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	David Taylor in a scholarly review of Prem Shankar Jha's ''Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History'' observes that the Indian journalist who was also an information adviser to the Indian Prime Minister tackles Alastair Lamb's positions about the Mountbatten-Indian Government collaboration over Kashmir. Taylor states that while Jha does not totally rebut Lamb's positions he provides "plausible alternative readings" to some of the arguments he had raised. Taylor also sees that Jha treats Hari Singh more sympathetically than other writers.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Taylor\|first1=David\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\|date=1999\|volume=62\|issue=1\|pages=167–168\|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00018048}}</ref> Robert Wirsing points out that Jha's book is "laced with partisanship" and that he exaggerates the strength of his conclusions. Wirsing observes that Jha's research is not sufficient support for the sweeping claims he makes. Wirsing states that while challenging Pakistan's version of events Jha has failed to deliver a knockout punch to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Wirsing\|first1=Robert\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=The American Historical Review\|date=February 1998\|volume=103\|issue=1\|pages=270–271\|doi=10.2307/2650930\|jstor=2650930}}</ref>		David Taylor in a scholarly review of Prem Shankar Jha's ''Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History'' observes that the Indian journalist who was also an information adviser to the Indian Prime Minister tackles Alastair Lamb's positions about the Mountbatten-Indian Government collaboration over Kashmir. Taylor states that while Jha does not totally rebut Lamb's positions he provides "plausible alternative readings" to some of the arguments he had raised. Taylor also sees that Jha treats Hari Singh more sympathetically than other writers.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Taylor\|first1=David\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\|date=1999\|volume=62\|issue=1\|pages=167–168\|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00018048\|s2cid=162256215}}</ref> Robert Wirsing points out that Jha's book is "laced with partisanship" and that he exaggerates the strength of his conclusions. Wirsing observes that Jha's research is not sufficient support for the sweeping claims he makes. Wirsing states that while challenging Pakistan's version of events Jha has failed to deliver a knockout punch to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Wirsing\|first1=Robert\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=The American Historical Review\|date=February 1998\|volume=103\|issue=1\|pages=270–271\|doi=10.2307/2650930\|jstor=2650930}}</ref>

	==Awards==		==Awards==
	On 29 December 2021, Jha received the RedInk lifetime achievement award by the Mumbai Press Club "for his long and distinguished career of incisive and analytical writing".<ref name="RedInk2020"/>. [[Chief Justice of India]] [[N. V. Ramana]] presented the annual '[[Red Ink Awards\|RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref name="RedInk2020">{{cite news \|title=Danish Siddiqui posthumously gets Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/danish-siddiqui-posthumously-gets-mumbai-press-clubs-redink-award/cid/1845440 \|access-date=1 January 2022 \|work=Telegraph India}}</ref>		On 29 December 2021, Jha received the RedInk lifetime achievement award by the Mumbai Press Club "for his long and distinguished career of incisive and analytical writing".<ref name="RedInk2020"/> [[Chief Justice of India]] [[N. V. Ramana]] presented the annual '[[Red Ink Awards\|RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref name="RedInk2020">{{cite news \|title=Danish Siddiqui posthumously gets Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/danish-siddiqui-posthumously-gets-mumbai-press-clubs-redink-award/cid/1845440 \|access-date=1 January 2022 \|work=Telegraph India}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	David Taylor in a scholarly review of Prem Shankar Jha's ''Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History'' observes that the Indian journalist who was also an information adviser to the Indian Prime Minister tackles Alastair Lamb's positions about the Mountbatten-Indian Government collaboration over Kashmir. Taylor states that while Jha does not totally rebut Lamb's positions he provides "plausible alternative readings" to some of the arguments he had raised. Taylor also sees that Jha treats Hari Singh more sympathetically than other writers.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Taylor\|first1=David\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\|date=1999\|volume=62\|issue=1\|pages=167–168\|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00018048}}</ref> Robert Wirsing points out that Jha's book is "laced with partisanship" and that he exaggerates the strength of his conclusions. Wirsing observes that Jha's research is not sufficient support for the sweeping claims he makes. Wirsing states that while challenging Pakistan's version of events Jha has failed to deliver a knockout punch to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Wirsing\|first1=Robert\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=The American Historical Review\|date=February 1998\|volume=103\|issue=1\|pages=270–271\|doi=10.2307/2650930\|jstor=2650930}}</ref>		David Taylor in a scholarly review of Prem Shankar Jha's ''Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History'' observes that the Indian journalist who was also an information adviser to the Indian Prime Minister tackles Alastair Lamb's positions about the Mountbatten-Indian Government collaboration over Kashmir. Taylor states that while Jha does not totally rebut Lamb's positions he provides "plausible alternative readings" to some of the arguments he had raised. Taylor also sees that Jha treats Hari Singh more sympathetically than other writers.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Taylor\|first1=David\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\|date=1999\|volume=62\|issue=1\|pages=167–168\|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00018048}}</ref> Robert Wirsing points out that Jha's book is "laced with partisanship" and that he exaggerates the strength of his conclusions. Wirsing observes that Jha's research is not sufficient support for the sweeping claims he makes. Wirsing states that while challenging Pakistan's version of events Jha has failed to deliver a knockout punch to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Wirsing\|first1=Robert\|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review\|journal=The American Historical Review\|date=February 1998\|volume=103\|issue=1\|pages=270–271\|doi=10.2307/2650930\|jstor=2650930}}</ref>

