Sukhamoy Chakravarty (26 July 1934 – 22 August 1990) was an Indian economist who, along with

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, was a key architect of the Five-Year plans of India. He attended Ballygunge Government High School,

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and

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when it was under

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as an Economics major, where he was a batchmate of

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. He later attended the

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and obtained a doctorate from

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under

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. He assumed a teaching post at

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but returned to India to join the Planning Commission. He was a professor of economics at the

. Sukhamoy was a highly creative and prodigious scholar, and a voracious reader. He was one of the most outstanding Indian economists of the 20th century with rare social awareness and commitment. His initial interest in high theory and mathematical economics gave way to practical policy analysis of issues relating to the under-privileged. He had put his phenomenal scholarship to continued application in the study of development issues. He left an indelible impression on the intellectual world. Samuelson and Tinbergen were Chakravarty's life-long admirers. When Chakravarty died his teacher Tinbergen remarked that he had learned more from Chakravarty than Chakravarty learning from him.

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