Baidyanath Misra
Indian economist, educationist, author, and administrator (1920–2019)
Biography
Baidyanath Misra (22 November 1920 – 8 May 2019) was an Indian economist, educator, author, and administrator from the state of Odisha. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Deputy-Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board, Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission, Secretary of Odisha State Welfare Board, founder Secretary and President of Orissa Economics Association, and the founder Director and Chairman of Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies. He wrote 16 books in English and 20 in Odia. He was also a columnist in several leading Odia journals and newspapers. He organised several camps across Odisha, for helping the cause of the poor and downtrodden.
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Family
- Children
- Basant Kumar Misra
Awards & honours (3)
- Fulbright Scholarship
- Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award
- honorary doctorate
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- Baidyanath Misra died on May 7, 2019 at the age of 98.
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- Baidyanath Misra was born on November 22, 1920.
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- Wikidata lists 1 child of Baidyanath Misra.
