| Name(s) |
A. K. SHIVA KUMAR |
| Date of
Birth |
June 29, 1956 |
|
Identity |
Development
economist and professor |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He teaches various courses at
Harvard University, Indian School of
Business and Young India Fellowship.
- He currently (as of June, 2016)
serves as the Director of the
International Centre for Human
Development (IC4HD), New Delhi. The
IC4HD is a constituent of the United
Nations and along with support from
the Ministry of Human Resource
Development (India).
- In addition to serving as an
advisor to UNICEF – India, he was a
member of India's National Advisory
Council constituted by the
chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The
council was set up in June 2004 to
oversee the implementation of
India's National Common Minimum
Programme.
- He holds a master's degree in
public administration and a PhD in
political economy and government
from Harvard University. His
PhD supervisor was Nobel Laureate
Amartya Sen.
- He is a visiting professor at
the Indian School of Business in
Hyderabad.
- He is the Convener of the
Kolkata Group Meeting annual
workshops which are organised by
Pratichi (India) Trust, the Harvard
Global Equity Initiative and UNICEF
India – and supervised and led by
Amartya Sen.
- A member of the Executive Board
of the Centre for Science and
Environment, India.
- In 2011, the Comptroller
and Auditor General of India
constituted an Audit Advisory Board
(AAB) of which Dr. Kumar was a
member.
- Dr. Kumar released the Delhi
Human Development Report 2013 along
with Delhi CM Sheila Dixit and
Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
He is recipient of the MacArthur
Fellowship, Mason
Fellowship, and the
Certificate of Excellence in Teaching
from Harvard University. |
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