1953, BA, Presidency College, Calcutta; 1955, BA and 1959, MA and PhD, Trinity College, Cambridge. 1956-58, Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta; 1957-63, Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge; 1963-71, Professor of Economics, University of Delhi; 1966-68, Chairman, Department of Economics; 1966-68 and 1969-71, Honorary Director, Agricultural Economics Research Centre, Delhi; 1971-77, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics; 1977-78, Professor of Economics, Oxford University. 1977-80, Professor of Economics and 1980-88, Professor of Political Economy, Oxford University. Since 1988, current position. Trustee, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; Senior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard; member of numerous editorial boards. Author of numerous publications including Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives (1997) and On Economic Inequality (1997). Recipient of awards and honours, including the 1998 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences.