Breaking Through - Couverture rigide

Ahluwalia, Isher Judge

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9390260280 ISBN 13 : 9789390260287

Editeur : Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

This is theife story of Isher Judge Ahluwalia, one of theeading Indian policy economists of her generation. Born into a family with eleven children andimited means, where she was one of the first to attend university, she takes us through her journey to Presidency College, Delhi School of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.She chronicles her career as a young policy economist fighting against the Indian economic orthodoxy that underpinned theicense-permit-quota Raj, as an institution buildereading the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), one of India'seading economic think tanks for over a decade, and also her most recent role in focusing attention on the challenges of urbanization in India.Narrated with candor and from the heart, this is also a story of a woman balancing career and family, and trying to stay close to her roots as herife path takes her through the power corridors of New Delhi, both through her own career, and through a 50-year-marriage to Montek Singh Ahluwalia. An outsider to Delhi, who ultimately became the consummate insider, Breaking Through is an account of a remarkableife that was witness to remarkable times.

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À propos de l'auteur

Isher Judge Ahluwalia is an economist who has spent a lifetime in research related to economic policymaking in India. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9390260280
• ISBN 13: 9789390260287
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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