Nationality Indian Fields Economics | Name Sukhamoy Chakraborty Died August 22, 1990 | |
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Born 26 July 1934 ( 1934-07-26 ) Alma mater Presidency University, Kolkata Books Development planning, Selected economic writings | ||
Sukhamoy Chakraborty | Jayanta Roy | English Podcast: Chondimondop adda E-42
Sukhamoy Chakravarty (26 July 1934 – 22 August 1990) was an Indian economist who, along with Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, was a key architect of the Five-Year plans of India. He attended Presidency University, Kolkata as an Economics major, where he was a colleague of Amartya Sen. He later attended the Delhi School of Economics and obtained a doctorate from Erasmus University Rotterdam under Jan Tinbergen. He assumed a teaching post at Massachusetts Institute of Technology but returned to India to join the Planning Commission.

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