Delhi School of Economics

{{Infobox university

| name = Delhi School of Economics

| other_name = DSE

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| motto = तमसो मा ज्योतिर् गमय

| mottoeng = Lead us from darkness to light

| established = {{start date and age|1949}}

| type = Higher Educational Institution

| city = Delhi

| country = India

| campus = Urban

| website = {{URL|https://dse.du.ac.in/}}

| affiliations = University of Delhi

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Delhi School of Economics (DSE), popularly referred to as D School, is an institution of higher learning within the Delhi University.{{cite web |title=Top Institutions and Economists in India |url=http://cssscal.org/top_india.html |publisher=The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences}}{{Cite web|url=https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.india.html|title=Within Country and State Economics Rankings: India | IDEAS/RePEc|website=ideas.repec.org}} The Delhi School of Economics is situated in University of Delhi's North Campus in Maurice Nagar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Delhi+School+of+Economics/@28.6847905,77.2083662,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xd0d1881e0c9c65e5!8m2!3d28.6847905!4d77.2083662|title=Delhi School of Economics|website=Delhi School of Economics}} Established in 1949,{{Cite web|url=http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=delhi-school-of-economics|title=Delhi School Of Economics - University of Delhi|website=du.ac.in}} the campus of the Delhi School of Economics houses the University of Delhi's departments of Economics, Sociology, Geography and Commerce, as well as the Ratan Tata Library. Out of the four academic departments, the Departments of Economics, Sociology and Geography come under the Faculty of Social Sciences, while the Department of Commerce comes under the Faculty of Commerce and Business Studies.

Many of its former faculty members and alumni have gone ahead to become economists, social scientists, writers, heads of states and journalists. It presently offers multiple post graduate and doctoral level programmes in a wide range of disciplines.

Campus

The Delhi School of Economics campus is situated in University of Delhi's North Campus in Maurice Nagar.{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Delhi+School+of+Economics/@28.6847905,77.2083662,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xd0d1881e0c9c65e5!8m2!3d28.6847905!4d77.2083662 |title=Delhi School of Economics |work=Google Maps |publisher=Google Inc.}} It is surrounded by other institutions and constituent colleges of the University of Delhi, such as Ramjas College, The Faculty of Management Studies, St. Stephen's College, KMC and Hindu College. Three constituent departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences - Economics, Sociology and Geography- lie within the Delhi School of Economics campus.{{cite web |url=http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=delhi-school-of-economics |title=Delhi School of Economics |publisher=Delhi University |date= |access-date=}} It additionally also houses the Department of Commerce,{{cite web |url=http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=commerce |title=Commerce |publisher=Delhi University |date= |access-date=}} which is a part of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Studies, and the Ratan Tata Library.{{cite web |url=http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=ratan-tata-library |title=Ratan Tata Library |publisher=Delhi University |date= |access-date= }}

Constituents

Prof. Ram singh, Director of the Institute of eminence, Delhi School of Economics has been recently appointed to the Monetary Policy Committe(MPC) of Reserve Bank of India, chaired by the Governor Shaktikanta Das.{{Cite news |date=2024-10-01 |title=Who are RBI MPC's new members? Know all about the fresh faces in Shaktikanta Das' team |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/who-are-rbi-mpcs-new-members-ram-singh-nagesh-kumar-and-saugata-bhattacharya-know-all-about-them/articleshow/113858502.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}

=Department of Economics=

Among the faculty at the department of economics have been the likes of V.K.R.V. Rao, B.N. Ganguly and K.N. Raj (all three of whom went on to serve as vice-chancellors at the University of Delhi), Amartya Sen (Nobel Laureate), Manmohan Singh (the former Indian Prime Minister and also the key architect of the economic reforms since 1991), Sukhomoy Chakravarty (who was chief economic advisor), Jagdish Bhagwati, Kaushik Basu, Arjun Kumar Sengupta, Partha Sen, Raj Krishna, Syed Mohammad Ali, the economic historian Tapan Raychaudhuri and others.{{Cite web |title=MA Handbook of Information, Department of Economics (2022) |url=http://econdse.org/wp-content/uploads/MA_Handbook-of-Information-2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406035220/http://econdse.org/wp-content/uploads/MA_Handbook-of-Information-2022.pdf |archive-date=6 April 2023}}

The department has been associated with three important journals over the years. It publishes the Indian Economic Review, several faculty members edit the Indian Economic and Social History Review, and for many years it housed the Journal of Quantitative Economics.{{Cite web |title=Journal of Quantitative Economics |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/40953/editors |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Springer |language=en}}

Prof. Rohini Somanathan is currently the head of the department.{{Cite web |title=Faculty {{!}} Department of Economics, DSE |url=http://econdse.org/faculty/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=econdse.org}}

The department currently offers a MA and a PhD in Economics.

