Nirupam Bajpai
Nirupam Bajpai | |
|---|---|
| Born | Educationist<be>Economist |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Nirupam Bajpai, a US-based Indian
Earth Institute of the Columbia University and the Senior Development Advisor and Director of its South Asia Program.[1][2] He is the founding director of the Columbia Global Centers South Asia, an office he held between July 2010 and August 2014,[3] and is the author of a number of publications,[4][5][6] including India in the Era of Economic Reforms.[7]
Education and career
Bajpai, after graduating from
Kennedy School of Government of the University and led the Harvard India Program.[3] In 2002, he joined Columbia University
and is associated with the institution since then, working in various capacities.
Awards and recognition
He has been a part of the team under Jeffrey Sachs who served three successive Indian governments from 2002, two of them led by Manmohan Singh and one by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as advisors on rural health and education services.[9] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2008, for his contributions to society.[10]
Books
- Improving Access and Efficiency in Public Health Services, SAGE Publishing India, 2008, ISBN 9351509338
- India in the Era of Economic Reforms, Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0195648307
See also
Education portal
- Columbia Global Centers
- Earth Institute
- Jeffrey Sachs
References
- ^ "Directory of Faculty and Staff". Earth Institute. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Our Team". Center for Sustainable Development. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Nirupam Bajpai on CSD". Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ASIN B0006QKXGE.
- ASIN B0006RQU10.
- ISBN 978-8132104582.
- ISBN 978-0195655292.
- ^ "ABOUT PADMASHREE, DR. NIRUPAM BAJPAI". India PR Wire. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Health is a state subject. So you can only do so much in New Delhi". Rediff. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- "Bajpai on Amazon". Amazon. 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
Further reading
- Jeffrey D. Sachs; Ashutosh Varshney; Nirupam Bajpai, eds. (2000). India in the Era of Economic Reforms. Oxford University Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0195655292.
- Nirupam Bajpai (1996). India's economic reforms: Some lessons from East Asia. Harvard Institute for International Development. ASIN B0006QKXGE.
- Nirupam Bajpai (2001). Sustaining high rates of economic growth in India. Center for International Development. ASIN B0006RQU10.
- Nirupam Bajpai; Jeffrey D Sachs; Ravindra H Dholakia (2010). Improving Access and Efficiency in Public Health Services: Mid-term Evaluation of India's National Rural Health Mission. SAGE Publications. p. 144. ISBN 978-8132104582.
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