Bibek Debroy, top economist and chairman of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council, passes away at 69

Bibek Debroy, top economist and chairman of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council, passed away at the age of sixty nine. He became admitted to AIIMS.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences. He wrote on X: “Dr. Bibek Debroy Ji became a towering scholar, well-versed in diverse domains like economics, history, culture, politics, spirituality and more. Through his works, he left an indelible mark on India’s intellectual landscape. Beyond his contributions to public policy, he enjoyed working on our ancient texts, making them reachable to the early life.”

Senior Congress leader and RS MP Jairam Ramesh also mourned the passing away of Bibek Debroy.

“A person of unusually wide-ranging interests, Bibek Debroy became firstly a fine theoretical and empirical economist who worked and wrote on kind of loads of aspects of the Indian economy. He also had a distinct skill for lucid exposition, in a way with a view to make laypersons without problems be aware complex economic issues. Over time, he has had kind of loads of institutional affiliations and he left his mark all over. Bibek became also an exceedingly prolific, and always thought-provoking, commentator within the media on public issues going well beyond economics, “Ramesh said in a post on X.

Debroy became celebrated for his extensive contributions to economic policy and research. He also chaired the Finance Ministry’s ‘Expert Committee for Infrastructure Classification and Financing Framework for Amrit Kaal,’ an initiative to elevate India’s economic standing over the subsequent 25 years.

(With Agency Inputs)