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'''Jayati Ghosh''' (born 16 September 1955) is an Indian ]. She is the Chairperson of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the ], New Delhi and her core areas of study include ], employment patterns in ], ], and issues related to ]. '''Jayati Ghosh''' (born 16 September 1955) is an Indian ]. She taught economics at ], New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and since January 2021 she has been Professor of Economics at the ], USA. Her core areas of study include ] and globalisation, employment patterns in ], ], and ].


== Early life == == Early life ==
Jayati Ghosh was born on 16 September 1955.<ref name="cv">{{cite web|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/jayati/CV.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae|publisher=]|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> Ghosh attended ] for her undergraduate and got her M.A., M. Phil. in economics from ]. She joined ] for her PhD.<ref name="jnu">{{cite web|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/jayati|title=Jayati Ghosh|publisher=]|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> Her 1984 doctoral thesis at ] was entitled "Non capitalist land rent: theories and the case of North India" under the supervision of ]. Jayati Ghosh was born on 16 September 1955.<ref name="cv">{{cite web|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/jayati/CV.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae|publisher=]|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> Ghosh attended ], ] for her undergraduate and got her MA in economics from ]. She joined ] for her MPhil and PhD after winning the ].<ref name="jnu">{{cite web|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/jayati|title=Jayati Ghosh|publisher=]|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> Her 1984 doctoral thesis at ] was entitled ''The Non capitalist Land Rent: Theories and the Case of North India'' under the supervision of ], ] and ].


==Career== ==Career==
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 previously held positions at ] and ], lecturing meanwhile at academic institutions throughout India. She is one of the founders of the Economic Research Foundation, New Delhi, a non-profit trust devoted to progressive economic research. (Selections of her columns from the Macroscan, the Foundation's outlet, will be published as ''Tracking the Macroeconomy''.) She is also the Executive Secretary of the ], a network of economists critical of the mainstream economic paradigm of neo-liberalism.<ref name="frontline">{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/Jayati_Ghosh/|title=Jayati Ghosh|work=]|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>


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 ], ], ], ], ] and ] 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, and the International Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (). In 2021 she was appointed to the ] Council on the Economics of Health for All, chaired by ]. She's a member of the ]. 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 '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.
Ghosh was the principal author of the West Bengal Human Development Report which has received the ] Prize for excellence in analysis. In addition to her many scholarly articles, she writes regular columns on economics and current affairs for Frontline magazine, '']'', the Bengali newspaper '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jayatighosh|title=Jayati Ghosh|website=]|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="serenade">{{cite web|url=https://serenademagazine.com/author/jayati-ghosh/|title=Jayati Ghosh|work=Serenade|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> She also writes a regular column for the fortnightly national magazine '']'', focusing mainly on economic issues.<ref name="frontline"/>

Ghosh was conferred International Labour Organisation's Decent Work Research Prize along with Professor Eve Landau in February 2011.<ref name="guardian"/><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> Department of Communication (DCOMM) |title= ILO Decent Work Research Prize awarded to two distinguished scholars |url= http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_151580/lang--en/index.htm |publisher= ] |date= 16 February 2011 |access-date=4 November 2014 }}</ref> In Spring Term 2011, she served as the first ] Visiting Professor in ] at ]'s ] graduate program.<ref name="jnu"/>

==Criticisms of the government==
Ghosh has consistently maintained a pro-student stance. In February 2016, she alleged the ] government of shutting down student protests against the capital punishment sentence to ]. In a lecture enumerating the "anti-national policies of the NDA", she spoke about the importance of student protests and discussion, and the current government's aversion to the demand for transparency and accountability. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/Afzal-Guru-row-constructed-conspiracy-by-state-JNU-prof-Jayati-Ghosh/articleshow/51279551.cms|title=Afzal Guru row 'constructed conspiracy' by state: JNU prof Jayati Ghosh|last=Mar 6|first=PTI {{!}} Updated|last2=2016|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10|last3=Ist|first3=19:27}}</ref>

In October 2019, Ghosh expressed her belief that the relay of policymakers who were fixed to political dogmas that discouraged more public spending was dangerous to the economy and destabilizing to society. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economists-intellectual-isolation-social-disaster-by-jayati-ghosh-2019-10|title=Our Shrinking Economic Toolkits {{!}} by Jayati Ghosh|last=Ghosh|first=Jayati|date=2019-10-10|website=Project Syndicate|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}}</ref>

In her co-authored book, ''Demonetisation Decoded: A critique of India’s monetary experiment,'' she criticizes the monetary decision taken by the Modi government as an ineffective and wasteful exercise.

In February of 2020, Ghosh criticized the ]-led government for misrepresenting data in the 2020 Budget which was presented a month earlier than usual. Claiming that the government did not have data post December 2019, she declared ]'s pre-budget speech as ineffectual and inaccurate. She also emphasized the lack of attention given to the need for creation of employment in the new budget, stating that there were cuts in almost every employment-intensive sector. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/every-single-number-is-a-lie-jayati-ghosh/article30720952.ece|title=Budget 2020 {{!}} Every single number is a lie, says Jayati Ghosh|date=2020-02-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-10|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> By withholding information that by constitutional law should be freely available to the public, she said, the Modi government was able to play caste politics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/every-single-number-is-a-lie-jayati-ghosh/article30720952.ece|title=Budget 2020 {{!}} Every single number is a lie, says Jayati Ghosh|date=2020-02-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-10|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


