Smritikanduyan

🔹 Author: Pranab Bardhan

🔹 Genre: Autobiography - Biography - Memoir

🔹 Format: Hardcover

🔹 ISBN: 9789350403129

🔹 Pages: 264

🔹 Weight: 595 grams

📌 Book Highlights:

• A riveting memoir of a boy from a lower-middle-class family in North Kolkata, who later became a globally renowned economist.
• Written with detachment and subtle humor, examining:
  • Personal & societal transformations over decades.
  • Educational experiences in India & abroad.
  • Society, culture, and politics from a unique perspective.
• Blends nostalgia with intellectual depth, making it deeply insightful yet engaging.

👤 About the Author: Pranab Bardhan

✔ Born in Kolkata.
✔ Education:

• Presidency College & University of Calcutta.
• Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.
  ✔ Taught at:
• University of Calcutta, MIT, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi School of Economics.
• Joined the Economics Department at UC Berkeley in 1977.
  ✔ Visiting Professor/Fellow at:
• London School of Economics
• Trinity College, Cambridge
• All Souls & St. Catherine’s College, Oxford
• University of Siena, Italy
  ✔ Editor of the International Journal of Development Economics for 18 years.
  ✔ Author of 13 books & editor of 12 books.
  ✔ Published extensively in top Indian & international journals.

📖 "Smritikanduyan" is an extraordinary journey through academia, culture, and economics—woven with sharp intellect, humor, and a deep understanding of society. A must-read for those interested in memoirs, social change, and intellectual history."