C. H. Hanumantha Rao | |
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| Born | (1929-05-15)15 May 1929 (age 96) |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Relatives | Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao (brother) C. Vidyasagar Rao (brother) Chennamaneni Ramesh (nephew) |
| Honours | Padma Bhushan (2004) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | (B.A.)Nizam College (M.A.)Osmania University (Ph.D.)Delhi School of Economics Delhi University (Postdoctoral researcher)The University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Vikas Mishra |
Chennamaneni Hanumantha Rao (born 15 May 1929) is anIndianeconomist andstatistician.[1] He was a member of theNational Advisory Council from 2004 to 2008[2] and chaired the Technical Committee on Drought prone Areas Programme and Desert Development Programme[3] of theCommission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.[4] He was awarded thePadma Bhushan by the president of India in 2004, for contributions in the field of Literature and Education.[5]
Rao was born inSircilla of present-dayTelangana, India.[6] He completed his B.A in 1955 atNizam College, Hyderabad, M.A.(Economics) in 1957 atOsmania University, Hyderabad and his PhD (Economics) in 1962 at theUniversity of Delhi; He was also Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Economics,University of Chicago, 1966–67.[6]
Rao is the Chairman of theCentre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad.[7] He remained a member of theSeventh andEighthPlanning Commission and also theFinance Commission of India.[8] On receiving the Padma Bhushan from the president of India in 2004 he said in his felicitation speech: “I learnt precision in writing from Professor DrVikas Mishra (economist) who was my supervisor for Ph.D thesis. Prof. Mishra used to say, ‘one should always ask whether the sentence that one has written is really necessary’. After reading the first draft of my thesis, he suggested deletion of a number of passages by putting round brackets indicating the portions to be deleted. On one occasion he picked up from his shelf an old draft of his own thesis and showed me the similar round brackets placed by his supervisor,Arthur Lewis who was later to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.”
