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Prithvi Nath Dhar (P.N. Dhar, 1 March 1919 – 19 July 2012) was an Indian economist and the head of Indira Gandhi's secretariat and one of her closest advisers.[2]
Prithvi Nath Dhar | |
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In office 1970–2012 | |
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Born | [1] Jammu and Kashmir, British India | 1 March 1919
Died | 19 July 2012 93) New Delhi, Delhi, India | (aged
Alma mater | Hindu College, University of Delhi |
P. N. Dhar was born into a Kashmiri Pandit family[3] on 1919 to Dr. Vishnu Hakim and Radha Hakim. His wife was the singer-writer Sheila Dhar. He attended Tyndale Biscoe School in Srinagar, India, and then studied economics at the Hindu College of the University of Delhi.[citation needed]
Dhar served as principal secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during the tumultuous days of the Emergency (1973–1977).[citation needed] He was one of her close advisors, who were collectively known as the "Kashmiri Mafia".[4]
He was also a professor of economics at Delhi University for many years and the director and emeritus professor of the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi.[citation needed]
He was one of the founders of the Delhi School of Economics. He served as the United Nations assistant secretary general, research and policy analysis, in New York from 1978 to 1986.
He was awarded the Padma Vibushan, India's second highest civilian award in 2008.[citation needed]
His memoir, Indira Gandhi, the Emergency, and Indian Democracy was published in 2000.[citation needed]
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