V. K. R. V. Rao

Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao (8 July 1908 – 25 July 1991) was an Indian economist, politician and educator.^[1]

Early life

Rao was born in a Kannada speaking

Notable among his works are: Taxation of Income in India (1931), An essay on India’s National Income -1925-29 – (1936); The National Income of British India (1940); India and International Currency Plans (1945); Post-War Rupee (1948); Greater Delhi A Study in Urbanization 1940-1957 (1965); Gandhian Alternative to Western Socialism (1970); Values and Economic Development – The Indian Challenge (1971); the Nehru Legacy (1971); Swami Vivekananda – Prophet of Vedantic Socialism (1978); Many Languages and One Nation – the Problem of Integration (1979); India’s National Income 1950-80 (1983) Food, Nutrition and Poverty (1982); Indian socialism: Retrospect and Prospect (1982), etc.[5] He was awarded Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1974.

Positions held

• Adviser for Planning, Food Department (1945–46)
• Food and Economic Adviser, Government of India at Washington (1946–47)
• Director, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi (1948–57)
• Vice Chancellor,
  University of Delhi
  (1957–60)
• Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi (1960–63)
• Member, Planning Commission (1963–66)
• Union Cabinet Minister for
  Shipping
  (1967–69)
• Union Cabinet Minister for Education & Youth Services (1969–71)
• Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (1972–77)
• National Professor, Government of India (1985-1990).

Legacy

He is commemorated by the VKRV Rao prizes in Social Science Research.^[6]

References