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| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]]) [[Madras Christian College]]<br>[[University of Madras]] (1975)<br>([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (1977)<br> ([[Master of Philosophy|M. Phil.]]), [[University of Oxford]] (1981)<br>([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]]) [[University of Cambridge]] (1988)<br />
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'''Pulapre Balakrishnan''' (Malayalam: പുലപ്രെ ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[economist]] and educationalist. He has served as the director of [[Centre for Development Studies]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2010 |title=Pulapre Balakrishnan to be new CDS director - Yahoo News India |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/pulapre-balakrishnan-cds-director.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112133940/https://in.news.yahoo.com/pulapre-balakrishnan-cds-director.html |archive-date=2015-01-12 |website=Yahoo News! India}}</ref> and Professor at [[Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Pulapre Balakrishnan was born in his ancestral village of Klari, [[Malappuram]], [[Kerala]] on 4 April 1955. He was educated in schools of [[Moscow]] and completed his [[bachelor of arts|B.A]] from [[University of Madras]] and his [[Master of Arts|M.A]] from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], his [[Master of Philosophy]] from [[Oxford University]] and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from [[Cambridge University]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
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==Academic work==<br />
Pulapre has written in the professional journals and is the author of the books ‘Pricing and Inflation in India’ (OUP India, 1991),<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=14330 |title=Fiscal Stance, Credibility and Inflation Persistence in India |last=Kumar |first=Pankaj |last2=Mitra |first2=Pratik |date=July 26, 2012 |publisher=[[Reserve Bank of India]] |issue=13 |volume=RBI Working Paper Series}}</ref> ‘Economic Growth in India: History and Prospect’ (OUP India, 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/economic-growth-in-india-9780198065470?cc=in&lang=en& |title=Economic Growth in India - Pulapre Balakrishnan - Oxford University Press |website=global.oup.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053925/https://global.oup.com/academic/product/economic-growth-in-india-9780198065470?cc=in&lang=en& |archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> and 'Politics Trumps Economics' along with [[Bimal Jalan]].<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/the-elusive-equilibrium/article6330148.ece| title = The elusive equilibrium - Tirupati - The Hindu| website = [[The Hindu]]| date = 19 August 2014| last1 = Subramanian| first1 = K.}}</ref> Balakrishnan has held appointments at Worcester College Oxford, the Indian Statistical Institute at Delhi, the Indian Institute of Management at Kozhikode, and [[Ashoka University]] in Haryana. He has served as Country Economist for Ukraine at the World Bank and been consultant to the International Labour Organisation, the Reserve Bank of India and the United Nations Development Program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction {{!}} Pulapre Balakrishnan |url=http://pulaprebalakrishnan.in/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=pulaprebalakrishnan.in}}</ref> He has for over two decades intervened in the public debate on India's economy via his popular writings. He is the recipient of the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies (2014).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-25 |title=Malcolm Adiseshiah award for Pulapre Balakrishnan |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/malcolm-adiseshiah-award-for-pulapre-balakrishnan/article23158840.ece |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=[[Business Line]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://pulaprebalakrishnan.in/ Personal website]<br />
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