Abhijit Sen, the acclaimed agriculture economist who infused new vitality to the debate on the universalisation of the public distribution system (PDS) of key grains and endorsed an ambitious formula for fixing the support prices of crops, died Monday night.…
Prof Abhijit Sen, who taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) for three decades between 1985-2015, passed away on August 29. He was 72. He, along with other founding members of the Centre, played a key role…
Prof.Abhijit Sen, renowned economist, expert on agriculture, rural economy and planning passed away after a brief illness. He has been closely associated with the All India Kisan Sabha and has represented the interests of the peasantry in different capacities in…
Abhijit Sen Passes Away: Abhijit Sen, renowned agriculture economist and former member of the Planning Commission during the previous United Progressive Alliance government, passed away Monday. He was 72. “He suffered a heart attack around 11 pm. We rushed him to…
Prof. Abhijit Sen, the distinguished economist who passed away on the night of August 29 at 72, was professor of economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), for about three decades. He joined…
Professor Abhijit Sen, a leading expert on the rural economy and a former member of the Planning Commission, died here on Monday night after a brief illness. He was 72 years old. In an academic career spanning over four decades,…
The latest IPCC report makes it clear: the planet is now dangerously close to a tipping point and reliance on fossil fuels has to be drastically curtailed and even fully eliminated soon, to avoid catastrophic climate changes. Obviously, this urgent…
Feminist economists have long argued that the purpose of an economy is to support the survival and flourishing of life, in all its forms. This may seem obvious but it turns on its head the prevailing view, which implicitly assumes…
In this article, Jayati Ghosh attempts to extend Krishna Bharadwaj’s insight on interlinked rural markets to the analysis of the interlinkages between paid and unpaid economic activities; in other words, between work and employment. Specifically, Jayati Ghosh argues that the…
Sahmat, Social Scientist and Tulika Books invite you to a symposium in honour of Professor Irfan Habib on his 90th birthday IN DEFENCE OF HISTORY Thursday, 12 August 2021, 6.30 to 8.30 pm (IST) SPEAKERS Romila Thapar Amiya Kumar Bagchi Aditya Mukherjee…
