B. B. Bhattacharya
Indian economist (1945-2017)
Barid Baran Bhattacharya (9 March 1945 – 14 February 2017) was an Indian economist and educationist. He was vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was also Director and Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.
Early life and background
Bhattacharya was born in Silchar, Assam on 9 March 1945. His father was a civil engineer who belonged to the very first batch of Jadavpur Engineering College. His mother was a homemaker. He spent his childhood growing up in Silchar, where he completed his high school from the then Narsing High School, Silchar, Assam securing 1st Division marks in 1959 and other places across India as his father had a transferable job.
Education and career
Bhattacharya passed B.Com and M.A., in Economics from the University of Allahabad with first position in the order of Merit and obtained Ph.D. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He was UNESCO Fellow at Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw and Ford Foundation post doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He specialized in macro economics, monetary economics, public finance, international finance, development economics and economic modeling.
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