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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