ISHER JUDGE AHLUWALIA

About:

• Isher Judge Ahluwalia (1945 – 2020) was an Indian economist, public policy researcher, and professor.
  
  
• Positions held:
  • She was Chairperson Emeritus, Board of Governors, at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
    
    
  • She was Chairperson, Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in Washington D.C. from 2003 to 2006.
    
    
  • She was the chairperson of the Government of India's High-Powered Committee on Urban Infrastructure Services.
    
    
  
  
  
• Notable books authored;
  • Industrial growth in India: stagnation since the mid-sixties.
    
    
  • Productivity and growth in Indian manufacturing.
    
    
  • Urbanisation in India: challenges, opportunities and the way forward.
    
    
  • Breaking Through - A Memoir.
    
    
  
  
  
• Awards: She was awarded India's third highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan in 2009.
  
  
• Personal life: She was married to fellow economist, and former deputy chairman of the Indian Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia.