architect of Indian Constitution
By Narendra Jadhav
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A.K. Dasgupta
Economic theorist and historian of economic thought
By Purba Chattopadhyay
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P.C. Mahalanobis
Father of the Indian statistical system
By Pramit Bhattacharya
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M.G. Ranade
Social reformer who coined the term “Indian Economics”
By Maria Bach
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C.D. Deshmukh
Civil servant, central banker, and economic statesman
By G. Sreekumar
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I.G. Patel
Civil servant and RBI governor
By Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
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Padma Desai
Early critic of Indian planning
By Shruti Rajagopalan and Shreyas Narla
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T.N. Srinivasan
Theoretical and empirical development economist
By Avinash Tripathi
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K.N. Raj
Development economist and planner
By Alex Thomas
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P.R. Brahmananda
Eclectic Monetary Economist
By D.M. Nachane
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Malcolm Adiseshiah
Development economist and institution builder
By V.K. Nataraj
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M. Narasimham
Financial economist and RBI governor
By Rahul Bajoria
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Kanta Ranadive
Marxian and Sraffian economist
By Alex Thomas
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Krishna Bharadwaj
Classical political economist and development theorist
By G. Omkarnath
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M.J. Manohar Rao
Macroeconomist with a flair for macroeconometric modelling
By Ajit Karnik
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Sukhamoy Chakravarty
Structural Macroeconomist Theorist
By Prabhat Patnaik
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Sachin Chaudhuri
Founder-editor of Economic Weekly and Economic and Political Weekly
By Rammanohar Reddy
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Early Nationalist Economist
By Dinyar Patel
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M.L. Dantwala
Father of agricultural economics in India
By Ritu Dewan
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Abhijit Sen
Agricultural economist and policy maker
By Himanshu
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Ashok Rudra
Agrarian political economist
By Srishti Yadav
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B.R. Shenoy
India’s premiere Austrian economist
By Samrudha Surana
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Ashok Mitra
Marxist economist and political commentator
By Roshan Kishore
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Srinivasan Ambirajan
Development and policy economist with an interest in public finance
By B. Chandrasekharan
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Dharma Kumar
Pioneering liberal economic historian
By Ramachandra Guha
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V.K.R.V. Rao
Institutional Builder Extraordinaire
By Vijayendra Rao
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J.C. Kumarappa
Gandhian Thinker
By Amit Basole
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R.C. Dutt
Civil servant and early development economist
By Maria Bach