NEWS

Institute for Social and Economic Change celebrates mark its golden jubilee

ABOUT

• Social science research institute
• Location – Bangalore
• Founded in 1972
• Largest among the 27 institutions supported by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
• One of three major institutions established by Prof. V. K. R. V. Rao, along with the Delhi School of Economics and the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.
• President – Governor of Karnataka
• Helps in in formulating policies in various social and economic sectors, which contributed to the upliftment of weaker sections in Karnataka.
• Played the role of a catalyst while guiding the Karnataka Government in formulating policies in agriculture, finance, rural development, administration, governance and poverty reduction.

ABOUT V. K. R. V. Rao

• Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao
• 8 July 1908 – 25 July 1991
• Indian economist, politician and educator
• Born at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu
• A and M.A in economics from Bombay University before earning another B.A from Cambridge where he was a member of Gonville & Caius College.
• Awarded the Ph.D. of Cambridge in 1937
• Studied with John Maynard Keynes.