T S Papola, a noted development economist, died here on Monday. He was 74.
He was an advisor with the erstwhile Planning Commission from 1987 to 1995. He was a founder-member and former director at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development in Delhi; chairman of the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, and founder-member of the Institute for Human Development, Delhi. He was also chairman of the fourth state finance commission of Uttarakhand.
Papola had over four decades of experience in teaching, research and advisory assignments. He specialised in labour and employment, development planning, industrial economics, regional development, and enterprise development. He had taught at the universities of Lucknow and Bombay, Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), and University of Cambridge, UK.
He had also authored 14 books and at least 80 research papers in reputed journals.
Beside having edited a 10-volume series on 'Labour regulation in Indian industry'.
