A NEW REFORM PARADIGM (HB)

Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia
(1945–2020), one of India’s leading policy economists and a recipient
of
the Padma Bhushan award, was indeed a woman of substance. Her works spanned
public policy,
urban infrastructure and sustainable urbanization. To honour her impeccable
achievements in the
field of economic policy, noted economists have come together through a
collection of papers titled
 A New Reform Paradigm: Festschrift
in Honour of Isher Judge Ahluwalia . This book attempts to develop a
blueprint for the reforms required to achieve rapid, inclusive and
sustainable growth in India in a post-pandemic world.

 A New Reform Paradigm  seeks to bring together reflections by
experts on how India has fared on some of the most critical dimensions of
development—how we got here, where we are going from here and what we can do
to change this course for the better. How we traverse the path ahead will be
crucial not just to the aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians but also for
future generations. Contributions have been invited from economists and
practitioners who have been closely associated with her at different points
in her illustrious career. These reflections, we hope, will make for a
befitting tribute to an intellectual giant who leaves behind a vast legacy of
scholarly contributions to the Indian economy.