# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/padma-desai
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:19.400Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/padma-desai"
name: "Padma Desai"
slug: "padma-desai"
description: "Padma Desai was an Indian-American development economist who was the Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of comparative economic systems and director of the Center for Transition Economies at Columbia University. Known for her scholarship on Soviet and Indian industrial policy, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2009."
tagline: "Economist"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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birthDate: "1931-10-12"
deathDate: "2023-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump