Suresh Tendulkar

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Suresh Tendulkar was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and economic policy, and for chairing the committee that introduced a widely used methodology for estimating poverty in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian economist
academic
economist
areaOfInfluence Indian economic planning
poverty statistics in India
citizenship Indian
contributedTo methodology for estimating poverty based on consumption expenditure
policy debates on economic reforms in India
countryOfCitizenship India
educatedAt Delhi School of Economics
Harvard University
Savitribai Phule Pune University
surface form: University of Pune
employer Delhi School of Economics
fieldOfWork development economics
economic policy
economics
poverty measurement
gender male
hasHonorificPrefix Professor
hasRole policy advisor to the Government of India on economic issues
impact influenced allocation of welfare and anti-poverty programs in India
influenced poverty estimation methodology used by the Government of India
involvedIn formulation of poverty lines for rural India
formulation of poverty lines for urban India
knownAs Suresh D. Tendulkar
knownFor Tendulkar poverty line methodology
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hindi
memberOf various Government of India expert committees on economic policy
nationality Indian
notableFor chairing the Tendulkar Committee on poverty estimation
contributions to economic policy in India
rigorous empirical analysis of poverty and inequality in India
shaping official poverty lines in India in the 2000s
work on poverty measurement in India
notableWork Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty (Tendulkar Committee Report)
occupation economist
professor
professor at Delhi School of Economics
positionHeld chairman of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Estimation of Poverty
chairperson of the Tendulkar Committee on poverty estimation
residence India
workLocation New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi

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