 "Isher Judge Ahluwalia")
Economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia died on Saturday after a ten-month fight with brain cancer. She would have turned 75 on October 1.
She was chairperson of the think-tank Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) for 15 years and stepped down last month due to ill health. She was chairperson emeritus at ICRIER, a position specially created to honour her exceptional contributions.
Isher was a recipient of a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an M.A. from the Delhi School of Economics, and a B.A. (Eco Hons) from Presidency College, Kolkata.
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