Reflections on an Academic's Global Journey: Book Talk with Pranab Bardhan

This inspiring event featured renowned Indian economist Pranab Bardhan as he delved into his remarkable personal and professional growth journey. Drawing from the ancient Sanskrit hymn "charaiveti," which means "keep moving" in search of self-realization, Bardhan's narrative takes us from his early days in a poor neighborhood in Kolkata, where he was home-schooled by his father, to his vigorous student life at Presidency College in Kolkata and Cambridge, England.
Bardhan has become one of the foremost development economists in the world, having served as faculty at prestigious institutions like MIT, the Indian Statistical Institute, and the Delhi School of Economics. Currently at the University of California, Berkeley, he offers a captivating account of his richly varied life, interwoven with insightful reflections on politics and society both in India and abroad.