Ashish Bose Explained

Ashish Bose (12 July 1930 – 7 April 2014) was a prominent Indian demographer and economic analyst.[1] He was Honorary (Emeritus) Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi, where he headed the Population Research Centre for several years.[2] [3] [4] He is credited with coining the term BIMARU for Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh collectively.[5]

Through his long academic career, he lectured extensively on demography across the world, and taught at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and the National Defence College, New Delhi.[6] [7]

A member of several government commissions on population and development issues, Bose was a keen participant in international conferences on these issues in India and abroad. He was advisor on demographic and census issues to various Indian prime ministers starting with Rajiv Gandhi. The author and editor of 25 books, he was a regular contributor to the Economic and Political Weekly, Health for the Millions and Power Politics.[8] [9] [10]

Death

Bose died in New Delhi on 7 April 2014 from complications after hip-replacement surgery following a fall.[11] [12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ashish Bose, who coined Bimaru, dies at 84. The Indian Express. 8 April 2014. 17 June 2016.
  2. Book: Growth (India), Institute of Economic . IEG at Fifty: Recollections, Retrospect and Prospect . 2008 . Academic Foundation . 978-81-7188-675-3 . en.
  3. Web site: Kumar . K. P. Narayana . 2007-08-02 . Ashish Bose The man who coined the term 'Bimaru' . 2023-03-28 . mint . en.
  4. Web site: Ashish Bose: a man who counted . 2023-03-28 . www.downtoearth.org.in . en.
  5. Web site: 2014-04-08 . Ashish Bose foremost demographer died at 83 . 2023-03-28 . Jagranjosh.com.
  6. Book: Bose, Ashish . Headcount: Memoirs of a Demographer . 2010 . Penguin Books India . 978-0-670-08351-0 . en.
  7. Book: Calcutta Geographical Review . 1992 . Geographical Society of India. . en.
  8. Web site: Ashish Bose . 2023-03-28 . Economic and Political Weekly . en.
  9. Book: Studies in demography . 1970 . University of North Carolina Press . 978-0-8078-1167-2 . Bose . Ashish . Chapel Hill . Chandrasekhar . S. . Desai . Prasannavadan B. . Jain . Shital Prasad.
  10. Book: Bose . Ashish . Studies in social dynamics of primary health care . Desai . Prasannavadan Bhagwanji . 1983 . Hindustan Pub. Corp . Studies in economic development and planning . Delhi . Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai.
  11. Web site: 2014-04-08 . Ashish Bose foremost demographer died at 83 . 2023-03-28 . Jagranjosh.com.
  12. Web site: Ashish Bose: The man who coined BIMARU tried to make things simple .

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