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'''Krishna Bharadwaj''' (21 August 1935 – 8 March 1992)<ref name="JStor"/> was an Indian [[Neo-Ricardianism|Neo-Ricardian]] economist mainly known for her contributions to the economic development theory and the revival of the ideas of classical economics.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hetwebsite.net/het/profiles/bharadwaj.htm|title=Krishna Bharadwaj|website=www.hetwebsite.net|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref><ref name="JStor">{{Cite journal|last=Patnaik|first=Utsa|date=1991|title=Krishna Bharadwaj: 21 August 1935 - 8 March 1992|jstor=3517654|journal=Social Scientist|volume=19|issue=12|pages=63–67}}</ref> She believed that economic theory should be based on concepts which can be observed and be amenable to measurement in reality.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.alexmthomas.com/2010/10/24/krishna-bharadwaj-the-ideal-economist/|title=Krishna Bharadwaj: The Ideal Economist {{!}} Undergraduate Economist|website=www.alexmthomas.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Bharadwaj was born on 21 August 1935 in [[Karwar, Karnataka|Karwar]], [[Karnataka]], into a Konkani [[Saraswat Brahmin]] family. She was the youngest of the six children of M. S. Chandravarkar, a teacher in a local college, and his wife Shantabai.<br />
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The family shifted to Belgaum in 1939, and Bhardwaj was schooled in that city. She learnt Hindustani classical music and won many local competitions by the age of fifteen.<ref name="JStor"/> In 1952, after her father's death, the family moved to [[Mumbai]], where Bharadwaj attended Ruia college and graduated with a first class degree in economics. She then took a master's degree and then completed a Ph.D in [[Transport economics|Transport Economics]] in 1960.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Her critical orientation towards the Economic Theory began with her involvement in development theory as a doctoral student.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gi1-hW3cfo4C&q=krishna+bharadwaj+economist&pg=PA55|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists|last1=Arestis|first1=Philip|last2=Sawyer|first2=Malcolm C.|date=2001-01-01|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=9781843761396|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1960, [[Piero Sraffa]]'s Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities was published. Bharadwaj was asked by the then editor Sachin Chaudhuri of Economic Weekly to review the book. She solved this task brilliantly, which then formed the prelude to her further scientific work.<br />
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In 1961, Bharadwaj joined the [[MIT Center for International Studies|Center for International Studies]] to work on problems of planning and development with critical perceptions.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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In 1967, she went to Cambridge as a visiting fellow and came under the influence of Piero Sraffa and going on to become one of his closest disciples.<ref name=":4" /><br />
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Bharadwaj promoted the teaching of different economic approaches in Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU), such as classical, Marxian, Keynesian as well as Walrasian. She held the Chair of Economics at the university.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uplbooks.com/author/krishna-bharadwaj|title=Krishna Bharadwaj {{!}} The University Press Limited|website=www.uplbooks.com|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref> She edited the collected papers of Marxist economist [[Piero Sraffa|Pierro Sraffa]] at the [[University of Cambridge]], [[England]]. She contributed to numerous journals and forums and is well known as a leading light among development economists.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
The activist and trade unionist, [[Sudha Bharadwaj]], is her daughter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Row in JNU after Dean replaces speaker invited by centre for economic studies |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/row-in-jnu-after-dean-replaces-speaker-invited-by-centre-for-economic-studies-5088676/ |accessdate=28 August 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Books and papers ==<br />
* Collection of essays from 1989 were printed in Australian Economic Papers, and the Cambridge Journal of Economics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://robertvienneau.blogspot.in/2008/05/krishna-bharadwaj-sraffian-economist.html|title=Krishna Bharadwaj, A Sraffian Economist|website=robertvienneau.blogspot.in|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref><br />
* Authored Labour Markets, Employment Policies and the Dynamics of Development. <br />
* Authored Production Conditions in Indian Agriculture: A Study Based on Farm Management Surveys (Department of Applied Economics Occasional Papers)<br />
* Authored Accumulation, Exchange and Development: Essays on the Indian Economy<br />
* Edited Perspectives on Capitalism: Marx, Keynes, Schumpeter and Weber with Sudipta Kaviraj.<br />
* Themes in Value and Distribution: Classical Theory Reappraised. London 1989. {{ISBN|0-04-338148-0}}<br />
* Essays in Honor of Piero Sraffa. (together with Bertram Schefold ). 2nd Ed. Routledge: London 1992.{{ISBN|0-04-445254-3}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.epw.in/author/krishna-r-bharadwaj Collection of essays at the Economic and Political Weekly]<br />
* [[Alessandro Roncaglia]]: Krishna Bharadwaj, 1935-1992. In Memoriam. Metroeconomica. Vol. 44 Issue 3 Page 187 October 1993<br />
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2230937?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents The Political Economy of Agrarian Change (review)]<br />
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