M. V. Mathur

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Mukut Vehari Mathur (1915-2004) was an Indian economist and scholar. He was the vice-chancellor of

and founder chairman of the Jaipur-based Institute of Development Studies, also known as IDS.

Born in 1915 in

on reorganisation of universities in the State from 1978 to 1980.

Personal life

Mathur was married to Saroj Kumari Mathur in 1939. The couple had three daughters. In his final years, Mathur lived in the United States, where he died in Baltimore, Maryland, on 21 January 2004.

Awards

Mathur was awarded the Padma Bhushan award in 1989 in recognition of his contribution to economic research.^[1] Prior to that, he had also received the Parikh Memorial Award in 1983 and the Rajasthan Ratna Award from the Government of Rajasthan in 1984.

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