Samar Ranjan Sen ( 28 July 2004) was an Indian agricultural economist who served at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development as its executive director. He belonged to the Indian Economic Service of 1938 batch.

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Born into an Indian Bengali Baidya Brahmin family. Sen obtained his PhD from the

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in 1946 and later taught at Dacca University before

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. The first member of the Indian Economic Service in 1938, Sen joined the

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in 1948 and served as advisor of the Planning Commission prior to his appointment at the

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. After returning to India, he became a part of

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's green revolution east (1985) and later became a member of the

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. He also established research centers of agriculture in the country.

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