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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.