C. H. Hanumantha Rao
{{short description|Indian economist and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = C. H. Hanumantha Rao
| image = Ch.Hanumatha Rao (Cropped).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1929|05|15}}
| birth_place = Sircilla, Hyderabad State (now in Telangana, India)
| occupation = Economist
| education = B.A. (Nizam College)
M.A. Economics (Osmania University)
Ph.D. University of Delhi
| relatives = Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao (brother)
C. Vidyasagar Rao (brother)
Chennamaneni Ramesh (nephew)
| honours = Padma Bhushan (2004)
}}
Chennamaneni Hanumantha Rao (born 15 May 1929) is an Indian economist and writer.{{cite book|author1=Rokkam Radhakrishna|author2=Academic Foundation (New Delhi, India)|title=India in a Globalising World: Some Aspects of Macroeconomy, Agriculture, and Poverty : Essays in Honour of C.H. Hanumantha Rao|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CekvY-OhlMUC&pg=PA29|year=2006|publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=978-81-7188-516-9|pages=29–}} He was a member of the National Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008{{cite news |title=NAC reconstituted |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/04/stories/2005060404461200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301014639/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/04/stories/2005060404461200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 March 2006 |work=The Hindu |date=4 June 2005 }} and chaired the Technical Committee on Drought prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme{{cite web | url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/TechCommitteeReport1994.asp | title=Hanumantha Rao Committee Report | publisher=Department of Land Resources GOI | date=2016 | access-date=June 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610004204/http://www.dolr.nic.in/dolr/TechCommitteeReport1994.asp | archive-date=10 June 2016 | url-status=dead }} of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.{{cite web | url=http://cacp.dacnet.nic.in/ViewQuestionare.aspx?Input=2&DocId=1&PageId=66&KeyId=513 | title=CH Hanumantha Rao Committee report | publisher=Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices | date=2016 | access-date=June 1, 2016}} He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the president of India in 2004, for contributions in the field of Literature and Education.{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}
Early life
Rao was born in Sircilla of present-day Telangana, India.{{cite book|author=C. H. Hanumantha Rao|title=Essays on Development Strategy, Regional Disparities, and Centre-state Financial Relations in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUheLSywxYsC&pg=PA337|year=2005|publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=978-81-7188-418-6|pages=337–}} He completed his B.A in 1955 at Nizam College, Hyderabad, M.A.(Economics) in 1957 at Osmania University, Hyderabad and his PhD (Economics) in 1962 at the University of Delhi; He was also Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1966–67.
Career
Rao is the Chairman of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad.[http://www.cess.ac.in/cesshome/aboutoff.htm About us] Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad website He remained a member of the Seventh and Eighth Planning Commission and also the Finance Commission of India.{{Cite web |url=http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/agri.asp |title=Academic Foundation |access-date=5 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075631/http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/agri.asp |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} On receiving the Padma Bhushan from the president of India in 2004 he said in his felicitation speech: “I learnt precision in writing from Professor Dr Vikas Mishra (economist) who was my supervisor for Ph.D thesis. Prof. Mishra used to say, ‘one should always ask whether the sentence that one has written is really necessary’. After reading the first draft of my thesis, he suggested deletion of a number of passages by putting round brackets indicating the portions to be deleted. On one occasion he picked up from his shelf an old draft of his own thesis and showed me the similar round brackets placed by his supervisor, Arthur Lewis who was later to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.”
Bibliography
- Economic Reforms and Poverty Alleviation in India.
- Regional Disparities, Smaller States and Statehood For Telangana
- Indian Economy and Society in the Era of Globalisation and Liberalisation: Essays in honour of Prof. A.M. Khusro, Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2004 (eds. jointly with B. B. Bhattacharya and N.S. Siddharthan)
References
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External links
- [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.iegindia.org/CHHRaocv.pdf Profile]
- [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/Statehood-for-Telangana/articleshow/5425893.cms Article by C. H. Hanumantha Rao] The Economic Times
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Category:20th-century Indian economists
Category:People from Karimnagar district
Category:Osmania University alumni
Category:Delhi University alumni
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Writers from Hyderabad, India
Category:Members of National Advisory Council, India
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education