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,…
Ashok Mitra spoke truth to power. Among the many attributes of this extraordinary man (his fierce intelligence, his passionate and continuous engagement with politics and society, his literary flair in writings of vast erudition and variety, his restless energy, his…
For those who were victimised or isolated for dissident views, of whatever description, there was a special place in Ashok Mitra's heart. (The Bengali version of this article is being published in Arek Rakam, a journal that Ashok Mitra helped…
Ashok Mitra who passed away on May1, 2018, was the doyen among Left intellectuals in the country, held in the highest esteem by one and all for his absolute integrity, his outstanding intellect and his commitment to the cause of…
Many years back I had written an essay “Cholera and the Post-Modern World”, (Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXVII, No.34, August 22nd, 1992.) that brought forth an extraordinary response. It stunned me. I got a hand-written letter from Ashok Mitra,…
There are some people who are hard to classify, in terms of achievement or contribution to society or personality, and Ashok Mitra is one of them. Economist, policymaker, writer, organic intellectual, politician, litterateur, legislator: he has been all of these…
