Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022 to Prabhat Patnaik

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Eminent Indian economist and political commentator Prabhat Patnaik has been named as the recipient of the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for the year 2022.

• The award is given annually by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adisia Trust to an outstanding social scientist.

• Dr Patnaik has taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board.