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Jayati Ghosh
Ghosh in 2012
Born (1955-09-16) 16 September 1955 (age 68)
SpouseAbhijit Sen
Academic career
Institution
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • FieldDevelopment economics
    Alma mater
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil)
  • University of Cambridge (PhD)
  • Doctoral
    advisor
    Terence J. Byres, Geoffrey C. Harcourt

    Jayati Ghosh (born 16 September 1955) is an Indian development economist. She taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Her core areas of study include international economics and globalisation, employment patterns in developing countries, macroeconomic policy, and gender and development.

    Early life[edit]

    Jayati Ghosh was born on 16 September 1955.[1] Ghosh attended Miranda House, Delhi University for her undergraduate and got her MA in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. She joined Cambridge University for her MPhil and PhD after winning the Inlaks Scholarship.[2] Her 1984 doctoral thesis at Cambridge University was entitled The Non capitalist Land Rent: Theories and the Case of North India under the supervision of Dr. Terence J. Byres, Geoffrey C. Harcourt and Suzanne Paine.

    Career[edit]

    In addition to her teaching, Ghosh has authored and/or edited 21 books and more than 220 scholarly articles. Recent books include The making of a catastrophe: Covid-19 and the Indian economy, Aleph Books 2022; When governments fail: Covid-19 and the economy, Tulika Books and Columbia University Press 2021 (co-edited); Women workers in the informal economy,” Routledge 2021 (edited); Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women’s Work in Globalising India, Women Unlimited, New Delhi 2009; co-edited Elgar Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, 2014; co-edited After Crisis, Tulika 2009; co-authored Demonetisation Decoded, Routledge 2017.

    Ghosh has advised governments in India and other countries, including as Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Commission on Farmers’ Welfare in 2004, and Member of the National Knowledge Commission of India (2005-09). She was the Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates, an international network of heterodox development economists, from 2002 to 2021. She has consulted for international organizations including ILO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UN-DESA, UNRISD and UN Women and is member of several international boards and commissions, including the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, the Commission on Global Economic Transformation of INET, the International Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT). In 2021 she was appointed to the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All, chaired by Mariana Mazzucato. She's a member of the Club of Rome. In March 2022, she was appointed to the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism, mandated to provide a vision for international cooperation to deal with current and future challenges. She also writes regularly for popular media, including newspapers, journals and blogs, including Project Syndicate, Frontline, The Guardian and Hindu BusinessLine.

    Awards and recognitions[edit]

    Ghosh has received a number of awards, including:

    Personal life[edit]

    Ghosh was married to Abhijit Sen, an economist who was a member of the disbanded Planning Commission. He passed away in 2022. She has one daughter, Jahnavi.

    Selected bibliography[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  • ^ "Jayati Ghosh". Jawaharlal Nehru University. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  • ^ "Jayati Ghosh". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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