Windows of Opportunity

Memoirs of an Economic Advisor

Business & Finance, Economics, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Windows of Opportunity by K. S. Krishnaswamy, Orient Blackswan Private Limited
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: K. S. Krishnaswamy ISBN: 9788125051671
Publisher: Orient Blackswan Private Limited Publication: May 13, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: K. S. Krishnaswamy
ISBN: 9788125051671
Publisher: Orient Blackswan Private Limited
Publication: May 13, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

K. S. Krishnaswamy was a leading light in the Reserve Bank of India and the Planning Commission between the early 1950s and the late 1970s. He retired as a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank.Armed with a doctorate from the London School of Economics he began his career at a time when the road was rocky for newly independent India. The author vividly captures the optimism, commitment and desire to do well among policy makers in those days. His ringside view of the pulls and pressures within the administration and outside it, the hopes that sustained a majority in the bureaucracy and the lasting ties he formed with many he came in contact with are compelling on their own. Even more relevant is what he has to say about the political agendas eroding the Reserve Banks autonomy and degrading democratic institutions since the late 1960s.Windows of Opportunity however is not a political polemic; it is a ruminative memoir by one who saw much happen, and not happen, at a time when everything seemed possible and promising in India.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

K. S. Krishnaswamy was a leading light in the Reserve Bank of India and the Planning Commission between the early 1950s and the late 1970s. He retired as a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank.Armed with a doctorate from the London School of Economics he began his career at a time when the road was rocky for newly independent India. The author vividly captures the optimism, commitment and desire to do well among policy makers in those days. His ringside view of the pulls and pressures within the administration and outside it, the hopes that sustained a majority in the bureaucracy and the lasting ties he formed with many he came in contact with are compelling on their own. Even more relevant is what he has to say about the political agendas eroding the Reserve Banks autonomy and degrading democratic institutions since the late 1960s.Windows of Opportunity however is not a political polemic; it is a ruminative memoir by one who saw much happen, and not happen, at a time when everything seemed possible and promising in India.

More books from Orient Blackswan Private Limited

Cover of the book India’s Foreign Policy by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Picturing the Nation by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book The Problem of Caste by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Son of the Moment by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Continuities and Transformations by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book People of the Maldive Islands by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book The Long Long Days by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book China After 1978 by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book The Jungle Hospital by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Vinegar King and Hot Soup by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book English Conversation for Indian Students by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Looking for the Aryans by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book Nature, Environment and Society by K. S. Krishnaswamy
Cover of the book The Moving Image by K. S. Krishnaswamy
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy