Krishna Bharadwaj

Krishna Bharadwaj (21 August 1935 – 8 March 1992) She believed that economic theory should be based on concepts which can be observed and be amenable to measurement in reality.

Early life and education Bharadwaj was born on 21 August 1935 in 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.

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. Her critical orientation towards the Economic Theory began with her involvement in development theory as a doctoral student.

Career 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.

In 1961, Bharadwaj joined the Center for International Studies to work on problems of planning and development with critical perceptions. She edited the collected papers of economist 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.

Books and papers 1960: Techniques of Transportation Planning, with Special Reference to Railways Collection of essays from 1989 were printed in Australian Economic Papers, and the Cambridge Journal of Economics. Authored Labour Markets, Employment Policies and the Dynamics of Development. Authored Production Conditions in Indian Agriculture: A Study Based on Farm Management Surveys (Department of Applied Economics Occasional Papers) Authored Classical Political Economy and Rise to Dominance of Supply and Demand Theories (1978-1986) Authored Accumulation, Exchange and Development: Essays on the Indian Economy Edited Perspectives on Capitalism: Marx, Keynes, Schumpeter and Weber with Sudipta Kaviraj. Themes in Value and Distribution: Classical Theory Reappraised. London 1989. Essays in Honor of Piero Sraffa. (edited, together with Bertram Schefold ). 2nd Ed. Routledge: London 1992.