Yoginder K Alagh

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Nationality Indian Name Yoginder Alagh		Role Economist

Born February 14, 1939 (age 85) ( 1939-02-14 ) Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan Occupation Economist, Policy Maker and Columnist Known for Economist, Former Member of Indian Planning Commission, who introduced Agro Climatic Planning in India, and Former Vice Chancellor of JNU when it was rated one of the top hundred universities of the world.] Education University of Pennsylvania Books The Future of Indian Agriculture

YK Alagh, Former Union Minister discusses on farmer loan Waiver

Yoginder K Alagh (born 14 February 1939) is a noted Indian economist and former Union Minister of Government of India. He was the Chairman of Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) from 2006 to 2012. Recently he has been appointed as the Chancellor of the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.

Lecture on The Future of Indian Agriculture by Dr. Yoginder K. Alagh

Early life

Alagh was born at Chakwal in Punjab, now in Pakistan, to Bhagat Ram. He studied at Maharaja's College, Jaipur and Department of Economics at University of Rajasthan. He holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Academic career

He has taught Economics at the University of Rajasthan, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, University of Jodhpur, Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania. He has acted as the 7th Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Also founding member of Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology(CEPT), Ahmedabad presently one of India's pioneered Planning and Public policy institute.

Political career

He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in November 1996 and continue till April 2000.

From 1996 to 1998, he was a Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning and Programme Implementation, Science and Technology and Power for Government of India. He headed various institutions and Commissions and acted as expert with a number of UN organisations. He was also the Member of Planning Commission, Govt. of India.

Personal life

Dr. Y. K. Alagh is married to Raksha Alagh on June 9, 1967. He has a daughter, Tavishi Alagh (an independent filmmaker) and a son, Munish Alagh (post doctoral fellow at IIM Ahmedabad).

Awards

V K R V Rao Prizes in Social Science Research in 1981 in Economics discipline. The award is instituted by Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India.

^Fellow, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Elected First Fellow of the Society in 2011

Publications

Indian Development Planning and Policy, Wider Studies in Development Economics, 1991, Second Edition, 1995

Sustainable Development : From Concept to Action, Techniques for Planners, Geneva, UNCED, reprinted in Land and Man : Essays in Sustainable Development, Delhi, Har Anand, 1995

Growth Performance of the Indian Economy, Journal of Developing Economics, Tokyo, Vol. XXX, n° 2, pp. 97–116

Indian Development Models, in Essays in the Honour of P.C. Mahalonobis, Indian National Science Academy, 1995

Fuel for Power, Lovraj Kumar memorial lecture, 1996, Current Science, Nov. 1996

State of the Indian Farmer: An Overview, Academic Press and Ministry of Agriculture, 2004

On Sherpas and Coolies: The L20 and Non Brahmanical Futures, in John English, R.Thakur and A.F.Cooper ed., Reforming From the Top, A Leaders 20 Summit, UNU Press, pp. 169–186

Agriculture in A Rural Urban Continuum, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, April 2011, pp.165-177

Green Revolution, The New Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Vol.1, p. 301, Oxford University Press, 2012

India2020, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Jan.2006, pp.1-14

The Future of Indian Agriculture, 2013, National Book Trust