Economist Abhijit Sen, a f🌟ormer Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost e꧃xperts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72.
"He suffered a heart attack a💦🎉round 11 PM. We rushed him to the hospital, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother.
In a career spanning more than four decades, Abhijit Sen ta🅷ught economics at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, and held several important government positions including the chair of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices.
He was a member of Planning Commission from 200💯4 to 2014, when Manmohan Singh was the prime minister.
-With PTI Input
