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Amit Bhaduri is a former emeritus professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).[1]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Bhaduri completed his education at Presidency College, Calcutta, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Cambridge University, earning a Ph.D. in 1967.[2][3]

Career[edit | edit source]

Bhaduri has worked as a scholar at Presidency College and the Institute of Management in Calcutta; the Delhi School of Economics and Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi; the Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum; El Colegio de México; Stanford University; the University of Vienna and University of Linz in Austria; the Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Bremen University in Germany; and the University of Bologna and University of Pavia in Italy.[2][3]

In the Spring of 1997, Bhaduri was a Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.[4]

Presently, Bhaduri holds the position of selected professor at Pavia University, Italy, while also serving as a visiting professor at the Council for Social Development in Delhi University.[2] He spends part of the year teaching in Italy, with his primary residence in New Delhi.[2]

Research[edit | edit source]

Bhaduri's has researched multiple subjects, including capital and growth theory, development economics, and Keynesian and Post-Keynesian macroeconomics.[5]

Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]

  • 2016: Leontief Award[6]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • The Economic Structure of Backward Agriculture (1982)[7]
  • Macroeconomics: The Dynamics of Commodity Production (1986)[2]
  • Unconventional Economic Essays (1992)[2]
  • An Intelligent Person's Guide to Liberalisation (1996)[2]
  • On the Border of Economic Theory and History (1999)[8]
  • Development with Dignity (2006)[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Economist Amit Bhaduri gives up JNU emeritus professorship". The Times of India. January 13, 2020 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Institute for New Economic Thinking". Institute for New Economic Thinking.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ghose, Ajit K. (January 22, 2011). "Amit Bhanduri: Interview with Amit Bhaduri". Development and Change. 42 (1): 284–296. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01674.x – via CrossRef.
  4. ↑ "Former Fellows SCAS".
  5. ↑ Nagarajan, Kedar. ""I See No Connection Between This Policy And Curbing Terrorism": An Interview With the Economist Amit Bhaduri on Demonetisation". The Caravan.
  6. ↑ "Leontief Prize | Economics in Context Initiative". www.bu.edu.
  7. ↑ Parikh, Ashok; Bhaduri, Amit (September 1985). "The Economic Structure of Backward Agriculture". The Economic Journal. 95 (379): 833. doi:10.2307/2233066. JSTOR 2233066.
  8. ↑ "On the Border of Economic Theory and History". eh.net.