Deepak Nayyar | |
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Born | 26 September 1946 |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Rohini Nayyar |
Academic career | |
Field | Macroeconomics, International economics, Development economics |
Institution | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the Government of India |
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Balliol College, University of Oxford |
Influences | Paul Streeten |
Awards | Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford |
Deepak Nayyar (born 26 September 1946) is an Indian economist and academician. He is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Development Studies, Sussex, United Kingdom (since August 2020); [1] Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi. Earlier, he taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C), and was Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi. [2] He was appointed as Distinguished University Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, New York from 2008 to 2012. He was invited to the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South [3] at the United States Library of Congress in Washington DC for 2022-23. Nayyar’s professional life in academia has been interspersed with time in the world of public policy and in government. Before turning to academics, Nayyar was a Member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), and worked in the State of Uttar Pradesh (1969 to 1973). Later, he served as Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Commerce in the Government of India (1983 to 1985) and, subsequently, as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and Secretary, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi (1989 to 1991). [2]
Nayyar’s schooling began in Shimla, “followed by eight years in Hindi-medium schools at different places in provincial India. He completed it at St Xavier’s School, Jaipur, where Father Extross was his mentor for the next stage of his journey in life”. [4] He went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Honors in Economics in 1965 and Master of Arts (MA) in Economics in 1967, from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. Bagging the coveted Rhodes Scholarship, he went on to study at Balliol College, University of Oxford, where he obtained a Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) in Economics in 1969 and a Doctor of Philosophy (D. Phil) in 1973. His D.Phil thesis was on ‘India’s Exports and Export Policies in the 1960s’ completed under the supervision of Paul Streeten. [4]
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Nayyar has the unique distinction of having had a career that includes academia, government service, and corporate boards. His illustrious career has also been marked by his presence in several commissions and committees of the Government of India, committees for review and evaluation of several institutions of higher learning and universities, and editorial board of several academic journals. [2]
Academia
Nayyar served as a Research Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, from 1972 to 1973 and as a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sussex between 1973 and 1980. Thereafter, he became Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta, till 1983. He was Professor of Economics (and Chairman 1987-1989) at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, from 1986 to 1989; 1992 to 2000; and 2005 to 2011. He served as Vice-Chancellor (VC), Delhi University (DU, formerly University of Delhi) from May 2000 to May 2005. [5]
Institutional Affiliations – Indian
Nayyar is currently Chairman (2005 onwards) and Trustee (from 1992), Sameeksha Trust, Mumbai, which publishes Economic & Political Weekly (EPW); Chairman, Indian National Trust for Education and Development, New Delhi (2014 onwards); and President, Indian Society for Labour Economics (2015 onwards); Chairman, Board of Governors (2014 onwards) and Member of the Board (2012 to 2014), Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi; Chairman, Board of Governors, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi (2023 onwards); Member of the Governing Council and the Executive Committee, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (2015 onwards); and Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (since 2012).
Institutional Affiliations – International
Currently, Nayyar is the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Institute for Development Studies, Sussex (since August 2020). He was a Distinguished University Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research, New York, (2008 to 2012). He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki (2001 to 2008); Chairman of the Advisory Council (2004 to 2007) and Member (2001 to 2004), Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford; Member of the Board of Directors, Social Science Research Council, New York (2001 to 2007); Member of the Administrative Board and Vice President, International Association of Universities, Paris (2004 to 2008); Vice Chairman (2011 to 2014) and Member (2005 to 2011) of the Board, South Centre, Geneva; Visiting Professor, Sciences-Po, Paris (May-June 2008); and Member of the World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization established by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) (2002 to 2004).
Services in Government
Nayyar became a Member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Government of India in 1969 which he left in 1973. He served as the Economic Adviser to the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi from 1983 to 1985; and then as the Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the Government of India and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi, from 1989 to 1991.
Committees and Commissions - India
Nayyar was the Chairman of Review Committee, Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi (2011); Member of the National Knowledge Commission, India (2005 to 2009); Member, Apex Committee, Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi (2006 to 2008); Member of the Pay Commission for the Public Sector, Government of India (1996-1998); Member of the Governing Council for Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (1993 to 1996); Member of the Technology, Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, Government of India (1987 to 1993); Member of the Review Committee for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research India (1986); Chairman of the Committee on Export Processing Zones, Government of India (1985); Member of the Expert Committee on the Textile Industry, Government of India (1985) and of the Committee to Review the Implementation of Textile Policy, Government of India (1989); and Member-Secretary of the Committee on Trade Policies Government of India (1984).
Committees and Commissions – International
Nayyar was a Member of Evaluation Committee, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (2012); Chairman of the Working Groups on Labour Mobility and Construction and Engineering Services for the Group of Negotiations on Services, Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Geneva (1989 to 1990); and Member of the North-South Roundtable on Trade (1986 to 1989).
Corporate Boards
Nayyar has also served as the member of Board of Directors of several companies: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (2011 to 2014), Steel Authority of India Limited (2006 to 2009, 2010 to 2013), ICRA (2002 to 2014), Maruti Udyog (1990 and 1991), Export-Import Bank of India (1990 and 1991), State Bank of India (1987 to 1990), State Trading Corporation of India (1983 to 1985), Jute Corporation of India (1983 to 1985), and Cotton Corporation of India (1983 to 1985).
Nayyar has been invited to the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the United States Library of Congress in Washington DC for 2022-23. [3] He was bestowed with the coveted Malcolm Adiseshiah Award in 2019 recognising his Lifetime Contribution to Development Studies. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, L’Onorificenza di Cavaliere, conferred by the President of Italy in 2007, and received the VKRV Rao Award in 1989 for his contribution to research in Economics. He was a Rhodes Scholar from India at Oxford (1967 to 1969). He was President of Indian Economic Association in 1995. [2]
In his honour, Ananya Ghosh Dastidar, Rajeev Malhotra and Vivek Suneja edited a book titled Economic Theory and Policy amidst Global Discontent, Essays in Honor of Deepak Nayyar, published by Routledge, London, in 2018. Eminent economists from across the globe had contributed to this volume. [4]
A. Books - Authored
B. Books - Edited
C. Articles in Journals
D. Articles in Edited Volumes