Economist Abhijit Sen, a former member of India's Planning Commission and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72 years old.
"He suffered a heart attack around 11 p.m. We rushed him to the hospital, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother.
In a career spanning over four decades, Abhijit Sen taught economics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, and held several important government positions including the chair of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices.
He was a member of Planning Commission from 2004 to 2014, when Manmohan Singh was the prime minister.
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