P. N. Dhar
Prithvi Nath Dhar | |
|---|---|
| In office 1970–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1919[1] Jammu and Kashmir,British India |
| Died | 19 July 2012(aged 93) New Delhi,Delhi,India |
| Alma mater | Hindu College, University of Delhi |
Prithvi Nath Dhar(P.N. Dhar,1 March 1919 – 19 July 2012) was an Indianeconomistand the head ofIndira Gandhi's secretariat and one of her closest advisers.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]P. N. Dhar was born into aKashmiri Panditfamily[3]on 1919 to Dr. Vishnu Hakim and Radha Hakim. His wife was the singer-writerSheila Dhar.He attendedTyndale Biscoe SchoolinSrinagar,India, and then studied economics at theHindu Collegeof theUniversity of Delhi.[citation needed]
Dhar served as principal secretary to Prime MinisterIndira Gandhiduring 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 atDelhi Universityfor many years and the director and emeritus professor of theInstitute of Economic GrowthinNew Delhi.[citation needed]
He was one of the founders of theDelhi School of Economics.He served as theUnited Nationsassistant secretary general, research and policy analysis, in New York from 1978 to 1986.
He was awarded thePadma Vibushan,India's second highest civilian award in 2008.[citation needed]
His memoir,Indira Gandhi, the Emergency, and Indian Democracywas published in 2000.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^Who's who in India.Guide Publications. 1986.Retrieved5 October2014.
- ^"PN Dhar, a close advisor of Indira Gandhi, passes away".The Times of India.19 July 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 3 January 2013.Retrieved3 August2012.
- ^"Remembering Sheila".The Times of India.28 July 2001.Retrieved16 January2022.
- ^Rukun Advani (2 February 2002)."A Little Outside the Ring".Archived fromthe originalon 26 January 2013.Retrieved2 March2013.
- 1919 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century Indian economists
- Academic staff of Delhi University
- Delhi University alumni
- Delhi School of Economics alumni
- Indian officials of the United Nations
- Kashmiri people
- Kashmiri Pandits
- Writers from Jammu and Kashmir
- Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in civil service
- 20th-century Indian biographers
- Indian male writers
- Indira Gandhi
- Scientists from Jammu and Kashmir