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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Padma Desai<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1931|10|12|mf=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Surat, Gujarat, India<br />
| spouse = [[Jagdish Bhagwati]]<br />
| known_for = <br />
| occupation = Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of [[comparative economic systems]], [[Columbia University]] (1992-present)<br />
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'''Padma Desai''' (born October 12, 1931) is an India-born, [[Naturalization|naturalized]] American, [[development economist]] and a [[Russia]]-specialist. She is the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor Emerita of [[comparative economic systems]] and has been the director of the Center for Transition Economies at the [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Desai |url=http://econ.columbia.edu/padma-desai |publisher=Department of Economics, [[Columbia University]] }}</ref><br />
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She was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-10}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Desai was born and brought up in a traditional Gujarati [[Anavil Brahmin]] family in [[Surat]], Gujarat.<br />
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She did her B.A. (Economics) in 1951 from the [[University of Mumbai]], followed by an M.A. (Economics) also from the same university in 1953. Thereafter she completed her Ph.D. from [[Harvard]] in 1960.<ref name=cir>{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae of Padma Desai |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~pd5/Padma%20Desai%20CV%20February%202011.pdf |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125072202/http://www.columbia.edu/~pd5/Padma%20Desai%20CV%20February%202011.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Desai started her career at the Department of Economics, Harvard (1957-1959), after which she was associate professor of economics at [[Delhi School of Economics]] at [[University of Delhi]], from 1959 to 1968.<ref name=cir/><br />
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In November 1992, she joined as the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems at Columbia University and went on to become the director of the Center for Transition Economies at the University.<ref name=cir/><br />
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She later remained the [[U.S. Treasury]]’s advisor to the [[Ministry of Finance (Russia)|Russian Finance Ministry]] in the summer of 1995. She was president of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies in 2001.<br />
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She published her memoir, ''Breaking Out: An Indian Woman's American Journey'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Random truths in common things |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/article3384137.ece |publisher=[[Business Line]] |date=May 4, 2012 }}<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She is married to [[Jagdish Bhagwati]], also an Indian-American economist and professor of economics and law at Columbia University; the couple have one daughter.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Breaking Out: An Indian Woman's American Journey''. Viking, 2012. {{ISBN|9780670085781}}.<br />
* ''From Financial Crisis to Global Recovery''. Harper Collins, 2012. {{ISBN|9789350295823}}.<br />
* ''Conversations on Russia: Reform from Yeltsin to Putin''. Oxford University Press, 2006. {{ISBN|9780195300611}}.<br />
* ''Financial Crisis, Contagion, and Containment: From Asia to Argentina''. Princeton University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|9780691113920}}.<br />
* ''Work Without Wages: Russia's Non-Payment Crisis'', with Todd Idson. MIT Press, 2001. {{ISBN|9780262041843}}.<br />
* ''Going Global: Transition from Plan to Market in the World Economy'', Editor. MIT Press, 1997. {{ISBN|9780262041614}}.<br />
* ''The Soviet Economy: Problems and Prospects''. Blackwell, 1990. {{ISBN|9780631171836}}<br />
* ''Perestroika in Perspective: The Design and Dilemmas of Soviet Reform''. I B Tauris & Co, 1989. {{ISBN|9781850431411}}.<br />
* ''Bokaro Steel Plant: A Study of Soviet Economic Assistance''. North-Holland, 1972. {{ISBN|9780720430653}}.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/~pd5/desai.pdf Celebrating Padma Desai] [[Columbia University]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/~pd5/ Padma Desai, homepage] at [[Columbia University]]<br />
* {{cite web |title=The Examined Life |url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=hub230612Examined.asp |date=23 June 2012 |publisher=[[Tehelka]] Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 25}}<br />
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