The IMF’s estimates of debt stress suggest that as of May 2023, 11 countries were in debt distress (that is, in default or on the verge of default) while 51 countries were in severe moderate debt stress. Typically, a debtor…
Abhijit Sen, eminent economist, passed away on August 29 at the age of 71. He retired as Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, in 2015. During his association with the university, which spanned a…
My last meeting with Professor Abhijit Sen was just a week ago, before his untimely death due to a heart attack on August 29. We were trying to make sense of trends in the Indian economy, particularly in poverty, inequality and…
One of the country’s foremost experts on agriculture and rural economy, Prof. Abhijit Sen died on Monday night. The economist and former Planning Commission member suffered a heart attack. He was 72. Sen’s academic career spanned over four decades. A…
Our colleague, Professor Abhijit Sen, who taught at the Centre of Economics and Planning, passed away due to cardiac arrest, late on August 29, 2022. His health had never fully recovered after his asthmatic lungs which took a further battering…
With the passing of professor Abhijit Sen, the country has lost one of its most sensitive, progressive and grounded economists. Professor Sen’s contributions to academia as well as policymaking were significant, with his best-known work in the areas of agriculture,…
Professor Abhijit Sen, economist and former faculty at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) in Jawaharlal Nehru University passed away on August 29 due to a sudden heart attack. Primarily a teacher, he was also involved in policy-making in…
Abhijit Sen, who died on Monday at the age of 72, was one of India’s most distinguished development economists, teachers and policymakers. He joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1985, where he remained a much-revered teacher, right until his retirement in 2015.…
Abhijit Sen, a renowned agriculture economist and former member of the Planning Commission, passed away on August 29. It is a great loss to the profession of economics in general, and to economists working on agriculture and the rural economy in particular, and to…
