birth_place birth_date spouse article_title occupation
surat , gujarat , india 12 october 1931 jagdish bhagwati padma desai
 gladys , columbia university -lrb- 1992-present -rrb- and roland harriman professor of comparative economic systems
padma desai

padma desai -lrb- born october 12 , 1931 -rrb- is an india-born , naturalized american , development economist and a russia-specialist .
she is the gladys and roland harriman professor of comparative economic systems and director of the center for transition economies -lrb- 1999 -- present -rrb- , at the columbia university .
she was awarded the padma bhushan by the government of india in 2009 .
