Pulapre Balakrishnan

Pulapre Balakrishnan
Born	(1955-04-04) 4 April 1955 (age 70) India
Occupation	Economist
Academic background
Alma mater	(B.A) Madras Christian College University of Madras (1975) (M.A.) Jawaharlal Nehru University (1977) (M. Phil.), University of Oxford (1981) (Ph.D) University of Cambridge (1988)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Oxford Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi IIM Kozhikode Centre for Development Studies Ashoka University

Pulapre Balakrishnan (Malayalam: പുലപ്രെ ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ) is an Indian economist and educationalist. He has served as the director of Centre for Development Studies^[1] and Professor at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.

Early life and education

Pulapre Balakrishnan was born in his ancestral village of Klari, Malappuram, Kerala on 4 April 1955. He was educated in schools of Moscow and completed his B.A from University of Madras and his M.A from Jawaharlal Nehru University, his Master of Philosophy from Oxford University and his PhD from Cambridge University.^[2]

Academic work

Pulapre has written in the professional journals and is the author of the books ‘Pricing and Inflation in India’ (OUP India, 1991),^[3] ‘Economic Growth in India: History and Prospect’ (OUP India, 2010)^[4] and 'Politics Trumps Economics' along with Bimal Jalan.^[5] Balakrishnan has held appointments at Worcester College Oxford, the Indian Statistical Institute at Delhi, the Indian Institute of Management at Kozhikode, and Ashoka University in Haryana. He has served as Country Economist for Ukraine at the World Bank and been consultant to the International Labour Organisation, the Reserve Bank of India and the United Nations Development Program.^[6] He has for over two decades intervened in the public debate on India's economy via his popular writings. He is the recipient of the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies (2014).^[7]

References

1. "Pulapre Balakrishnan to be new CDS director - Yahoo News India". Yahoo News! India. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015.
2. "Curriculum Vitae". Pulapre Balakrishnan. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
3. Kumar, Pankaj; Mitra, Pratik (26 July 2012). Fiscal Stance, Credibility and Inflation Persistence in India (Report). Vol. RBI Working Paper Series. Reserve Bank of India.
4. "Economic Growth in India - Pulapre Balakrishnan - Oxford University Press". global.oup.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
5. Subramanian, K. (19 August 2014). "The elusive equilibrium - Tirupati - The Hindu". The Hindu.
6. "Introduction | Pulapre Balakrishnan". pulaprebalakrishnan.in. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
7. "Malcolm Adiseshiah award for Pulapre Balakrishnan". Business Line. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2024.

External links

• Personal website