He said that during these times of COVID-19 pandemic, when people were suffering economically and socially, the sane voice of economists like Mr. Kurien became significant. “I cannot think of a single issue where CTK (Mr. Kurien) and people like me have not made a common stand for over five decades.”P.G. Amiya Bagchi, Professor Emeritus of The Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, and Barbara Harriss-White, Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, and John Harriss, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Canada, spoke. Swaminathan Research Foundation, economists Venkatesh Athreya, K. Nagaraj and many others shared their experience of working with Mr. Kurien. Ramachandran, Vice-Chairperson, Kerala State Planning Board and former student of Mr. Kurien, chaired and coordinated the event.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2021 18:00 UTC