Deepak Nayyar | |
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 Deepak Nayyar at UNU-WIDER Annual Lecture, 2009. | |
| Born | 26 September 1946 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Rohini Nayyar |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Development economics |
| Institution | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the Government of India |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, University of Oxford |
| Influences | Paul Streeten |
| Awards | Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford |
Deepak Nayyar (born 1946) is an Indian economist and academician. He is a professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) New Delhi. He has taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C), and the New School for Social Research, New York City. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi from 2000 to 2005.