= Department of Geography =

Professor V.K.R.V. Rao, the university's vice-chancellor at the time, took the initiative to create the Department of Geography in October 1959. George Kuriyan, a renowned geographer, was the first professor and the founder of the department. He was followed in 1966 by V.L.S. Prakasa Rao, who served as the department's head until 1973. During this period, the department acquired a distinctive identity in India and abroad. In 1976, the department was renamed as the Department of Geography owing to the widening of scope of teaching and research activity in not only human, but also physical aspects of Geography. The Faculty members undertake research projects from various agencies including University Grants Commission, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute and Ministries of Government of India, which include Indian Space Research Organization, Department of Science and Technology and the Planning Commission.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://geography.du.ac.in/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=geography.du.ac.in}}{{Cite web |last=DU admin |date=n.d. |title=Department of Geography |url=https://www.du.ac.in/index.php?page=department-of-geography |website=University of Delhi}}

[https://igu-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PROF-ANINDITA-DATTA-BIONOTE-2024-FOR-IGU.pdf Prof. Anindita Data] is currently serving Head of the department, making history as the first female to hold a full term in this role. She is also the first South Asian women to be elected for Vice President, International Geographical Union (IGU).{{Cite web |title=Faculty Members |url=https://geography.du.ac.in/People/Faculty-Members |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=geography.du.ac.in}}{{Cite web |last=terry_administrator |date=2018-08-29 |title=Executive Committee 2024-2026 |url=https://igu-online.org/organization/executive-committee-2024-2026/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=IGU Online |language=en-US}}

The department currently offers a MA and PhD in Geography.

=Department of Sociology=

In 2010, Professor Nandini Sundar from the department, won the Infosys prize in the field of social anthropology.{{cite web|title=Meet the 6 winners of Infosys Prize|url=http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/25/slide-show-1-tech-meet-the-6-winners-infosys-prize.htm|publisher=business.rediff.com|access-date=27 Oct 2010}} Prof. Anuja Aggarwal is serving the current head for the department.{{Cite web |title=Faculty – Department of Sociology |url=https://sociology.du.ac.in/faculty/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |language=en-GB}}

Ratan Tata Library

The Ratan Tata Library, popularly referred to as RTL, is situated in the Delhi School of Economics campus.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/an-asset-to-the-social-scientist/article8570111.ece/|title=An asset to the social scientist|website=thehindu.com|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=27 January 2022|date=8 May 2016}}

Notable people

=Notable faculty=

Manmohan Singh, Former Prime Minister of India
Elvish Yadav
Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of economics and law at Columbia University
M.N. Srinivas, Indian Sociologist
Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at World Bank
Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University
Pranab Bardhan, Professor Emeritus of Economics at University of California, Berkeley
Sukhamoy Chakraborty (1934–1990), noted Indian economist
K.R. Narayanan, 10th President of India
Prasanta Pattanaik, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Riverside
Andre Beteille, Indian Sociologist & Padma Bhushan recipient
Raj Krishna
V. K. R. V. Rao, Vice Chancellor of Delhi University
Tapan Raychaudhuri
Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate
K. N. Raj
Padma Desai{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae of Padma Desai |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~pd5/Padma%20Desai%20CV%20February%202011.pdf |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125072202/http://www.columbia.edu/~pd5/Padma%20Desai%20CV%20February%202011.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Suresh Tendulkar
Ashok Mitra
Arjun Kumar Sengupta
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, Former director and Padma Bhushan recipient
R. S. Nigam, Former director and recipient of Lifetime Achievement award by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
J. P. S. Uberoi, retired professor
Shambhavi Choudhary, Member of Parliament in 18th Lok Sabha representing Samastipur Loksabha Constituency

=Notable alumni=

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Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Ravi Batra, Indian-American economist
Anjali Bhardwaj, Indian social activist working on issues of transparency and accountability
Romola Butalia, journalist and website editor
Dhritiman Chatterjee, actor in Black, Pratidwandi
Prabhu Chawla, editor of India Today
Brahma Chellaney
Parag Kumar Das, human rights activist and Assamese journalist assassinated in 1996
Amitav Ghosh, author
Manisha Girotra, Indian business executive
Subir Gokarn, former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Omkar Goswami, chairman and founder, CERG Advisory
Ramachandra Guha, author, historian and columnist
Ashok Gulati, Indian agricultural economist
Nistula Hebbar, journalist and political correspondent{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/chat-with-author-of-kiss-and-tell/20120716.htm|title=Chat with author of Kiss and Tell|website=Rediff}}
Anshula Kant, Chief Financial Officer and managing director of the World Bank Group
Ashwani Mahajan, National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM)
Amit Mitra, FICCI
Bingu wa Mutharika, former President of Malawi
V. R. Panchamukhi
Sat Parashar, Indian financial management expert and business education administrator
Om Prakash, an historian
Vidya Rao, Hindustani classical singer and writer
Prannoy Roy, media figure, founder of NDTV
Kuladhar Saikia, Director General of Assam Police
Rajan Saxena, Indian management expert
Mihir Shah, Indian economist and former member of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, noted Indian historian
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Indian journalist, political commentator, author and a documentary film maker
Usha Thorat, Reserve Bank Of India
Piers Vitebsky, British anthropologist

==Academics==

Bina Agarwal, prize-winning development economist and Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester
Arindam Banik, Associated Cement Companies Chair Professor at International Management Institute, Editor, Global Business Review, Former Director of IMI Kolkata
Amitava Bose
Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, LSE
Sayantan Ghosal, Adam Smith Chair in Political Economy, University of Glasgow
Gita Gopinath, Professor of Economics, Harvard University and Deputy Managing Director of the IMF
Reetika Khera, one of India's leading development economists
Shailendra Raj Mehta, President & Director of MICA
Nadeem Naqvi
Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside, USA
Rajan Saxena, management expert, Padma Shri awardee
Gita Sen, adjunct professor at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; feminist scholar and specialist in international population policy
Suresh Tendulkar, former chief of the National Statistical Commission and Chairman of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) from 2004 to 2008
Kamta Prasad, former professor of economics, Indian Institute for Public Administration and IIT Kanpur
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, One of the world's leading historian. He holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA.