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Prabhat Patnaik, Renowned Economist From Odisha, Selected For Malcolm Adiseshiah Award

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Bhubaneswar: Renowned economist Prabhat Patnaik has been selected for the 2022 Malcom Adiseshiah Award. The award is annually given by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust to an outstanding social scientist.

The award, comprising a citation and ₹2 lakh, will be given at a function in Chennai. The date will be announced later.

Patnaik, who was born on September 19, 1945 in Jatni, Odisha, has taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi and was the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board.

Pulapre Balakrishnan from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode; Kamala Ganesh, former MN Srinivas Chair, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru; and Bishnu Mohapatra, Professor, Krea University, were part of the jury this year.

OB Bureau

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