New Delhi: Two Indian economists – Jayati Ghosh and Ashwini Deshpande – are among 10 to have been named annual fellows by the International Economic Association.
The annual fellowship is awarded to “economists worldwide who have made an important contribution through the creation or dissemination of new ideas and high-quality policy work.”
Ghosh, a renowned development economist, previously taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University for over 35 years and is now professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Deshpande is professor of economics, and founding director of the Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) at Ashoka University.
The other recipients of the award are:
Danny Quah, NUS
Marc Melitz, Harvard University
Sam Bowles, Santa Fe Institute
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Paris School of Economics
Adam Szeidl, Central European University
Vera Songwe, UN Africa
Gordon Hanson, Harvard University
Sascha Becker, Monash University
Indermit Singh Gill, World Bank
Miaojie Yu, Liaoning University
The IEA was founded in 1950 as a non-governmental organisation, as part of a UNESCO-driven initiative. The IEA is governed by a council, composed of representatives of its member associations and some co-opted members.
Two of its past presidents are Amartya Sen (1986–1989) and Kaushik Basu (2017-2021).
The fellow award recipients are selected by a Nominating Committee which, according to the Association, takes it upon itself to “ensure regional diversity and gender balance.”