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C. P. Chandrasekhar is emeritus professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has published widely in academic journals and is the coauthor of Crisis as Conquest: Learning from East Asia (2021, Orient Longman), The Market that Failed: Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms in India (2002, Leftword Books), and Promoting ICT for Human Development: India (2004, Elsevier).
 
He received his MA and Ph.D (economics) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he served as a professor from 1997 until his retirement. He is a member of the executive committee at International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) and the World Economics Association, as well as a contributor to Frontline, Economic and Political Weekly, and Businessline.
 
Chandrasekhar received the Malcolm Adiseshaiah Award for 2009 for contributions to economics and development studies.