nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
indian ca. 1932 '' `` wealth and illfare '' '' c.t. kurien
 c.t. kurien professor of economics
c.t. kurien

c. t. kurien -lrb- born ca. 1932 -rrb- is a professor of economics , now retired and resident in bangalore , who has written many books on economics .
although left of center , he is far from being a marxist .
c. t. kurien attended madras christian college , graduating in 1953 with a master 's in economics .
he went on to stanford university where he was awarded a ph.d in 1962 .
returning to madras christian college , between 1962 and 1978 he was professor and head of the department of economics .
kurien was a national fellow of the university grants commission from 1975 to 77 .
in 1978 he was appointed director of the madras institute of development studies , a national centre for social science research , holding this position for ten year .
he was a national fellow of the indian council of social science research from 1992 to 1994 .
he was chairman of the madras institute of development studies from 1997 to 2003 , when he retired from academic work .
professor kurien received the university grants commission 's lifetime achievement award in 1996 .
he was appointed the first chairman of the malcolm and elizabeth adiseshiah trust in 1999 .
he was president of the indian economic association in 2002 .
in 2003 he delivered the dr stanley samartha memorial lecture to the bangalore initiative for religious dialogue , speaking on the topic : '' `` communal harmony -- a societal perspective '' '' .
as of 2012 he was a member of the board of the institute for social and economic change -lrb- isec -rrb- in karnataka .
his most recent book '' `` wealth and illfare -- an expedition into real life economics '' '' was published in 2012 , when the author was 80 .
it provides an accessible overview of economics , but questions the value of an economic system based on the pure pursuit of profit .
