Bhalchandra Mungekar

Bhalchandra Mungekar
Bhalchandra Mungekar
Former nominated MP of the Rajya Sabha
	In office; 22 March 2010 to 21 March 2016
Preceded by	Dara Singh, BJP
Personal details
Born	2 March 1946 (age 77); Deogad, Sindhudurg district
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Leena Bhalchandra Mungekar
Children	3

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Bhalchandra Laxman Mungekar (born 2 March 1946) is an Indian economist, educationist, Social worker and Rajya Sabha member. He specialises in agricultural economics and is an expert on B. R. Ambedkar.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Mungekar was born in Munge village to Laxman Gopal Mungekar and Shewanti Mungekar, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. He studied from Navbharat Vidyalaya at Parel and Siddharth English High School at Wadala and did B.A, M.A, and Ph.D in economics from University of Mumbai. In 1965, he joined Reserve Bank of India as a clerk and elevated to the rank of assistant economist.^[2]

Career[edit]

He has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mumbai and has served in the Planning Commission, the Agricultural Price Commission of India. Mungekar has also been the chairman and President of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. And also he has been the chairman of University Grand Commission. He is also a writer, great philosopher and was an economics teacher at Ambedkar College.^[3]

Personal life[edit]

He is influenced from Ambedkarite ideology, and a follower of Buddhism.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "President appoints 5 new members to Rajya Sabha". Rediff.com. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
↑ "Bal Mungekar's remarkable journey". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
↑ "Detailed Profile - Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar - Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
↑ author/admin (14 October 2015). "धम्मचक्र प्रवर्तन दिनाचे आजचे फलित". Lokmat (in मराठी). Retrieved 14 June 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links[edit]

[1] "President appoints 5 new members to Rajya Sabha". Rediff.com. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[2] "Bal Mungekar's remarkable journey". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[3] "Detailed Profile - Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar - Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[4] uthor/admin (14 October 2015). "धम्मचक्र प्रवर्तन दिनाचे आजचे फलित". Lokmat (in मराठी). Retrieved 14 June 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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