			==Awards==
			On 29 December 2021, Jha received the RedInk lifetime achievement award by the Mumbai Press Club "for his long and distinguished career of incisive and analytical writing".<ref name="RedInk2020"/>. [[Chief Justice of India]] [[N. V. Ramana]] presented the annual '[[Red Ink Awards\|RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref name="RedInk2020">{{cite news \|title=Danish Siddiqui posthumously gets Mumbai Press Club's RedInk Award \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/danish-siddiqui-posthumously-gets-mumbai-press-clubs-redink-award/cid/1845440 \|access-date=1 January 2022 \|work=Telegraph India}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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}}'''Prem Shankar Jha''' (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist and writer. He has served in the [[United Nations Development Programme]], the [[World Bank]] and as the information advisor to the Prime Minister of India. As a journalist, he held editorial positions at ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[The Economic Times]]'' and ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]''. He is currently the managing editor of ''Financial World'', the business daily from [[Tehelka]] and a senior journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.premshankarjha.com/category/indian-economics/|title=Indian Economics {{!}} Prem Shankar Jha|website=www.premshankarjha.com|access-date=2018-01-10}}</ref> Jha is the author of a dozen books including ''Kashmir 1947: Rival Versions of History'' and ''Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger: Can China and India Dominate the West?''.

==Early life==
Jha was born in [[Darbhanga]], [[Bihar]] and attended [[The Doon School]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UYMVuC4IfEC&pg=PA121|title=Despair and Modernity: Reflections from Modern Indian Painting|first1=Harsha V.|last1=Dehejia|first2=Prem Shankar|last2=Jha|first3=Ranjit|last3=Hoskote|date=5 July 2000|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe|isbn=9788120817555|via=Google Books}}</ref> He then went to [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] for a master's degree in [[philosophy, politics and economics]].<ref name="auto"/>

==Career==
Jha was born in [[Patna]], India, on 22 December 1938.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.premshankarjha.com/cv|title=CV|website=www.premshankarjha.com|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref>

In 1961, he joined the United Nations, where he spent five years in the United Nations Development Programme [[UNDP]]. He spent two of these five years in New York City as a special assistant to the managing director of the Special Fund, Paul G. Hoffman who was the first administrator of the UNDP. The remaining three were spent in [[Damascus]], Syria.<ref name="bio"/>

In 1966 Jha joined the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' as an assistant editor, in 1969 he moved to ''[[The Times of India]]'', where he was the deputy editor of ''[[The Economic Times]]''. He then joined the ''[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]'' as its editor before moving back to ''The Times of India'' in 1981 as its economic editor. In 1986 he re-joined the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' as its editor.<ref name="bio"/>

