Arjun Kumar Sengupta Expired

Developmental economist and Member of the Rajya Sabha, Arjun Kumar Sengupta died on 26 Sept 2010. He had done his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later taught in institutions like London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics. He was Special Secretary (Economic Advisor) to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during 1981-84. Sengupta worked with the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC as Executive Director for India, Bangladesh and Bhutan and as Special Advisor to the Managing Director during 1985-90. He had worked in the capacity of a Chairman of National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector. Sengupta was also the Indian Ambassador to the European Union from 1990 to 1993. In 2005 he was elected to the Rajya Sabha. He enjoyed a multi-faceted career as a academician, economic policy administrator and a Parliamentarian.