Bhalchandra Mungekar

Bhalchandra Laxman Mungekar (born 2 March 1946) is an Indian economist, educationist, Social worker and Rajya Sabha member. He specialises in agricultural economics and is an expert on B. R. Ambedkar.[1]

Bhalchandra Mungekar
Former nominated MP of the Rajya Sabha
In office
22 March 2010 to 21 March 2016
Preceded byDara Singh, BJP
Personal details
Born (1946-03-02) 2 March 1946
Deogad, Sindhudurg district
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Leena Bhalchandra Mungekar
Children3

Early life

Mungekar was born in Munge village to Laxman Gopal Mungekar and Shewanti Mungekar, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. He studied from Navbharat Vidyalaya at Parel and Siddharth English High School at Wadala and did B.A, M.A, and Ph.D in economics from University of Mumbai. In 1965, he joined Reserve Bank of India as a clerk and elevated to the rank of assistant economist.[2]

Career

He has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mumbai and has served in the Planning Commission, the Agricultural Price Commission of India. Mungekar has also been the chairman and President of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. And also he has been the chairman of University Grand Commission. He is also a writer, great philosopher and was an economics teacher at Ambedkar College.[3]

Personal life

He is influenced from Ambedkarite ideology, and a follower of Buddhism.[4]

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