Kirit Parikh
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Kirit S. Parikh is Emeritus Professor (on retirement as Director) and Founder Director of
P.V. Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Parikh is a
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has a D.Sc. in civil engineering and a master's degree in economics from MIT, USA.[2] He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He has been the editor of "India Development Reports" which provide a non-governmental assessment of India's development and policy options. Apart from these, he has been a member of numerous other boards of directors.[2] He has also authored and co-authored more than 15 books in the areas of planning, water resource management, appropriate technology for housing, optimum requirement for fertilizers, energy systems, national and international food policies, trade policies, general equilibrium modeling and natural resources accounting. He has also published numerous articles.[2] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2009, for his contributions to public affairs.[3]
References
- ^ Jain, Ankur (26 January 2009). "Padma Bhushan for 4 Gujaratis". The Times of India. Ahmedabad.
- ^ a b c "Distinguish Alumnus Awardee". iitkgp.ac.in. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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