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| name = Bhalchandra Mungekar<br />
| image = The Member, Planning Commission, Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar addressing at the inauguration of a two-day International Seminar on ‘Higher Education for Growth & Equity India-China Experience’, in New Delhi on January 20, 2007.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1946|3|2}}<br />
| birth_place = Deogad, [[Sindhudurg district]]<br />
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| office = Former nominated [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term = 22 March 2010 to 21 March 2016<br />
| predecessor = [[Dara Singh]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Leena Bhalchandra Mungekar<br />
| children = 3<br />
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'''Bhalchandra Laxman Mungekar''' (born 2 March 1946) is an Indian economist, [[educationist]], Social worker and [[Rajya Sabha]] member. He specialises in agricultural economics and is an expert on [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/19/president-appoints-5-new-members-to-rajya-sabha.htm | title=President appoints 5 new members to Rajya Sabha | publisher=[[Rediff.com]]| date= 19 March 2010 | accessdate=19 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mungekar was born in Munge village to Laxman Gopal Mungekar and Shewanti Mungekar, in the [[Konkan]] region of [[Maharashtra]]. He studied from Navbharat Vidyalaya at Parel and Siddharth English High School at Wadala and did B.A, M.A, and Ph.D in economics from [[University of Mumbai]]. In 1965, he joined [[Reserve Bank of India]] as a clerk and elevated to the rank of assistant economist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bal Mungekar's remarkable journey|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2004/sep/14spec1.htm|access-date=2020-06-14|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He has been Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Mumbai]] and has served in the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]], the Agricultural Price Commission of India. Mungekar has also been the chairman and President of [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]], Shimla. And also he has been the chairman of [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grand Commission]]. He is also a writer, great philosopher and was an economics teacher at [[Ambedkar College]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Detailed Profile - Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar - Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2135|access-date=2020-06-14|website=archive.india.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He is influenced from [[Ambedkarism|Ambedkarite]] ideology, and a follower of [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=author/admin|date=2015-10-14|title=धम्मचक्र प्रवर्तन दिनाचे आजचे फलित|url=https://www.lokmat.com/editorial/todays-fate-dhamchachakra-enforcement-day/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Lokmat|language=mr-IN}}</ref><br />
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