MALCOLM ADISESHIAH AWARD 2023

  • Utsa Patnaik, an economist of national and international repute, has been selected for the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award, 2023.
  • The award is given every year by the Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust.
  • The prestigious national award honours outstanding social scientists selected by a national-level jury specially constituted for this purpose, from the nominations received.
  • The award will be given with a citation and a prize money of ₹2 lakh.
  • Indian economist Prabhat Patnaik won the award in 2022.

Malcolm Adiseshiah:

  • Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah was an Indian development economist and educator.
  • In 1976 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan.
  • In 1998, UNESCO created the Malcolm Adiseshiah International Literacy Prize in recognition of his contribution to education and literacy.
  • The prize rewards organizations or individuals who displayed outstanding merit and achieved with particularly effective results in contributing to the fight for literacy among the member countries of UNESCO.
  • He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, in 1978.

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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