The [[World Bank]] appointed him as a consultant in 1978 to prepare a report on the [[public sector]] in India. In 1977 the Asia and Pacific Development Administration Centre of the UN in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] gave him the project of preparing a manual for use by public sector managers for operation and evaluation of projects.<ref name="bio"/>

Jha was a member of the Indian National Commission for [[UNESCO]] in 1975–1977 and in 1976 he was a delegate to the 63rd Session of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]], Waltaire.<ref name="bio"/> In 1990 he served as the information advisor to the Prime Minister of India, [[V.P. Singh]].<ref name="FAS">{{cite web
|url =http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/affiliation/visiting_scholars_06_07.html
|title =Visiting Scholars, Fellows, and Associates and Research Interests 2006–2007
|accessdate =3 June 2008
|publisher = Fairbank Centre for East Asian Research}}</ref> Jha has also been a visiting professor at a number of institutes and universities like the Centre for International Affairs, [[Harvard University]], Universities of Virginia and Richmond.<ref name="bio"/> In 1985–1987 he was also a member of the energy panel of the World Commission for Environment and Development, headed by [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]].<ref>http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributor/932</ref>

He has been a columnist for ''[[The Hindu]]'',<ref>{{cite journal |title=India must think before it acts on Syria |date=7 August 2012 |journal=[[The Hindu]] |author=Prem Shankar Jha |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3735156.ece }}</ref> the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news
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|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110605165705/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Search/Search.aspx?q=%20Prem%20Shankar%20Jha%20&nodate=1
|url-status =dead
|archive-date =5 June 2011
|title =Prem Shankar Jha
|date = 1 June 2008
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|website = Hindustan Times}}</ref> the ''[[Business Standard]]'' and ''[[Tehelka]]''.

==Books==
He is the author of the following books.<ref name="FAS" />

* ''India : A Political Economy of Stagnation'' (1980).
* ''Management of Public Enterprises in Developing Asian Countries'': The UN Asian and Pacific Development Administration Centre. (1980).
* ''In the Eye of the Cyclone: The crisis in Indian Democracy''. (1993).
* ''Kashmir 1947: Rival versions of History'' (1996).
* ''A Jobless Future: Political causes of Economic crisis (in India)'' (2002).
* ''The Perilous Road to the Market: The Political economy of reform in Russia, China and India''. (2002).
* ''Kashmir 1947: the Origins of a dispute'' (2003).
* ''The End of Saddam Hussein's Iraq – History through the Eyes of the Victim'' (2003).
* ''The Twilight of the Nation State: Globalisation, Chaos, and War'' (2006).
* ''Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger: Can China and India Dominate the West?'' (2009).
* ''India & China: The Battle Between Soft And Hard Power'' (2010).
* ''Destruction of a Nation''.

===Kashmir 1947: Rival versions of History===
{{Main|Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History}}
David Taylor in a scholarly review of Prem Shankar Jha's ''Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History'' observes that the Indian journalist who was also an information adviser to the Indian Prime Minister tackles Alastair Lamb's positions about the Mountbatten-Indian Government collaboration over Kashmir. Taylor states that while Jha does not totally rebut Lamb's positions he provides "plausible alternative readings" to some of the arguments he had raised. Taylor also sees that Jha treats Hari Singh more sympathetically than other writers.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Taylor|first1=David|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies|date=1999|volume=62|issue=1|pages=167–168|doi=10.1017/s0041977x00018048}}</ref> Robert Wirsing points out that Jha's book is "laced with partisanship" and that he exaggerates the strength of his conclusions. Wirsing observes that Jha's research is not sufficient support for the sweeping claims he makes. Wirsing states that while challenging Pakistan's version of events Jha has failed to deliver a knockout punch to Pakistan.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wirsing|first1=Robert|title=Kashmir, 1947: Rival Versions of History - Book Review|journal=The American Historical Review|date=February 1998|volume=103|issue=1|pages=270–271|doi=10.2307/2650930|jstor=2650930}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.premshankarjha.com/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605062810/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=604634%2F Book launch discussion for Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC]
*[http://www.theglobaldispatches.com/articles/crouching-dragon-hidden-tiger Interview with Prem Shankar Jha in www.theglobaldispatches.com about "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger"]

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