PM's Economic Advisory Council chief Bibek Debroy passes away
He was a NITI Aayog member and also held positions at prestigious institutions including the Centre for Policy Research and the National Council of Applied Economic Research
Bibek Debroy. File photo: X/@bibekdebroy
Noted economist and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council's (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away on Friday (November 1). He was 69.
He was admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi.
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Debroy (69) was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics; and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He had worked in Presidency College, Kolkata; Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune; Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi; and also as the Director of a Ministry of Finance/UNDP project on legal reforms.
He was also a Member of NITI Aayog up to June 5, 2019. He has authored/edited several books, papers and popular articles and has also been a Consulting/Contributing Editor with several newspapers.
Prime Minister Modi condoled Debroy's passing and called him a "towering scholar".
"Dr Bibek Debroy ji was a towering scholar, well-versed in diverse domains like economics, history, culture, politics, spirituality and more. Through his works, he left an indelible mark on India's intellectual landscape. Beyond his contributions to public policy, he enjoyed working on our ancient texts, making them accessible to the youth," he said in a post on X.
He also shared a picture of himself with Debroy.