Prasanta Pattanaik

Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik
Born (1943-04-05) 5 April 1943 (age 81)
Academic career
FieldSocial choice theory and microeconomic theory
InstitutionUniversity of California
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
InfluencesAmartya Sen
AwardsPadma Shri[1]

Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik[2] (born 5 April 1943),[3] is an Indian-American[4] emeritus professor at the Department of Economics at the University of California. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Along with Amartya Sen and Kenneth Arrow, Pattanaik is an advisory editor for the journal Social Choice and Welfare.[5]

He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award of 2020 by the Government of India in Literature and Education.[6]

  1. ^ https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2020AwardeesList_25012020_2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Pattanaik, Prasanta K. (Prasanta Kumar)". Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Pattanaik, Prasanta K." Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 September 2014. data sheet (b. 5-4-1943)
  4. ^ "Padma Awardees: 2020" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 25 January 2020. pp. 2–6. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Social Choice and Welfare | Editorial board | Advisory Editors". Springer. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ^ https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2020AwardeesList_25012020_2.pdf [bare URL PDF]