== Awards and recognitions == == Awards and recognitions ==
Ghosh has received a number of awards, including:

* John Kenneth Galbraith award, 2023 from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, "in recognition of breakthrough discoveries in economics and outstanding contributions to humanity through leadership, research and service."
* International Economic Association Fellow Award, 2023.
* ] Award for distinguished contributions to the social sciences in India, 2015.
* Conference President, Indian Society for Labour Economics, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/jayati|title=Jayati Ghosh|website=www.jnu.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}}</ref> * Conference President, Indian Society for Labour Economics, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/jayati|title=Jayati Ghosh|website=www.jnu.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2020-03-10}}</ref>
* Satyendranath Sen Award, Asiatic Society, ], 2012. * Satyendranath Sen Award, Asiatic Society, ], 2012.
* ], ], 2010. * ], ], 2011.
* ] in Social Sciences, Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, Italy, 2010. * ] in Social Sciences, Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, Italy, 2010.
* Ava Maiti Memorial Prize, ], ] 2006. * Ava Maiti Memorial Prize, ], ] 2006.
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==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Ghosh was married to ], an economist who was a member of the disbanded ]. He died in 2022. She has one daughter, Jahnavi Sen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nandy |first=Chandan |date=2022-08-30 |title=Saluting Abhijit Sen, one of India's greatest experts on rural economy |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/Aug/30/saluting-abhijit-sen-one-of-indias-greatest-experts-on-rural-economy-2493100.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

She is married to ], an economist who was a member of the disbanded ].


== Selected bibliography == == Selected bibliography ==
* Ghosh, Jayati. ''''. Aleph Books (2022).
* Dixson-Declève, Sandrine, Owen Gaffney, Jayati Ghosh, Jorgen Randers, Johan Rockstrom, and Per Espen Stoknes. ''''. New Society Publishers, 2022.
* Rawal, Vikas, Jayati Ghosh, and C. P. Chandrasekhar. ''''. Tulika (2021).
* Ghosh, Jayati, ed. ''''. Routledge, 2021.
* Reinert, Erik S., Jayati Ghosh, and Rainer Kattel, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.
* Ghosh, Jayati (ed.), '''', ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations (Delhi, 2015).
* {{cite book | last1 = Ghosh | first1 = Jayati | last2 = Chandrasekhar | first2 = C.P. | title = Crisis as conquest: learning from East Asia | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2001 | isbn = 9788125018988 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Ghosh | first1 = Jayati | last2 = Chandrasekhar | first2 = C.P. | title = Crisis as conquest: learning from East Asia | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2001 | isbn = 9788125018988 }}
* {{cite book | last1 = Ghosh | first1 = Jayati | last2 = Chandrasekhar | first2 = C.P. | title = The market that failed: neoliberal economic reforms in India | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2004 |orig-year=1st. pub. LeftWord Books:2002 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 9788187496458 }} Also reprinted January 2008, January 2009, July 2011. * {{cite book | last1 = Ghosh | first1 = Jayati | last2 = Chandrasekhar | first2 = C.P. | title = The market that failed: neoliberal economic reforms in India | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2004 |orig-year=1st. pub. LeftWord Books:2002 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 9788187496458 }} Also reprinted January 2008, January 2009, July 2011.
* {{cite book | last = Ghosh | first = Jayati | title = Never done and poorly paid: women's work in globalising India | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2009 | isbn = 9788188965441 }} * {{cite book | last = Ghosh | first = Jayati | title = Never done and poorly paid: women's work in globalising India | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2009 | isbn = 9788188965441 }}
* {{cite book | last = Ghosh | first = Jayati | title = After crisis: adjustment, recovery, and fragility in East Asia | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2009 | isbn = 9788189487584 }} * {{cite book | last = Ghosh | first = Jayati | title = After crisis: adjustment, recovery, and fragility in East Asia | publisher = ] | location = New Delhi | year = 2009 | isbn = 9788189487584 }}
*Edited the forthcoming ''Economics of the New Imperialism''.


== See also == == See also ==
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==External links== ==External links==
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* at National Knowledge Commission * at National Knowledge Commission
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Jayati Ghosh
Ghosh in 2012
Born (1955-09-16) 16 September 1955 (age 69)
SpouseAbhijit Sen
Academic career
FieldDevelopment economics
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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

Jayati Ghosh was born on 16 September 1955. 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. 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

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, and 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

Ghosh has received a number of awards, including:

  • John Kenneth Galbraith award, 2023 from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, "in recognition of breakthrough discoveries in economics and outstanding contributions to humanity through leadership, research and service."
  • International Economic Association Fellow Award, 2023.
  • Adiseshaiah Award for distinguished contributions to the social sciences in India, 2015.
  • Conference President, Indian Society for Labour Economics, 2013.
  • Satyendranath Sen Award, Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 2012.
  • ILO Decent Work Research Prize, Geneva, 2011.
  • NordSud Prize for Research in Social Sciences, Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, Italy, 2010.
  • Ava Maiti Memorial Prize, Asiatic Society, Kolkata 2006.
  • UNDP Award for Excellence in Analysis, (for West Bengal Human Development Report), New York 2006.

Personal life

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

Selected bibliography

See also

References

  1. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. "Jayati Ghosh". Jawaharlal Nehru University. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. "Jayati Ghosh". www.jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. Nandy, Chandan (30 August 2022). "Saluting Abhijit Sen, one of India's greatest experts on rural economy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

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