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Top economist Bibek Debroy

honored with Lifetime Achievement

Award in Australia

An astute scholar, Debroy has translated the unabridged version of the Mahabharata

into English, in a series of 10 volumes. He has also translated the Bhagavad Gita,

the Harivamsa, the Vedas and Valmiki’s Ramayana

OUR BUREAU set up in January 2015 and Bibek
Debroy was a Member of Niti Aayog
Melbourne (Australia)
from January 2015 till August 2017
ndia’s leading economist & Chair- after which he became the Chairman
man of the Economic Advisory of the Economic Advisory Council to
ICouncil to the Prime Minister the Prime Minister.
(EAC-PM) Bibek Debroy was recent- Bibek Debroy has worked on
ly conferred a Lifetime Achievement poverty, inequality, development,
Award by The Australia India Cham- governance, law reform and inter-
ber of Commerce (AICC), a business national trade issues and has been
network that seeks to facilitate, nur- the Chairman of a Committee set up
ture and transform Australia-India by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand
business. (2010-12) to recommend a develop-
ment plan for the State and a Mem-
This highly coveted honor was ber of the Rajasthan Chief Minis-
ter’s Economic Advisory Council
bestowed upon Padma Shri (2014-15).
He was also Chairman of a
Bibek Debroy in appreciation High-Powered Committee for Re-
of his outstanding contribution structuring the Railways, set up by

and service towards growing Union government (2014-2015).
From September 2018 to September
economic prosperity in India. 2022, he was the President of the In-
dian Statistical Institute.
Australia’s Department of For- He has received several awards
eign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has in the past including Honoris Causa
a Special Visit Programme under D.Litt, D. Phil and D.Sc. degrees,
which distinguished visitors from Lifetime Achievement Awards by
overseas are invited to visit Australia, US-India Business Summit (2016),
to understand Australia and to have Prestige Institute of Management
discussions with their counterparts in and Research (2018) and Skoch
Australia. Under this Special Visit Foundation (2022) and Padma Shri
Programme, Bibek Debroy visited (2015).
Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney An astute scholar, Debroy has
from 13th November 2022 to 21st translated the unabridged version
November 2022. Other than discus- of the Mahabharata into English, in
sions and talks, he delivered a special a series of 10 volumes. He has also
lecture at the Australia India Cham- translated the Bhagavad Gita, the
ber of Commerce on 14th November Harivamsa, the Vedas and Valmiki’s
2022, outlining the course and trajec- Ramayana (in three volumes).
tory of India’s reform. He has translated the Bhagavata
The event was held at the Aus- Purana (in three volumes), the Mar-
tralian Club (The Gallery), Melbou AICC. Accepting the award, Bibek Educated in Calcutta, Delhi kandeya Purana (one volume), the
rne. Debroy said, “I accept this award and Cambridge, Bibek Debroy has Brahma Purana (two volumes) and
The award was handed over with all humility. There are many worked in the realm of academia, the Vishnu Purana (one volume).
by Chris J. Mooney, Chairman of I have received in the course of my the government and research insti- He is only the second person to have
the Australia India Chamber of life, but this is one I will always trea- tutions. translated both the Mahabharata
Commerce, in the presence of Har- sure, as a reminder of the close ties Niti Aayog (the successor to the and the Ramayana, in unabridged
ish Rao, the Executive Director of that bind India and Australia.” former Planning Commission) was form, into English.

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