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Biography
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Appointments
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International assignments
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Special distinctions
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Public activities
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Cherished memories
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Quotable Quotes
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For twenty years, he was the full time Chief Economist to India's Tata Group of Industries and to the Group Chairman, Mr. J. R. D. Tata, and other senior Group directors. J.R.D. considered him to be easily the most readable economist in the country. DRP occupied senior positions in the Government of India in the Ministries of Finance and of Commerce & Industry, for over ten years before joining the Tatas. He was a Consulting Economic Adviser & also happen to run his own one-man think tank Centre for Economic Policy Advice, Mumbai.
After retiring from Tatas, DRP was entrusted with many important assignments extending for several years. For example:
- Chief Consulting Economist to the Industrial
Development Bank of India
- Chief Consulting Economist to the World Gold Council
- Member, State Planning Board, Government of Goa
- Member, State Planning Board, Government of
Maharashtra
- Member, International Advisory Group of Business
Economists of the International Chamber of Commerce,
Paris
- Member, International Advisory Board, Trans-National
Research Organisation, U.S.A.
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Education & Research
B.A. (Hons.),
1950. Pune University, India (Economics, Statistics,
Mathematics)
B.A. (Hons.),
1952. Cambridge University (U.K.) (Sidney Sussex
college) (Economics Tripos Part II)
M.A. (Cambridge),
1957.
Research Fellow:
Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University 1952-53
First class career. Many scholarships & prizes in school
& college.
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Personal Information
Born: September 6, 1930, Pune, India, Indian
National.
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi.
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Experience & Employment
1954-67
Served the Government of India. Many senior positions
held in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (Forward
Markets Commission), & the Ministry of Finance (Stock
Exchange Division)
Government nominated Director on the Board of Directors
of several recognised stock exchanges & commodity
exchanges.
Secretary, Forward Markets Review Committee, Government
of India (1966).
1967-1991
1967 - Joined the Tata organization as Senior
Economist.
1973 - 1991 - Chief Economic Adviser to the Tata Group.
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Director on the Board of the following companies
- Tata Exports Ltd. (from 1980-1996)
- Indian Merchants Chamber (from 1981-2003)
- Tata Finance Ltd. (from 1984-1992)
- Dr. Writer's Food Products Pvt. Ltd. (from 1985-1990)
- Perfect Machine Tools Co. Ltd. (from 1993-1995)
- Apple Mutual Fund Ltd; Bangalore (from 1993-1996)
and many more...
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