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SKETCHES ALAGH, SHRI YOGINDER K. |
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Ph.D.; Ind. (Gujarat); s. of late Shri Bhagat Ram; b. at Chakwal, Punjab, February 14, 1939; ed. at (i) Maharaja's College, Jaipur, (ii) Department of Economics, University of Rajasthan and (iii) Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania; m. Shrimati Raksha Alagh, June 9, 1967; 1 s. and 1 d.
Educationist, Economist and Government Policy Advisor; Senior Fellow from March, 1990 to December, 1992, WIDER, UN University; Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science; Instructor in Economics and Visiting Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Lecturer in Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, 1966-67; Assistant Professor and Group Coordinator in Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, July, 1967 to June, 1969; Professor and Head of Department of Economics, University of Jodhpur, June, 1970 to September, 1970; (i) Deputy Director (rank of Senior Professor) June, 1969, (ii) Officiating Director, June 16, 1971 to October 8, 1971, (iii) Director, October 9, 1971 to December 3, 1974 and (iv) Professor of Economics and Director, May 1980 to August, 1982, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad; Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, December, 1992 to June 27, 1996; was President, (i) Indian Econometric Society, 1990, and (ii) Gujarat Economic Association; was Vice-President, Executive Committee, Indian Econometric Society; Chairman, (i) Agricultural Prices Commission, Government of India, August 9, 1982 to August 31, 1983 and (ii) Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, New Delhi, September 1, 1983 to February 2, 1987; was Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission in the rank of Minister of State; was Executive Vice Chairman, Narmada Planning Group; was Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Government of India,September 1, 1983 to February 2, 1987; Advisor, Perspective Planning, Planning Commission, Government of India, December 4, 1974 to April 30, 1980; Member, (i) Planning Commission, Government of India (in the rank of Minister of State), New Delhi, February, 1987 to March, 1990, (ii) Board of Governors/Senates, etc. of a number of academic institutions like Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, National Sample Survey, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Indian Institute of Economic Growth, etc., (iii) Governing Body, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva (iv) Pugwash, (v) Council of UN University, Tokyo, (vi) Committee on External Affairs and (vii) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce; worked as Consultant/Chief of Mission/Expert with U.N. Headquarters and various U.N. Organisations like FAO, UNCTAD, ILO, Asian Development Bank, ESCAP, UNCRED, UNADPI, for periods ranging for one or two weeks to over a year; represented India in high level International Conferences, Missions, as Leader and Member, namely, Third UNIDO at Peru, Working Group on Long-Term Cooperation with USSR, Moscow, Indo-Soviet Planning Group, Moscow and New Delhi and Planning Delegation to Pakistan; attended high level academic and/or policy oriented Seminars/Conferences in different countries; Minister of State for Planning and Programme Implementation June, 1996 to June, 1997, Science and Technology June, 1996 to March, 1998 and Power (Independent Charge), June, 1997 to March, 1998; elected to the Rajya Sabha in November, 1996.
Clubs : India International Centre
Travels abroad: Travelled almost all over the world.
Accomplishment in arts and science : VKRV Rao Award for 1981 for outstanding research in Economics awarded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research.
Publications : Wrote a number of books individually and jointly on subjects like Indian economy and planning, agro-economy, population and development and employment; also wrote highly acclaimed research papers and produced reports for U.N. agencies like ILO, FAO, etc; as Chairman of the various technical and high powered Committees/expert groups produced reports on a number of subjects.
Special interest : NGO activities, involved in agro-climatic planning, Verinder Hedge's work in Dharamsthal and Sadguru Seva Sangh; other NGO's like
Pravara Cooperative.
Favourite pastime and recreation : Walking, travelling and cooking.