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Padma Desai

Economist

  • Fame43.5
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia474
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Lived 1931–2023, aged 92India
IndiaIndiaAcademicsAcademic
  • Wikipedia
    13 languages
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  • Era
    1931–2023
    Aged 92
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
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Updated 2026-06-23

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.

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