National & International Recognition: The excellence of the faculty has been recognized by both the honours conferred on them and the prestigious appointments held by them.

Dr. Amartya Sen, a former faculty member, was conferred the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. He has also served as the President of the International Econometric Society and the American Economic Association.

Six former faculty members, namely Amartya Sen, Jagdish Bhagwati, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Prasanta Pattanaik, A.L.Nagar and Kaushik Basu, belong to the circle of international scholars who have been fellows of the Econometric Society, a much coveted and distinguished honour granted to an exclusive group of international scholars. Dr. Bhaskar Dutta, currenly a visiting professor at Delhi School of Economics, is also a member of this elite group.

S. Chakravarty was the first to be honoured with the prestigious Nehru Chair at the Cambridge University. K.L.Krishna and V.N.Pandit have served as Presidents of the Indian Econometric Society. Prof. V.N.Pandit was awarded, Swami.

Various members of the faculty have gone on to be actively involved in the process of planning and policymaking. VKRV Rao was the Minister for Education in the 1970s and a member of the Planning Commission. S. Chakravarty, Raj Krishan, A Sengupta, and JD Sethi have also been involved with the Planning Commission. Professor M Dutta Chaudhury served on the Narasimhan Committee on Banking Sector Reforms.

As Finance Minister in the 1990s, Manmohan Singh set in motion the reform process that has led to India’s economic recovery. Since then, he has gone on to hold many distinguished positions, the most recent, of course, being the post of Prime Minister.

For the list of Regular Faculty Members at Delhi School Of Economics, please read the next page.