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'''Lovraj Kumar''' (1926–1994) was an [[Indian Civil Service|Indian civil servant]] who had a role in forming Indian economic policies from the late 1950s until the early 1980s.<ref name=obit-little>{{cite news|author=I. M. D. Little |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lovraj-kumar-1367199.html |title=Obituary: Lovraj Kumar - People - News |publisher=The Independent |date=1994-04-01 |accessdate=2012-03-26 |location=London}}</ref><br />
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Kumar was born in [[Nainital]] in 1926, and attended [[The Doon School]], Dehradun.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lovraj-kumar-1367199.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=I. M. D. | last=Little | title=Obituary: Lovraj Kumar | date=1994-04-01}}</ref> He became India's first [[Rhodes Scholar]] in 1947<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhodesscholarships-india.com/community_members.html |title=Rhodes Scholarships India |publisher=Rhodes Scholarships India |date=2011-07-31 |accessdate=2012-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126151521/http://www.rhodesscholarships-india.com/community_members.html |archive-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and went to read [[Chemistry]] at [[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. On returning to India, he joined [[Burmah Oil]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2001/11/04/stories/2001110400120200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020528220920/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2001/11/04/stories/2001110400120200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2002-05-28 |title=The last liberal |date= 2001-11-04|accessdate=2012-03-26 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> In government, his most important post was as Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum, and his last job was as Secretary of the [[Ministry of Steel (India)|Ministry of Steel]] from which he retired in 1984.<br />
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He married [[Dharma Kumar]], who was an economist, in 1951; [[Radha Kumar]] is their daughter.<br />
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During his retirement he chaired many committees and institutions, including the Governors of the [[Doon School]], the Wildlife Fund of India, and the National Council for Applied Economic Research.<br />
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