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Indian Economist
V. K. R. V. Rao
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Born
| Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao
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1908-07-08
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8 July 1908
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Died
| 25 July 1991
(1991-07-25)
(aged 83)
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Occupation(s)
| Economist, politician
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Known for
| Founder of the
Delhi School of Economics
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Awards
| Padma Vibhushan
(1974)
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Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao
(8 July 1908 ? 25 July 1991) was an Indian economist, politician and educator.
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Early life
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Rao was born in a Kannada speaking
Madhwa Brahmin
family
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on 8 July 1908 at
Kancheepuram
in
Tamil Nadu
to Kasturirangachar and Bharati Amma. He had his early schooling in Tindivanam and Madras (Chennai).
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He was a recipient of the
Padma Vibhushan
. He served as a Union Minister for the Education in 1971, elected as member for
Bellary
in 1967 and 1971. He obtained a B.A and M.A in economics from Bombay University before earning another B.A from Cambridge where he was a member of Gonville & Caius College. He was awarded the Ph.D. of Cambridge in 1937; the title of his doctoral thesis was "The national income of British India, 1931-1932". He studied with
John Maynard Keynes
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Institute builder
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Central Institute of Indian Languages
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Mysuru
, an office of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is considered to be the brainchild of Rao.
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Publications
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Notable among his works are: Taxation of Income in India (1931), An essay on India’s National Income -1925-29 ? (1936); The National Income of British India (1940); India and International Currency Plans (1945); Post-War Rupee (1948); Greater Delhi A Study in Urbanization 1940-1957 (1965); Gandhian Alternative to Western Socialism (1970); Values and Economic Development ? The Indian Challenge (1971); the Nehru Legacy (1971); Swami Vivekananda ? Prophet of Vedantic Socialism (1978); Many Languages and One Nation ? the Problem of Integration (1979); India’s National Income 1950-80 (1983) Food, Nutrition and Poverty (1982); Indian socialism: Retrospect and Prospect (1982), etc.
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He was awarded
Padma Vibhushan
by the
Government of India
in 1974.
Positions held
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- Adviser for Planning, Food Department (1945?46)
- Food and Economic Adviser,
Government of India
at
Washington
(1946?47)
- Director,
Delhi School of Economics
,
Delhi
(1948?57)
- Vice Chancellor,
University of Delhi
(1957?60)
- Director,
Institute of Economic Growth
,
Delhi
(1960?63)
- Member,
Planning Commission
(1963?66)
- Union Cabinet Minister for
Transport
and
Shipping
(1967?69)
- Union Cabinet Minister for
Education
&
Youth Services
(1969?71)
- Director,
Institute for Social and Economic Change
,
Bangalore
(1972?77)
- National Professor,
Government of India
(1985-1990).
Legacy
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He is commemorated by the VKRV Rao prizes in Social Science Research.
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References
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Further reading
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- S. L. Rao (ed.)
The Partial Memoirs of V.K.R.V. Rao
Oxford University Press: USA, 2002
ISBN
0-19-565823-X
reviewed in
Tale of triumph ? or disillusionment?
, The Hindu, 20 January 2002 accessed at
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[usurped]
30 August 2006
- Rao, Jayaram,Rao, Nadkarni and Deshpande (ed)"A Passionate Humanitarian", Academic Foundation, New Delhi 2008.
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