Famous economist and previous Union minister Yoginder Okay Alagh died on Tuesday after a chronic sickness, his circle of relatives mentioned.
Alagh (83) used to be an emeritus professor on the Sardar Patel Institute of Financial and Social Analysis in Ahmedabad. He used to be no longer preserving smartly for a while, his son Munish Alagh mentioned, including his father breathed his closing on Tuesday night.
YK Alagh used to be born in Chakwal in present-day Pakistan in 1939 and studied on the College of Rajasthan. He had a doctorate in economics from the College of Pennsylvania.
He used to be additionally a former vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru College in Delhi and taught economics on the College of Rajasthan, IIM Calcutta, the College of Jodhpur, and the College of Pennsylvania.
Alagh used to be elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 1996 and remained a member of the higher area until 2000.
He served because the Union minister of state for Making plans and Programme Implementation, Science and Era and Energy throughout 1996-98.
He additionally served because the chairman of the Institute of Rural Control Anand from 2006 to 2012.
Top Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the dying of Alagh and mentioned he used to be a outstanding student hooked in to quite a lot of sides of public coverage, specifically rural building.
Dr Umakant Sprint, Director, IRMA, mentioned Dr Alagh used to be a respected determine within the sphere of agriculture financial system within the country.
“He used to be chairman of IRMA from 2006-2012. In his tenure, he introduced a sea-change to the Institute’s tradition and method to its instructional endeavours, specifically with the creation of the a very powerful Educational Council,” Sprint mentioned in a commentary.
Alagh’s dying is an irreparable loss no longer most effective to IRMA but in addition to the entire country, he added.
Alagh used to be a Member of the Making plans Fee and had additionally served because the chairman of the Bureau of Commercial Prices and Costs within the Ministry of Trade.
He has been the chairman of the Agricultural Costs Fee of India, adviser to the Making plans Fee of India and the chairman of the Financial Team of the Indian Institute of Control, Calcutta.
Former Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, Sudarshan Iyengar, mentioned Alagh’s contribution to the making plans of the Narmada undertaking used to be additionally exceptional.
“He used to be keen on introducing himself because the professor running at SPIESR. Since his spouse Rakshaben is a Gujarati, Alagh used to mention that he’s Gujarat’s son-in-law. He used to be additionally the chairman of the Narmada Making plans Team, which labored for the total making plans of the Narmada undertaking in Gujarat,” mentioned Iyengar.