Bellikoth Raghunath Shenoy
Indian economist
Bellikoth Ragunath Shenoy (1905–1978) was an Indian classical liberal economist. He was a highly influential advocate of classical liberalism in India and was President of the Indian Economic Association and a member of the Mont Pelerin Society.
Biography
Shenoy was born near Mangalore, Madras Presidency in British India. His forefathers were from Bellikoth village, near present day Ajanur in Kasargod district. He studied economics at Benares Hindu University and later at the London School of Economics where he was highly influenced by Friedrich Hayek. In particular, he heard Hayek deliver the lectures in January 1931 that became "Prices and Production," and that began the process of his adherence to the Austrian approach to economic theory and policy. In 1931 Shenoy became the first Indian economist to have a paper published in a leading scholarly journal. As a student, Shenoy participated in the Indian independence movement and was jailed at Nagpur where he was influenced by Madan Mohan Malaviya.
Shenoy taught at Wadia College (Pune), the University of Ceylon, Gujarat University and the London School of Economics. He also worked at the Ceylon Commission on Currency, the Ceylon Department of Commerce, the Reserve Bank of India, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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